Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-05
SENATOR WALSH SAID BY REASON OF NO CRITICSIM' PRESIDENTS PRINCIPLES
 WERE ASSUMED TO BE ENDORSED
THOSE WHO WERE CRITICAL, DEPRECATED PEACE
 DISCUSSION BEFORE VICTORY ESSENTIAL TO PEACE
Cummings Resolution Cosd cred Behind Closed Doors Is Opposed By Most Democrats and Some Republi-
 cansPrivately Stated It Would Be Killed

Washington, Dec. 4.-President Will sons fourteen principles and terms, the league of nations, international disarmament. open diplomacy and other subjects connected with the Forthcoming peace conference, were discussed in the senate today during five hours of debate in which many senators, both Republicans and Demo- crats joined.
 During the discussion, Senator Borah, of Idaho, Republican introduce ed resolution proposing publication of the peace treaty, immediately upon it's completion and open discussion of it in the senate, while Senator Ere linghuysen, of New Jersey, Reublican, offered a resolution seeking interpre- tation by the President of the 14 points.
 Both resolutions will be sent to the foreign relations committee, which be- fore the senate discussion opened, con- sidered for almost two hours behind closed doors the resolution of Senator Cummins, of Iowa, Republican, pro- posing appointments of senate con- mittee to attend the Paris conference, to keep the senate informed of events there. Action on the Cummins resolu- tion was postponed until tomorrow, with administration leaders and some republican represented opposing it's approval. The committee also decided to put over until next week, the reso- lution of Senator Knox of Pennsylvan- ia, Republican calling for postpon- ment of action by the peace confer ence on the questions of league of nations and freedom of the seas.
 The senate's debate, which contin- ued intermittently until adjournment tonight, was opened by Senator Ere linghuysen. who, in offering his reso- lutiOn, declared the President had ne yer elaborated on many of his IA terms and demanded that the American peo- pie be informed of their concrete ap- plication.
 In reply, Senator Walsh of Mon- tana, Democrat, said delay in criti- cism of the 14 principles was ground for general belief that the country approved them. Senator Poindexter of Washington, Knox, of Pennsylvania and Johnson, of California, all Repub- licans challenged that view They insisted that after their enunciation peace discussion generally had been frowned upon until recently, and consequently there had been no gen. eral discussion of them. Senator Johnson said that now the President has gone to France, leaving the na- tion ignorant of the precise meaning of his principles.
 Senator Knox said congress had q q I.o tween nations when it attached a rid CT to the naval appropriation bill of February, 1916, authorizing the Presi- dent to call an internatiOnl conference not later than the conclusion of the war, for discussion of military disarm- ament and general arbitrationl of in- ternational disputes.
 During the day, Senator Kellogg, of Minnesota, Republican delivered a prepared address in favor of a league of nations, whose decrees should be enforced by popular opinion of res ponsive popular governments and not by force of a super-government or world court
 In replying to Senator Kellogg, who had expressed regret that the Presi- dent had not taken the senate and people more into his confidence on the peace questions, Senator Lewis, of Illinois, the Democratic, whip, de- clared that in selecting the American peace commission without naming senate representative, the President had not intentionally slighted the senate. He said the presirent had at first favored appointment of sena- tor, but had reluctantly felt such a selection would be improper since the senate must finally pass on the treaty
 Closing the days debate. Senators Reed of Missouri, and Williams of Mississippi, Democrats, clashed on the question of league of nations The Missouri senator vigorously op- posed league given power to use military ofrce in Imposing it's decrees upon single nation, and the Missis-. sippi senator argued that league of enforce peace as final resort, by joint military force is desirable. Sena-, tor Williams expressed hope that a world Monroe doctrine would result from the peace conference
 Action of the. resolution of Senator Cummins of Iowa, Republican, propos- ing that senate committee be sent to Paris for thenpeace conference. was postponed until tomorrow by the sem. ate foreign relations committee to- day after an executive session to dis