The evening world., 1920-03-26
Delays ySAnnouncement onThird
Term to Hold Party To-
gether and Foes Guessing.
TO DICTATE PLATFORM.
House Official Saws
Next Treaty Move Is Up
TO Congress.
By DaDid Laurence.
Especial Correspondent Of The Eve.
nina WORLDLY


ming Worldly
WASHINGTON. March rs (Copy-
right l92O). What's the next move
in the treaty situation?" is the
question which a group Of oorre-
spondents asked at the White House
to-day.
ASK the people on Capitol Hill, &"
was the reply given by the oficials
presumably cOnversant with Presi-
dent Wilson's plans or intentions.
From this conversation, as we'll as
from the fact that fully a week has
gone by without a statement Of any
kind from the President, it Is being
generally inferred that Mr.. Wilson
considers the responsibility for the
present mix-up TO rest squarely on
the shoulders OF the United States
Senate and that the latter should
worry about how 10 extricate itself
from the dilemma in which the for
sign relations OF the United States has
been placed by the defeat OF the
peace treaty.
WILSON WAITS FOR ACTION ON
PEACE RESOLUTION.
This d n bavorite point OF view in
Administration quarters-letting the
other fellow stew in his own Juice" {"
,g ean ,,braao a. - nffa,, a svv,,aioa a.,
politics. But the treaty Is not before
the Senate. II has been returned 10
the White House. Mr.. Wilson is in
no hurry TO return It to the Senate,
preferrtng TO see what Congress Is
going TO do about a resolution de-
claring peace.
Many members OF Congress seem
70 think the passage Of n JOINT reso-
luton proclaiming peace, coupled
With general decision OF policy,
would be sufficient substitute for the
peace treaty Itself, out this view Is
opposed by Republicans and Demo
Gratis alike, who think the Senate will
still be open TO the charge of block
ing peace II the treaty is not ratified
by the tlrne OF the next elections.
There is, moreover, n division OF
opinion on the declaration OF policy,
the So-called mild reservationists
and others. from States favoring the
League of Nations being anxious TO
have the resolution contain a dec
laution in favor Of the principle Of
the League. To this, however, men
like Senators Borah and johnson,
who have conducted their whole fight
against the League OF Nations prin-
ciple, are opposed.
Debate over the joint resolution
will unquestionably produce in the
Senate so much quarrelling and long
drawn out discussion over the policy
the United States should pursue that
the two big political conventions at
Chicago and san FranCiisoo viii prob
ably be hero before any action iB
taken.
HOW LEAGUE As ISSUE MIGHT
AFFECT CAMPAIGN.
Tho President wants tho League
taken into the campaign as a political
issue. He IL wise enough 10 know
that II he injects his own personality
into the fight and seeks a third term
his entire advocacy OF the League OF
Nations would be brought into seri.
Gus doubt. People who have refused
to believe Mr., Wilson was PERSONAL,
ambitious to retain the executiv,
power would be reluctantly forced 4
believe that the League was merely
a device or vehicle for a third tern
campaign.
All the rules Of logic, as Wilson fol
lowers express them, would seem tC
Indicate that tho President has no
for a moment considered tying up hii
own course with that OF the Leagu,
and treaty. II the President intended
10 run for a third term he would show
diSapproval OF the active campaign
OF Attorney General Mitchell Palmer
Gov. Cox OF Ohio, and other intimat,
. friends. lie hasn't. The effort mad
By Representative Humphreys o
Mississippi, Democrat. to smoke oli
Mr. Wilson on the third term dues
tion Is a direct consequence of tn
Misunderstanding on Capitol Hin, O
rather lack OF Information about tn
Presidents plans Messrs. Kitohi
and Clark, who congratulated MI
Humphreys after his speech, are no
over-fond OF Mr. Wilson and woul
Ike to see a declaration that woul
take him out Of the political gam
altogether.
KEEP THEM GUESSING, Will
J. SONS PROBABLE PLAN.
J, But Woodrow Wilson has playe
d far too dominant part in the Den
g ocratic Party 10 slip out inconspicl
d Ously and meakly as his term OF oesiC
g approaches an end. The consensus
Y opinion is that he Is holding back O
- che third term question simply
keep his own party together and n
political opponents guessing and thu
). he Will make a formal statement
70 his position at the proper time an
p the proper place--tho Democratic Ma
. tional Convention az san FrancisC