The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-20
Senator, Challenged, De-
fines Position-Demands
Congress Be Called.
HE QUOTES ROOSEVELT
Harvard President Argues
Dangers Are Greatly
Overestimated.
MEETING ENTHUSIASTIC
Big Boston Audience Stands
and Cheers as Statesman
Answers Educator.
HE QUOTES ROOSEVELT
MEETING ENTHUSIASTIC
By stor Correspondent Of THp Sun

By Stc6 Correspondent Of The SUN
BosToN, March 19.-The joint de-
bate between Senator Lodge and
President Lowell Of Harvard turned
Into vast pro-peace league and anti
Wilson macs meeting here tonight.
Senator Lodge in his rebuttal took
the huge, cold audience and brought
IT'S members to their feet with yells
Of approval. This was the touch
stone by which he transformed them /:
''If this covenant is put into
such form that 1t will really pro-
mote peace and not injure the
United States Of course I will sup
port 1t. II the President will call
ihe Senate together the amend
ments to do this will be drafted
and sent to Paris"
This caused the quiet. thoughtful
auditors to cheer In such a manner
as to leave no doubt as to where they
stood. 1t was the one combination
Of ideas that brought anything like
unanimous approval from the throng
that had watched the almost magic
ordering Of the scattered battalions
Of the League Of Nations partisans
beneath the hands Of two master
generals.
G. O. p. Leaders Jubilant.
Boston Republicans say to-nighr
that the political atmosphere sur
rounding the heague of Nations has
cleared. Senator Lodge. they say, has
struck In the two phrases quoted a
Keynote TO which every other strain
of thought In the party can be and
win be attuned. The partisans of
President Lowell in to-night's debate
professed themselves. as satisfied.
The speech of Mr.. Lowell was no
unqualified defence of the covenant
as proposed. He suggested amend
ments that covered almost all of the
objections in detail that were raised
by Senator Lodge and at other times
by other critics Of the Wilson plan.
But he insisted that in principle the
Wilson plan would produce the results
desired. Then, turning to Senator
Lodge, Mr.. Lowell asked:
"As the senior United States
Senator from this State, as the
leader Of our party in the Senate,
we have the right to ask you.
Senator Lodge, first, whether you
will or will not vote for the cove
nant of Paris provided it is
= amended as you wish, and second,
= what amendments do you want 7
and why do you not submit them?"
Answer Rouses Audience.
Nothing could have been cleaner
sharper, better defined than the Sena'
tors answer. 1t flashed home. Ris'
ing for debuttai it was evident that
he himself had been stirred. The
audience felt It. At his first words
came shouts of Louder!
II shall try to make myself both
loud and plain" he said.
'I have said I was In favor of any
league to secure the world against
war. / supposed that this included
the one under consideration should II
All my specifications. II this is put
into such form tha. 1t will really pro
mote peace and not injure the United
States of course I'll support 1t.
But I am not engaged in the con
slderation of imaginary leagues. A
covenant has been presented to tht
American people for consideration.
hope from my heart that it will bt
amended. properly prepared, fret
from doubt and. excluding wha
should be excluded. hope that will
be done. I believe 1t will be done
but not in Paris.
why He Has Not Acted.
why do I not draw the amend
ments want and submit them? BE
cause l happen TO be q Senator OF TN
United States do not respond witt
the authority of the Senate.
"But II the President had don
what other Presidents had done, ant
had laid the draft before the Senate
he would have had our amendments
jackson. the old Indian fighter, ar
bitrary and imperious, asked the ad
vice OF the Senate In international al
fairs. Grant, victor In the creates
civil war. did the greatest service I,
peace when he advised with the Sen
ate, secured the Geneva convention
and saved US from war with Grea
contthued on Sirth Page.