Show Senate Meets e ts b to Introduce 4 jj to Arm U. U.S. S. S Vessels I ll LIE HU HURLED lD I AT WILSON I OJ BY KENYON N NI I IN i T Senator Apologizes s for I Opposing po i g resident President resi n in n I Filibuster Varda Ya man I Also Assails Ex Executive l lii f re j 4 e o I I By International Now New Ser Service i r rI t I W WASHINGTON ASHINGTON March G.- G. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts this thi afternoon reintroduced reintroduce in the I the bill giving the i ident senate pr president president I dent authority to arm American merchant vC vessels els and to use other instrumentalities and methods to protect American lives and top prop property erty on the high seas By International News Service ASHINGTON March 6 6 W W. WASHINGTON Members of the litt little group of wilful men en charged by br the fife president with killing the armed neutrality bill Sunday b began be be- gall gait defending themselves cs in the tho senate senate sen sen- ate ate- to today a His Ills voice quivering qui with excitement excite excite- excite meat ment Senator Kenyon of Iowa ra one of or the twelve senators who refused to sign the manifesto declaring forthe for the bill hurled the llio lie direct at al tho the dentI dent I brand bran as false tho the statement of or anyone that I was a party arty to a it filibuster till fill buster a against the bill ho lie de declared volt vehemently Senator Vardaman of or Mississippi l I also assailed the tho presidents president's state statement tc meat ment in caustic Jan language I would not have havo voted for tho the bill then and andI I would not vote voto for it now non ho bo de de- I want to say sap that tho the statement that I in any r way aided In a 3 ter tel or 01 attempted to block a vote on tho the bill is unqualifiedly false and andI every oon senator here knows it ft shouted I SC Senator l tor Kenyon Kenon Much as I Wanted to lo discuss the tho armed neutrality bill II I did not occupy ono one second econ of time timo Tic The plan seems to be bo to Include C CIn rt In fn th the thA alleged filibuster against tile thor bill all aU those who ho refused to sl sign n a a certain paper declaring for tho the pass pa passage pass pass' sr age are of tho tiro bill t l OFFERED SUPPORT lie He explained here that ho he of offered to let support the hill bill as ns passed b by the tho bows or with the Stone Slone Cummins McCumber amendments Hut But I nm am not In tho the habit of or sign lilg signing In ing ng p papers pel's staling how r I will vote on any nn bill because you OU can never Er tell about ut it Its final form torm ho he a added I II dont don't bet that 51 signature to that I paper was a correct Indication of or whether a a. man mau was a patriot or a It traitor However much opposed as na I wa was to the bill I would have o voted In Ints Its ts final form Corm trusting to t the tho o pt est dents dent's Judgment ment not to arm ships But Dut I refuse to be a party part t to sending this nation into war for thus tho- benefit of or munitions mal makers ers engaged d In n building enormous dividends or or to maintain the tho alleged right ht of or American citizens to travel on belligerent ships If It this country Is Galled called Upon tp ti fight light tho rho munitions makers wont won't do It H. t. t This congress congress congress' wont won't do llo It Tim The people out through the country will do It t. t I will do all possible to back tho the pre president In this crisis Ho He declared he did dbl not believe there was a It filibuster against ns tho bill The be l r |