Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-29
Senate Will Vote on
and Pass Knox Peace
Resolution Saturday

\
will vote on the Knox peace resolu
ton next Saturday under tact,
agreement reached today during the
opening debate. It's adoption was
| conceded on all sides. with few SEN
ators desiring to speak, and the Re-
| publican and Democratic leaders
Senators Lodge of Massachusetts and
Underwood of Alabama. arranged al
today's session for final disposition
on Saturday to clear the way for con
s1deration of the emergency tariff bill
next Monday
the peace resolution was attacked
from both Republican and Democrat
&c sides today, Senator Nelson. Re-
publican, Minnesota uneypectedly
opening the debate with .broadside
at the resolution that dissipated Re
publican hopes for a united front on
adoption of the measure. Senate,
; Underwood also spoke at length
| against the resolution. but with No
other senators ready to proceed the
Senate recessed until tomorrow
when Senator Hitchcock, of Nebras-
IA. ranking Democrat on the foreign
relations committee. and Senators
King Of Utah. and Pomerene of Ohio
and other Democrats are scheduled to
speak
| Defense of the resolution probably
Will come on Saturday when SEN
ators Lodge. Knox. Borah and Others
are expected to take the floor.
! Senator Nelson. who was a mild
resercationist'', in the controversy
over the treaty of Versailles. crit :
icized the Knox resolution TODAY as
"haltins. equivocal and only partial
,He deplored it's failure to support
! reparation and disarmament dema nds
on Germany and said adoption would
encourage Germany to continue with
| her reluctance to comply with the
| treaty of Versailles as to disarma
ment and repafations."
! Senator Underwood assailed the
resolution as "inopportune." in view
of reparations negotiations, and also
as an abandonment" Of the Allies
He declared It would compromise
the honor of our people," and make
the United States an outsider" in
war settlements. Senator Mcclellan
Democrat, Tennessee, interjected a
, statement that the resolution vas un-
precedented and that the United
| States could not reserve a place I'M
der the treaty of Versailles without
being a party to that treaty.
Senator Borah. Republican, Idaho,
replied that it was "a good precedent
to be established.
I'VE may not have a right to ex-
pect that the party in power should
ratify the treaty of Versailles, but
we do have a right to expect the con-
cIusion of a peace which would be in
accord with the aims of the war.
Senator Underwood said during his
| address.
Senator Watson, Democrat, Geor-
gia, interrupted to say that ''the pres
ent uncertainty should be ended
speedily" and Senator Underwood
replied that adoption of the pending
resolution would not fix a definite
status of peace" as there wxs nc
knowing that Germany will agree to
the provisions of the resolution"
| Senator Watson said the present
and preceding administrations had
! taken the position that the United
States was entitled to the spells and
asked whether the. United States
would not be abandoning American
claims by the resolution.
"Unquestionably." Senator Under
wood replied I'VE abandon our Al
lies absolutely and conditionally and
reach status of peace. BY passage
of this resolution we abandon our
rights as q war associate"