The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-04
PROMPT
D SEQ
Knox Peace Resolution Will
Not Last Long in Hands of
President Viii
son.
TO COME UP TOMORROW
Democratic Filibuster Against Meas
ure Has Been Called Off on
Orders from White
House. .-- .".a
TO COME UP TOMORROW

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WASHINGTON, May 4.-"There is
no doubt at all that President Wilson
l. will veto the Knox peace resolution,
lit was fatty stated in an authorita-
tive quarter here today.
Administration senators understand
that the president will veto it land
veto it quick
A presidential campaign on the
straight out issue of the treaty Of
Versailles VS. the Knox peace resolu
| ton appeared possible today.
Democratic Leader Underwood lei
lit be known that all plans for a demo
icraIic fl1ibusIer against the Knox
Iresolution have been called off on
suggestion from the white house. He
| was re-sfaping the entire democratic
| program for the fight over the reso
| luton, which comes up in the senate
! tomorrow.
| Adoption of the Knox resolution
! seems likely in view OF the new
democratic attitude. Both sides have
ipredicted it would receive majority
| vote and the only hope democrats had
fof defeating it was by tilibustering
President Wilson's veto would pre-
vent the issue: The treaty against
| the Knox resolution.
This sudden maneuver started con
siderable speculation as to it's effect
on the Knox boom for the republican
presidential nomination. With his
peace resolution the chief issue IN
the presidential campaign, Senator
Knox himself would be a logical man
! to head the ticket, his friends be-
lieye.
Another development indica ting
the trend toward a clear cut treaty
fight was the appearance of Will
Hays, chairman of the republican ma
tional committee, in conference with
three leading treaty Hirreconcialbles
at Washington. They discussed the
question Of the treaty plank to be
written in the republican platform.
HAYS conferred with Borah, Idaho,
Mccormick. Illinois. and Brandegee,
Connecticut, all irreconcilables. The
senators appeared greatly pleased
over their conference with Hays and
it was learned that the national chair.
man had indicated to them. he be-
lieved, a STRONG treaty plank should
be included in the platform.
Aggressive leadership.
WASHINGTON, May 4.-President
Wilson has again resumed an agrees
sive leadership in the fight for the
peace treaty and against the congress
sional peace resolution, it became
plain To-day.
Developments during the last twen-
ty.four hours indicated the president
Sc dot RI
a campaign issue, if necessary and
that he probably will return it to the
senate before congress reCesSeS In
June. These developments were:
Administration senate leaders were
advised that they should abandon
plans for a filibustel' against the Knox
peace resolution which is scheduled
to come up tomorrow and let the
m easure be passed and sent to the
white house. From an authoritative
administration source, it was stated
d definitely that the president would
veto the resolution and veto it quick
w What his next step will be was
not revealed.
Administration officials called atten-
ton to excerpts from an article writ
ten bv Senator Lodge for the Forum in
December, 1918. This action. was the
first open blow aimed at treaty op-
ponents from the white house since
the senate returned the treaty to the
president.
The part of the Lodge article as
given out here leaG:
"The president has delivered the
war message and congress who voted
for the war, would be guilty of the
blacklist crime if they were willing
to make peace on status quo ante bel
lum and recreate the situation which
existed before the war. If we send
our armies and our young men abroad
to he killed and wounded in northern
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