The Washington times., 1920-06-09
G.0..P.. TREATY
/. POLICY CLEAR
Lodge Speech Shows That Ab-
solute Rejection Is Only
Course, Says Borah.
By WILLIAM E. BORAH.
Uuited states Senator from Idshs.

h rCHICAGO, June 0-Senator LodSe
I speech was, as expected, scholarly
q address,; IL covered quite thoroughly
the important questions now before
the people. Upon the dominant issues
as TO whether this Government is to
become a co-partner with European
. powers and take part In all the Eu-
ropean conflicts the address becomes
more satisfactory the more IL is
studied. While II does not say so in
SO many words, the effect of the ar
{ gument presented by the distinguish
! ed Senator is to reject any league at
all.
IL his argument and his suggestions
: are followed to their legitimate con-
! ciusion. then we must have no league
at all.
In order to support League under
/ the presentation of the NIestion as
=. found in this address. you w\Ild have
! to charge the Senator with jSStncer-
; ity and with the mere playing of>oli-
tics upon this great question.
Would he Party Suicide.
The Republicans in the coming cam
, paign would find themselves greatly
embarrassed by Senator Lodges
speech If this convention in mt OF
: suicidal insanity should indorse the
! League of Nations, or pledge the Re
. 10 Idtlly p'SS'"s
treaty and the league in any FORM
For instance, Senator Lodge says:
: I'VE found that 1t dragged us not
only into every dispute and in every
war in Europe and in the rest OF the
world. but that our soldiers and sail
ors might be forced to give their lives
, in quarrels not their own at the bid
ding of foreign governments
1t is true that was precisely what
- Ia a.,I ts
! precisely what the league binds us
to do with the so-called reservations.
If it was so seriously dangerous be-
cause it dragged us into every
European dispute, as 1T did in the
first instance, 1t has that same serious
element of danger in it still. For in
stance, as the League now stands
with the reservations attached, we
would be members of council the
jurisdiction of which would be to
deal with every possible subject aris-
ing in Europe, Asia or Africa which
would in any way in the Judgment
of the council be calculated to affect
I one way or another the question of
peace.
None Relieves Danger.
We would be members of an as
sembly where England would have
six votes to our one. The assembly
/ would have jurisdiction commen-
\ surate in territory with the world
l and commensurate in subjects with
every question which touched the
peace of the world. There is no
reservation proposed, nor has there
been any resolution proposed which
relieves us from this great danger Of
being a part of every European dis
pute which Senator Lodge so graphic
w danger
the League.
Under Article XI, for instance. any
war or threat of war in any part OF
the world is declared to be a matter
of concern to the League and the
! League is imperatively commanded to
take jurisdiction of the question and
deal with it in any way that the
League deems wise.
Under Article NJ, we could be a
party to the conflict now going on
in Russia. to the fight that is now go
, ing on in Egypt, to the trouble that
is brewing in India, to the strife that
has, been raging in Ireland for seven
. hundred years, to the contention be-
tween the Koreans and the Japanese
and to all other disturbances. In
other words, the dangers which Sena-
itor Lodge most ably and clearly
points out, are still in the League
no mistake. about that.
\ Would he Betrayal.
II the Republican party. here as
sembled, departs from the city of
Chicago with a pledge to ratify the
League of Nations, with or without
the reservations, it has betrayed and
surrendered every principle wr,d ref
crcnce to foreign affairs for which
the Republican party has stood for
sixty years.
1t turns it's back upon the teaching S
of Lincoln, upon the things for which
Grant and Sumner and Seward oud
GARFIELD and Mckinley and Roosevelt
stood unflinchingly and uncomDro-
misinGly. And when it became neees-
sary for any critic of the Republican
party to show that IL had surrendered
its principles and betrayed it's Gov
ornment, 1t would only be m necessary to
take down the speeches, of LINCOLN
and the letters OF william II. Seward,
the platforms of the party since 1850
and finally the keynote speech OF
1920 to prove 1t. ID
There arc hundreds of thousands
and millions of American citizens who
will never permit that surrender to
be made And tike it from the speech
Of Senator Lodge that he is unequivo'
cally of the opinion that 1t shall not
be made, - -. O..
| This magnificent sentence is found
\in the speech delivered today: Let
us stand fast by the principles OF
Washington and. Monroe and against
those of Mr.. Wilson; VIC must be no"
and forever for Amcricanism and ma
tionalism and against international
ism" ...
Could Not BE Reconcilcd.
How can you reconcile this will
any league which makes us partner'
with European nations? Can you
reconcile this with our having an ac'
credited representative sitting In the
council at Geneva dealing with every
possible concern OF European life
How can you reconcile it with tho
solemn obligation OF Article NJ, which
binds us not only to take part in
every European disturbance, but
binds us both by the terms of the
contract and in morals to abide by