The Washington herald., 1920-06-09
Massachusetts Senator Makes StuAow Reuae,0
Of PnHs Past Wok and Future Responsibilities
Framer Of Treaty Changes
Seeks Candidate Who
Will Have Mexican Pol
, icy-Doctrine Of Watch
full Waiting Flayed.

Lodge attacked Wilson's proposal to
take a mandate over Armenia. say
ing 1t would involve US in wars and
"is a plan to get US involved in the
league of nations without our be-
ing a member of the league"
Following thssarmistice. the Sena-
tor said, the course of America was
to make peace with Germany at
once and then take up for reason
able consideration the question OF
establishing future relations that
would make for the peace OF the
world.
'Tf this had been done We would
have had peace with Germany three
months after the armistice," he
said.
This, Mr.. Wilson prevented, Sena-
tor Lodge said, claiming the Presi-
dent sought to compel the Senate
to accept the league Of nations In
order to get peace. Although placed
in a difficult situation, Lodge said,
Republican Senators believed their
duty to be clear before them and
did not shrink from fulfilling it."
"People Against Treaty"
Wilson's return to America and
subsequent speaking tour, Lodge
said, befuddled the people into
thinking the league would brins
permanent peace. but that since
then there has been a revulsion of
feeling and that today the number
Of people who would be willing to
accept the covenant of the league OF
nations just as the President
brought it back from Europe Is
negligible"
Attacking the much debated Ar
'ticle Y, the Senator said 1t would
involve this nation in countless
wars foreign to our good, that II
would destroy the Monroe doctrine
and gave America unequal voting
mower. Reservations were adopted
and twice offered to the President
and his supporters, Lodge said
which were twice rejected.
Another effort to end the wal
took the form of a peace resolution
passed by both houses but vetoed
by the President, said Lodge.
There the story ends" the Sena.
tor continued. I'VE have stopped
Mr.. Wilson's treaty and the ques'
tion goes to the people"
Keel All Promises, He Urges.
Calling on the convention tc
make no promises which could no,
be performed, Senator Lodge said
Let US simply lay before the
people our principles and policies
policies which are at once vigorous
and practicable and then pledge
4 ~
carry these policies into effect. Thi:
selves no further.
IF the righteousness of our cause
will not win, no false promises oI
dclusive hopes will be of any avail
Let us be true to our highest tradi'
tions because in them we shall find
both an inspiration and a guide.
Let past dissensions betweer
ourselves be relegated to history
ard forgotten by US. Let all honest
differences as to means and methods
IL there are such. be set aside unit
November in order that the grea
and overruling purpose in which w
all agree and which we long t
achieve may be attained.
Wants Victory for Beliefs.
Make our declaration of princi
pies so broad. so devoted to the on
supreme object, that all ayRccep
it and all work for the same dom
| inant results.
Thus inspired. thus united, W,
may feel assured that when tn
banners are lifted and the trumpet
blown we shall march forth to vic
| tory, not for our party alone bu
for principles and beliefs which ar
| absolutely vital II the American re
! public is to continue on its tri
umphant course and the hopes O
humanity, so bound up in the for
tunes of the United States, are I
| he fu1filled"