Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-30
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Especial to The Bulletin

Washington D. C., March 29th.-, After the storm over the treaty passed Congress settled down to routine work, and appropriation bills for the coming F fiscal year have held the boards. The naval bill before the house and the agricultural bill in the senate took up most of the time. The quick passage ! of the naval bill forecasts early ad- iournnent and a determination to clear up the work and put up the congress sional shutters June 5th. and let all who desire attend the great nation | al conyentions Floor leader Mondefl | said today We fully expect to ad- | journ June 5th. We realize that there | are difficulties in the way but at the l rate the work is now being accomplish i ed the outlook for adjournment. on i that date is good" The senate will 1 like wise speed up with that in view. |
 Congress has been playing to a light house this week. Senators and rep fesentatives are home attending state conventions and primaries to elect delegates to the conventions Others are drawing their first long breath of rest since the treaty discussion begun a month CT more ago. And what with committees sitting as investigators, Or conducting important hearings on pending bills, the floor of both senate and house have been deserted, while the galleries, crowded to suffacation last week, now show only a few seat tered listeners. Its been a week of complete reaction after the excitement of the great treaty fight Not a word has come from the white house con corning the proposed action Of the president. He now takes a short daily ride in he white house" limousine accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and Dr. | Grayson, but thus far he has made no move to receive the long line of wait l ing dipplomats or take tip for action
 other pressing matters of presidential routine.
 Apparently the senate intends to give the president plenty of time to 1 decide on future actior-regarding peace 1 with Germany before it takes up the Knox resolution declaring the war at
 an end. If the President keeps out l of the game and shows his intention I of putting the case before the people I by allowing the war to technically
 continue although in reality at an end, then congress will act The Presidents S i war time powers of immense magni- tude continue till war is formally de- clared at an end. Apparently he will
 be in no hurry to return to peace time } restrictions, and 'relinquish the greatest power ever placed in the hands of one man, unless he can do so on his
 own terms. But with demands com | ing from all over the country that con
 gross end the war, if the President de
 lays action, it is unlikely more than , a few weeks will elapse before the l senate and house act on bills already introduced for that purpose.
 7 The Knox resolution in the senat, a,Sl fl0 vt.on +1,. house pave the way for others, ans : 1t may be that those introduced late g will eliminate much of the verbag4 : of the two now before congress ant n simply declare the war at an end e Senator Lodge has held an importan
 conference with the chairmen of tn $ house foreign relations committee an
 others including floor leader Mondel
 and Campbell of Kansas chairman 2 ' rules, and has been assured quite ac 'f ton in the house would follow, if tn .et senate put through such measur, g Here is what is now predicted wit 1t apparently a good chance of success as soon Is the President has been give time to take the iniative and failed { 1. do so.
 IS A simple resolution separate froi |. any peace treaty, may be put throus A 2O41otC dAlh 1AOoSS py iG1 S6 IldJOIlt1c - It would be in the form of a joi1 io resolution and the outlook is tha q should the president veto it, a twe al thirds vote of congress is ready IT. override the veto. A resolution ou w lining foreign policy might not l d, attempted until after official declar; S. ton that the war is ended All u is Bryan followers and many of u
 democrats not lined up with u NY Nebraskan are counted on to suppo V such measure. With such a resoll 7 ton would come the. termination e. wartime legislation, And thus aid IT. putting the business of the count mt quickly back on a peace time bas nd Democrats are appealing to u ch president to come out from under co e. CT and make his intentions know ey and thus relieve them from the pr Ter sent embarrassment of following ng leader who does not point out t ne way.
 c. The president still has the power Is resubmit the treaty with it's leag .a attachment, in which case it would u ..s dcubtedly meet the same fate, unle sie he withdraws his instructions
 democrats to vote against it with t a Lodge reservations. It has been su re- gested the president may introduce lev declaration of his own to end { mt war, or introduce another treaty, | nd so far that rumor cannot be su ,e- stantiated or any inkling of the pre- at dents intentions be gained.
 "AlI dressed up and no -wE1ere to (
 is the plight the banned radicals fl
 themselves in. Transportation di
 culties in Europe are holding lip an cases of .deportation according on Commissioner of immigration Car
 netti. We are ready to deport an. or more aliens, but cannot say wi ,,ir we can ship them" was his terse
 ply to questions. The route thror
 Finland is now closed because of trt .<l bles between Finland and Soviet R, iis- ;ce petroersd ;s .1so ice tol,,.S erUas0 U.
 land is said to object to the pass;
 of the deported people through lst- port of Danzig, and other usual me her of getting undesirables back to R we sia are also cut off according to
 ports here.
 Coupled with tbs present high ( , is of living come demonstrations t ton dinners costing only 50 cents and e out posed of the best in the land" can
 easily furnished. The Red Cross 2
 such dinner here a few days ,ere to demonstrate the fact. The ;a Cross dinncs insisted of steak, pt toes, oyster plant tomatoes, biscuit jun butter, celery, pineapple salad, al
 ice and sponge cake. The food
 purchased cooked and served by ares diet class of the. Red Cross. IT sal was however, no pudding with