Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-13
WILLIAMS GETS
GALLERY Kisses
WHEN ATTACKING
ys.,s,!sENATQR LODGE
Ma$SS It's Toga Wearer
Demo- League Of Ma
tionS as surrender of Cher
iShed United States Rights,
CLOSELY DlSSECTS
VARIOUS PROVISIONS
Mississippi Statesman Angers
Visitors to Senate Galleries
by DenunCiation of Foreign
Relations Chairman.

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Washington, Aug. 12-The tradi-
tional decorum of senate procedure
was upset today by an unusual DEM
onstration Of approval from the gall
leries following an address by Sena-
tor Lodge of Massachusetts, chairman
| of the foreign relations committee,
lassailing provisions of the league os
nations covenant.
| For more than n minute the gallery
spectators applauded and cheered in
violation of senate rules and then
when order had been restored they
| interrupted with howls and Kisses q
| speech by Senator Williams. demo-
crat, Mississippi, in reply to Mr..
Lodge. In spite of sharp admonition
4 from the chair there were more Kisses
mingled with applause when Senator
! Hitchcock, democrat, Nebraska. sec
onded Senator Williams speech.
Vice President Marshall made no
attempt to check the first demonstra-
| ton until it had begun to die out but
later he twice threatened to clear the
galleries unless order was preserved.
| Against League Provisions.
| Senator Lodges address, itself un-
| interrupted. was made chiefly against
| the league provisions which he said
would make "the United States a sub
| ject nation" and ended with an appeal
for the preservation of Americanism.
| Tho covenant in its present form. he
asserted, would not establish league
of peace but would destroy the Mon
roe doctrine and give other nations
the power to decide domestic Ameri-
can questions and to order American
| troops into foreign service.
Senator Williams bitterly assailed
the foreign relations chairman, de-
claring that in three months Of prep
aration he had worded his address to
serve republican political ends and to
| play to the galleries.
| There was no appeal in Senator
Lodges address for rejection of the
/ league altogether nor was there any
mention of the program of reserva-
| tions proposed by seven republican
senator's as a basis of its acceptance.
| 1t was learned. however that this
program had been discussed with him
| by some of its sponsors and that
conference of republicans would be
| held within a few days at which an
| attempt will be made to bring the
Massachusetts senator and several
others into agreement on such plan.
| 1t was understood the reservation
group felt they had good ground for
| believing that their proposal would
be accepted by Mr. Lodge and that
enough republicans then could be
lined up to insure success OF the
movement should the democratic
leaders give their assent.
Committee Meeting Exciting.
The uproar in the senate chamber
| followed an equally tumultuous ses-
sion of the foreign relations commit
tee at which David Hunter Miller,
| legal adviser to the league of nations
commission at Versailles. was vigor-
ously questioned by republican sena-
tors about the genesis of the league
covenant and the meaning of some of
it's provisions. Clashes over the man
ner of questioning the witness resulted
repeatedly in Intervention by the
| chairman to restore order.
Mr.. Miller said he never had seen
/ the American plan" for a League of
nations until it was In printed form
ready for submission to the commits
sion and that later the basis of dis
| cussion by the commission was n
| composite plan framed from tho
drafts of the various nations by him
self and C. J. p. Hurst, legal at
tache of the British foreign office.
Under questioning the witness said no
| was law partner of Gorden Auchin-
Gloss, son-in-law of Col. Il. M. House,
and never had any experience in in
ternational negotiation until he was
| given an appointment IN the state de-
partment in 1917.
Hypothetical Questions.
The witness was asked many hypo-
thetical questions about the operation
of the legal covenant and his answers
were objected to several times by re-
publican members as evasive. On
some of the questions he reserved
| judgment.
] 1t was the opinion Of committee
members, however, that Mr.. Miller
would not be recalled and that no
| further witnesses would be asked to
come before the committee in its con-
sideration of the treaty Some MEM
bers want to ask that Colonel House,
Iwho still is in Europe be called TO
answer questions about the league.
but the general expectation Is that the
proposal will be abandoned because
too great a delay would result.
The republican senators who have
agreed on reservation program are
anxious that the treaty be disposed
of at the earliest possible moment and
ii is believed they will try to impress
that sentiment at the forthcoming
conferences with Senator Lodge and
others.
Describing the league of nations as
a "deformed experiment upon noble
i purpose" Senator Lodge declared in
his speech that there were features
| of of the league covenant which, ''as
| an American" he could never accept.
Creating, not league. but an alli-
ance embracing "many provisions for
| war the covenant, he asserted, would
! xiii the Monroe doctrine, nullify any
possibility of withdrawal from mem
] bership, impair the sovereign power Of
| deciding domestic questions, and
/ plunge the United States into every
controversy and conflict on the face
| of the globe.
| II am as anxious as any human be-
| ing can be to have tho United States
render every possible service to the
4 civilization and peace of mankind" !"
Il he said, "but | am certain we can do
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