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Show DENIES WILSON 'IGNOREDSOLONS President Reluctantly Felt Selection as Delegate Would Be Improper. Senate Must Finally Pass on Treaty, Lewis Points Out. WASHINGTON. Di-c. 1. President Wilson's Wil-son's fourteen principles :uul u"rr,lfj- the league of nations. International (!i?arnri-mcnt, (!i?arnri-mcnt, open diplomacy and oilier ennjucts connocti'd with the forthcoming peace confcrrin-o wer dis-u.ss.-d in the senate today during flvo hours of debate in whk-h many intors, bolh Republicans ;uni Den-.fiLTatH, joined. During the diaciisHlon Senator Borah of Idaho, He-publican, Introduced a resolution resolu-tion proposing publication of the peace tre.ity innriediatiily upon Ha completion and o; on discuy.sion of it in the senate, while Senator Krelinhtiysen of New Jersey, Republican, it'l'crcd a resolution Hooking interpretation by the president of the fourteen points. Behind Closed Doors. Hoi h resolutions will be bent to the forth;.!' re.ations committee, which, before be-fore thn senate discussion opened, conditio con-ditio i ( tor almost two hours behind closed uoi. vn the resolution of Senator 'Cummins c i Iowa, i ;p;iul iliesi n. proposing npf-oi'.iiniei.t c!' t. --luite committee to a i n. r.d tho Pali.; o m i rre uco to keep the i?t nate informed of ever.ts there. Aetion mi i!,e Cummins i solution was post-vmici.i post-vmici.i until tomorrow, v. ilh nriiiiinis; r:i-l r:i-l ion h-adei s and .some kepunlican.? reported re-ported o'-p jsiii:-c its approval. The . ".'m-niiH. ".'m-niiH. ai.io dcrideu to put over until next wi-elc ii-Lt; re.suliiMon of .Senator Knox of l i! : van in, Republican, calling for postponement of aetion by the peace con-tVvi con-tVvi in-e on the queslions of a leaKue of nations and lieedom of the seas. The senate's debate, which continued intermittei'tly until adjournment tonight, w;is npem'd by SenaKti' l-Yelinplniysen, who, m of fering his rcsoltu ion, declared the presiih nt had never elaborated on many of Ins fourif-en terms and demanded demand-ed that the American people lie informed of their concrete application. Ground for Belief. in reply Senator Walsh of ' Montana, Democrat, said delay in criticism of the fourteen principles was ground for general gen-eral belief that the country approved them. Senators Poindexter of Washington. Washing-ton. Knox of 1 'cnnsylvatiia and Johnson of California, all Republicans, challenged that view. They Insisted that after tin ir enunciation peace discussion generally laid la-en frowned upon until recently and consequently there had been no general discussion of them. Senator Johnson said that now the president has gone to Fra nee, leaving the nation ignorant of the precise meaning of his principles. Senator Knox said congress had taken a position on an agreement between nations na-tions when it attached a rider to the naval appropriation bill of February, 1916, authorizing the president to ca) an , international conference, not later than' the conclusion of the war, for discussion of military disarmament and general ar- , titration of international disputes. j Favors Nations' League. During the day, Senator Kellogg of Minnesota, Republican, delivered a prepared pre-pared address in favor of a league of nations whose decrees should be enforced by popular opinion of responsive popular governments and not by force of a super-government super-government or world court. In replying to Senator Kellogg, who had expressed regret that tiie president had not taken the senate and people more into bis confidence on peace questions, ques-tions, Senator Lewis of Illinois, t Vie Democratic Dem-ocratic wh,lp, declared that. In selecting ! the American peace commission without namhig a senate representative, the president presi-dent had not intentionally slighted the , senate. He said the president had at j first" favored appointing a senator, but had reluctantly felt such a selection would be improper since the senaia must finally pass on the treaty. Senators Clash. Closing the day's debate, Senators Reed of Missouri and Williams of Mississippi, Mis-sissippi, Democrats, clashed on the question ques-tion of a league' of nations. The Missouri Mis-souri senator vigorously oijiosed a league given power to use military forca In Imposing Im-posing its decrees upon a single nation and the Mississippi senator argued that a league to enforce peace as a final resort, re-sort, by joint military force, is desirable. desir-able. Senator Williams expressed hope that a world Monroe doctrine would result re-sult ftom the -peace conference. |