New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-21
Senate Leaders
TO Frame New
Peace Measure
Porter Resolution Will Re
Dropped and Substitute
Will End War With Both
Germany and Austria
Trade To Be Restored
Plan Aims to Avoid Inva-
sion of the Treaty-Making
Prerogative of President

From The Tribune's Washington Burccu
WASHINGTON, April 2O.-The For
eign Relations Committee of the Sen
ate to-day decided to abandon the Por
ter peace resolution passed recently b,
! the House of Representatives, and te
draft a new measure making peace with
both Germany and Austria.
Opposition of Republican members
OF the committee and Of large mum
Der of other Republican Senators; to
some OF the provisions of the Porte,
resolution, caused the committee to de-
eide to draft a substitute and te
simplify its terms from the provisions
OF the Porter resolution.
The plan of the Republican members
OF the committee, after more than 8
week of discussion, is 10 report eithe,
one or two resolutions making peace
with Germany and Austria at the same
time ''
The substitute resolution, or resolu.
tlons, will repeal the declaration of wa,
against Germany, adopted by Congress
IN April, 1917, and against Austria
passed in December, 1917; will renea a
all wartime legislation and will re-
establish commercial relations betweer
the United States and Germany anf
Austria. ""'
No resolution is required to establish
status of peace between the IJniter
States and Bulgaria and Turkey. as
no declaration of war was ever made
Ihe Foreign Relations Committee has
nae nad De1ore It, three peace resolutions
tne TN, r, forter resolution that was passee
Dy the House, the resolution intro
duced in the Senate last fall by Sena
tor Knox, of Pennsylvania. and thu
McCumber resolution. None of these
Will be made the basis of the substi
tute, but the Republicans on the com.
mittee are planning to combine pro
visions of all three in their measure
Inc Porter resolution contained &
nat declaration that status of peace
existed between the United States ant
germany: The Republicans on the
fore'gn I,e Relations Committee expressed
the opinion that such declaration
might be subject to attack on the
ground that it was an invasion of the
rresldents treatymaking powers
Consequently the committee decided te
report new resolution simply repeal
ing the joint resolutions by which Con
gress declared that a state of war ex.
listed. The right of Congress to re
peal It's own acts could not be cues
toned, they contended. The Knox res
olutlon contained such a repeater.
''c NHoN ana Iorter feSOlu
tions provided for the repeal of al
war time legislation, and simila,
provision will be incorporated in the
substitute measure
inc McCumber resolution goes nc
further than TO provide for rcGstablish
ing commerciul relations between the
United States and Germany. The House
resolution contains similar provi-
sions, but with the proviso that trade
shall not be resumed unless Germany
within forty-hve days shall have mott.
tied the government of the United
States that she has acted to declare
the existence of a status of peace
Republicans on the Foreign Relations
Committee opposed this feature of the
Porter resolution also on the ground
that it might be attacked as invading
the Presidents treaty-making powers