The Washington times., 1921-05-01
Resolution Ending Technical
State of War With Central
Powers o. KID, 40 to q.
WILL RUSH ACT TO HOUSE
Measure Does Not Mean 'Aban-
donment of Our Associates
Lodge Tells Colleagues.
BY J. BART CAMPBELL.

Internatisnal News Service.
Following an all-day debate. which
opened up the League Of Nations
controversy once more. the redrafted
Knox peace resolution was passed
by the Senate last night.
The vote was ~ to %.
GOES TO HOUSE MONDAY.
The Knox resolution provides for
the repeal of the Congressional dec
iaration of war between the United
States and the Central Powers
tGcrmany and Austria). 1t will be
transmitted to the House on Mon
Gay for passage there Republican
leaders hope that the resolution viii
be In the hands Of the PtsAident by
the end Of next week.
The resolution protects the prop
|c.ty rights Of Americans In Ger
nasny and Austria. ana also pro-
tects the American rights In alien
property now held In this country.
THREE DEMOCRATS VOTED ~YEA-
Three Democrats voted for the res
olution. They were Meyers. of Mon
tana; Shields, of Tennessee, and Wat
son. Of Georgia
No Republicans voted against the
resolution. Senator Nelson. OF Mime
sofa, who has opposed the resolution,
was paired.
The roll call was as follows:
Yeas-Ball, Borah, Brandegee, Bur-
sam. Cameron. Capper. Colt, Cummins.
Curtis. Dillingham;, Elkins. Fernaid.
France, Freiinghuysen, Gooding. Hale.
Herreld, Johnson, Jones. Kenyon,
Keyes, Ladd, La Toilette, Lenroot.
Lodge, Mccormick. Mckinley, Nc
Nary. Meyers. New, Nicholson. Nor
beck, Norris, Oddie, Penrose, Pom
dexter, Shields, Shortridge, Smoot,
Spencer. Stanneld, Sterling, Suther-
land, Townsend. Wadsworth. Warren.
Watson tGeorgia), Weller and VILLA
Total, 40.
The nays were Ashurst, Broussard,
CarAway. Dial, Gerry. Glass. Harris,
Harrison, Helm, Hitchcock. Jones
tNew Mexico), Kendrick, Mcclellan,
Pittman, Pomerene. Robinson, Sh.p-
Underwood. Walsh (Montana) and
williams. Total. %.
PAvEs WAY ron PEACE FARLEY.
One purpose of the resolution is to
pave way between the Harding ad-
ministration and the governments OF
Germany, Austria and Hungary.
whether by separate peace treaties
or by q revised treaty of Versailles.
| being left to the judgment of Presi-
dent Harding and his advisors.
| The belief that the Harding ad-
ministration will probably undertake
a peace treaty with Germany follow
| ing the final passage of the resoiu-
tion was expressed during today's
debate by Senator Lodge, Republican
leader.
| Senator Lodge insisted, however,
that the resolution was not to be
construed as an intention by Con-
gress or the American Government
ito abandon this country's associates
In the World War"
| III we choose to make peace with
Germany by n treaty, which will
probably follow this resolution, sure
lly we are not betraying them"
| Senator Lodge said. "They surely do
| not expect us to remain continually
| in a technical state of war with
Germany or Autsria. They know
that that Is an impossible situation"
SAYS VERSAILLES PACT DEAD.
Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho.
following the passage of the resolu-
| ton. declared that he was quite GER
| tain that President Harding would
enter into negotiations with the Cen
| tral Powers for separate peace
treaties which would have nothing
| whatever to do with the Versailles
pact. Borah said that the Versailles
pact was recognised In Europe as
"unworkable and impossible of execu-
ton" and he quoted Premier BRAND
as having said recently that the
treaty mo longer lives"
Democratic Senator'S, lead by Sena-
tor Pat Harrison. of Mississippi, and
| Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska,
undertook to "haze" the Republican
| leaders by digging up many speeches
| and statements of the last campaign,
in which Republicans advocated the
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