Omaha daily bee., 1920-05-17
Expected Veto Of Knox Reso-
luton Will Practically Form
Keynote for Democratic
Convention Many Think.
HITCHCr. !. 1EDICTS
Urn OF TREATY
Lit lance Of Action by
Re Before Presidential
s;ction-Message Due to
Congress Within Fortnight.
BY ARTHUR Scare HENNING.
Chicar ro Tribune -Oma ha Rec Ieased Wire

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire
Washington. May l6-President
Wilson's message vetoing the Knox
resolution declaring a state of peace
with Germany will be the most i'm
portant contribution by the chic
executive to tho contrcversary over
the peace treaty and the league oi
nations covenant, according to ad-
,ninistration officials.
IT not only will reject the effect o
congress to establish peace by legis
lation for want of favorable actor
on the treaty. for which the presi
dent and+l,e iweconcilables were re
sponsible, but it will join the issue
between the advocates and oppo
nents OF the covenant without reser
vations and definitely project the
question into thep residential cam
paign for the decision of the people
In effect the veto message will b.
presidential campaign keynote Of
The first magnitude and will furnish
the guide for the keynoting to the
democratic national convention to be
performed by Temporary Chairman
Homer Cummings.
May Return Treaty.
Whether the president will return
the treaty to the senate when he
ve:oes the peace resolution is not
known even to his intimates, al
though they would not be surprised
ny such move, and Senator Hitch
cock has predicted it as certainty.
Even if Mr., Wilson should re-
submit the treaty, the senate would
not act upon it before the election,
for the republican majority in the
senate is quite as desirous of sub
mitting the issue to the people for
Judgment as is the president. The
only motive the president could
have III resubmitting the treaty at
this time is to pass the responsible
iSty for its disposition back to the
senate, which he will ask the peo-
pie to influence in favor of ratif-
cation without the reservations
twice voted by the majority.
The veto message is expected to
reach congress within the next fort
night, on the eve of the assembling
of the republican convention and the
PRONUNCIATION of the republican plat
form stand on the league of nations
issue made by the president.
Up In House Today.
The Knox resolution will be
transmitted by the senate to the
house tomorrow. where the question
will arise. of concurrence in the SEN
ate amendments to the Porter peace
resolution passed by the house or
the reference of the two resolutions
to conference committee for ad-
justment of the differences.
Chairman Porter of the house
committee on foreign affairs, said
tonight that he would confer with
the other republican leaders to-
morrow on the course TO be pursued
and predicted that there would be
no quarreling over the peace meas
ure. This is regarded as indicative
Of disposition to accept the senate
substitute resolution, which action
would obviate the delay of consider
alton by conference committee.
The senate resolution will be called
in the house on Wednesday and if
concurred in, it will be in the hands
of the president before the end Of
the week.
Attack Secretary Colby.
Secretary of State Colby is called
an internationalist by the Republi-
can Publicity association, which
quotes from an address in which he
urges Americans not to be profit
eers' upon their quite undeserved
commercial and trade advantages, :"
and advocated giving "of our po-
litical power, of our political ex-
perience, of our commercial strength
and of our pecuniary power to the
succor and relief of this sorely af-
f1icted world"