The sun., 1919-03-20
LODGE AND LOWELL
ARGUE LEAGUE PACT


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Continued from Fret Pdos.
Britain. Washington and Lincoln con-
suited the Senate. and no man 70 too
great to walk in the footsteps OF wash
ington and Lincoln. .''. 49,
"If the President had submitted this
covenant to us he would have had his
amendments now. The battle would
have been more than half won by the
mere act OF submitting it to US. Not
only then but now the Peace Confer
ence in Paris does not know what we
want. Let him call tho Senate to-
gether and the amendments Will Do
drafted and sent 10 Paris
No Clash over Doctrines.
Those who had come to Symphony
Hall prepared to compare the debate
with those OF Lincoln and Douglas
found no such opportunity. IT was
not a clash Of great minds over doc
trines. Rather 1t was the skilful play
OF wits which brought two minds to-
gether in agreement as to the methods
OF calculating a great principle.
There was no doubt that both speak
ers and the audience sought a League
Of Nations to promote the peace OF
the world. Every allusion to that end
brought cheers But one other ele-
ment stood out even higher in relief.
Il was the staunch Americanism OF
The audience. 1t was demonstrated
when Senator Lodge was discussing
Article X. OF the lea.S ac.c the article re-
curing the United States to guarantee
the integrity OF the other slsnatortes
Are you ready 10 send our boys
out to defend the boundaries OF far
lands?' the Senator asked.
Two or three voices cried a yes"
but they were smothered beneath a
whirlwind OF mo, no, no. passionate
throaty protest.
III America wants that article 1t
wants to send out It's boys that way.
the article Will stay in the covenant"
the Senator went on, and again came
a storm Of NOS"
And II it wants it out, it will be
out" he ad5ed grimly
The proposal to attach the League
OF Nations to the peace treaty Senator
Lodge characterized as the final as
sault on the prerosatives OF the SEN
ate.
Senntes Power Warped.
our power to advise has already
, been ,aken away" he said.
1T is now proposed to take away our
power 10 consent.
1T has been said that unless the
I ~ il ~ no
peace treaty IL could not have passed.
What a confession OF weakness. be-
lieved and still believe that the worlds
greatest peace movement Is strong
! enough TO go alone.
But when tied up with the peace
treaty has 1t got 10 be struggled in
and carried through as rider?" And
once more the audience sustained him
with a roar OF No. No."
In the beginning OF his speech
President Lowell was conciliatory to-
ward his adversary.
We both feel that this covenant IL
defective as It stands" he said. ut
think that once its defects are cured it
should be ratified"
Senator Ledge does not tell whether
il should be ratified or not
VIII Decrease War EVIL.
The covenant will not prevent war.
but it will make war extremely less
frequent, And IL single war can be
spared humanity II is worth sacri =
| fees" .t..
lie admitted that had the covenant
been In force we never could have
fought the Spanish war and freed
! Cuba.
but IL the covenant had been in
force Germany would never have
brought on this war" he said. Was
the Spanish war worth this ware"
/ 1T may be true that armament can.
not be now effectively reduced" he
sara at another point. But there 1,
no harm in trying"
/ President Lowell scored heavily in
his defence Of the covenant as rot in.
terfering with American ideas on i'm.
migration either in spirit or in practice
There was not single whistle
from the gallery to great The speakers
There was no band. The introduc.
tory music came from a pipe organ
and from the audience. beginning with
Onward, Christian Soldiers" led BY
a y. NJ c. A man In uniform.
And that man in uniform had beer
leading doughboys. One verse Of the
martial hymn had him rebuking tn.
audience. More pep" he yelled, and
he got It with swing OF arms shoul.
ders, body and knee that would have
done credit to a cheer leader in the
Harvard stadium across the Charles
River. They followed Onward. Chris.
tian Soldiers" with How Firm a
Foundation, announced as Col
Roosevelt's favorite hymn"
j When they finished it Senator Lodge