The Washington herald., 1921-07-02
Senate Passes Measure
Declaring that War
Has Ended.
MAY PROCLAIM 1T
ON JULY FOURTH
Resolution May Be Sent
Harding in Jersey for
Final Action.

-. of the United States Is con-
c.rn.d. Final legislative action TO
end the conflict was taken yester-
a.v and as soon as President Har-
ding does his part, as he has al
ready pledged himself to do peace
vim be formally restored, approx
.+slv two and a half years after
hostflities ceased
The conference report on tno
ueace resolution was adopted oy tne
senate yesterday, 3s to 1s, followins
the same action by the House Fiji,
day. The report was tnen sem
hack to the House to De signed oy
the Speaker in regular session. y
moment later it was back again
before the Senate, where Nlco
President Coolidge attached his sig
nature 1t was then sent at once
TO the White House, whence 1t PROB
ably win be forwarded to President
Harding at the summer residence
Of Senator Frelinghuysen in New
Jersey
Senate G. o. p. Solid
The restoration Of peace may be
an accomplished fact today, al
though belief prevailed in, some
ouarters that the President mfgnr
withhold the formal proclamation
until July 4, to give Independence
Day a special significance this year.
The resolution, as finally adopted
merely declares the war with Ger
many and Austria at an end. ana
reserves to the United States all
rights and privileges which this ma
tion would have obtained under the
treaty of Versailles The provision
repeating the declaration Of war
was stricken out because Of tine
contention Of House members that
Il might be construed as a repudia-
tion Of the war
The Senate Republicans. as usuai
presented q solid front in favor of
the resolution All of the nineteen
votes against n were cast by Demo-
Gratis. Three Democrats-Shields, or
Tennessee; Walsh, of Massachu-
setts, and Watson. Of Georgia-sup-
ported the resolution. while several
others, including Reed, Of Missouri.
were paired in favor Of it.
The roll call was preceded ey
hours OF debate described by Sena-
tor Brandegee, of Connecticut. as
''ineonseduential- idle, fruitless, and
unnecessary"
Democrats Protest Act.
Most of the talking was done by
half a dozenl Democrats, who con-
tinued to protest against the reso-
luton as an unprecedented method
Of making peace.
Senator Brandegee, one Of the
most influential OF the "irreconcii-
ables," served notice that any at
tempt to revive the treaty Of Yer
sailIes, in whole or in part, would
be most bitterly contested. Re
submission of the treaty, he de-
eiared, would be IAN untoward
event"
Democratic Senators wanted to
know IL the American troops would
be brought back from Germany on
the proclamation of peace.
TT is my hope and expectation"
said Senator Brandegee, that the
troops will be returned as soon as
the President signs this resolution.
II the troops are in Germany to en-
force the terms OF the Versailles
treaty. as some or my Democratic
colleagues have intimated, then
there is all the more reason that
they be returned. My highest hope
is that America may get back to a
peace status with Germany and
mind her own business as far as
Europe will allow us to do So"
Passage Perfunctory.
No formaIity attended the action.
Senators urging Vote, vote" after
Senator LaFollette had condemned
the seizure of German property,
and the clerk called the roll The
scene 'contrasted with the entry or
America into the war. There was
none Of the patriotic fervor. and
only few persons were in the gal
leries. The entire performance was
perfunctory, for IL was a foregone
conclusion that the resolution
would pass.
Democrats argued that passage
Of the resolution meant that Amer
lea must make a separate peace
with Germany or accept the treaty
Of Versailles.
Senator Lodge. Republican leader,
and chairman of the COMMITTEES on
Foreign Relations, INTERRUPTED a
speech by Senator King, of Utah
(DemocraD, to remark that King
was mistaken IL he thought the
treaty Of Versailles would be re-
submitted.
: Senator Brandegee said that I.
treaty of "amity and commerce"
with Germany might embody all the
safeguards America might desire.
Brandegee contended that there
would be no necessity for a treaty
OF peace after the United States
mad declared that peace exists.
.Politienl Surrender
Senator Underwood charged that
the passage Of the resolution would |
be political surrender on the mart
of America Senator Walsh. Of |
Montana Democrat), argued that |
the provisions Of the resolution re-
iatfns to the right Of American
citizens to demand claims were
broader than either the armistice or
the treaty, and that these agree
ments were violated.
Senator Pomarena ~ r.A.. -