New-York tribune., 1920-05-13

Allies. He said that when the Presi.
dent met the Allies at the peace con-
ference he could only speak for the
United States and had to obtain the
best agreement possible under the cir
cumstances.
Reads Fourteen Points
"The whole trouble is,' Senator
Thomas said, chat the one point of the
fourteen-the league of nations point
was so sharp that it has impacd the
Senator and the President Both have
lost their sense of perspective"
He read the fourteen points, start
ing with open covenants openly ar
rived at which he said had been con-
stantly disregarded Instead Of being
open all the peace conferences have
been conducted in the dark, he added,
although stating that he never had
favored open conferences. An effort to
conduct public sessions at peace con-
ference, he declared. would bns "as sue
ccssful as a circus in Catholic
church."
Suppose the other thirteen points
mad been abandoned, is there any rea-
son Tor us to abandon the most i'm
portant, the league of nations?" Sena,
tor Hitchcock asked.
senator Thomas contended that the
most important Of the fourteen points
was that for freedom of the seas
mat one he said, event glimmering
almost before it was cnunciated. It's
gone. Gone"
Comedies War is Ended
In has speech against the peace res
o'ution Senator Hitchcock cited three
similar resolutions which. he said had
been sponsored since last November hv
senator Ledge and Senator Knox.
OF Pennsylvania, author of the
pending resolution. The last. Mr..
Hitchcock said, is the fifth peace
resolution offered by the Republican
leadership.
"ln reaching this important conclu-
SION, he said OF the pending measure,
the supporters of the novel plan have
staggered from side to side over a
zlgzag course for nearly six months"
Senator Hitchcock denied that Con-
gress has the power 10 make peace, al
though it has authority to declare war
The states voted unanimously against
giving Congress peace making juris-
diction. .he said.
Senator knQ%,s recent argument that
the war actually was az an end was
dismissed summarlly by Mr. Hitchcock
Then why this resolution %
The peace resolution adopted by the
House last month was denounced es~
pecially by Mr.. Hitchcock because CT
its proposals for an embargo against
Germany within forty-tivc days in
event of German objections to the
resolution and its provision for re-
serving rights under the treaty.
Reviewing the course of other peace
resolutions Mr.. Hitchcock said a
previous resolution by Senator Knox
was abandoned on the Senate door
step like its preccdessors.'
Senator Hitchcock criticized espe-
cially the proposal in the resolution
that the President be asked to nego-
tiate a separate treaty with Ger
many
"Altogether, the five desperate a.
tempts to defy the Constitution and
substitute a resolution for a treaty
make fine display of Legislative ex-
perimentation," said Mr.. Hitchcock
Calls 1t Evasion
"Resolved, That the war has ended:
resolved that peace exists; resolved
that we force Germany TO grant US
what we might get If we signed the
treaty; resolved that the President be
requested to negotiate a separate
peace; resolved that we Will not waive
any rights under the treaty-one ana
all of them foolish and futile attempts
10 cvade the constitutional way of
securing peace by ratifying. the treaty
negotiated in constitutional way all
of them hopeless; ali OF them doomed
10 defeat; all of them attempted sim
ply as d desperate means of getting
out of bad situation which certain
statesmen ind themselves IN"
President Wilson'S recent stand on
/ the treaty, as outlined in his letter TO
Oregon Democrats, was brought into
the debate bv Senator knll0pp ReNub-