LOWELL AND LODGE IN JOINT LEAGUE DEBATE

Acceptance of an invitation of President Lowell for a joint debate with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge '71 in Boston upon the League of Nations question was announced late Saturday night from Senator Lodge's office. The exact time and place of the meeting will be arranged by the two speakers as soon as the Republican leader of the Senate returns to Boston probably early this week.

President Lowell sent his invitation to Mr. Lodge last Thursday saying that it was of the utmost importance that the question of the League of Nations be publicly discussed. Senator Lodge, who has been the most prominent opponent of the League and who recently presented to the Senate his resolution and the statement of 37 Republican senators and senators elect, declaring opposition to the constitution of the League as now framed, was prompt in his acceptance of the challenge.

The letter of President Lowell follows: "It is of the utmost importance that the committee's report at the conference in Paris for a League of Nations should receive the fullest public discussion. I therefore write to ask if you will meet me in a public joint debate on the question whether or not the substance or the provisions of this covenant should be ratified by the United States. This letter is, of course, public."

In his acceptance of the challenge, Senator Lodge wrote:

"I have received your letter of March 6. I expect to be in Boston next week and shall be very happy to meet you then and arrange for a public discussion of the plan for the League of Nations agreed upon by the commission of the Peace Conference, which has lately been published in this country."

According to the above letters, Senator Lodge intends to limit the discussion to the specific plan adopted by the Peace Conference, while President Lowell desires that a broad interpretation be given to those articles.

President Lowell announced to the CRIMSON yesterday that no further details of the debate would be given out until he could confer with Senator Lodge.