Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-03-21
Or He Can Return Pact
to Senate Which Will
Pigeonhole It; Or He
Can Leave 1t to Polls.
House May Again Be
Obstacle to Declare
War at End; Bulky Ver-
sailles Terms Returned.

Washington, March 20-After a
troubled eightmonths sojourn i'll the
senate, the treaty with Germany was
back IN the keeping of President Wilson
tonight, with a note appended declaring
that ratification had been refused
what the presidents next move will
he remained conjectnral. The general
feeling Of officials will be that Mr. Viii
son probably will let the treaty lie IN
his desk, while the controversy it has
raised is fought out in the political cam
paign. The treaty was taken back to
the White House early in the day 1t
was receipted for by Secretary Tumulty,
in the name of the president.
Scarcely had the bulky document
passed out of the capitol building when
some Of the senators who worked for
ratification began a movement to recall
It. but the prediction Of leaders on both
sides was that no proposal for another
reconsideration would take serious form.
SIowup on Declaring Peace.
The unsettled state Of senate opinion
had the effect of slowing up the plans Of
the Republican leaders for passage of
declaration of peace, and it was decided
after many conferences that the reso-
luton for that purpose probably would
not be urged before late next week.
Previously. the purpose had been to
bring it up Oh Monday and press il for
early action:
In making this decision. the majority
managers are understood to have been
influenced ID part bv undetermined fac
tors in the house, which also would
have to act on a peace resolution and
whose leaders baked at a similar pro-
posal last December Most of the rank
ing members of the house foreign af-
fairs committee, in whose hands the
peace resolution would fall, were ont Of
town and had not informed their as
snclates Of their attitude.
War-at-End Plan in House.
The senate was not III session, but
the question Of a peace declaration was
raised in the house bg Representative
Tinkham. Republican. Of Massachusetts.
who introduced q declaratory resolution
and had it referred without debate to the
foreign affairs committee. 1t follows
the resolution Of Senator Knox. Repub-
llcan. of Pennsylvania. which is backed
by the Republican senate leaders Both
provide for repeal Of the declaration Of
war. for certain settlements with Ger
many and for declaration Of interna-
tional policy
Until some affirmative action il taken
by congress or the president to end the I
war status legally the technical position /
of the country remains officials say, I
just what it was the day the armistce |
was signed
Wilson Insists on Peace by Treaty.
War legislation continues in force.
and under the war department interpre-
tation of the situation, the president re-
tains his war powers a. cOmmander-in- A
chief, to keep American troops at what
eyer posts in Germany he thinks neceS-
sary to enforce the armistice terms.
The president has expressed disap- (
proval of securing technical peace
status by any method except ratification +
of the treaty. Republican senate lead
ers expect that if they pass peace
resolution he viii veto it. They hope,
however, to win enough Democratic +
support to rcpass it in both houses by .
the necessary two-t thirds majority
Senate officials who have had custody .
# the treaty since July 10, when Presi
dent Wilson carried ii in person into the
senate chamber. lost no time today III
nbeying the mandate TO return it to the
White House.
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