Evening star., 1920-03-21
BY NEWBOLD MOVES.

THE Senate has refused for second
time to ratify the treaty Of peace with
Germany. Even II Is not ready
to admit that As = result Of the treat
ment It has undergone 1t ID very, very dead
even If ones faith be put In miracles and
belief insisted upon that the present mori-
bund appearance Of the pact may yet turn out
to be some deep coma from which It still
shall rise-the surgeons in the north wing
Of the Capitol believe they through with
their end Of the Job. Back on November 10,
1919. they pronounced their patient dead.
Persuaded to reconsider that pronouncement.
they complied. And Friday evening. after
month and day Of vouminous yet none
too Illuminating argument the stretcher
came out by that same door wherein it went
tagged white House.
The vote by which the second rejection of
the treaty as modified by Senator Lodge ct
al. was accomplished stood 40 to IS, as COM
pared with 81 to II back in November. Twenty
one democrats Joined with twenty-eight
publicans as the result of frantic last hour
ssanee TO asaast %ha the h re
pronounced nullifying changes in the origi-
1ae,He ma, context or the pact AS was assured the
the situation throughout. Voting with the
Tspnncan rson hsv majority during the period Of re
ence and votes toward rendering the only
basis upon which ratification might be ac-
complished as obnoxious to the Presidents
followers as might be- This accomplished, on
the hnal vote their names registered
en- bloc as against ratification. and the day
was lost-or won, depending upon the indi-
vidual viewpoint.
AS to what President Wilson will do with
the treaty returned to his hands with notif-
cation that the Senate is unable to obtain
the constitutional majority required for rati-
ncatfon, Washington and the country at large
is in much doubt. Should the Senate, as
seems likely. adopt the Knox resolution ee-
claring that state of peace exists bet ~een
the United States and Germany and the House
follows suit-for it must be borne In mind that
is practically certain to refuse to sign There
are very few who believe that the two thirds
necessary to pass the resolution over his veto
could be obtained in either body
He may himself initiate the steps essential
to ending the anomalous condition of affairs
that exists between the United States and the
governments with which she has been at war,
He may return the treaty to the Senate, where
Senator Lodge indicates it would be many a
day in committee. He may pocket it, carry
vember.
Jim and Jane must prepare to answer the
issue involved definitely and beyond perad-
tressins and exceedingly dangerous muddle
of today springs from the divergence in the
ment as to the true will they are called upon
to reflect If shame and confusion. loss of
dured for the intervening months the nation
must be prepared. when the interim shall have
passed, 10 speak It's VerdiCt, arrived in all
earnestness, in thunderous tones
Be ready, Jim and Jane
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The German counter revolution, which was
launched in the closing hours of last week
has occupied a large share of the big type
in the American press during the days this
article has been under preparation. While
the first phases of the coup d'etat were ac-
complished with surprising smoothness, al