Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-21
VII. SON WILL ALLOW TREATY ISSUE TO BE
 FOUGHT BY VOTES
Document to Lie in His Desk, is Belief of Off
 cialS
PLAN TO DECLARE
 STATE OF WAR ENDED
Half-Hearted Attempt is Made to Resume Consideration of Pact
 :" Country Still is Technically at War

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 Washington, March 2O.-After a troubled nine months sojourn in the senate, the treaty with Germany was back in the keeping of the president tonight with a note ap- pended saying ratification had been refused.
 What the presidents next move would be remained conjectured. White House officials declined to comment
 The general feeling of officials however, was that Mr. Wilson prob ably would let the treaty lie on his desk while une bitter controversy it had raised is fought out in the cleo. tions.
 The treaty was taken back to the White House early today by off; cials from the senate, in pursuance of an order adopted last night, after fourth vote on ratification had failed. It was delivered to Secretary Humility.
 Scarcely had the bulky document the bone of senate contention through many weeks, passed physi- cally out of the senate building when some of the senators who worked fo. ratification began movement to re- call it and try again for a com promise. Mild reservation republi. cans and compromise democrats dis cussed the possibilities of such ar effort without decision, however and the prediction of leaders was that no proposal for another recon. sideration would take serious form.
 The unsettled state of senate opin- ion, nevertheless showed up plans of republican leaders for passage o1 declaration of peace, and it was decided after many conferences that the resolution for that purpose probably would not be urged befori late next week. Previously the pnr pose had been to bring it up Monday and press for early action.
 Still at War.
 Today the senate was not in ses sion, but the question of peace declaration was raised in the house by Representative Tinkham, repnbli' can, Massachusetts, who introduced declaratory resolution and had II referred to the foreign relations com mittee, in it's general provisions, il follows the resolution of Senator Knox, republican, which is backed by republican senate leaders. Both pro vide for repeal of the declaration ot war, for certain settlements witf Germany and for declaration o1 international policy.
 Typti1 onnnVocS Or the nrpSldpn1 takes some affirmative action to ent the war status legally, the, technica situation of the country remains armistice was signed. War legisla ton continues in force and unde1 the war department interpretation O. the situation, the president retains his war powers as commander III chiefs to keep American troop wherever in Germany he think: necessary to enforce the armistice The president has expressed em phatic disapproval of securing $ technical peace status, except b. ratification of the treaty. Senators generally do not believe he ha! altered and the republican senat' leaders confidently expect that, i they pass a peace resolution he vii veto it. They hope, however, t secure enough democratic support t repass it by the necessary two-thlrd majority. - Except for the few h00rs it wa at the government printing offic' the official text of the treaty ha! reposed in safe in Secretary San derson's office since it was given t' the senate. It was said tonight tha it probably would go now to vaul in the state department,
 Three courses are open to MI Wilson. He can return the treat, to the senate, in which case the re publican leaders declare it will b pigeonholed; he can do nothing whil he waits for it: or he can tur' the treaty as dead letter, so far a international diplomacy is concern ed, and proceed to negotiate separate peace with Germany, a stel which he alone could initiate.
 Whichever he chooses, long de 1 lav seems inevitable before he cal bring the country to full peac status, and the state departments hol' that until such status is attained present diplomatic and trade rela ions with Germany must be con l tinued
 Berlin representating the Unite' ] An American commissioner is il States, unofficially, but he IS no regarded as having diplomatic status All negotiations of a diplomati character are conducted through tn Spanish ambassador there. In the con sular field. too, the United State is represented in Germany by Span ish agents.
 The move of some senators to re call the treaty and try again fo ratification was in a nebulous stag tonight, and the general prediction was that it would collapse befor Monday. Leaders on both sides sai, they saw no <liklihood of any recal action.
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