Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-03-31
LEADERS IN HOUSE
ACT To GET PEACE
Resolution Pending in Senate Is
Mot Considered Adequate.
TENTATIVE DRAFT Is MADE
One Conference Held and Others VIII
Follow in Effort to Thresh Out
Resolution That Will Not In
fringe on Constitution.


Washington, March 25.-The first
move for peace by resolution of con-
gress will be made in the house.
The Knox resolution pending in the
senate now is believed to be made
quate for the purpose, and will be dis
carded.
This new turn in the situation Gre
ated by the senate's rejection of the
treaty of Versailles was plainly indf-
Gated by house leaders following a
conference at which all phases OF the
problem were considered.
Speaker Gillett and Republican
Floor Leader Mondell conferred with
Senator Lodge earlier in the day, and
it is understood that they brought
back the senate leaders approval of
the new plan.
A tentative draft of the resolution
to be proposed in the house. was dis
cussed at the conference of the house
leaders, but no agreement was
reached, it was stated. Participating
in this meeting, in addition to Speak
err Gillette and Mr.. Mondell, were
Chairman Porter and other Repub-
lican members of the foreign AFFAIRS
committee and members of the steer
ing committee.
To Hold Another Conference.
Another conference will be held by
Chairman Porter and some of the
ranking Republicans on the foreign
affairs committee, when further eff
forts will be made to whip the meas
ure into shape for submission to
later session of the leaders who at
tended the meeting.
Upon final approval, the resolution
will be introduced by Chairman Por-
tetr, referred to his committee, under
the rules, and reported back to the
house with the recommendation that
it be passed. There was no in.fca-
ton as to when the measure will be
ready to be introduced, but the lead
eds are determined to lose as little
time as possible.
The tentative draft of the resOlu-
ton under consideration provides:
l. For a declaration of state of
peace between the United States and
Germany. This section carries a stip-
uIation that the state of war shall be
considered as having terminated on
the date of approval of the resolution
by the president.
.. That insofar as the United States
IS concerned, its part in the making
of peace Will be fulfilled with the
presidents approval of the measure.
In other words, the technical state of
war shall no longer exist as it affects
this country when the resolution be-
comes effective.
8. That before Germany can enjoy
the benefits of peace with he United
States it must notify this government
that it recognizes and grants to this
country all of the advantages and ben
efts that would have accrued to the
United States under the terms of the
treaty of Versailles.
1t is intended to so word the first
section of the resolution, which de
clares a state of peace, that a presi.
Dental proclamation viii not be neces.
Sary to nullify the various war laws
which carry provisions hat they shall
cease to be effective upon the termina-
ton of the war. In other words. it
IS the desire to so frame the resolu-
ton that it will amount to a virtual
proclamation of peace in the event
that the president should decline to
issue such a proclamation.
Depend on Proclamation.
Many of the war statutes specifi-
cally provide that they shall cease to
be operative when the president is
sues a proclamation declaring a state
of peace. Other emergency laws car
rying terminating clauses which make
them operative for certain periods aft
er peace is declared, it is contemplat
ed, automatically will become inop-
erative at the end of those periods
using the date of approval of the res
olution as basis for determining the
dates on which these acts will for