New Britain herald., 1919-06-24

S6naLOr sI1ay5 s*Soi himself aB of a League of Nat Tn favor of an "un- Am ericar 6a'E, as he char acterizes the present document.
 Expecting opposition from the gov ernment in their fight two resolutions were introduced yesterday, which de-
 clared that the war was ended and called for the return of troops from France. These will be clubs over the administration when the Knox resolu- ton for separation of the treaty and the League docu1n ents comes up for action. Should the government de- clare that this country was at war until the Senate had ratified the peace treaty in an attempt to delay commer- cial relations between the United States and Germany until such time as the Senate had acted, one or the other resolution will be acted upon, and probably accepted, which, the Sen ators feel, will give plenty of time to consider the League of Nations mat 
 and formally declared over. The sepa ration of the covenant and the treaty would thus be accomplished without accepting the terms as they had been outlined to the Germans which are so interwoven with the League.
 Senator Fall, of New MUkico, pro- fesse5 great care for the business in- terests and their relations with Ger many in presenting his resolution for the formal ending of the war. He points out that the European nations are in a position to end hostllltles much sooner than the United States. When three of them ratify the Treaty it will constitute the ending of the war as far as those nations are concerned and the countries business men will be able to enter into commercial transactions with the former enemy. His resolution may be adopted al any time, without committing the senate on the League and will allow business men of the United States to proceed
 
 Another angle of the fight is the outlined plan to present numerous resolutions which will add reserNa- lions to the covenant as it now stands.
 Republicans, inspired by Elihu Root, have hit upon the scheme o1 so reNlS- ing the treaty before it comes up tor final action by numerous reservations or an1endm ents, that it will bear little resem bance to the original document
 The Senate will refuse to accept 1t unless it is greatly amended. This 1t is thought, will put the administrator in a decided "hole'' which, after all is the primary purpose ot the senate. The administration may he unwilling to change document which has been made up by several goNcrnm ent3 Tn conference and the consequence of a greatly amended doCum ent will be that it will prove so far removed from inc original that it will not be accept able elsewhere. We have no reason 10 fear other governments in not ac- , but the reversal of the opinions of tho American representatives who helped
 mako up the treaty at the conference certainly savors strongly of "scrap of paper" tactics. There is one grain of consolation in the situation and that is that other nations who have en- tered into consultation with us have l been warned by previous actlos,< of l the Senate that there are at least a l few in the country unfavorable to the 1 League.
 l "The we'll laid plans of mice and 1 men"-and Senators, may yet fail, however When the League is thor 1 oughly explained to the American people by it's friends who are now 1 abroad, instead of by it's enemies who 1 have the field almost to themselves, l there will probably be a reversal of l opinion in some quarters where it is l now opposed. The public may so ] unanimously accept the plan as it is l outlined by someone who understands 1 the details, rather than one who is l looking for the flaws for the enhance l ment of himself, that the Senate will l have 10 uphold the word of the repre- 1 sentative of the United States at the 1 Peace Table. Sentiment in America. , like the rest of the world, is for the | best possible guarantee against future 1 wars. The League of Nations is the | only seeming solution. No plans of a.
 more striking nature have been ad-