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OPPONENTS or
LEAGUE IN new
MANEUVER NOW
Propose to Declare War With
Germany and Austria Ended
Regardless of Treaty.
TO FORCE IMMEDIATE
RETURN OF TROOPS
Amendment to Army Appropriation
Bill Would Cut Off Funds
for Use of the Army and
Navy Abroad.

Washington, June $50 that war
conditions may not be prolonged
should the peace treaty fail of ratifi-
cation or its approval be greatly de-
layed, opponents of the League Of
Nations presented in the senate today
a proposal to declare state of peace
with Germany and Austria Hungary
The declaration was Introduced
both as an amendment to the pending
army bill as a separate joint resolu-
ton by Senator Fall, of New Mexico,
la republican member of the foreign
relations committee. The amendment
should it fail the resolution probably
day.
Both in his amendment and in his
resolution, Senator Fall proposes that
the president be directed to secure the
immediate return of all military and
naval forces now abroad on
duty connected with the war; In adj
dition the amendment would provide
that money appropriated by the army
bill could be used for the maintenance
of forces on foreign soil except as re-
quired by peace conditions. A joint
resolution similar to that presented by
Mr.. Fall was introduced by Senator
Edge, republican of New Jersey.
To Reject Amendment.
1t was considered tonight that the
amendment would be rejected on
point of order and that the league
opponents would then line up gener-
ally behind the Fall resolution. It
would require action by both senate
and house but whether the presi-
dents signature also would be neces-
sary is disputed question.
Injection of peace declaration into
the treaty fight came after promise
of protracted calm already had
been dispelled by announcement by
Senator Knox, republican of Pennsyl-
vania, that he intended to press for
action, as soon as the appropriations
bills were ipassed, his resolution
against accepting the league coven-
ant, as now interviewed with the peace
terms. This announcement surprised
many senators on both sides of the
controversy and promptly was met
by predictions from league support
ers that the Knox resolution never
would be brought to a vote. In the
same quarter it was suggested that
If it were to come before the senate
1T would be altered in several details
by it's friends, since one of it's objects
as it now stands is to secure change
in the peace treaty to provide for
separate action on the league. This,
it's opponents say, would be impossi-
BILE now.
Presentation of the peace declara-
ton proposals led to no debate, al
though issues of the league fight had
been in the senate early in the day
in connection with the insertion of
matter relating to it in the senate
record. Senator Hale, republican of
Maine, also made an attack on the
league covenant by an amendment to
the Knox resolution.
The Amendment.
The amendment follows:
"The state of war heretofore exist
ing between the United States of
America and the Imperial German
government, and the United States
of America and the Royal Austro-
Hungarian government declared to
exist by senate joint resolution Num-
Der One and Three, April and De-
cember Is, 1917, respectively, no
longer existing, a state of peace be-
tween the United States Of America
and it's people and the former Imper-
ial German government and it's peo-
pie and the United States of Amer
lea and it's people and the former
Royal Austro-Hungarian government
and it's people is recognized the con-
gress to exist and the president is
hereby authorized and directed to
procure the immediate return to the
United States of all military forces
used under his command and direc-
ton under authority of said resolu-
ton or either of them, and also the
, return of such naval forces as are
not necessarily used in foreign ports
or waters in times of peace.
"No funds herein appropriated au-
thorized shall be used for mainten-
ance of such military forces upon
| foreign soil except as necessary in
carrying out the above purposes"
The Resolution Text.
The text of the Fall joint resolu-
tion follows:
Whereas, heretofore, to-wit; on
April 6, 1917, the congress of the
| United States adopted joint res
olution declaring that the Imperial
German government had committed
repeated acts of war against the gov
eminent and the people of the United
States and, that the state of war
between United States and the I'm
perial German government which has