Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-21
LODGE. TREATY WRtC .EA,
DEADLY FOE OF pAClS
Smashed Those of Mckinley,
Roosevelt and Taft, as He is
Aiming TO Beat Wilson's.

In his promise Of hostility to any treaty
based on President Wilson's fourteen
paints. senator Lodge IL true to the poley
that he has pursued for over twenty
wears a. mcmher ol the ommIttcc
on toregn Relations. During that Gu
tire period, except on a few notable &c
easions. he haa made lt his duty to figure
a. wreokcr at treaties No Admni-
stration, Republican or Democratic, IN
the exercise oi It's trcaty-making powers
has been secure against hls attacks.
Mckinley. Roosevelt and TAFT all Jared
equally bad AT his hands.
The treaty with SPAN. signed at Paris
IN ISaS. Is the ono important exception
IN Scnafor Lodges career. By con
mlttlng the United states 10 the rcton-
tion ol tho Philippine u aroused tho
opposition of Scnntor llOar and other
anti-lmpcriaiist Republicans, but their
protests only served tn make him a Jealous
defender of the Mckinley programme
For once he volunteered uis support TO
the Administration IN securing the ap-
proval hy the Senate of a treaty
Under tho Dinglcy act and in its
platforms tho Republican Party was
pledged 60 the principle of reciprocity
Ii WAS policy that President Mckinley
faithfully sought 10 put into effect and
which he earnestly advocated IN his last
public uttcrancc Rut all ot tho kasson
reciprocity treaties negotiated with
trance. SPAN, Portugal and other
countries were held up IN the senate
during President Mckmlcy.s lifetime
bv senators Lodge and Aldrick and a
combination Of high prutcctioulsts, and
the trratles eventually died because
the senate delayed action on them he
Nond tho date tXed for ratification.
The purpose Of the liay-paunccf1tc
treaty, sent 10 the Senate IN 1900 by
President Mckinley was 20 clear tho way
Tor tho construction OF an lSthuIan
canal by the United States. IL wa
charged IN the Senate that the treaty
was uniavorahlc 90 the interests OF tho
nitod states although Secretary Hay
SAID that be wrote every word and line
of il and Lord l'aunceiotc did not cross a
Il or lot an "a ID the document The
Rriti-h Government rejected tho treaty
~ amended by the Senate In defense
ui the active part he PLAYED IN dctCat-
ing the ratification ot the Has l'auncclutC
treaty. senator Lodge advanced the
plea that treaties sent e. the Senate
iar ratification are not strictly treaties
hut projects for treaties, they ar still
mchaate \ YEAR time waS lost, for
Il Wa not until l9O1 that the second
iav-r -rWuncef0tc treaty was found ac-
ycpiah.e hv thy Nenatc
AGAIN ~Cnator lodge took the lead
ln hurhmr thc arbitration trratic that
~ccrctar, liav Id lHni negotiated with
franc, trcat Rrltan Italy, Span
Germany Austria, Portugal Norway
and sweden As altcrri bv senate
President Roosevelt tho following wear
abandoned thcm after calling them the
Il D..
The same vcsr Senator Iodrc aiicd
IN tho mutla'iau ~ the liav-Eund
recipr,1tv treaty lerauSc ~ certain
tanH concessions that wrrc opyuscd by
Massa chusetts fishing interests
II vas from a Republican senator
Mr. Lodge at Na.sathuRcttS. rs the
World said ian -, 1912. hat the Taft
arhu ration trcaties had tholl mist danger
ON opposition Ry the adoption II tho
Lodge rsrolutohn the senate STRUCK
out vital provision. II rcIectc,i the
)oint high commisslo proposal. which
President TAFT considered the most
important fraturc 81 the treaties neCo-
tlAtcd with crest Britain and France,
and interpreted the treaties 20 lesve
unimpalrcd the constitutional rlrht oi
the Sensic 20 pass on each separate
controversy submitted 10 admiration
Ii WAS these arbitration trCates that
MIR Roosevelt m the hest 81 Presidential
campaign publicly denounced As "unc-
tuous and odious hvpocrIsv Robbed
II any practical value, they were re-
Jccted.
Senator Lodge has good reason 10
plead that IN the present instance he is
no, inspired hN partisanshIp tie has
helped TO make waste paper Of all but
few Oi the treaties on which as Scna-
tor II ias been ms privilege 10 pass
No one has dome NOR han he 20 earn
for the senate the reputation ~ beng
the graveyard of treaties New York
sun.