Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-28

tha .peoaoed oonsGitutsen on s"s
i..aue and insist upeW - revision.
~ senate, in session Until 1;le
.,.,s.k this n,ornln9 wersssn0 0"
=. ..neesesd lsqisiatiws pfeSram.
..Naasjw a 70 o'eleek, and ~"e"
~. ,c.uhjiean loader began 20
s.s.k seeu ssts~~ard nearly svsry
senator was In his ssst.
w..hinston. Feb. Ex-senator Lodge,
cf Massachusetts. solemniy warned the
American people today to carefoiis
weigh the constitution Of the league OF
,,a,ior. n presented TO the psacs con-
ference at Paris. and to insist upon ''s
fundamental revision.
speaking In the senate. the repuDn-
can Aoor leader declared hfs CONVICT
ion that instead Of safeguarding '0s
ceace Of II. world. the league - now
n,anned wsuid snsender misunder-
standings and strife. -
nsliverins his first public uttrance
m the subject since the consut"tion
hecame public. the Nassanhusstts sen.
.tor yieorously oppossd the plan ana
.,,s1e specfnc accommodation Tor am
s~,,1m1rt !, He declared that - now
80 49, the constitution would ocntro-
s,.St - 1fo~rve Aoc4rins. strike at
American sovereignty. involve america
a. all foreign disputes, SUBSTITUTE IN
.4ernationali6m for natsonalisfm. ana W
~ benefit principally to Europe.
p..ee with Germany First.
r,xnressinr complete sympathy with
.,,y ,onrlar demand and efforts toward
- arreenrent FOR world peace. Senator
Iodre said he was not prepared 70 say
.here could not be concert OF the
r.t,nna to safeguard against war, but
"a in.isted that the agreement for such
I. concert should be drawn up calmly
and deliberately when the world was =.
peace, and not hastily when war sun
existed.
i senator Lodge, who - expected to be
chairman Of the powerful foreign re-
iations committee in the next senate.
rh,ch VII act on the peace treaty and
env plan for Z league OF nations. was
-iven close attention by senator's and
crowded galleries. He urged that the
nation think we'll before departing
from the policies Of washington and
sa,d the paramount duty now was to
complete peace With, Germany.
Delay Breeding Rsstisssnsss.
.Much time has beef wasted" he
said. 'the delays have bred restlessness
and confusion everywhere. Germany
/. lifting her head again. The whimper-
anr after defeat ID changing to threats.
She is seeking to annex 100000 Of
Germans in German Austria ! She 10
reaching out in Russia and revtving
her financial and commercial opera
tions everywhere. Germany 10 again
threatening, and the only source Of q
great war u to be found for the future
Is for the past in Germany. She should
be chain ed and fettered now and this
menace Of world psace removed"
The, senator said that while in the
interest Of peace It might be necessary
to abandon the Monroe doctrine. the
policies OF washington and other prin-
ciples OF Americanism America should
reject and hesitate bsfore she acts.
There is an iesue involved in the
league constitution presented to US
which overshadows all others" said
Senator Lodge.
Washington Or TretsIsy.
we are asked to depart now for the
first time from the foreign policies Of
Washington. We are invited 70 move
away from George Washington toward
the other end OF the line ut which
stands the sinister ngdrs OF Trotsky.
the champion Of internationalism.
VI I'VE have In this country govern
ment Of the people. ana BY the people.
the finest and best government IN the
world, and We are the great razhpart
today against the anarchy and disorder
which have taken possession OF Russia
and are trying to invade every other
peaceful country in :he world. For
Lincoln's government OF the people. for
the people and by the people We are
asked to substitute In the United
states on, many vital points for and by
other people. Pause and consider well
before You tais this fateful step.
I'VE must build no bridges across
the chaSm which now separates, Ameri- 3
can freedom and order from Russian
anarchy and destruction. We must see
to 1t that the democracy OF the United
States, which has prospered 20 nightly
In the past, y not drawn by any hasty
error or by any glittering deluSions,
thru spacious devices Of superna-
tional government within. the tolls OF
sinternationaiisn, socialism and an
archy. VIZ.
Msss NJ w pswn ~ i Arar,h,y.