New-York tribune., 1920-04-01
House Acts to
Declare Peace
By Resolution
Committee Reports Bill
Declaring War Ended and
Providing Trade Boycott
if Berlin Doesn't Accent

From, The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 81. A reso-
luton declaring the war with Germany
at an end was reported to the House
of Representatives. to-day by Repre-
sentative Porter, of Pennsylvania, chair
man of the House Committee on For
eign Affairs.
Republican leaders plan to procure
adoption of the resolution within n
week or ten days and then send it to
President Wilson, who already has ex-
pressed his opposition to it.
The resolution briefly declares the
war at an end, terminates wartime
legislation, gives Germany forty FIVE
days in which to notify the United
States that she also considers peac.
established, under penalty of having
trade shut off between the United States
and Germany. ana provides that all
rights, privileges, indemnities, repara-
tions or advantages obtained by the
United States under the armistice or
since the armistice shall be retained
by the United States.
Tomorrow the peace measure will be
sent back to the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee as a formaiity and It will be
reported back with a special rule for
consideration Friday.
Root Approves Resolution
Elihu Root and John Bassett Moore.
authorities on international law, ap-
proved the resolution before it was
reported to the House. Senator Knox,
Of Pennsylvania, author of the original
resolution in the Senate, was too ill
to nave the measure submitted to him.
Republican leaders of the House are
confident the resolution will be adopted.
in spite Of the pressure that is being
brought to bear on Democrats by the
Administration.
Representative Flood. of Virginia,
ranking Democratic member of the
Foreign Affairs Committee will lead
tho fight against it's adoption. He has
been informed by Secretary of State
Colby that President Wilson will veto
the resolution when it reaches him, and
House will seek to defeat it in the
lover branch of Congress. They con-
cede that the Senate will adopt it by a
substantial majority.
The resolution was made joint
measure so that the President would
be forced to act upon it. Should he
carry out his threat and veto it, Re-
publican members Of Congress said to-
night, his would be the responsibility
OF keeping the United States in tech
nical state Of war.
To Center Fight on Trade Clause
The House Committee worked on the
resolution for ten days before it was
perfected. They considered the Knox
resolution, originally introduced in the
Senate last August, and several resolu-
tions drafted by members of the
House
Postmaster General Burleson went
to the Capitol and worked all after
noon among Democratic members Of
the House in an effort to line them up
in opposition to the resolution.
The Administration forces on Friday
will make their principal attack upon
the section giving Germany forty-tive
days in which to take similar action
under penalty Of having trade with the
United States shut Off. Democratic
members Of the House declared they
would attack that section on the
ground that it was an invasion OF the
powers Of the President.
The Senate prepared to take up the
resolution early next week SO that it
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