Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-30
LODGE TACTICS
ARE DENOUNCED
BY RABBI WISE
Conspiracy to Break Wilson
Laid at Feet of Round
Robin Leader.
RAPs JUDsoN wELLIvER

Wise of New York, one Of the most prom
inent members Of the Jewish faith in the
country and an independent in politics,
who is now speaking for the League Of
Nations and in behalf of Cox and Roose-
velt, passed through Chicago last night
en- route to Kansas City. and gave out
the following statement at Democratic
headquarters in Chicago:
l note that one Judson Welliver trav-
els by the side of Harding whenever tina
latter is untethered from the front parch.
Welliver is the tail of a conspiracy, In
famous and loathsome. the head and
front of the unspeakable offending OF
which was and remains Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge.
I use the term conspiracy advisedly.
use it with complete understanding
Of what 1t means.
If the President failed in Paris-and
ne filled only in part-if the President
pean nations in perfecting the League OF
Nat ems plan. 1t was very largely be-
cause of the conspiracy to break Wilson
and to defeat the Democratic party at the
presidential election of 1920.
Lodge ought to be told by the Ameri-
can people that whether seven or seventy
generations of Massachusetts, ancestors
lie behind him. it was his business and
that of his associates to remember that
when the President of the United States
was in Paris and London negotiating an
instrument Of peace with our associated
lations, he was the President of the
United States and was entitled to the
full and complete support of every Amer
lean citizen
President Wilson did not receive that
support.
If Senator Lodge disapproved Of the
treaty and Of the league covenant drawn
IN part by the President, he was free In
the Senate to oppose 1t and to make
Impossible its ratification.
But he was not free, nor is any Ameri-
can citizen free while the President rep
resents America in negotiations with for
eign countries. TO bring II to pass that
the leaders Of those foreign countries
assume that their dealings with the
President of the United States is gov
erned by the persuation that he 10
longer represents America and that the
real leaders of the Nation are the sena-
torlal group Of political party other
than the Presidents
If Senator Harding should be Presi-
dent. whether at home or abroad, he will
De my President, he viii be the Presi
dent Of al the American people and mil
hons of Democrats who, Ike myself, will
vote for Cox and Roosevelt will look
upon him and support him Loyalty as
the President of the United States
II the case had been reversed and the
Republican President had been treated
by the leaders of the Democratic Darr1
as the President was treated by the
b leaders OF the Republican party anu
tnelr newspaper garbage -distributing
agents such as Welliver, these meh would
be charged with reasonable conduct,
and rightly So
The American people are called upon
10 pass upon the question of whether
the President shall be supported by the
United States or whether the Senate
mem eers OF an opposing political paItg
are Tree 10 undermine and to thwarI
anu as lar as they can, to DESTROY him
as he deals for aad on behalf OF the
United states with the Representatives
OF foreign lands.
II the facts were known by the Amer
lean citizens, Henry Cabot T,Odre would
be rebuked with a swiffness ana a direct
ness that would end the reign Of Lodge
Welliverism In American politics.
me truth Is Lodge and his associates
We're NOT opposed to the Lea que Of Ma
Ftions In advance Of President Wilson'S
Journey TO Paris.
They were opposed to whatever Wilson
M Mt brine home from the scene OF
peace negotiations
W hen Wilson went to Paris the lead
srs OF foreign governments ~ho were to
Reeotidte with him were warned in adj
vance that the President would insis.
upon soft. mild uuexacting peace In
relation to Germany
Wilson disappointed Ledge and his
klnd because he was nrm and strong
ana unyleldlnG, as he ought to have
been in relation TO Germany
lnasmuch as the peace terms were IN
exceptionally, something had TO be on
posed, and therefore the cry went
through the country that Wilson was re-
sponsible for the League of Nation.
wilson was its mighty and most per-
suas1ve spokesman. but the one Amer
lean who more than any other deserves
the credit OF. authorship Of the League of
Nations idea was thar great American
president Taft, who, if he were moi
bound by the real or fancied Obligation
TO stand by the party which nominated
him for the presidency, could not and
would not support the candidacy of
Harding.
The Republican conspiracy, and con-
spiracy 1t was, for men conslpred with
out physically coming together. was di-
Feeted not against the treaty nor against
the covenant OF the league, but against
Wilson and against the Democratic
party.
The league covenant was seized as
pretext en- which to hang at one and
the same time the Indictment and the
condemnation Of the President and ali
his works.
For my part, believe the eonspiraev
goes even deeper than has been Indicated
Inc real eOnspil acy on the part of
certain groups, abetted and furthered by
Lodge and his kind, was to continue
the old world status of war and arna-
ments and the infinite wrong and hurts
winch war and preparedness for war
make inevitable.