History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1105 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Lodge's Reservations
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The idea
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, issued fourteen reservations to the treaty, most of them concerning the League.
In practice
Lodge fearing that Article X would commit American troops to others' conflicts.
Where people slip
The anchor calls Lodge an isolationist; the Yawp says he was never one, and wanted the country free to handle its problems its own way.
Your place on the trail
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