Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-07
TWO-DAY DEBATE
ON PEACE MOVE TO
BEGIN TOMORROW
House Republicans Clear
Way-No Amendment to
Resolution Permitted.

way for two-day debate on the
peace resolution. beginning tomor-
row.
Under The program. adopted by the
rules committee, the final vote on
| adoption will not be cast until after
o'clock Friday. On both DAYS. the
House viii meet an hour earlier than
| customary 80 as TO permit more lib
eral debate
BY strict party vote. the rules
committee today agreed on a program
permitting no amendment TO the res
oiution being offered from the floor
democrats. however. viii be per
| united. under the rule giving the
peace resolution preferential status
| 10 oner one motion to recommit. Such
| a motion. democrats said. was CON
lemplated. but they added that it's
text had not been agreed upon, but
probably would provide foe repeal of
certain war emergency legislation.
Would Curtaii Debate.
The republican program would
make any dilatory attempts futile, the
only result to be the curtailment OF
the quantity of the debate. Demo
Gratis on the rules committee. how
ever. declared that no flibustering
was to be expected from them. al
though they would fight the resolu-
tiol ds not Wllnln the scope or the
authority of Congress.
Representative Flood. democratic
leader on the foreign affairs commit
tee, today framed the minority report
on the peace resolution, but did not
expect to complete ii before late in the
day. Under the republican program
for debate he will control half Of the
eleven hour debate.
Democrats Opposing Rule.
DON ha
mittee who opposed the rule today
We're Representatives Pou. North
Carolina: Cantrill. Kentucky. and
Riordan. New York: but the republic
an majority. represented by Repre-
sentatives Campbell, Kansas: Smell,
New York: Fess. Ohio: Johnson,
South Dakota: Dale. Vermont: Krei-
der, Pennsylvania, and Schall. Min
nesota. forced through the program.
Majority Report Received.
The majority report of the foreign af
fairs committee urging adoption of the
resolution declaring the state of war
with Germany at an end and revokinE
the wartime powers of the President
was brought into the House late yes
terday.
There was some debate in the House
yesterday on the peace matter, during
which it was indicated that the demo-
Gratis would vote almost solidly
dediusL Lie TeSOiutlOu. IktpTeStula~
tive Nenable, democrat. Mississippi
attacked the constitutional power or
Congress to take such action. charac-
terizing il as an attempted usurpa ton
of the treaty-making functions. while
Representative Mondell. republican
leader, asserted that as Congress had
the power to create a condition OF
war, it had the power to end ii.
The majority report recited q num-
Der of authorities on international
law to support the committees con-
tention that there were three methods
treaty, by conquest and subjugation
of one combatant, or by the mere
cessation of hostilities SO long con-
tinued that it is evident that there
is no intention of resuming them.'
1t has become 1.-The plain duty Of
Congress" to declare the admitted
fact that the war with Germany Ia:
ended, the report said.
'.No Intention Of Resumine."
There has BEEN" 1t continued. "a
complete suspension of hostilities on
both sides. without any intention OF
resuming them. Congress is clearly
exercising powers which are within
the constitutional rights I'm recog
nizing and declaring that the war Is
at an end. AS by the resolution OF
April 6, 1917. Congress officially rec
thrust upon us, SO now 1T becomes
the duty of CONGRESS to give Official
recognition to the fact that the war
is ended. Moreover, the general well
fare of the United States fmperatively
demands that all uncertainty upon
this subject shall cease. and that the
extraordinary war powers of the gov
eminent shall be vacated and set
aside.
In Dxng d.nf FIR
duration of the war are still in full
force and effect and constitutional
rights are still suspended. Many or
these laws are extremely drastic. and
could be justified only as war neces-
stiles: but, since the war has. in fact.
long since ceased. the Justification for
these laws no longer exists.
Effect ON War Legislation.
THE effect of this resolution on
all of the war legislation will be pre-
cisely the effect that the ratification
and proclamation of the treaty would
have had. Laws that were to be in
force for the period of the war would
have ceased with the Presidents
proclamation; under this resolution
they will cease with the date of its
passage. On the other hand. laws
that were to continue in effect for a
time after the ratification and proc
continue in effect for the specified
time after the passage of this reso-
luton The resolution. therefore. has
no effect upon existing laws other
than the effect that the ratification
and proclamation of the treaty would
have had.
Section 3 provides for the resump-
tion of reciprocal trade relations be-
tween Germany and the United States
for period of forty-five days. ana
further provides that such reciprocal
trade relations shall be permanently
esta blished when the President has
a scertained and announced S01A Ger
many has declared a termination ~f
the war and has made the waivers and
renouncements on behalf or itself and
it's nationals which are specihed IN
said section The placing of these
on the permanent resump-
ton of trade with Germany is a rea-
sonable exercise of the power vested
in Congress by the Constitution to reg o.
ulate commerce with foreign nations
Precedents Are Cited.
I'm making certain legislation con-
tingent on a fact to be ascertained and
by the President, this para
eraph follows precedents established
in previous acts of Congress. and es-
pecially section 3 of the act of &C
tober /, 1890 (the Mckinley tariff act),
which was sustained by the supreme
Court in the case of Field VS.. Niafh,
l43 =. s., page 649.
section provides a penalty for
violation of section 8. whenever the
provided by that section
shall be in force.
section maintains the rights 10
which the United States has become
entitled under the terms of the ar
nistice or by easons of it's partici-
nation In the war or otherwise. ana
ratifies, confirms and maintains all