The Washington herald., 1918-10-15
CHEERED
BY SENATORS
Stirring Message Brings Fu-
tile Debate to End In
~ Upper House.

Applause from Senators who had
listened all cay long to a debate on
the peace question greeted the read
ing II the Senate Cf the Presidents
decIsion or GcTmany's peace effort
late yesterday. Senators were quick
to give 1t their hearty approval
The Senate bad been held In session
TO get the text Of the message. The
text was given to Senator Hitchcock,
chairman Of the Foreign Relations
Committee, By wsy Of press wire
from the State Department. and he
read jt to the Senate with dramatic
siIeet. One Of the most picturesque
scenes OF Amerioa's participation in
the war was witnessed during the
reading, anG when Senator Hitchcock
concluded. applause broke forth. quiet
~ at drst, but haaliy il became an
oG:burst thoroughly expressive Of the
senats's approval.
apestionsr. at Rest.
The document Sc tisfjsd all senate
inquiries as TO what the nature OF
the peace settlement is to be and
sffsctuSlly disposed Of the bogey-
nen set up in debate regarding the
probable course OF the President.
Fhs answer left nothing more TO
talk about. This days debate will
appear of little use alongside the
document issued at the close Of the
day as the Presidents word to Ger
many.
There were three resolutions in
roduced during the debate. One. by
Senator Thomas. OF Colorado, Teaf
firmed the principles laid down by
the President in his various
speeches as the only conditions
which this government and the gov
sTnmsnts Of the allies could con-
slider. Another, by Senator Gore, OF
Oklahoma, demanded a vigorous
and uninterrupted prosecution OF the
war untii a democratic. just and ac-
csptabls peace IS made certain upon
terms approved by the President ard
faithful to the co-belligereHts CT the
United States"
The third resolution. by Senator
Lodge, Of Massachusetts, demanded
nothing less than unconditional sur
render and demanded that parleying
with the enemy cease until he sur
rendered. The resolution was as fol-
lolws:
Resolved. that it Is the sense Of
the Senate that there should be no
further communication with the
German government upon the subject
of an arniStiCe or conditions Of peace
Except a demand for unconditional
surrender"
Upon motion made by Senator kir-
by. Of Arkansas, these resolutions
were referred to the Foreign RCla-
tiOns Committee.
People Express Sentiment.
Bundles of kilograms. all demanding
unconditional surrender. had been re-
Ceived by almost every member of the
Senate. Some of these were read into
the record.
The speeches which followed were
sIl predicated on the fear or belief
that the President might agree to an
armistice before the German army,
surrendered. Senator Brandegee said
such an event would be "a tragedy
such as the world has never before
looked upon" Senator MCCumber. in
P speech lasting two hours, expressed
fear that the central powers might
escape without further punishment
into their own borders, which have
not anywhere been SCARED by this
awful war" Senator Cummins in
sisted that Germany must be made
to pay TO the last farthinE of her
capacity" that she must disarm. her
navy must be divided among the allied
powers, her fOTtresses dismantled,
her munitions factories destroyed.
she must be made a dependent
nation" Senator Cummins asserted.
permitted to engage in commerce,
but pOweriess to make war. My pro-
pOsal is capital punishment fOI a
nation"
Reed Praises President.
Senator Reed, of Missouri, sounded
q new note by insisting that the SEN
ate should not permit the country
to get the impression that the Pres
ident would accept anything but an
unconditional surrender. Senator Reed
pleaded for undivided support of the
President, saying he had not been
a wOrshiper Of the President" be-