The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-06
SAYS SENATORS ARE WORKING TO PLEASE GERMANY
Republicans Ready to Kill Entire Treaty Tn Effort
 to Defeat League.

Washington. D. C., Sept 6.-The
 boIdness with which certain Repub- Ecan senators and representatives are
 engaged in pleasing Germany" as Attorney-GeneTal A Mitchell Palmer
 has characterized il, is astounding of
 Leial Washington. In several in stances the new found friends of the
 Hun ncve~ before raised their voices
 in his defense; while in other cases
 his American supporters were pro-
 nounced pro-German before the Unit
 cd States entered the war. particular
 lE silent during American partiCiDa-
 ton and now rampant in doing every
 thing that will disCredit this country
 and eNalt the conquered enemy.
 Senator EnoX's speech in the senate
 against the Treaty of Peace and the
 League of Nations astonishcd Wash
 inston, not because it demanded the
 death of the League. but that the
 Pcnnsylvanian spoke so bitterly of
 the hard and cruel peace" that had
 been forced on Germany. This com
 ing from one of the leading senators
 ot a party that had attempted to
 make political capital by assuring the
 public that President Wilson and the
 Democrats generally intended letting
 Germany go without punishment,
 seemed strange to those following na- JIonal affairs closely.
 The intention of some Republican SenatO'iaI leaders to kill the entire
 Treat rather than have the League
 succeed, is becoming more apparent daily. That the plan is cut and dried
 is evidenced by the speech of Senator
 sherman of Illinois in his home state
 a few days prior to the Knox address,
 in which he asserted that the Treaty would be killed by the senate and forced upon the country as the issue of 1920.
 Another shining example of after l the-armistice bravery pointed out by l Dem oCratic leaders is Rep. William A. Rodeuburg of East St. Louis. IL. who recently introduced a resolution | addressed to the President demanding l that the latter forego his tour of the country to explain to the people what 1 the League of Nations meant to the world.
 Representative Rodenburg has a
 war record that is far from being | savOry. It is pointed out Rodenburg voted for the McLemore resolution warning Americans against sailing on foreign ships during the submarine ! days prior to America's entrance into 1 the war; for the Cooper amendment ! forbiddinE American merchant ships | against arming for defense against ruthless German submarines: against l the declaration of war and agains ! the first war revenue bill. The activities of the German sym [ pathizcrs in the United States Senate have hsen made plain by the futile attempt to prevent the confirmation | of Atto~ney-G General Palmer. Senator ! IHrelinEhuysen of New Jersey wa. i named by MT. Palmer in a statemen | following his almost unanimous con. | irmatIon by the Senate, as having | been active in espousiug the cause O. | German firms whose property wa. [ taken over by the present attorney. | general when he was alien property ! custodian. Not only was this senator : 'pleasing Germany" according to the
 attorney general but he was of ] fcially mentioned and praised for thi, | work in a statement given out by the ] German foreign office recently.
 l Attorney-GeneraI Palmer pointed l out in his statement that Senator I Frelinghuysen is president of a New l YorR insurance company which wa. | the only one to attempt to block the | complete liquidation of German in. | surance companies in this country ! The attorney-general also asserted | that Senator Frelinghuysen was tn, ! only member of Congress to appear | before the Senate committee in 1917 ] to influence it's cOndust in framins | the trading with the enemy act, ana | that he requested the committee tC ] hear a witness who urged that tht | United States be not interfered with