Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-03-23
Republican Representative i
PRODUCES Bill to End wa
Between United States al
Germany and Austria.
MAY NOTIFY POWERS 1
SENATE REFUSES PAQ
President Likely to Combil|
Notification of Treaty's Fal
ure With Announcement
His Future Plans.

Washington, March PA D
proposing a separate peace betwc
the United States and Germany a
Austria for the purpose of "peas
fuI commerce" was introduced tod
by Representative Britten, repub
can, Illinois
Creation of European ira
council to promote trade with Z
rope generally, also was propos
The council would be directed
report to congress in the shortt
practicable time" on a general pl
for financing European crel
through the federal reserve banki
system" pending such time as
exchange value of foreign mono
reaches something like its prev
status.
A proposal to amend the cons
tuition SO as to provide for ratifi@
ton of treaties by a majority
stead of two-thirds majority of
senate was introduced by Sena
Owen. democrat, Oklahoma.
May Notify Other Powers.
In the absece of any author;
tive prediction of what Preside
Wilson would do with the unrd
fed treaty, the impression gains
diplomatic circles that the first ST
probably would be notification
the other powers that the senate n
refused ratification.
Diplomats pointed out that sd
a notification could be given
clarity relations between the Unit
States and other powers regardld
of what decision the president mig
make later on the treaty's resd
mission to the senate or negotiati.
of separate peace.
In some quarters it was predict
that Mr.. Wilson might, howev
combine a notification of the treat
failure with an announcement of
future purpose so that the natid
that have ratified may be advised
what course they can expect dew
opments here to take.
Influenced by Possibility
Senate leaders are understoods
have been influenced partly by 81
a possibility in their decision to
lay action on a declaration of pea
preferring to know what the pre-
dent will do before going ahc;
Today there was some discussion
the peace declaration proposal
conference, Lut it was predicted Il
it would not come up on the fioI
for two weeks or more.
Opinion differed in senate a
house, both of which would have
act on a peace resolution, as to I
form the declaration should IA
Mild reservation republicans laI
declared they would be adverse
including any statement of poll
which would regard the treaty al
the league of nations as dead wal
republicans irreconcilables wa
questions of policy left out.
In predicting a notification mig
be sent to the other powers of 4
senate's return of the treaty to 4
president, diplomats said that 4
case had taken a different aspd
since the adverse ratification vote
November. Then the treaty was Il
sent hack to the president and it W
possible for him to preserve silenl
Don't Fear Difficulties.
The question of establishing
modus vivendi with the allies oI
clauses of the treaty in which d
United States is inextricably boul
by her interests, in case a separd
peace is decided on, is not believ|
to offer great difficulties. Allied 4
tlcials, it is thought, would be qti|
to endeavor to reach an undo
standing which might preserve Il
established by the war.
In some diplomatic quarters
was thought probable a separa
peace might be established wi
Germany, modus vivendi neg
tiated with the allies and the que
ton of the covenant of league
nations alone left to the "solen
referendum" of the nation.
The fate of the French defensi
treaty appears to diplomatic office
to have been forgotten.