The treaty established a League of Nations. Lodge did not want that because The League could establish international laws that America might be opposed to. He did not want America to be forced into anything and he wanted to protect American interests.
Henry Cabot Lodge was an American Republican Senator and historian, and opposed the Treaty in the interest of his own nation. The Treaty of Versailles created a League of Nations that could create international laws that America might oppose.
Henry Cabot Lodge had a fierce battle with President Woodrow Wilson over a president's ability to declare war. Lodge believed Congress should also have a say in whether the US should go to war or not.
Henry Cabot Lodge did not think we should have signed the treaty because he thought that it would bring the country into unwanted wars with other nations.
No, he wanted isolation
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts.
Henry Cabot Lodge
Everyone supported the treaty of Versailles except Germany because they were the ones paying the debts
The Senate rejected the Treaty in March 19, 1920 President Wilson did sign the Treaty of Versailles, but he had foolishly refused to bring Representatives and Senators, particularly Henry Cabot Lodge, the majority leader in the house. This may have biased the legislature against the treaty, but the main reason the U.S. did not agree to the Treaty of Versaille was not that they thought it was too harsh, it was that the League of Nations had become part of the treaty. The U.S. did not want its foreign policy decided by another body, so they rejected the treaty. There is a certain irony that the League of Nations was the addition that the legislatures disliked, as it was the only part of Wilson's 14 points to make it onto the Treaty.
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts.
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts.
Delay and amend the treaty.
pretty sure it was Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge strongly opposed the Treaty of Versailles because he felt that the US should demand unconditional surrender. He is largely responsible for preventing US entry into the League of Nations, partly due to his personal hatred of President Woodrow Wilson.
Everyone supported the treaty of Versailles except Germany because they were the ones paying the debts
The Senate rejected the Treaty in March 19, 1920 President Wilson did sign the Treaty of Versailles, but he had foolishly refused to bring Representatives and Senators, particularly Henry Cabot Lodge, the majority leader in the house. This may have biased the legislature against the treaty, but the main reason the U.S. did not agree to the Treaty of Versaille was not that they thought it was too harsh, it was that the League of Nations had become part of the treaty. The U.S. did not want its foreign policy decided by another body, so they rejected the treaty. There is a certain irony that the League of Nations was the addition that the legislatures disliked, as it was the only part of Wilson's 14 points to make it onto the Treaty.
The Senate rejected the Treaty in March 19, 1920 President Wilson did sign the Treaty of Versailles, but he had foolishly refused to bring Representatives and Senators, particularly Henry Cabot Lodge, the majority leader in the house. This may have biased the legislature against the treaty, but the main reason the U.S. did not agree to the Treaty of Versaille was not that they thought it was too harsh, it was that the League of Nations had become part of the treaty. The U.S. did not want its foreign policy decided by another body, so they rejected the treaty. There is a certain irony that the League of Nations was the addition that the legislatures disliked, as it was the only part of Wilson's 14 points to make it onto the Treaty.
Henry Cabot Lodge