New Britain herald., 1919-03-03
MIR. LODGE AND THE LEAV2

the central powers and
 an intervention in EuN
 that was wholly without B4
 has resulted in entirely dA6
 old European balance of FL
 Mr. Lodge went eyenF fax
 that in creating the presenfN
 In his speeches in the last feyl
 he has demanded that the
 reorganization of Europe belS
 in a particular way. If MT. I1os
 in favor of the return of Am63
 the isolation and Monroeisnl Q&
 generations why has he recenE
 sisted that the terms of peace
 vide for the establshm ent of tI11
 dependent states of Poland, BohAe
 Jugo-Slavia, Lthuania and Arm8
 for the sepa ration of Constantind
 from Turkey and it's maintenanceS. the allies as a free port. for the tonomy of Palestine, the return SchIeswig to Denmark and the n61< tralization of the kiel canal Wh4 business of the United States is M how Europe is reorgantzed if we ar& to return to our isolation
 On December 21 last, MT. Lodge de-s clared in the senate: I've cannots leave the Jugo-Slavs, the Czheco-5 S1avs and the Poles, the Lithuanians ana t''" other states which we hope to see 1u oad and marching upon 'he path ol progress and develop ment, unaided ah1 alone"
 If "we' cannot le>ve these new states to stand "unaidea and alone" how can "we' possibly re.~~n to the old national policy of isolation. mich MT. Lodge has suddenly and strange lN begun to prize? It is more than Inconsistency on the part of MT. Lodge; it is desertion he is guilty of
 It is impossible to understand how any intelligent and well informed American can deny that in order to make effective MT. Lodges own pro- gram for the political reorganization of Europe the league of nations has now become indispensable. For the United States to say how the map Of Europe shall be remade: to say what shall be done to the Poles, the Lithuanians, the Czecho Slovaks, the Jugo-Slovaks, the Armenans, Con- stantinople, Schleswig and the Kfel canal, and then to announce that the United States washes it's hands of Europe. that Europe must mind it's own business in the future-thls IS not a policy. for it comes near to be-
 
 for the United States to have avoid ed incurring responsibility for the political reorganization of Europe was when MT. Wilson and also MT. Lodge put the whole power of Amer1- ca behind the new nations which this war and American military iaterven- tion have brought to life, But that time has passed by forever.
 To abandon the league of nations even temporarily in order to make peace more speedily, in accordance with Mr. Lodges present advice, would mean certain death of tha league and the complete revision of the terms of peace in all other es- sential respects. For the peace will necessarily be conceived by France and other entente powers very differ ently if the league is to be shelved. The extreme peace terms the entente would insist upon, without the league cannot be underwritten by the Unit ed States; a separate peace would necessarily have to be made by the president The French press, already aware of this dangerous possibility, has lately changed it's tone in way to indicate that the shelving of the league would now strike France as a disas ster. The French must know by this time that if MT. Lodge should kill the deague he could not carry his own party in the senate into an in dorsement of any project of the sort later on. The stressing of the warn ings of George Washington by MT. Lodge shows indeed, that he has taken this fact into account and that he would be disposed to carry the coun- try back to the prewar era--impos- sibe as such a throwback has be- come.
 There is but one course for the president to pursue. He should not turn back The senate has the power to kill the league of nations, but the senate should be made to bear the responsibility of killing it, whether by emascuating amendments or outright rejection. MT. Lodge should be given the fullest opportunity to play the role he desires to play. If he wishes to be helpful and constructive in his criticism, his aid should be welcomed; if he means to make real progress impossible he should be made to stand in history as the man chiefly accounta hle for the failure of this noble project.