The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-21
Friends of Pact Center
Efforts on Reaching
Agreement.
MAY TALK WITH ALLIES
Reported Steps Will Be
Taken to Have Wilson
Get Their View.
COURT ACTION IS SEEN
Constitutional Question In
volved in Declaring
War Is at End.

>VAsIUNGTON. Nov. 20.-Avc-
,,,s NJ specumtion leading many
a rvs .Wr-r opened up today when oil
T.,,fs and diplomats turned over In
,bo.r minds The possible results. at
home ana abroad. that are0to follow
termination Of the special session OF
congress last night without senate
RATIFICATION Of the peace treaty.
IN. thoughts of the treaty's
friends I'm the senate ccntered on
Accomplishing som" compromise ior
,tfftr1tlou in the session begin
nirg u,,,mbcr / and to that end
s,eos are said to have been taken TO
sst that president Wilson ascertain
from the other powers what reSerVa-
tions they would accept
Al the white house silence was
maintained. and callers got the i'm
preston that for the present the ad-
minisrration was willing to await
quietly the outcome of com promise
rrorls among senators 1t was not
revealed whether the president
would permit that policy TO stand III
the way Of undertaking the dlplo-
matte exchanges suggested.
Means Long Delay.
Everywhere the senate's action
was accepted as meaning At leas'
long delay In ratification, and OIL
flcials thought the formal establish
mcnt OF a state OF peace between
Germany and the powers That have
ratified would proceed now wlthout
waiting further for the decision on
the United states. The chief result,
1t was agreed. would be commercIdi
and financial :
chief among the matters OF do
nestle concern affected by the sen
AteS delay Is wartime prohibluon'
which took new lease on life with
the poslponement OF IA legal status OF
peace. In the same class is various
other war lcgislntion1 including the
food and fuel act and the espionage
law. and. although the republican
leaders IN congress will seek to end
the war normally by resolution,
constitutional objections to thal
method are likely, In the opinion ol
some officials. 10 tie up the etiort
for some time in the courts.
Administration leaders claim that
under the constitution concurrent
resolution must be approved by the
president Confident that the prcsi-
dent would veto a resolution dcclar-
ing III, war over the democrats
claim IL could not be passed over ms
veto. and II would thus go TO the
supreme court for decision, But as
presented by Senator Lodge the
peace resolution In "conyurrent
measure" OF the nature which under
senate practices for many years does
not require signature by the pres
!denL
Nav Go Ia Country.
Another line on which speculation
turned was the possible effect OF the
senate showdown on domestic poll
tics Although both p, parties have
disclaimed ANY desire TO put the
treaty into politics. the chances OF
keeping q out Of 1920 calculations
were admitted on all sides TO have
been reduced by the bitter clashes
In debate last night when both re-
publican and democratic senators
hurled across the escnatca chamber
yhe.r challenges to gg to the country
on the issue.
The stubborn struggle which was
feature II the final hours OF the
special senate session was generally
declared 90 have made harder the
compromise for which the demo-
cratic leaders, today earnestly set 10
work They we've optimistic, how
ever Thar IN the opening DAYS OF the
new session, N not before, they
could reach some agreement with
lh' republican group Of mild reser'
Nauonls', who held out in yestet-
days debate against all efforts 10
alfor0e them from the republican
orgaulation
., Democratic Leader Hitchcock and
senA Tor Underwood, democrat OF
NhooWa, who took a conspicuous
part In the adminis'ration's fight
i'I ratification. called at the white
nous. today, and although they did
nor Sen President Wilson, are un-
1efs'ood 20 have left for him their
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