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president Whereupoa Demoesafie
senators decided Q hlihuster VII -
unnecessary. The veto will be relied
upoa
Homer Csmming., chairman Of TIE
Democratic national committee, took
the cue from Colby and turned loose
nus invective on the resolution. plainly
intimsting that tho party was ready
70 accept II as . challenge to battle
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An Of which means that President
Wiisoa is preparing to enter the arena
@ politics, encouraged BY the fact that
nis opponents have provided him
witn az occasion which may be turned
Ihe Knox resolution abandous every
pretense Of making peace with . treaty
ana specifically req1ests the president
20 initiate negotiations Immediately
fcr the making Of . separate psct
witn Germany. assuring to the United
states all rights and privileges convey
ed by the treaty Of Versailles.
Thus the president is summoned bv
the irrecconcilables-who dominate
their party in the sphere of interna-
t,onai politics-to come out Of his Sc
c!usion and meet them on an issue
shaped precisely to his liking.
He can now point to the utter and
numiliating breakdown of the extrem-
Isl plan TO override and dispense with
the president in the making Of peace
The prestage he lost when the SENATE
vetoed his Versailles treaty he can re-
gam IN part, at least, BY turning the
tables on the senate. And he can do
80 on three grounds, all three of which
are friendly to his feet:
4 First, on the ground that the sen-
ate Is asking him 10 do a thing TINT
not q few Of its majority denounced IN
impassioned terms when the ferver ~
victorious warfare inspired their clio.
qeence-to make q separate treaty
with the enemy.
Second, on the ground that the non.
ste Is asking him to demand the r;oht.
and privileges Of . common victor
while repudiating all It's espons s;h;i;.
ties and obligations.
Third, on the ground that the senate
Is asking him to commit the country
70 policy that excludes IL from its
rightful place Of influence in the coun-
Gil OF the League of Nations.
II needs no great exercise Of i'm
agination to appreciate the use which
Wilson can make of such cut-to-ort1er
issues rs these.
It may be that the calculating poll
ticisns Of the Republican party believe
they are playing q clever game IN re.
1alyanizinR Wilson as the dominant
leader Of the Democratic party. Per
haps they are. In time Of such po-
Iitical uncertainty as this It IL dimcuit
TO predict the ultimate consequence OF
any particular course. But the imme-
diate consequence must be as we have
said. Wilson from this time on will
be the voice Of authority in the ranks
Of the Democrats. :.
Nor should Republicans be misled
into thinking that opposition to the
treaty and the league Is popular poll
icy. johnson has rallied that opposi-
tioh to his support wherever he has
campsigned, and in every primary but
three-Mont., Cal. and Mich.-he has
been minority candidate. No other
candidate has made opposition to the
league an issue.
On the program Of the league with
reservations the Republicans could
make fight, but the Knox resolution
is giving Wilson q chance to interpret
Republican policy as separate peace
and no league.
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A recent examination in the public