The Washington herald., 1919-02-06
SENATORS ARRAIGN
ENGLISH EMBARGO;
FEAR PERIL OF WAR
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to impose such an Injurious embargo
as planned. 1t Is calculated to arouse
a feeling of hostility. Britain does
this country a great violence at this
time 10 press the embargo. She will
make it very difficult for the Presi-
dent TO protect and secure the adop-
ton of his program. It will lead to
retaliatory legislation, and instead of
insuring peace among the allies It
will lead to enmity."
The part Llayed by Great Britain
in forcing the repeal Of the Panama
Canal tolls act was brought into the
debate and a parallel was drawn be-
tween England's course at that time
and her present action. Senator
Ashurst declared his indignation
had not been stirred quite so much
since the repeal of the tolls act as
it had been by the embargo order.
He pronounced the repeal a foul
blot on the fair record of the Demo-
cratic party" and declared that the
repeal had taken from the United
states the only single weapon which
it might use against embargo re-
strictions of the kind contemplated.
Betrayal of People, He Says.
Il wish to state here and now"
Senator Ashurst sid. that our fail
ure, and the failure of the Demo-
cratic party to keep its solemn
pledge to the people of the United
States to give the ships free tolls
did more to undermine the conf
dence the people once had in the
Democratic party than any other act
we ever did. 1t was a shameful, dis
graceful, foul betrayal of the people
on that one promise. My indigna-
tion, if I live for fifty years, will
never subside upon the betrayal
which the Democratic Barty handed
to the people on that promise"
Thou Canst not shake thy CORY
locks at me-" interposed Senator
Reed. Il did not do it. voted
against it" Senator Thomas has
tened to add that he too opposed the
repeal
Senator Reed digressed from the
main trend of his speech to refer to
the Panama Canal repeal and
brought out the fact that the cam
paign for the repeal was fostered
and carried on by the Carnegie
Peace Foundation. He questioned
the loyalty of this organization,
which has been shown in an inves-
tigation now proceeding before a
House committee to have been one
of the mainstays of the now thor
Oughly discredited National Security
League.
Senator Thomas further illuminated
the discussion by bringing out that
the principal pamphlet distributed by
the Carnegie Foundation in the in
terest Of repeal was a speech de-
livered in the Senate by Elihu Root.
of New Yrok.
Doubts Loyalty of Members.
Il know that is true" responded
Senator Reed. 4 mean by that I
know it was a part of the expense
borne by the Peace Foundation.
do not hesitate now to start to raise
the question of loyalty against any
organization that is not govern
mental that sits down in the United
states as an American organization
and then COnspires with a lot of
Germans, with a lot of Swedes, with
a lot of Hungarians, and with a lot
of Englishmen to work out a policy
that will AFFECT the policy of our
government. I very much doubt the
loyalty of that course of conduct.
1t might lead to any extreme, to
any abuse, and it might lead to
worldwide conspiracy to undermine
the very foundations Of the Amer
lean RepubIic