New Britain herald., 1919-08-13
sENsToR LODGE SPEAKS.

4A ths#e #eAhlted states Senate has again uttered his wabning. Be- wase Of .the League of Nations, take eare ossyour aiberty, pIake sure that yoa' saa feaaot hopele5 Sly entangled is
 he eaattessE t ssEsss sssss hPefhas uttered it. It the ssss Yary repeated to us
 tis warning ping else and know Ing the perverseness the political tub bo pafless of the geyhtleman who is
 nus guiding usSwe ask' why should we ssos ssaIs rs5f. Gf the ne s1t@t' nesause Sen
 V1fieletas Fa 1sta Yeason. We wish some set t1sS2ent of this worlds troubles if it 1s possible. It is not for one man. of known adversen ess to anything that might in any way help an individual |of the opposite political faith, to tell Jus to beware-and : quit there. We #doubt if his strength is great enough flor that. We doubt if the United |States will blindly follow him as lead
 CT upon a path that he has not il- Iumined. Our choice lies between the
 road which we desire to take and
 which has been blocked by his Keep
 Off sign and the one which lies open
 but is dark and leads we know not
 where
 What statements did the Senator make in his speech that lead us to suppose that his vilfication of the League pact was justified? Wherein Sdid he show that we were to be thrust into and be deprived of our sep Arate entity as nation? Let us con- speech that describes our early days, our rise through a world that was "often hostile and always indifferent Is true, of course. It has no bearing &that "those rights upon which our bower has been founded should never H be lessened or weakened. It will be no service to the world to do so and it<wil- be of intolerable injury to the United States. We will do our share.
 We are ready and anxious to help in all #ways to preserve the worlds
 peaees \ But we can do it best by not
 crippling ourselves"
 We will grant the truth of those
 words also, but how are we going to
 cripple ourselves? By lettering the
 nation with the affairs of Europe, we
 suppose, which is insinuated in the
 Following.
 TT,,it ic 6C Xbest hope, but if you letter her in the
 interests and quarrels of other na
 lions, if you tangle her in the intrigues
 of Europe you will destroy her power
 for good and endanger her very ex-
 istence
 Leave her to march freely through the centuries to come as in the years
 that have gone. Strong. generous and
 confident, she has nobly served man.
 Kind. f.,
 Beware how you trife with her marvellous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble aad fall, freedom and civilization will go down in ruin.'
 II ] that, in his mind, the American mili- tary forces will be subject to the call of every nation that becomes involved In 8 fracas of any description. We ! believe that he is vastly mistaken, i eyen if he is not deliberately misrepre-
 senting the intent and purpose of the pact It is true that the power of the United States would be brought to I bear to settle, if possible, any belli- cose attitude of other nations under the covenant, but it is not true that our forces would be subject to an . others beck and call. We cannot so construct our understanding of the agreement But we would like to be l shown. If it is true that another can l summon us into war we do not want ! to enter the League. Now show us,
 senator, we are willing.
 sWhat the Senator has left unsad in ground. He did not state, for in- stance, that the abandonment of the League would start a competitive building of large armies and navies by every nation on the earth. Our own position is such that, once we started to oyerbuild our military strength, the other nations woYld immediately give up any idea of a League and immedi- ately start building themselves tC meet the aggression that they would quite naturally, expect from us. He did not state that, the United States has the final say in the matter, as she Is the power best situated to acquire