Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-29
PEACE RESOLUTION
WILL PASS Sc ENATE
BEFORE HOLIDAY
Plan, Embodying Knox and Por-
ter Proposals Attacked by
Underwood and Hitchcock.
HARDING TO APPROVE IT
sy Associated Press 10 Every Evening

by Associated Press TO Every Evening
Washington, June 29.--End Of the
war by resolution is in sight and may
be reached before Congress adjourns
over the Fourth. After ten days SEN
ate and House conferees have sue
eeeded In harmonlzing the differences
between the two chambers growing
out of the Knox and Porter reeolu-
tions, reached an agreement last eve
ming and the house ia expected to
ratify the action OF the conferees late
this afternoon.
The resolution may reach the Sen
ate before its adjournment late to-
day, and there is even a chance, Re-
publican leaders say. that the Senate
may also act on il Immediately. In
any event the Senate will dispose Of
the matter before Friday. they de-
clare. and President Harding Is ex-
pected to sign the resolution as soon
as 1t reaches him.
The resolution as agreed upon by
the conferees representing the ma
jority--the Democratic conferees did
not sign the report--embodies parts
OF both the original Knox and Porter
drafts. The Senate clause which re-
pealed the declaration OF war has been
eliminated. and In its place is the
House clause which simply declares
the war TO Be at an end.
Senator Underwood, the Democratic
leader, in assailing the original Knox
resolution when ii was before the
Senate, made the repeal clause the
subject Of vigorous arraignment, de-
claring that IL was an apology for the
part which America played in the
war and an insult to the memory of
the soldiers who gave their lives on
the battlefields Of Europe. Mr.. Under
wood and other Democrats who stood
with him in opposing the Knox reso-
luton will vote against the compro-
mise resolution, although they say
frankly that the adoption Of the
House method OF ending the war is
- great Improvement over the dis
carded Knox plan. However, this was
only one Of many objections which the
| Democrats voiced against bringing
about peace by resolution, and ths
majority Of them are expected to line
up behind Senator Underwood ans
vote no" when the conference re.
| port reaches IA final decision.
Senator Hitchcock, ranking Demo
cratic member or rhe Committee OF
/ Foreign Relations and the Demo
cratic conferee from the Senate, ex
pressed the view tonight that the in
iternational situation remains unchang
ed so far as the passage of the pendini
resolution is concerned.
The resolution Senator HitchcocI
continued, does serve to terminal
/ the war 50 far as domestic Legislation
| based on the war period is concerned
| Moreover, in negotiating a new treaty
the President. after signing this reso
/ luton, would. it seems to me. be il
honor bound to follow the terms of IN
| resolution There has been no tim
i when the President could not have de
clar=d the war at an end so far as do
nlestjc affairs are concerned.
-Four months have been wasted. s
far as entering into a new treaty wit
Germany is affected and following thi
action, the Administration will eithe
have TO make a new treaty with Ger
many or enter into the Versatile
Treaty with such notifications as ca
be agreed on. But this could just a
well have been done without any sue
resolution as this"
Senator Hitchcock expressed dout
that the Yarsaill-s Treaty would be re
submitted in amended or modifie
form. He added that in his opinis
when the peace resolution was signe
there would no lanyer- ha any authorit
for maintaining American troops :
German soil. The resolution, when
becomes effective. would end tn
armistice, he said. and automaticali
that would bring to an end the au
thority under which the GovernmeH
has acted in keeping American sol
diers on the Rhine.
(The text Of the Peace Resolutio
is printed on Page 1 of today's Ever
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