The sun., 1919-06-21

KNOX RESOLUTION
NEAR SENATE VOTE
Action Of Some Sort Expected
To-day In Order to OBJ
tain q Record.
Special Despatch 70 THE srS.

npectut DeeputCh 70 lhE SINs
WARRINGTON. June 20.-Elihu Root
conferred with Senator Knox lPa.) at
the iatters office. Senator Lodge
(Mass.), who has been away a week.
will return to the capital tomorrow. .
An air OF nervous expectancy pre-
vailed IN the Senate throughout tho
day. The feeling was expressed every
whore that something was about to de-
veiop OF large importance In shaping the
parliamentary programme for dealing
with the League of Nations night Tho
impression prevailed that the nght on
the Knox resolution was coming TO q
head rapidly. In ono quarter COM
monty regarded as rejecting the views
Of Republican leadership the positive
prediction was made that something
will break tomorrow. 1t may be any
thing from a motion TO take up the Knox
resolution and q parliamentary struggle
to force vote on II, to a resolution
to declare the state OF war at an end. ="
Supporters OF tho Knox resolution are
convinced that II 10 highly important to
set vote on II II II Is ever to be forced
to a test of Senatorial opinion. They
recognize that II will be of small I'M
portaDce once the peace treaty is signed.
enocPats Hope to Avert Vote.
The Democrats are determined to pre-
vent vote on it's merits. while advo-
Gates OF the resolution have charted q
parliamentary course by which they be-
lieve II will be possible to get the vote.
even to force II tomorrow II It shall be
determined that such an effort Is wise.
When the Senate adjourned this eve
ming It was with the expectation thot the
return of Mr.. Lodge tomorrow mcrring
would be signslixed by a conference of
Senators opposed to the League OF Ma
tons to deterTine their policy. Nobody
was willing to outline the parliamentary
proceedings by which a vote could be
forced on the Knox measure within q
few hours, but II was asserted to be
simple end to be quito obvious to those
skilled IN the senate's rules.
Three proceedings were discussed IN
various Senatorial quarters during the
day. One was to force a vote on the
duce a resolution declaring the state Of
war at an end. A third was to recog-
nixe the impossibility Of forcing 4 vote
on either Of these resolutions before the
peace treaty would be signed and to re-
sort again to the round robin" proceed
ing. writing into document 4 state
ment OF the reservations upon which
the signers would insist before voting
to ratify the peace treaty.
Mr.. Roots visit took on Importance
in proportion to the mystery surrounding
Its purposes.
Il came here on personal affairs"
he said called at the Ca itoi In the
hope OF inducing some OF my Senate
friends to provide me with n lunch met
Senator Knox and went TO his once
and smoked a cigar with him"
But what conversation took place be-
tween the two Republican leaders Mr.
Root would not say. II was altogether
personal. he insisted. and efforts TO draw
on. any expression of opinion regarding
the League OF Nations were futile.
I, had been reported that Mr.. Root
had talked with Senator Borah. and In
its circulation about the chamber that
report ASSUME. . large potential import
ance. 1t was promptly Debated by Mr.
Root when he was asked about II.
1T had no conversation with Mr.
Borah," he said. Il did meet him and
bclieve ne said was lokinE very well.
Nothing more than that"