The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-10
PEACE TREATY
 VOTE IS LATEST
 6. O.P. PROGRAM
Republicans Attempting to Atone For Rejection of
 Peace Treaty.

Washington, D. C., April 1o.-Peace non of the Peace Treaty with Ger many is the latest program of the Republicans in Congress- The stage Is now set for putting through the xwo branches Of Congress the resolu- ton reported by the House Foreign Affairs committee seeking to declare that the war is over.
 ThiA resolution was reported from the House committee on 8 party vote and it is apparent that a stubborn fight will be had in both the House and Senate. Democratic members of Congress are anxious to have peace in a constitutional way, but they assert the plan of the Republican leaders is entirely outside of the Constitution and all precedents.
 The proposition that Congress, by passing a joint resolution, may end a war and establish peace is regarded as a farfetched suggestion by the Democratic leaders Former Speaker Champ Clark, a man of many years legislative experience and a student of the Constitution and history, as- serts that 'the making of peace is purely an executive matter and Con S action as is proposed here than has the town council of Podunk-"
 Representative Clark, Representa- tive Flood, former chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee, and Rep resentative Kitchin are leaders in the House fight against the Republican peace resolution. They claHn the Re publican program is purely partisan one and wholly unconstitutional.
 Representative Kitchin says the peace resolution framed by the ma jority members of the Foreign Ar fairs committee, with assistance of certain Republicans of the Senate, Is so patentty unconstitutional that the President can only veto it.
 'Under his oath of office," said MT. Kitchin. stthe President wou1d have to disapprove of such a resolution should it reach him. There is noth- ing in the Constitution or precedents authorizing such action Democrats of Congress want peace, but they want it brought about in a Consti- tutional manner"
 The Democratic leaders of the House believe that in calling the reso- lution up first in the lower chamber the G. O. F. leaders of the Senate are attempting to play shrewd poli- JUGS. Iney dLLGhI4Oh IO bIAO fact that imm ediately after the Sen ate rejected the peace treaty Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, gave notice he would call up promptly his reso- lution declaring the war was at an end Senator Lenrood, of Wisconsin, observed that the Senate should pro- ceed to the consideration of the Knox resolution in a very short time and 1t is was assumed it would be called up the following week.
 Since that time, however, the Re- publicans have shifted their tactics and arranged to have the House con- slider the resolution and then send il over to the Senate. Democrats of the House charge that this is a scheme to have the lower body 'pul the Senate's chestnuts out of the fire and to divert attention from the re- iection of the peace treaty by the Republican Senate
 The original Knox resolution was reported from the Senate committed by a party vote. The House resolu- ton, which closely follows the Knoz resolution, was also reported out by party vote.
 This clearly demonstrates, Demo crats charge, that the peace plan is g partisan move engineered by the Re
 
 been in consultation with one another over the strategy of the situation
 In both branches Democrats vii stubborniy resist what they term un. constitutional efforts to declare peace by adoption of a joint resolution ant repeal of certain war legislation They will demand that peace be es tablished in a constitutional, orderly way - the negotiation of a peace treaty by the President of the United States and it's ratification by two thirds of the Senate Any other dec laration of peace, well informed Democrats say. would be only "scrap of paper" and would have nt standing nationally or internationally
 The Actions of DAnnunzio il Plume suggests to Robert Rendel, tn witty actor, that he has applie' poetic license to military operations.