Bisbee daily review., 1919-02-14
AMERICAN TROOPS
 RETURN FROM RUSSIA
 SOON. SAYS SENATOR
Agreement Is Looked for in Proposed Princes Island
 Conference
CBy Review Leased wire)

Princes islands between representa- tives of the victorious associated na- tiOns and the various cOntending Rus sian factions would result in an agree ment for withdrawal from Russia of American and allied troops was made in the senate today by Senator Hitch cock, chairman Of the foreign relations committee, during another spirited de- bate on the American policy towards Russia
 Senator Hitchcock saIu he believed all the foreign expeditions in RussTia would come together" under the agreement with the Russian represen- tatives which would precent butch cry" of troops left in Russia
 To Continue Fight
 Discussion of the Russian situation was opened by Senator Johnson of California, Republican, who asked for immediate action on his resolution, which would put the senate on record as favoring withdrawal of the Ameri- can Russian expedition as soon as practicable After vehement argu- lhent and clashes between Senators TIi.chOOsk and Johnson, objection Ey the former to an immediate vote sent the resolution to the calendar with a majority vote necessary for it's fur ther consideration.
 Senator Johnson declared tonight af- ter the senate had adjourned, that he woIlI continue the fight daily until congress adjourned March 1, by in trOducing new resolutions.
 During the days debate, the sharp est cf many months in ther senate Republican Leader Lo0sss and Senator Lewis of Illinois, Democratic whip, diff fered regarding the statement Of Prs- mier Lloyd-Georse to parliament yes terday that the American government had refused to send more troops to Russia.
 Attacks intervention
 Senator Lodge said the premier's announcement apparently was au- thcntic and was the first definite srtatemeTnt as to the American policy while Senator Lewis insisted that MT LlOyd-George was divulging the de cisiOns of the supreme war council and not merely the American policy
 In 1srins immediate consideration Uf his esOlutiOn, Senator Johnson made an impassiOned attack on the peril of American intervention in Russia, de- nOuncsag it as unusual vicious and ciminaI" Diselaiming sympathy with the bOlshevik government and ae ncuncing- their atrocitis. Senator Johnson. resented a suggested from Senator Hitchcock that he actef as a -champiSn' of the bolshevik element in Russia. Senator Hitchcock made his reference in presenting the friend iv unpgca cont Tr-;1-o,, 10 the soviet government and the re- ply, which Senator Hitchcock de nOunced as practically an insult"
 Defends Intervention
 Defending American intervention in Russia, Senator Hitchcock said it was an anti-Germah military move agreed upon with the allied governments He asserted that the Johnson resolution would not expedite withdrawal of the American forces and favored its refer ence to the foreign relations commit tee
 Both Senators JohnsonF and Lodge emphasized that Mir. Lloyd Geroge had given what they termed the first authentic statement of the American policy in Russia MT. Lodge declared that the Siberian expedition was jus title, but said the intervention was too weak 10 be forceful He said the northern Russian expedition was "a pure waste of American lives" and the expeditions should have been withdrawn whenr the armistice was signed
 Senator Johnson charged that orig inal resolutions. introduced last Der cemtCl, asking for an official state ment oi the American policy regarding Russia had been bottled up" in the foreign relations committee. Senator Hitchcock denieI thisr and Senator Lodge supported him in the srtate- ment that this resolution had been fa.clul!y considered. but that a ma JoTity of the committee opposed report ing it to the senate
 Lewis ReViIes Subject
 some time after the Johnson reso- lution was. sent 10 the casendar. Sena- tor Lewis revived the subject by de- pioring an expression, which he said f might be gained by Senator Lodges comment on Premier Lloyd Georges statement
 -It may be charged 2" said Senator Lewis. that this country has to look 10 Engiau1 for a statement of Amer ican policy Such a statement, if ac- cepted at it's face vaIes, would rob the president of the confidence of the people who might assume the United States had yielded its policies to Eng land
 Tn matter where the allied coun- ell ha1 acted. il is natural that any Of the ccU1cil should speak. The pres ldent has spoken the policy of the league cf nations. Lloyd George sDcke as enc CT the council and the policy cf tho council, and was not spsakine Of tho policy of this country"
 Sf5ato' Lodge denied that Lioy1 Ecorge was outlining the war coun- els policy and insisted that he was satin if quoted correctly. the Amer ican policy.
 T suppose he got his information from the president while he was i'm