New-York tribune., 1920-05-17
Week of DELAY
Is Predicted i'm
Peace Action
Knox Resolution Will Not
Be Called Up i'm House
Before Wednesday, Says
Chairman of Committee
Leaders Confer To-day
Promise Is Made Measure
Will Go to the President
as Quickly as Possible

From The Trrienne's Washington Bwrcou
WASHINGTON, May 1e.--The Knox
peace resolution, which was adopted by
a vote of a3 to SO in the Senate yester-
day as substitute for the measure
previously passed by the House Of
Representatives.. will not be finally
passed by Congress and sent to Presi-
dent Wilson for at least week.
Republican House and Senate lead
ers to-day decided to postpone consid-
GRAFTON Of the Senate resolution in the
House until Wednesday, Further con-
ferences will take place in the mean
time to decide whether the House
shall adopt the substitute resolution
without asking for conference to ad-
just the differences between the SEN
ate and House resolutions.
The Republican leaders expect to
secure final adoption of the resolution
without difficulty in spite of the fact
that Secretary of State Colby, Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska, and others
close to the Administration have de-
clared unequvocally that President
Wilson will veto it when it reaches the
White House.
No Action Before Wednesday
The Senate resolution will be re-
ported back to the House tomorrow
but Chairman Porter of the House
Committee on. Foreign Affairs said it
will be tabled until Wednesday at least
The House can either adopt the SEN
ate substitute and send the resolution
to the President at once or it can send
which it would be reported back to
both the Senate and House for final ap-
proval before being sent to the White
House
Chairman Porter said to-day the ten
tative plan is to have the House adopt
the Senate substitute and avoid the de-
lay that would result from sending the
peace measure to conference.
Il had an informal discussion with
Senators Lodge and Knox a few days
ago." said Representative Porter, "but
we did not attempt to come to any
understanding as TO what course the
resolution would follow when it reached
the House. No decision was attempted
because we did not know but what
some amendments would be made be-
fore the Senate adopted it.
Leaders Confer To-day
"1 expect to confer with the Republ-
can leaders Of the House and with mem
bers of the Foreign Affairs Committee
tomorrow before We make definite plans
for having the House act on the Senate
substitute. The country can rest as
sured, however, that we are not going
to quarrel over peace resolution.
at will be Wednesday at the earliest
before the resolution is taken up in the
House. l want to have the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill, which
il the pending business, disposed Of be-
- l,,+t1 g
again. l expect to get the appropriation
bill through Tomorrow"
Mr.. Porter said the delay in having
the House act on the resolution is un-
avodable and that it will be disposed of
finally and sent to the President as
speedily as possible.
The House passed a peace resolution
drafted by the Foreign Affairs Commit
tee on April and sent it to the Senate,
where the Knox resolution was substi-
tuted for it. When the original resou-
tion was before the House word came
from the Presidents advisers that he
would veto it, and when it reached the
Senate Senator Hitchcock, and later
Secretary of State Colby, in conference
with Democratic leaders Of the Senate,
declared the President would send the
Versailles peace treaty back to the Sem
ate with his veto message.
Republican leaders in the House are
making thorough canvass of the
lower branches of Congress to see how
many votes they can secure for the
Knox resolution. In view Of the an
nouncement of the Presidents inten-
tion to send the treaty back, doubt
was expected by Republican leaders
to-day over their ability to keep the
twenty-five Democrats who voted for
the original House resolution in line
to vote for the Senate substitute.
The vote in the House, 1t is ex-
pected, will be almost along straight
party lines, with most of the Republi-
cans supporting the resolution, while
the Administration leaders expect tc
hold most Of the Democrats against
the measure.
In view of the announcement of the
Presidents intention and in view OF
Senator Hardings speech in the Sen
ate yesterday, when he declared the
purpose of the resolution is primarily
to end the "autocratic" power of the
President and "restore the constitu.
tional powers of Congress-" Admins.
tration leaders lin the House are pre-.
pairing to fight the resolution on the
grounds that it is merely a politica
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