Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-15

OF MS resolution ana AT IN
same time declaring that peac
ALREADY exists and that nothing tina
I'VE can do now would make peace an!
more definite. We asked why tn,
senate should waste W. or thre,
weeks of its valuable time discussing
this peace resolution when the author
of 1t himself admits thai even IL 1
were passed peace could not be an,
more a fact than 1t already Is.
This same question has been asked
by a great many others. The New
York World asked 1t a day or two age
and The Sun and New York Herald at
tempted to answer, but the answer was
mot convincing. Senator Hitchcock
asked the same question on the floor
of the senate and the Evening Sun
attempted to explain, but again the
explanation" doesn't satisfy.
The Evening Sun q that Senator
Knox. in declaring that nothing more
that we can do will make peace any
more certain had reference only to in
ternational affairs; the peace resolu-
ton which he had introduced was in
tended TO end the war domestical,y
and not internationally" the Evening
sun says. 1t is to remove from the
President all the authority that he
possesses in connection with war
emergencies.
But II this is all that the senator is
after why does not congress merely
repeal all the laws that 1t enacted dur
ing the war giving TO the Executive
such extraordinary powers? Congress
has a full right to do this whereas
there Is grave doubt as to the con-
'stitutional right of congress to attempt
TO handle affairs as between this coun-
try and a foreign government, which
right the constitution places exclusive
.ly In the hands of the President.
Taking the Evening SUMS explana-
.tion of Senator Knox's speech in which
It is admitted that as far as inter-
national affairs are concerned peace
already exists as much as it can ever
exist, why have We not resumed diplo-
matte relations with Germany?
As a matter of fact. 1t is well known
that peace between nations following
a war can be brought about only by
treaty, agreed to by both nations con-
cerned. America may consider the
war ended and peace secured with all
conditions restored as before the wal
concerned, but Germany does not so
consider 1t. The only terms OF peace
that Germany has agreed to is the
Treaty of Versailles and this treaty the
senate of the United States has re-
jected. Senator Knox insists that a
new treaty is not necessary. He fur
ther says that his resolution which he
introduced in the senat does not
apply In International relations.
Nhat the nsW
The senator may shout peace, peace
and insist that there is peace, but that
does not get us anywhere.
When 1t comes to stripping the
President of his wartime powers con
gress can do that by repeating the
that gave him those powers oven
domestic affairs. But when 1t m
to bringing about a permanent and
final peace with Germany. that must
be done by treaty negotiated through
the President. Such q treaty has been
and the only way to get
the nation on a full peace basis is to
accept the treaty as all the other late
enemies of Germany have done.
The reason we don't do that is be-
cause of politics. The peace of the
and of the whole world Is
jeopardized for petty. partisan reasons
the part of a group Of Republican
1t IS about the ~narrowest,
most humiliating spectacle ever wit
messed in the conduct of the affairs Of
this great country.