The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-02
PRESIDENT HARDING
 WILL SIGN PEACE RESOLUTION TODAi i
Enactment of Compromise Measure to End State of War Completed By
 Congress Yesterday
By Associated Press

Washington, July 1.-Enactment of the compromise resolution ending the state of war with Germany and Austria finally was completed today by Congress and the measure will be sent by special messenger to Presi- dent Harding at Raritan, N. J., to- morrow. who Is expected to sign 1t Immediately.
 At the White House. where the resolution was received early tonight 1t was said the messenger would leave here at o'clock tomorrow, arriving about o'clock at Raritan, where President Harding is the guest of Senator Frelinghuysen over the holiday.
 All opponents of the resolution were democrats, but three democrats, Shields of Tennessee, Walsh of Mas sachusetts and Watson of Georgia, voted with republicans for adoption. senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, was paired in it's favor.
 Announcements were made that All
 
 vored or opposed the resolution, ac- cording to their party affiliations. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, au- thor of the original resolution, was absent, but was paired with Senator Pomerene, democrat, Ohio.
 Sent to White House
 After the Senate vote, the resolu- ton was signed by Representative Towner, republican, Iowa, speaker pro-tem in the House in the absence of Speaker Gillett, who had gone to New Jersey with President Hard ing. It was then signed by Vice President Coolidge during an execu- tive session of the Senate and sent to the White House.
 Final debate today was principally by democratic opponents. who de- clared that the republican plan was futile and would necessitate a sepa- rate treaty of peace later or ratifica- ton of the treaty of Versailles.
 For the republicans, Senator Brandegee of Connecticut, made the principal address, declaring there would not be treaty of peace" but probably one or more of "commerce" which, he said, would deal with questions arising out of the war. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, re- publican leader, entered the discuss sion briefly, mainly to support Sem ator Brandegee's contentious. Ar guing that a peace treaty was not necessary to conclude wars, MT. Lodge said the United States had negotiated treaties of commerce with Great Britain in 1912 and 1915 and also with Spain after the Spanish war.
 In response to a query from Sem ator Harrison, democrat. Mississippi, Senator Lodge said that he knew of no plans by the administration to re- submit the treaty of Versailles to the Senate
 Withdrawal of American troops now in Germany was discussed by Senators Brandegee, McKellar, demo- crat, Tennessee, and others Dis claiming to speak for the President, Senator Brandegee said he believed the peace resolution would necessi- tate retirement of American troops from German territory.
 Closing the debate. Senator LaFol- lette, republican, Wisconsin, ex- pressed dissent" of the provision re- serving American rights to German property seized by the alien prop erty custodian. Such action, he de- clared, was in violation of the treaty 1 of 1928 with Prussia and alss oi in- ternational law. He added that he | would reserve freedom of action in | case future treaties dealing with | German property should be pre- scented.