The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-12
HOUSE TAXES UP PEACE BILL AZ TER
 ABITTER FIGHT
Adopt Rule Giving Resolution Right of Way In Place of Knox Bill and Pas
 sage Is Certain
By AssocIated Press

Washington. June 11.-After bit- ter partisan fight the House today took up the Porter resolution termi- mating the state of war between the United states and the central pow CTS, and will pass it Monday as substitute for the Knox measure, re- pealing the declaration of war.
 Passage of the resolution is cer- tain, any lingering doubt in the minds of democratic leaders having been removed through adoption to- day POS to 105 of a rule giving the Porter proposal right of way in place of the Knox resolution already passed by the Senate. Two republi- cans voted with the democrats op- posing its consideration, while three democrats stood with republicans in the fight to put it through.
 Reports were current tonight that more than a score of democrats would vote for the resolution on the final roll call at 4:S0 o'clock Monday.
 Approved by Traitors.
 Democratic members in beginning today their attack on the measure first, criticised what they character lzed as the "throttling of the House. forcing acceptance of a resolution which they said had been framed in secret by republican members of the foreign affairs committee, and would not permit of amendment. Then turning sharply upon the resolution itself, the democrats declared 1t would meet the hearty approval "of every German, every stacker. and every American traitor"
 & Chairman Porter of the foreign af- fairs, committee in charge of the measure. asserted the House was not ready to go as far as the Senate and repeal the war declaration, for that he said, might be regarded as an ac- tual repudiation of the war in which thousands of American lives had been sacrificed.
 Statements of opponents of the resolution that by officially declar- ing the state of war at an end Amer lea was abandoning the allies or it's fighting associates were denied bv Chairman Porter as gross mis- statement of fact"
 All nations that signed the treaty of Versailles Mir. Porter said. ',did not effective, so far as the United States was concerned, until ratified by the Senate"
 Abandonment by Allies.
 MT. Porter insisted that since the allies had made peace in 1919 if there had been any abandonment it .has 1 been of the United States by the allies"
 Tt may not be out of place to call attention to the fact.1 he said. ''thai when the peace resolution reached l the House the allies had invaded Germany for the enforcement or peace and the adjustment of the re- parations, and your committee de- cided it should forego action until Germany had conceded the demands of the allies and had shown her good fsith by payment of the earnest money In the form of the first in. sta iment of the indemnity. We have given the allies the traditional square deal and now intend to put our own house In order"
 Reports that some members of the Georgia delegation. would support the resolution were borne out in two instances. Representative Over street, democrat, of that state, spoke Tor its passage. and Representative Lankford, also of Georgia, was one of three democrats voting with re- publicans for the rule.