Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-06-09
LETS SENATORS
HAVE THEIR WAY
PRESIDENT DOES NOT OPPOSE
PEACE RESOLUTION, THOUGH
1T DOESN'T MAKE PEACE.
HOLDS TREATY NECESSARY
Administration Makes 1t Plain That
1t Desires to Develop Its Policy
Concerning Foreign Relations One
Step at a Time.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.
Washington.-No doubt, if Presi
dent Harding and Secretary Of State
Hughes followed their own lnclina
tions they would say there is no ne
cessity for passing Il joint congress
sional resolution declaring that the
United States and the central powers
of Europe are no longer at war, but
the senate for more than year has
been determined TO send such Il reso-
luton through congress and so the
attitude of the administration is to
let the senate have its way.
1t is well understood that the adj
ministration view is that peace can
not be established by. Il joint congress
sional resolution and if 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 treaty of peace,
Both President Harding and Sec
rotary Hughes have made it plain re-
Gently that they do not want to ap-
pear as dictaters before the ,egisa-
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, and
that the senate and house shall settle
~,
as TO the precise form Of the resoIu-
ton.
The point is that the administration
does not feel that the passage or n
Joint resolution declaring technical
peace settles anything of consequences
The real problem Of the administra-
ton 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 questionNas to whether
the resolution shall repeal the decla-
ration of war of April 6, 1917, it is
possible that the administration VIII
not feel called on to exert any intlu-
once If can be stated authOritatively
that if the administration felt that it
would be wise for it TO interfere it
would advise that the declaration OF ,
war be not repealed. !
One Step at a Time Enough.
Many indications of the desire of !
the administration to 60 along with |
congress and with the senate in deal !
ing with foreign relations are noted. I
For instance, the administration is !
discouraging discussion at This time |
of the possibility Of the United States
entering any sort OF Il league OF nal
lions. Such discussion, the admins
tration feels. only tends to create fric-
tion. Obviously the thought Of the
President and the secretary Of tate is
that each step shall be discussed as
il is proposed In other words, the
would like to see tho
discussion limited to the step immedi-
ately under consideration.
That there is to be gradual I'M
folding of the administration policy
is well understood. The next impOr-
rant step will be to determine whether
the Versailles treaty shall be used rs
n basis for establishing peace with
Germany, or whether II viii be nee
pssary TO negotiate an entirely new
treaty.. TO link this discussion up
with the probable action of the gov
eminent with respect 70 some sort of
nm association or league of nations
he administration undoubtedly feels
would simply make more difficult the
solution of the problem that must be
disposed of first.
Tn 10 this time there has been no F,
animation from the White House or
he state department as 70 how soon 1
he administration Will be ready to
,ubmit It's program for bringing about
Deace. The indications are that il
ynl be some time before the presi-
lent communicates With the senate
IN the subject. AS has beer pointed j
tut in these dispatches from time TO d
inc. Secretary Hughes feels that be; (