South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-29
WANTS ]. s, TO
GET BOYS OUT
OF EUROPE SOON
Californian ASSaiIS Foreign
Policy of Republican Lead
er-WOuId Avoid All
Alliances.
BY L. {. MARTIN.

BY United Press.
WASHINGTON. Jan. .-S.-n
speech in which he split definitely
with the leader OF his own party in
the senate. Sen. Hiram Johnson.
California. today set forth the pol
icy which senate progressives from
now on will demand the government
pursue.
Johnson thus set forth his pol
icy:
Bring home American soldiers
Restore our own democracy.
3-Restore free expression
Get American business into lis
normal channels.
5-Let American life. social and
economic be American again.
Johnson summed this all up with
the words:
1T is time for an American poll
icy"
Takes Issue With Lodge
He took issue with Sen. Lodge.
republican leader. on the recently
announced foreign policy. which. by
virtue OF Lodges position. has since
been constructed as the party's pol
icy.
Il am quite aware said Johnson.
that there exists two distinct lines
Of policy for our country to pursue
in the near future. In the senate the
line OF debarkation between two poll
cies is becoming increasingly plain.
Recently the republican leader
stated with a clarity and precision
his view of our future policy. lie
stated that he deemed it essential
by the peace terms to- create "a num-
ber Of new small nations, 10 in an.
and 70 include the independence of
Russia's six Baltic provinces. and.
in addition. that we must take aud
hold ample security from Germany
and Austria"
No Quarrel With states.
Johnson said ne had no quarrel
with creation Of the new states. He
then quoted Lodges statement that
the United States must do its share
in occupation Of German territor-
and in helping To- stabilize the new
government
There is bat one conclusion from
the language used. .' continued john
son and that IS that after the crea-
tion Of the Is nations, the duty de-
wolves upon the United States in
part at least 90 maintain these M
tions with American soldiers
Il will not subscribe 10 this doc
trine ] will not for one instant con-
cede that il is the duty Of this re-
public 20 maintain order iu @ Jugo-
Slav. Czecho-Slav or any other new
state ann opposed 20 American
bows policing Europe and queliine
riots I'm every new nations back
ward
Would Spare american Blood
Keep in mind that the establish
ment and maiuteuauca In part H~
the United States of these peoples
must pc paid for rr our al-eadr
overburdened taxpavar- But aside
from the material considerations r
would not shed the blood - Amer.-
can bows I'm the Internal disturbance
of an EsthOuia. LivOris or Couriauf
'Our help 20 Is nations which
would be created in "eetlhlishirg
themselves with ordered govern
ments must ha the 1id which orr
arms would give to one faction or
another in these new states and r IN
not ready 20 shed American blood
for any faction of anr foreign state.
or in maintaining the government
in any Baltic province.
America wants peace l.et ne
have peace and get out o. Europe
Taking up Pres't WILSON, ff
peace terms. Johnson said the lr--
calling for "open covenants ~ peace
openly arrived at" has been "die-
torted and misunderstood
Anyone really ought 20 under
stand that when we az coven-
ants of peacm ws
mean seer
rived at"