Show I SOLONS I TO I I II I Joint Resolution Declaring I War Tar at t an End Next Step f for or Congress Message el Expected E From WiGo STATUS OF PEACE TREATY EXPLAINED By ny Universal Sen Service ice Washington March 21 The I.-The The present status Hiatus of oC tho the peace treat treaty was explained tonight ht as follows by Taylor Talor former American ambassador to Spain and a recognized authority on International 1 law The rejection of the peace tr treaty h by tho the Senate and Its re return ro- ro turn to the President brings the tho entire matter to an end The Tho only thing the President can do is negotiate ne no- a tl new treat treaty which would have to bo be entirely acceptable acceptable accept accept- able ahle to the Senate The practical practical thing now will be the adoption tion of ot tho Knox resolution I which if it vetoed will doubtless be bo passed over the Presidents President's veto Thereafter the United States tes and Germany will proceed in m their relations on tho Rio basis of or t former treaties and In accordance with the principles of at I a law oi n fly I Serie I. I 0 W v March 21 A A joint resolution d declaring the war var with ith German Germany at nt an end is the i i next step to be bc taken by Congress in I support of the Senates Senate's rout of the peace ace treaty an and its return to President President Pres Pres- ident ilent Wilson With fl no break in the silence which I has engulfed the White ever since the tile defeat of the treaty and no I intimation tion as to when the President I would disclose l his plans Senate leaders leaders leaders lead lead- ers remaining remaining- in Washington today prepared to rush action on the Knox resolution Senator Borah Republican Idaho and one of or the Irr s said sa d this tills afternoon that the coming comins- week would see an effort in tho the Senate to obtain obtain 11 consideration of or the Knox resolution Xo No Difficulty The general opinion in congressional I- I circles here is that no great difficulty It I will bo be experienced In it securing the I I passage of ot the tho solution resolution declaring the tho I i iwar war at an nn end Should the the Pr President veto such a resolution as It Is hi presumed presumed pre pre- I I ho will the Republicans believe belle enough votes otes can be bo mustered to override override over over- ride his veto When this Is la accomplished will finally final fitial- ace with wilh Germany German ly ly- lybe be a reality and not the thc nebulous r thing It has been In the long drawn drawn- I out fight I ht between tho the President drawn I and I the the- Senate According to Senator Borah peace I will be the law of ot the tho land Should the President remain obstinate I nate however howe and refuse rofus to bow to the will o of the majority in Congress a a. er very extraordinary situation would arise Peace of or course would be an accomplished fact but the thc passage of or I the tue Joint resolution could not compel the President to authorize the reinstitution re- re re-j re institution of or a diplomatic and nOd consular corps in iii Gt Gei Germany many In short he would i inot not have to 10 r establish ro-establish diplomatic relations re- re lations with Gurman Germany I Opposition With the prospect thou though h. h that both I Continued on Page Pago 2 SOlONS TO CONSIDER KNOX RESOlUTION Continued from Page e 1 1 tho President and tho the Senate will hi hiat be he beat heat at swords swords' points for or many months to come interest now v Is c centering on th the White House in tho the hope that the President will see ace ce the tho futility of oC h hia position an and choose som some graceful method of oC escape from the embarrassments embarrass ments 1 which would make makl the situation ua utterly confusing and Intolerable If H as Senator Borah conten contends s passage c of ot ota ofa ofa a joint resolution declaring the war at nt atan an end over tho the veto of ot tho the President ent would Ul ma mako maico o peace the law of the tue land the President who Is bound boun to support all aU tho the laws f Ir f the tho United States ml might ht then be forced 0 to accede to the Ure wilt will of oC Con Con- gress Predicted Whim senators generally g believe e no expressions on tho treaty ty situation wille will be e forthcoming fo from the tue President for somo some time It has huts been Intimated that thal the tho President ent now Is considering a. a t 1 mes meg sage abe or statement to tho the American p pita peo o- o plo wherein he hc will be able ablo to make mako nal public his plans lIans for ortho tho future future and anil tho thc campaign Tho President has hal often otten expressed cd his plc pleasure suro at t being boing- abe to tako take common counsel with the people and as h he has already y suggested uSg a. a great nn and solemn referendum um on the trent treat treaty It Jt Is on only Iv natural to assume that he ho will seek to to determine the pro pro- election tendency of oC tho the public on tho the treaty situation and this could best be done hone b by publication oC of a statement of his aims and observations on the tho public pub pub- lic reaction Meantime the administration Is 13 now no- in possession of or a well defined plan for the conduct of oC tore foreign relations The rue best evidence c of this thiN is Is' Is the tho Cac fact that when Frank Po Polk under secretary of state stale left Europe he lie bound boul France Franco ani and ami England b by an engagement that lint they should communicate to to to- the tho state stale de department department ile- ile all future steps with refer refer- once ence to the Adriatic situation all and when they failed faHed to conform to this agreement agree alCO mont ment the they were sharply called to account acCount account ac ac- ac- ac count b by the President ent Turkish It I is believed ed here that tha this agreement agree agree- ment mont did not only cover cr the A Adriatic situation but all matters which grew out of ot the peace negotiations and In I which the tho President enl had evidenced In- In terest The fact that tho the White House 1 now is it is vitali vitally concerned over the Turkish peace ne negotiations substantiates stan stan- this belief beller It has been boen the tho Presidents President's contention and Is ts toda today to to- to da day that the United States entered tho the war primarily to defeat autocracy and militarism but also to esta establish 81 I I I lasting peace in Europe and treat treaty or orno orno orno no treat treaty the President ent will continue his activities activities In that direction through h the state department Due to the tIne absence o of many man senators the Senate tomorrow Is expected temporarily neglect the I noX resolution resolution tion and lId attend atlen to unfinished bu business In the tine House Trouse however howe the bill provid ing for the establishment of a a. separate e peace with Germany and Austria and tine the creation of a n European trade council coun coun- cil will bo ho introduced by tive U Britten Republican Illinois The trade council proposed would be bo comI com corn posed o of the President and the 1110 secre lanes of oC stale state treasury commerce and arid labor and would be required to work workout workout workout out and report to Congress a plan plain for securing tho the resumption of or commercial 1 intercourse with European nations I I I j I I Treat Treaty Rejection Di Discounted in ill France Paris March The l.-The rejection of oC tic te treat treaty of oC T b by the tho United I States Senate has been so long Ion discounted dis dis- counted In France that the news caused cause little sensation The morning newspapers newspapers news news- papers papers print the act for the tho most part without comment The Figaro remarks that the treaty's treats fate was largely provoked by party politics and antagonism to President Wilso a What ma may be bo called d the hand of oC Wilson sa says s 's the paper is alas most considerable and most able In the treat treaty it I Is found from th tho thit first to the last line The Figaro attributes to President nt Wilson on lack of oC clearness In tho the solution tion of oC the question of the val valhey val val- alley ley hey and the left bank of ot the Rhine and says sars I But It was singularly difficult and in certain points dangerous to clash dish with an nn authoritative and d man stubborn In hr his ideology and read ready to have ha recourse If it need be bc to demagogic passions to break down down clown I the resistance of or governments Ko LEclair says All AU the tho socialist and I all th the radical pacifists counted upon President Wilson to mutilate our vie vie vie- tor tory The They have ha not been disappoint ed l But what whal Is the great idealist gol AO g Ing Ing- to do now no Will he appeal to the countr against S th the slight he has sustained sus- sus says as a's an tn Immediate meeting of oC the representatives of pt the entente o will viii decide upon what poliO policy to foTIo olio i Libre Libra accuses some SOnic of the leading French n newspapers of oC havin- havin rh shared In the development de of oc t the tho o on opposition op op- Position that thal defeated the thc e trent treaty o 0 President Routed Says London Loudon Daily London March 22 This The ITIC Lon London on Times In a long hong editorial on the tine re rejection ro- ro of oC the thc peace treat treaty b by the United States Senate sa says that the I rout of ot President Wilson Is for time being complete and antl expresses expresses expresses' the ses I I fear that the prospect of ot the tie treat treaty and league of ot nations being the leadIng leadIng lead lead- ing Issue in the thc coming coming- American presIdential pres pres- campaign must bo bl accepted It It Is a a. regrettable prospect for all the world and particularly for our Our Our- selves eel elrea says Bays the Times Nonetheless wo a adhere here to the belief bellot which wo share with Lord Gre Grey that the thc AmerIcan Amor- Amor lean Ican people are unlikely In the lon long Ion run to withdraw Influent their Influence in world affairs or 01 to be le satisfied with I playing ohly a small part in the leas league ot of nations fr to lo lu the thc nc warning Darning Of or U Its Washington correspondent that Ens Bag land In tho the campaign will be de denounce denounced do- do flounced as tIne the oppressor oppressor of ot Ireland In India ln and Eg- Eg Egypt pt and tho the supporter together with France of ot the tho new Imperialism im imperialism Im- Im the tho Times says sars We c have o gone sone through the same sor sort of or storms before though h this one ono promises to be bo exceptionally exceptional violent and they have ha not hurt us very much i |