Evening journal., 1919-01-29
'AME[ICAN POLICY
JORNSON'S AIM
Tells Senate It's About
Time Nation Restores
Own Democracy
WANTS SOLDIERS
RETURNED HOME
sy the United Press.

day set forth the policy which Senate
Progressives from now on viii demand
the government pursue. Johnson set
forth this policy:
4. Bring home American soldiers.
2. Restore our own democracy.
3. Restore free expression.
l. Get American business into It's
normal channels.
5. Let Americanlife. social and eco
nomic. be American again.
Johnson summed this all up with the
swords:
at is time for an American policy"
He took issue with Senator Lodge,
Republican leader, on his recently an
nounccd foreign policy which. by vir-
tue OF Lodges position, has since been
construed as the party's policy As
Johnson speaks quite as authoritatively
for Progressives as Lodge does for the
regulars. the break which Johnson clear
" established today was held by OBJ
servers OF the trend Of political events
10 be significant.
Il am quite aware" said Johnson,
that there exists two distinct lines Of
policy for our country TO pursue in
the near future In the Senate the line
OF demarkation between these policies
IS becoming increasingly plain. Re-
Gently the Republican leader stated
with clarity and precision his view Of
our future policy. He stated that he
deemed It essential by the peace terms
to create a number Of new small ma
lions, 10 IN all. and TO insure the In
dependence OF Russia's six Baltic prov
inces, and In addition that we must
take and hold ample security from Ger
many and Austria"
Johnson said he had no quarrel with
creation Of the new states He then
quoted Lodges statement that the
United States must do its share in oc-
cupation Of German territory and In
helping TO stabilize the new govern
ments
There Is but one conclusion from /
fhe language" continued Johnson, and
That is after the creation Of the sixteen
nations the duty devolves upon the |
United States, in part at least to main !
tain these nations with American sol !
diers.
Il win not subscribe TO this doctrine.
! will not, for one instant concede that
It is the duty Of this Republic to main
tain order in a Jugo-Slav, Czecho-Slav
-or any other new State. am opposed
10 American boys policing Europe and
-quelllng riots in every new nations
hack yard
Keep in mind that the establishment
and maintenance in part by US OF these
peoples must be paid for by our
ready-overburdened taxpayers. But
aside from the material considerations.
y would not shed the blood Of American
boys in the international disturbances
of Esthonia, Livonia and Courtland.
Our help 10 i6 nations which would
be created In establishing themselves
with ordered governments must be the
aid which our arms would give TO one
faction or another in these States. and |
J am not ready to shed American blood |
for any faction of any foreign state or
in maintaining the government In any
Baltic province.
America wants peace. Let us have
peace snd get out Of Europe"
Taking up President Wilson's "a peace /
. terms, johnson declared the FIRST, call
ins for ~open covenants Of peace. openly |
arrived at" has been distorted and |
misunderstood"
Any. one really ought 10 understand |
that when we say open covenants, !
openly arrived at we mean secret |
covenants. secretly arrived at" said
johnson.
He assailed the method Of handing
out homeopathic doses" OF peace con-
ference news to the American people
and charged that in spite Of assurances
10 the contrary the news from Paris IS
being censored
= On point two. freedom Of the seas, he
said:
s'It has been lost for a considerable
period in historical mystery and rests
IN oblivion with the unreallzed dreams
OF the Abound OF Swat and the Maha-
rajsh Of Ruritania-
sPeace point four far the removal OF
sconomic barriers. for the reduction OF
national ornaments and FIVE, for the
Impartial adjustment Of all colonial
claims, apparently have been submerged
in weightier questions and no longer
agitatc the overburdened minds OF
statesmen. The sixth peace point re-
garding Russia l viii mention here
after.
IAN Of the other peace points. with
the exception OF the League Of Ma
tions, deal with territorial adjustments.
Now. the difficulty OF the President in
interpreting his peace points as to tor
ritorial acquisitions is that long ago,
England, France and Italy reached their
conclusions and the President is up
against the contracts, signed. sealed, de-
livered and in the pockets Of the Allies.
The secret treaties which were executed
before our entrance into the war were
quite definite in form and apportioned 1
territories to the three great belliger-
ents and also TO Russia. These secret /
treaties, with the elimination Of Russia,
| feel sure, are deemed effective and
plnoing; nor doubt that substantially
Ms territory they embrace will be d.
.sssa stesu n accordance with their pro-
Iaklng up the Russian situation John
~ uelnanoeo immediate return of
...'e-n ~ sololers. He declared This
soHernlnents policy OF criminal inter-
c1s,on mas lengthened the life ~ tha
-. ~ "a ro snu IS resulting in siarving
nos ns nolsneVlK leaders, but the WON.
~ anu cniiolen OF Russia, for whom
nis ano the Allied governments pro-
Russia's treatment by the limited
States and the Allies shows that aou-
idealistic statements on the rights ~
self determination have gone into obliv-
ion with the rest"
Declaring he does not defend "in anv
degree the Soviet power, or Lenine and
Trotsky," johnson said:
But our dealings with Russia have
been not only on exhibition Of the
crassest stupidity but have contributed
10 the awful tragedy there"
Ynhncon than mt into fhn raoord p