The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-17
BOTH LEADERS
INSIST ALLIED
DEBT Be PAID
Lodge and Underwood
Charge Allies Of Attempt
ing to Evade Payment by
Technically.
BORAH HITS LOWDEN
CBy Associated Press)


WASHINGTON, March 17.-Declar-
alton that the United States should in
sist on the payment of its blu of $241,-
900 900 for keeping American soldiers
in Germany were made in the senate
by both party leaders, Senators Lodge
of Massachusetts and Underwood and
Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho. Mr..
Underwood, also urged appointment OF
an American representative on the al
lied reparations commission.
Both Senator Lodge and Senator
Underwood, charged the allies with at
tempting ''by technicality' to oppose
payment of the bill for the American
troops, while Senator Borah said the
allies attitude was entirely unwar-
! ranted"
Senator Underwood asserted the
Republicans were responsible for not
having a member at the reparations
commission. This. the Democratic
leader asserted, was the only way in
which the occupation claim could be
collected.
! Senators Lodge and Poindexter, Re-
| publican, Washington, denied this con-
| tention, declaring that the obligation
to pay for the American soldier rested
upon the armistice agreement and not
upon the treaty of Berlin or that of
Versailles.
Borah Starts Speeches.
| Senator Borah brought up the ques-
| ton today in the senate. He called
| attention to reports that Premier Poin-
care of France had declared that
America has no legal right to collect
for the keep of American troops in
Germany.
II have no doubt that Secretary
Hughes will work out some method of
securing payment" said Senator Borah
adding that he was, however, prim
arily interested in having all Amer
ican troops brought out of Germany
Our army was left in Europe sup
posedly to the benefit of the allies,
said the Idaho senator Certainly il
was not for the benefit of the Ameri
can people, directly or indirectly. II
now appears that our army is nc
longer needed in Europe. 1t seems II
me that the attitude of the allies is
entirely unwarranted and warrants u:
bringing home all of our soldiers"
Another Channel
? The argument momentarily wa.
+ turned into another channel when Sen
! put into the record a statement report
. ed to have been made in Naples, Italy
: by former Governor Frank o. Lowden
\ of Illinois, to the effect that ther'
were indications that the American
t government made two grave mistake
e by declining to become member o
0 the league of nations and by refusing
f a place in the Genoa economic con
4 ference
S "If the gentleman from Illinois i
n correctly quoted" said Senator Boraf
r 81 am satisfied of one thing at least
t and that is that the Republican cor
l. vention at Chicago did not make
g mistake when it declined to nominal
him for president, but l have notice
before the peculiar influence of thes
It European trips
n 1--WE mustn't forget interjecte
r Senator Norris, Republican, Nebraska
that they have no prohibition lay
n over there"
It Senator Borah asserted that no re!
i olution by congress was needed t
+ give the United States Represent;
1t tions. The reparations commission
a because we are member now.
L 1--WE have a representative on tina
q commission he said, land so far q
Il the naked eye can discern there is n
difference between his position an
4 that of the other members He az
s vises and he votes so far as l am az
IL vised the same as anybody else"
a Senator Underwood insisted, how
ever, that the American Representative
I, was only ''looker-in" with no powe
u to act.