Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-11
KNOX RESOLUTION
SPELLS D|SHONOR
6. G.O.P.LEADER SAYS
Only by Treaty Can War Questions
be Settled, McCumber Tells
Senate.
CRITICISES WILL SON FOR
MAKING LEAGUE ISSUE
By Associated Press to Every Evening


fight against the Republican plan to end
the state of war by Joint resolution of
Congress, Senator McCumber, of North
Dakota, Republican member Of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
declared in the Senate today that such
step would bring dishonor on the nation,
as IL would involve desertion of America s
associates in the war.
The Senator said he could support
neither the House peace resolution nor
the substitute of Senator Knox, Republi-
can, Pennsylvania. He advocated IN
stead his resolution proposing restoration
of commercial relations with Germany but
said he realized that it would be useless to
press this measure where the lines Of
division between the two factions in this
body have been cemented by partisansbip
and set and hardened by time.
"The majority on this side OF the cham
Der, he declared, purpose to force the
acceptance Of the reservations adopted
by the Senate without the change Of q
single word or letter.
The majority on the other side, IN
obedience TO the will of the President,
have resolved to make the league Of ma
tions a political issue.
SEES DEMOCRATIC DEFEAT AHEAD.
This administration had made many
mistakes. but All will become insignificant
compared with the colossal blundeT Of
making the Presidents S individual and
autocratic stand on the lea que of nations
a political issue And partisan as ! am. [
confess even now deep sense Of sympathy
for the humiliation that awaits the great
party which with all its weaknesses. has
subserved great purpose in our nation
nj history.
III this were the only issue the Presi-
dent would stand alone in his determine
ton to subvert the will Of the nation 10
his individual conviction on this impor-
tant national question and his support
would be confined to those few states
where reverance for Democratic doctrines
declared by the head of that party be-
comes a religious tenet.
"But you cannot make the League Of
Nations the real issue in this campaign
II il were the real and only issue | would
be concerned about the party.
COUNTRY IN CHAOTIC STATE.
seThe thought Of the people Of this
country IS engrossed with the perpleNties
that surround us We are this moment
surrounded by thousand imminent
dangers demanding our immediate atten-
ton and solution. We stand almost help
less while debts, national. state, municipal
and industrial are piling mountain high.
We behold the hours Of Idleness OF our
people ever increasing. production dan
gerously decreasing, currency becoming
more and more inflated. the yoke Of taxa
tion ever growing greater and more CALLING,
the prices of necessities Of life ever adj
vancing We are living IN the midst Of
strikes and threats Of strikes.
FEARS REIGN or HE'LL.
The yery atmosphere is poisoned with
soclaiisms infectious breath, while anar-
chv, fevered by hate and envy awaits
only the opportunity 70 work a reign Of
hell which today Is consuming agonlZed
Russia
5. The war IS not the cause OF this threat
ening situation The Ameuean people,
like the people Of the greater part Of Eu-
rope TODAY. arc the victims Of the new
system Of purchasing political support BY
enaeting puI, y class legislation. The
American people arc victims OF 3 policy of
surrendering the interests of the unor-
ganized and ineffective many 10 sub
serve the demands of the organized and
effective few
SEES RELIEF N &. Q. p. ELECTION.
The American people are not blind
As TO the source Of our troubles. They
are looking forward for relief. They
want to get back rs nearly as possible 70
normal conditions and they viii attempt
ii by an overwhelming vote II he next elCc-
ton for change ~ administration and
they will do this, treaty or no treaty
peace resolution or no peace resolution,
league of nations or no league Of nations
Senator NeC umher challenged many oi
i the contentious Of Senator Knox. made in
! the former secretary OF state 5 address
/ last week III support Of the resolution
u hile agreeing that Congress has the
+ f,oWer 10 repeal declarations of q state oi
war. he denied vigorously that peace
actually existed.
No SETTLEMENT But n TREATY
Only BY a treaty. he said, can questions
arising from the war be settled. II We
are At peace with Germany. he asked
then why on earth is this solemn farce
being enacted in the Senate Of the United
States?
Senator McC lumber said the peace reso-
/ luton would effcctuate Senator Knox
purpose of separating the league of ma
tions covenant from the treaty of YER
| saiiles
here are others III Gonltnucl4 MIlt
see political advantage in passing
resolution they all know will he vetoed
hv the President They say it Will pur
| hlm in a hole Without passing on tn,
| propriety Of such a purpose one may b,
justified in asking why waste all this time
and energy in an effort u deepen the al
ready bottomicss hole
MUST NoT DEsLRT ALllEs.
MANY great questions arriving iron
the war. including German property ant
American claims, would be left unsettle,
hv a declaration Of peace, Senator Nc
Clmber declared, insisting that American
should stand hy the Allies IN enforcing
the armisticc and the treaty
Referring 10 alleged violations oi th
treaty BY Germany, III maintaining Al
army of $4,000 men and In failing I
deliver war material, Senator McCumhe
SAID