The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-09
RESOLUTION ON PEACE PLANNED BY KtPUBLICANS Expect Move Will Be Start ed from House Not
 Senate.

Washington, D. C., April s---The Republican leaders in Congress now plan to put through the House, ahead Of action in the Senate, a resolution declaring that the war with Germany IS at an end The strategy of this move is to have the resolution come over from a body which had nothing to do with rejection of the treaty of peace and the Senate then may act upon a resolution initiated in the lower body.
 There is pending in the Senate the Knox resolution declaring peace with Germany, but the program of the Re publican Congress is said to have i been uRapassa oet recently along the lines of House aGtiosa SiRst
 Republicans of the lower body in considering such a peace resolution
 W'iM be taking a step to save the faces" of their G. O. P. colleagues in
 the Senate who were mainly respon
 sible for the defeat of the treaty of ! Versailles. Having rejected the peace i treaty negotiated by the President
 the Republicans set up the claim that
 substantially the attainment of peace
 may be had by the simple passage of
 a, joint resolution saying that the war
 with Germany is no more and de-
 manding of Germany that she accept
 certain conditions of the rejected
 treaty.
 i There is grave doubt among Consti-
 t1Itional lawyers that war may be
 brought to an end by a resolution Of
 Congress. Outside or ordinary disad-
 vantageS of such a procedure, there
 are serious complications involved af- fecting international relations re-
 sumption of commercial and diplo-
 nratic relations, title to property ac-
 q1ired during the war by the United
 States and many other problems. The situation in the Republican Congress is such, however, that some effort must be made to convince the country that the United States is al peace with Germany. Though it is an unprecedented step, the Republican leaders will contend that the Con- gross which declared war may also declare peace although there is noth- ing in the Constitution about a peace so declared and history records tha wars are ended by abject surrendel . and submission of a belligerent or by peace treaties properly negotiated ana ! signed.
 Such a treaty was brought bacl from Paris by President Wilson. bu nearly a year and a half after th' armistice the United States still re T Ind1nS ICCuuICd1ly dl "dE "1ll NSI { many is losing trade and other op ! portunities daily and has still upol s the statute books war legislation en s acted only for the period of tn S emergency.
 at Republicans in Congress are il ; disagreement among themselves a 's to the form of the so-called peac a resolution. Certain of the party lead A CTS are understood to prefer merel .4 the passage of a simple resolutio # saying the war is over, accompanyin A that by the repeal of war Legislation Fl Others believe the resolution shoul a go into detail regarding what Gel sa many must do to have peace with tn 5 country, and that the same resoll es ton should also say something abol S the foreign policy of the Unite Ea States.
 E In deciding to bring the matter fir s before the House the G. o. P. wi E temporarily divert public attentic Is from the recalcitrant Senate and E rejection of the peace treaty. Tn M will also give House members E chance to discuss the peace trea
 and the League of Nations and " Is likewise afford opportunity for t manufacture of campaign material be sent throughout the country. E Democrats of the House are e E pected to line up against the Repu E lican program for declaring a pea E by joint resolution They will adhe E to the sound doctrine that wars a E ended and international relations Fl established through the negotiati
 of peace treaties which are made
 the Chief Epeeuktve end ratified
 the Senate That Inevitably eonfnsi
 must exist for years to come if
 attempt Is made to end the war VI
 Germany and Austria by passage a joint resolution in Congress will E contended by Democrats who will E sist efforts of the Republican lead E to atone for the rejection of the pes
 treaty by a mere legislative action
 E The House probably will stage
 E extended debate on the peace reso
 IS ton as Republican members of u