The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-07-08
Two Pears Of mr.. Lodge.

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came apparent nj al after Mr. wise a had ua4 . back sesst from n P a1ssid xa h ns
made Of it.. The truth is that IS early as December 81, 1915, MI. Looge
before anyone knew What knd . q , league would 9 1b be "a drafted rate fs, in the as s9n NM:
peace conference It is now almost com mica li in view Of naa the cearse of LA Article mn
x which alone suggests III use of force b n 1eaguea e TO Nep p iN vo Ivd@
it is almost comical to recant that in "A senate speech OF ;seeeain@at h hat aid
Mr.. Lodge himself declared that 10 league vas worth DISCUSSING INA , uu
not IA power to enforce its DEGREES. Enforce It's dec,sest d de Nv " Ma
Mr.. Wilson'S finished covenant appeared Mr.. Lodge a ead TO ne ~ m s
tracks before he would consent to tn assumption by or cover ~ euan w
so much Is a moral obligation" under Article K to help enforce eVe W "
moral uaion he Leagues decisions regarding threatened ut0rea %
wr Ringing on "external aggression. .-u.
It is now nearly two years since Mr.; Lodge senate Sc aeu speei in oil discussing ausdns
"The essential terms of peace" How consistently hostneu TO "a "a e eag IL io
the Senate, his emasculating amendments proposed n vo@a GOV np n 1opnson
ana the whole battalion II death whenever a compromMe OF resetu ~. omd
uth NJ FitchcocI. the administration leader, about to re effected N
finally his dramatic midnight entrance inot the platform hght before before ue
-asohyJona ommitteea at Chicago, announcing tina h e would ersona og-
nose before the convention n platform Endorsement OF the League VIZ
hso n nreciousr reservations even-does lot this recordn now On a coh-
sstencv and yerisimiutude pointing to but n conclusion?
And What is hat conclusion? This-that there las nt been a day Oh
az hour since the tide of battle turned against the Germans in France and
NJ odo first saw thu coming victory when the senator ws the than the
SeaaI1v anemv Of n League Of Nations which might go into history bearing
M fmnunt of Woodrow Wilson