The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-11-20
WILSON WILL
RESUBMIT THE
PEACE TREATY
Senate Adjourns With
out Ratifying It; Fate
Up to Next Session

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2O-The fate
Of the peace treaty with Germany
and the league Of nations. so far as
the United states is concerned. today
again is In the hands OF President
Wilson.
Failure yesterday and last night OF
all efforts to have tho treaty ratified
In some form by the senate brought
the situation Just whore It was six
months ago when the pact was sub
mitted to the upper house Of congress
and technically peace is no nearer
than Il was ON Armistice Day. moro
than year ago.
With the much debated and much
contested document thrust back up
on him, the next move II up TO the
president and today there was no in
timation what course he would pur-
sue. In any event. Il was not be-
hoNed there would be any develop
ments until congress reconvcnes De-
cember In regular session. Opinion
as 10 what may be expected thcn IL
Hopes for Compromisc.
In n statement late today Senator
Hitchcock predicted that with re-
submission OF the treaty hy the presi-
dent, "a compromise could be effected
between scnatorE favoring rntifica-
ton IN some form. Concessions on
both sides must be real and not
merely nominal" he snid.
The president has considered the
possibility Of negotiating a new treaty
In the event OF the rejection OF the
present trfnty. administration offi-
Cials said. but he virtually has re-
JcctCd that alternative a. IT,
practicable and probably will take
up with the principal slgnatories
whnt compromise reservations would
be acceptable to them.
senator Hitchcock said he expected
the Pre- sidcnt. upon the conNening of
congress December / to withdraw the
treaty and later rcsubmit II. possibly
with suggestions for acceptable res
crvntions
Senator Lodge, majority leader.
who led the forces opposed to adop-
ton OF the treaty as presented. de-
clared the failure OF ratification OF
last nizht. Killed the pact unless
PRESIDENT Wilson "circumvonted the
senate rules" by Withdrawing II and
then submitting It at the new session
next month.
May Fccg Out Powers.
Democratic leaders suggested that
the president might feel out tEc other
powers ms to their attitude on ros-
Crvations with "a view OF bringing the
treaty To some sort OF ratification at
the December session. II To-sub-
mitted, the treaty would come before
the senate as new business and de-
bate on u would not he governed by
tho cloture rule invoked In the clos
ing days OF the session Just adjourn
ed.
should the president fail to re-
submit ihe pact promptly when
congress re-assomblcs, II was believed
the republican leaders would with
out delay take up Senator Lodges
resolution, introduced last night after
the treaty had failed Of ratification.
proposing that congress declare the
war with Germany at an end. The
resolution would require concurrence
hN the house. On this question there
also ia n division Of opinion. demo-
cratic leaders holding that such "A
resolution would have to be npprov-
cd by the president 90 become cf-
fcrtivo and republicans holding that
presidential approval would not be
necessary.
Decision Of the senate last night
to lay aside the treaty came after
two attempts to ratify II with the
foreign. rcntiOns committees res
crvutionH attached and one attempt
tu adopt IL without reservations Of
any sort. had all failed The first
vote on the treaty with reservations
attached showed 80 for aud 90
against The second. which came
several hours later. showed ~ FOR
and 5i against Tho vote an straight
ratification recorded only IS for and
o. against.