The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1920-05-28
SENATE ADOPTS
PEACE PLAN
Knox Resolution Prevails by Vote
of 43 to 80, an Almost Ex-
act Party Division.
THREE DEMOCRATS GIVE AID.
Nelson Stands Against His Fellow Re-
pubIicans and McCumber Is Paired
Acceptance by House Assured, but
Veto by President Equally Certain.

Washington-By vote of 43 ayes
to 38 noes the Senate adopted tine
Knox resolution declaring peace with,
Germany and Austria, substituting 1t
for the resolution previously adopted
by the House of Representatives. All
the affirmative votes were by Republi-
cans except those of Senators Walsh
(Mass.), Reed (Mo.), and Shields
(Tenn.), Democrats. All the negative
votes were by Democrats except that
of Senator Nelson (Minn.), Republi-
can. Senator McCumber IN. c., Re
publican, announced, however, that
had he not been paired and unable to
vote he would have voted against the
resolution.
Briefly, the senate resolution re-
peals the declarations of war against
Germany and Austria; provides for
retaining German property now held
by the alien property custodian until
Germany shall by treaty have provided
for satisfaction of all American claims
against Germany and until Germany
shall have given most favored nation
treatment to Americans as to business,
residence, commerce, ETC., and shall
have confirmed to the United States
all fines, penalties, ETC., levied by the
United States during the war. The
date of the resolution becoming effec-
tive shall be the legal date of the end
of the war. All rights and advantages
that would have accrued to the
United States under the treaty of Yer
sailles if it had been ratified are in
sisted upon.
The senate voted on the resolution
at the end of four hours debate,
chiefly devoted to Democratic opposi-
ton to it. 1t was on the whole rather
a formal debate, lacking the acridity
that had characterized some previous
phases of the discussion. The roll call
follows:
For Adoption.
RepubIicans.-Ball, Borah, Brande-
gee, Calder, Capper, Colt, Curtis, Dill
ingham, Edge, Elkins, Fall, Fernald,
France, Gronna, Hale Harding, John
son (Cal), Jones (Wash.), Kellogg,
Kenyon, Keyes, Knox, Lenroot,
Lodge, Mccormick, Mclean, McNary,
Moses, New, Norris, Page, Phipps,
Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot, Spencer,
Sterling, Townsend, Wadsworth and
Warren. Republicans for, 40.
Democrats. Reed, Shields and
Walsh (Mass). Democrats for, 3.
Total for, 43.
Against Adoption.
Republicans-Nelso 1.
Democrats.-Ashurst, Chamberlain,
Conner, Culberson, Dial, Gay, Gerry,
Glass, Harris, Harrison, Henderson,
Hitchcock, Jones IN NJ, Kendrick,
King, McKellar, Myers, Nugent, Over
man, Owen, Phelan, Pittman, Pomer-
enc, Ransdell, Robinson, Sheppard,
Simmons, Smith (Ariz.), Smith (Md.),
Smith Is. c., Stanley, Swanson,
Thomas, Trammell, Underwood,
Walsh (Mont.) and Williams. Demo
Gratis against, 81.
Total against, 3S.
Those paired for the amendment
were:
Republicans. - Cummins, Freiling-
huysen, La Toilette, Penrose, Suther-
land and Watson-6
Paired against were:
Observation-Disclosures, 1.
Democrats. Beckham, Fletcher,
Johnson Is. d., Kirby and Wolcott
-5.
Absent and not voting:
Republicans-Newbe 1.
Democrats.-Gore and Smith (Ga.)
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