The Colorado statesman., 1921-06-11
LETS SENATORS
HAVE THEIR WAY
PRESIDENT DOES NOT OPPOSE
PEACE RESOLUTION, THOUGH
1T DOESN'T MAKE PEACE.
HOLDS TREATY NECESSARY
Administration Makes Il Plain That
II Desires to Develop Its Policy
Concerning Foreign Relations One
Step at a Time.
BY EDWARD 2. CLARK.

6y EOWAHD >. SLAhN.
Wasnington.-No doubt, II Presi-
dent Harding und Secretary of State
Hughes followed their own .nclinA-
tions they would say there Is no ne
cessity for passing u joint congress
siouul resolution declaring that the
United States and the central powers
of Europe are no longer ut war, but
the senate for more than year has
been determined To send such reso-
luton through congress and so the
attitude of the administration is to
let the senate have Its way.
Ii is well understood that the ad-
minisrration view Is that peace can
not be established by II joint congress
sional resolution; and II the wishes
of the senate did not have to be taken
into consideration the administration
probably would propose that the whole
situation be taken care of in the way
provided by the Constitution. that Is.
by means of u treaty Of peace.
Both President Harding and Sec
retury Hughes have made 1t plain re-
Gently that they do nor want TO ap-
pear as dlctators before the 'egisla-
tive body, and they are expressing
the hope that the house will compose
whatever differences exist among the
members as to the form the joint CON
gressiOnal resolution shall take, ana
that the senate and house shall settle
whatever differences they may nave
as to the precise form of the resolu-
tiDL
The point is that the administration
does not feel that the passage of n
Joint resolution declaring technical
peace settles anything of consequence.
The real problem of the administra-
tion is to bring about peace through
the treaty process as provided in the
Constitution, and if the passage of a
so-called technical peace resolution
will help open the way for the sue
cess of the program that is to be sub
mitted later, well and good.
Even on the question as to whether
the resolution shall repeal the decla-
ration of war of April q, 1917, 1t is
possible that the administration will
not feel called on to exert any intlu-
ence. 1t can be stated authoritatively
that if the administration felt that ii
would be wise for 1t to Interfere II
would advise that the declaration of
war be not repealed.
One Step at Time Enough.
Many indications of the desire of
the administration TO go along with
congress and with the senate in deal
ing with foreign relations are noted.
For instance, the administration is
discouruging discussion at this time
of the possibility of the United States
entering any sort of league of ma
tions. Such discussion, the admins
tration feels. only tends to create fric-
ton. Obviously the thought of the
President and the secretary of tate is
that each step shall be discussed us
1t is proposed. In other words, the
administration would like TO see the
discussion limited to the step immedi-
ately under consideration.
That there is to be gradual un-
folding of the administrators policy
is well understood. The next impor-
tant step will be to determine whether
the Versailles treaty shall be used as
a basis for establishing peace with
Germany, or whether it will be nee
essnry to negotiate an entirely new
treaty. To link this discussion up
with the probable action of the gov
ernment with respect to some sort of
an association or league of nations
the administration undoubtedly feels
would simply make more difficult the
solution of the problem that must be
disposed of first.
Up to this time there has been no
intimation from the White House or
the State department as to how soon
the administration will be ready TO
submit its program for bringing about
peace. The indications are that 1t
will be some time before the Presi-
dent communicates with the senate
on the subject. AS has been pointed
out in these dispatches from time to
time. Secretary Hughes feels that be-
fore the question of peace treaty
Is taken up the various international
controversies in which the United
States is directly interested ought to
be settled.
Gathering News In Washington.
During the war there was a
vast amount of vital departmental
news In Washington which could
not be given TO the country.
Scores of Washington correspondents
''knew the news" but were restrained
from printing it by the knowledge that
publicity might give aid or comfort,
perhaps both. to the enemy.
Today peace has come and there are
daily conferences in every department
of the government between the chief
thereof and the representatives of the
great news-gathering organizations of
the United States and the special cor