Show Struggles Toward Peace D DECISION CISTON by the Senate Sena foreign relations committee to abandon the Porter peace resolution recently passed by the House of f Representatives is not surprising ing There is a constitutional method prescribed for forthe forthe forthe the Ti making ining g of pea peace treaties It makes the tho President t tire the principal party to their r n negotiation and there does doest not t seem to be any short eu en cut which Congress may take that will bo be effective without the Presidents President's consent The The plain words of the tho Constitution are these He thc tho President shall have power by and with the ad- ad 1 00 and consent of or the Senate to make treaties provided provided pro- pro vided Moo two thirds of the senators concur Joint resolutions declaring the war is at nt an end repealing rC re- pealing pling nil ill wartime legislation and establishing re-establishing com r mercia relations between the United States and Gerl Germany Ger- Ger l many is IS good material with which to go before the people to show that the majority in Congress is in or of peace and anxious t to to- put the business interests inter- inter ests of the country back upon a time peace basis and st perhaps to emphasize the wilfulness of the tho President i. i W bot the constitutional experts say y they will fall short shortt t of lOt their purpose unless embellished with the signature of if Woodrow Woodro-sr Wili Wilson Wilson- 11 However tho the plan of or the tho short cut is not yet per per- forsaken It is given out that the Porter reso- reso J It tion will ill be allowed t to suffer an ignominious death leath in in committee but a substitute is to b be he draft drafted which be simpler in its terms and perhaps less Jess distaste distaste- win lit 0 T mL II 1 t. t lui Jul UL to 0 tilt i T J no O O Wilt wi repeat repeal declaration of war against Germany adopted by Con Con- ress in April 1917 and against Austria in iii December Decem- Decem ber her 1917 will wiIl repeal all wartime legislation and will re-establish re commercial relations between the ilie United U States and Germany and Austria but will oniL the proviso that tha t trade shall not be resumed unless Germany within forty five days dRYS shall have havo government of the tio Uni United d Stats States that she has acted cd to declare the existence of a a. status of pence peace This Tills feature of the tho Porter resolution is is' to be left put ot because it it might bo ho attacked as invading n the ilie Pr Presidents President's treaty-making treaty powers Also there is t to tob ba b another important omission in the substitute The provisions ro retaining all rights privileges and indemnities tics ties secured in the armistice and since that time were strongly opposed by the irreconcilable opponents of the Versailles i treaty on the committee and so it was de- de not to write any such provisions into tho the substitute substitute substitute sub sub- resolution H but but to leave it t to tie the President t to I retain tain iain Suc such rights and privileges which include the former Ge sh ships ps and ond the acts of the tho alien properly custodian through negotiation with the other coun- coun tries It is encouraging to see Congress keep up the struggle g gle ile towards peace and in this respect the tie efforts to do doso doby doso so so by joint resolution of the two houses may not bo be without value as constantly tending towards tho the desired goal If by br the gentle genUe processes of amendment jion ion and evolution e a t. t resolution may be passed ass d th that t. t will ultimately attract the favor and the sr signature or orthe tire the President the world may yet rejoice But if the same energy could be concentrated upon an effort at persuasion of tho the President to lo accept the treaty a nS as f finally fany any passed by the Se Senate ate and he would yield his objections a a. more comprehensive and s satisfactory ry and p popular u lr peace leace would be established |