New-York tribune., 1920-10-18
Power to Send Troops to
Europe Vested in Vote
of Presidents Agent, He
Tells 1000 at Dinner
Defes Cox's Slur
On ''America First
Late Colonel Roosevelt's
Sister Pictures Brother
Supporting the Senator

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Mas
sachusetts, told about 1000 persons
who attended a dinner of the Society of
Arts and Sciences at the Hotel Commo-
dore last night that the menace of
Article x of the covenant of the League
OF Nations was one which could not be
underestimated in the United States.
In its first sentence, he said, it laid
sn obligation on every member of the
league to protect the territory of any
member against invasion. This obliga-
tion was incurred, regardless of any de-
clsion of the council Of the league, he
said, and whether it was called a moral
obligation or not it was one which was
binding upon every member nation.
Article also made it possible for
the agent of the President of the
united States to cast ballot which
would plunge this nation into war in
foreign territory without vote by Con-
gress, he said-a possibility which was
a direct infringement of the Constitu-
tion.
Traffic in Women
Senator Lodge also called ettention
to Article XXIII, dealing with the
traffic in women, children and drugs,
saying that Mrs. Arthur J.. Livermbre
was justified in criticlzing it, although
She had been censured in newspapers
for doing so. 1t was an article, Sena-
tor Lodge said, which might impose re-
strictions made by other countries
upon immigration Into the United
States.
He praised Senator James W. Wads-
worth Jr. highly in his opening re-
marks, saying that he was skilled de-
batter and had handled matters con-
nected with the Military Affairs Com
nittee with courage and ability. He
for a general reduction of ornaments,
he said. but was not ready to sacrifice
the nations freedom and sovereignty to
that end.
"If this is what Governor Cox calls
'selhsh,'" said Senator Lodge, "then
am selfish"
Other guests of the society were
Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson and
Colonel William Hayward. James R.
Sheffield, who presided, said in his
opening address that the society was
non-partisan and two weeks from last
night would have Franklin D: Roose-
welt as its guest.
Sister Defends Roosevelt
Mrs. Robinson said that she had
heard her brother, the late Colonel
Roosevelt, discussing with Senator
Lodge subjects which were the germ
of the Lodge reservation and world
peace ideals and was certain that, if
Colonel Roosevelt were alive, he would
be fighting side by side with Senator
Lodge for the reservations and the cleo
tion of Senator Harding.
II was at the bedside of Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt with Senator
cuss in embryonic form what has de-
veloped into the Lodge reservations and
deals Of an agreement for peace. am
sure that if Theodore Roosevelt were
here to-day he would be fighting side
by side on the league issue with Sena-
tor Lodge. | loathe and resent vigor-
ously the hypocrisy behind the use O,
my brothers name by the Democratic
organization for the purpose of win
ming the support of former followers
of Theodore Roosevelt. | take advan-
tage of this occasion to serve notice
that, if Theodore Roosevelt were alive
to-day, he would be supporting Harding
with all his power
Lodges Address
Senator Lodges address, in part, fol-
lows:
TIE chief Democratic speakers and
their assistants are very busily en-
gagged just now in denouncing the ke-
publicans as misrepresenting the facts
when they say that under the covenant
of the League of Nations American
soldiers can be sent abroad at the bid
ding Of foreign powers They have
two ways of meeting the wholly truth
full assertions as to sending American
soldiers abroad, when they find that
they cannot dispose of them by merely
shouting that they are misreprcS SEN