The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-20
THE LODGE-LOWELL DEBATE

anyfhng his renI
 laUon as statesman or public speaker by remarks during the LOdgeLoweI debate For Doverv of onobt L
 rennes of invention and display egotism this address W the oIer addresses the senator has made upon the same subject The borne down bv certain d
 cule He had been charged with inconsistency To be sure
 uu once or ce, or ottener, make speeches favor of League of Nations, backed by force But he had since
 ed and the more he thought it. the more difficult inc
 ecde' The Idea came to him from the Roosevelt At that time he and were quite agreed Later Roosevelt also had reflected and the come to look
 much more difficult to him.
 This period of reflection which Sen>or Lodge came o after his earlier enthusiasm the same time that President Wilson began actually Lodge had talk ed about ~
 The poverty of Lodges are exhibited in this he con- tinually speaks of the Covenant as if if 1ere i m l Ill ghI spring untouched from the a single indviduaI. never does he regard it standpoint of an arraroa ment that has to be reached by understanding with many 1ctng elements and many cashng mnd He constantly re fers to the amendments male the changes <" So,d haVe and all that sort of thing agreements where nun bers involved, expression of I but r1st o be written in terms of we"
 The same paucty of thought blindness of understanding failure to appreciate the situation are shown 1n his criticism of the language of he instrument
 Of this language Mir Wilson said that each word is used because it definitely fills particular function covers one accurate meaning or describes with particularly the thought of those making of the Covenant
 me covenant of the League is not from literary stand % ne equal or the Declaration of Independence. fully equal to the Constitution States if not peror, in the form of it's presentation.
 Not for instant Lodge show that he lro n Covenant to be instrument must be translated into
 languages and notably into French will prevent such an instrument from receiving literary form which 1t might take if it contrived understood in one an guage only. " "
 In such this where several languages ara o a cerned will often be necessary the word which has the clearest connotaion word in foreio a instead of word that makes elegant form in inc % fish language. " ~ A-iiS 2h
 The preparation of the treaty peace and the dS been entrusted by the peoples individuals Wood o" Wson Lloyd George Cemenceau others These mon ou tr positions through the operation forces which are seldom employed because of their magnitudes The cleo on of president for instance once in our wears Ihe selection of British prime occurs at sono to longer intervals In France they change little faster
 Ihese are the who managed war: the men , l photed the world through it's greatest crisis These are m Ing to arrive at world war Each of fbe IS limited by his mentality outlook and limited nn D the minds of his counrymen, by the present state civilization and by the present disposition of inc world n light its disputes out a battlefield " kn
 In each country partisans, the I sfrjnn like lodge, who have not yet discovered small they arc e lred against the numbers and the of mankind
 Every hlrd man of the a nan than Lodge The large number taken fbrouo ut America unofficial to be but nevertheless dex to public opinion, League of Nations he league T want but the best league the peace @ an agree upon. -'iO'
 Presently this best League the agree non ~ and ome to the United States Senate, Lodge is oen er It will be part of the treaty Idce will have onr ne privilege of voting for it, Mir Wilson ca lake MT Lodge vote League and won't r f p t3 le treaty will be where Lodge is .uban Mr. lg, and he caT~use his judgment " Ibny