The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-04-15
PLAN IS FORMED
TO DELAY PEACE
Hitchcock Predicts League of
Nations Will Be Offered as
Part of Resolution.
FORECAST STEP BY WILSON.
democratic House Leaders Declare
He Will Resubmit Treaty-Lodse
Warns If II Comes Back Ii Will
Stay Long in Committee.

Washington.-Administratlon leaders
In the senate prepared to open their
batteries of opposition to the house
peace resolution the moment it passes
the mouse and comes TO the senate
1he tactics to be pursued by the op-
ponents will be to delay action by long
debate and offer amendments, which
may hopelessly entangle the resolution
ana prevent 1t from coming to a vote
In the event the resolution fails in
the senate, 1t is believed by the ad-
ministration leaders that the President
VIII again submit the peace treaty to
the senate with request for ratifica-
ton with reasonable reservations.
The administrations policy with re.
spect to the peace resolution was an
nounced by Senator Hitchcock. The
I senator found, after consultation with
his colleagues, that there are a num-
Der of Democrats and some Republi-
| cans who will vote against the peace
| resolution. He is confident that even
If 1t should pass there will not be
enough votes to pass it over the Presi-
dents veto.
resolution, made the interesting dis
closure that among the plans con-
| sidered by the administration forces to
block the measure will be that of
Offering as an amendment to the reso-
luton the entire covenant of the
League of Nations. The effect of this
would be to force the senate to go on
| record as TO whether or not it favored
the creation of the league without the
| treaty. 1t is believed such vote
would result in considerable embar-
rassment to many members on both
| sides
Senator Hitchcock said:
ut is we'll to remember that the
resolution declaring peace is subject
to amendment. When it is offered in
the senate there will he a number of
amendments proposed to it. Among
these will be the covenant of the
League of Nations. 1 think it will be
interesting to see how some senators
vote on such an amendment. 1t will
give them an opportunity 10 say
whether or not they are willing to take
| the league without the treaty.
Il find considerable opposition to the
resolution on the Democratic side, and
also among the Republicans who de-
sired to have the treaty ratified. / am
| confident 1T will be impossible to pass
the resolution over the Presidents s
veto, which requires a two-thirds vote.
II have had no talk with the Presi-
dent nor have 1 had any intimation as
to what he may purpose doing in re-
CrQ F-1 To, fhaf ft.., 10 II q
ion that if the peace resolution fails
the President will send the treaty back
to the senate. l believe that would be
the psychological time for him to act.
so far as the consideration of the
resolution is concerned, / am quite of
the opinion that we have a long and
hard fight ahead of us 1t will be very
easy at any time to break 81 quorum
and there are other methods that may
be adopted for the purpose of prevent
ing action. The discussion is likely to
take a considerable time"
Senator Lodge, the Republican lead
er, said he had no information as to-
whether the President will return the
treaty, but that if the treaty does
| come back to the senate it will have
to go again TO the Foreign Relations
Committee and there will be no haste
in the matter of acting upon it.
Representative Wright, Democrat.
of Georgia, offered a series of bills re-
pealing seven of the war statutes. as
follows: The Overman act, authoriz-
ing the President to consolidate execu.
tive branches of the government; the
selective service (drafO act soldiers
and sailors civil rights, or moratorium
act; war finance corporation act; war
housing corporation act act for the
regulation of explosives act amending
the commerce act so as to empower
the President to use armed forces I'm
protecting interstate commerce.