The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-23
WILSON LIKELY ID NOTIFY POWERS OF
 COMMUNICATION
May Also Announce Future Purpose to Nations of the World, In Opinion of
 Many Democrats
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Washington. March z2 -m the absence Of any authoritative prediction of wha' President Wilson would do with the uil; ratified treaty with Germany. the impres sion gained weight in diplomatic circle. today that the first step probably wouic be a notification to the other powers tha ratification had been refused by the Sen ate.
 Diplomats holding that view pointed cu that such notification could be given t clarfy the status of relations betweel the United States and the other powers regardless of what decision the Presi dent might make later on tho duestiot of the treaty's resubnission to the Senat or negotiation of a separate peace.
 In some quarters 1t was predicted tha Mir Wilson might however, combine notification of the trcatys failure witl ar announcement of his future purpose h the matter, in order that the nation that have ratified may he advised of wEa course they can expect developments her' to take.
 DEFER PEACE DECLARATION
 Senate leaders are understood to haNe been influenced in part by such possi bility in their decision to delay action o a declaration of peace, preferring e know what the President will do hefof,' they take any further steps Todas there was some discussion of the peace declaration proposal in informal confer ences among senators, but it was pro dicted that itfwould not come up on th9 floor for two weeks or more.
 There are many varieties of opinion ts Senate and House. both of which wouIt have to act on peace resolution, 2 to the exact form the declaration shoutfi take. Mild reservation republicans havs told their party leaders they would ht adverse to including any statement o8 ! s.f. n II Af. and tho League of Nations as dead, whii, republican rreconciIables want question of policy left out of the resolution en. | tirely.
 Tn predicting that a notification nlish I he sent to the other powers of the Sen. ate's return of the treaty to the Presi l dent diplomats pointed out that the casf | had taken a different aspect since thf | adverse ratification votes in November | On that occasion the treaty was not sen l back to the President, and it was possi 1 ble for him to preserve silence. as | vas well enough understood that the paci | having been left with the Senate, th' I initiative in further action was left whol l ly with that body.
 | NO GREAT DIFFICULTIES The question of establishing q modu vivendi with the allies over clauses of th. | Versailles treaty in which the Unite. States Is inextricablv bound by her in
 tcrtsts In case separate peace witt | Germany Is decided upon, is not Dc I lieyed to offer great difficulties
 Officials Of the allies, It is thoughl iI will be quick to eEdeavor. to reach q
 ifaderptaAding wliAa u.ight preserve tie
 estabiisns5 by tiiS wriA
 l In sone diploaaF.s s,narters it
 thought probable that a separate peac
 might be established with Germanv
 modus yiyendi negotiated with fhe allie
 and the question of the Covenant of tn
 League of Nations alone left to the ''sol
 emn referendum" of the nation 4 The fate of the French defensive treat,
 appears to diplomatic officials to hay
 been completely forgotten