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Show imw KiiOX PEACE, REPORT Universal Service Says He Will L'nJ War by Resolution Reso-lution of Congress WAHHINfJTOV. March l Illy I'nl-eral I'nl-eral WrrWI -Regardlea nf persist . ant report to lha contrary. ITesldent Harding haa no Intanllon of discarding tsie announced plan of ending lha lech-r lech-r aiala of war with Germany by a resolution of mafraaa. In hia rampeign tha preaident ra. eieajtrdiy and naflnllaly rommltlad him-alf him-alf In thla o-r'raa. and ha la d'tarrnlnad to kaa hla pial:a lo tha pai.pla Tha rlalm that aurh anion aill amnarraaa tha alliaa In rnmpllln (Irrmanr lo fulfill tha larma of lha paara Iraaly will i.i datar him. Y Thla aa laarnad aulhoiiUlitaly In. day from mam bar a of lha aanala olh hom lha praaldant haa dlarnaaad tha f'lraian allnalinn In tha la at faw dava. .Thaaa diafuaainna. It waa aald. hava tn puraly lanmtlya. aa lha praald'nl Intanilk In dlapoaa of dirfnaatli firoh lm hlih ara Umorln fir allaniion h(..ra laklna; tip Intrrnallonal qtiaa ttone 'onawtiantly. ha haa not de- ri.l'.l whether ha will rranhmit the pea. a iraaly to Ilia aanala of arrap It altogether, tint on one point. II la de- . rlar-.l. he haa definitely eapreaeed him- 1 a- f. and that la that he favnra aa aironaly aa ever lha early termination of lha war with lermany hy conarea- i aional a lion, ao lhal all wartime re- '. airirtiona and enrumhrnnoa may end j n.l tha return lo normal ba farmtaled. KNOX HIS0LUTI0N. Whether or not theKnoi reaolullon i renenlinc Ihe derlarn t Inn of war on Ormnrir will ho made the medium of rfrertinc lha preaidenfa plan laitll ai niiaaiiiin. In view of lha complaint ralaed hy Ihe allien that thla anion will : he an invitation lo liermany lo quibble further over lha fulfillment of lha Irrma of the prare treaty. Iheaa la aoma aen- 1 I'ment among llepuhllran leadera In j Ihe aenate for a rerlaioo of lha meaaure. 1 hay would rewrite tha reaolullon In eironaer lancuaae. Informln (lermany lhi thla nvernmeni eaperta her lo nmpleie without equivocation lha con- I trai t aha accepted In alanine lha er-alll". er-alll". treaty and thai any attempt lo railo lla provlalnna will ba regarded by Vila country with high dlapleaeure. rianainr Harry New of Indiana, who U a member of lha aenaia foreign relatione re-latione rommlttee. la one who favnra Ihia plan. Furthermore, he would nut only end tha war wuh Germany by tha Knog reaolullon. but would amend It to make H the meana of aetiling tha whole Iraaly problem. Aa the eenatur la very rlnee in iha White Houae and went over lha International ailuation with lha pre.ident only rerantly. cnnelileratle aigniflcanca la attached to hla view. PR0P0SCD AMCNOMCNT. After hla Interview wllh lha preal. 1 dent lha eenator declared ha In .avor of atnenillng tha .Knog reaohjtlnn to Include aecllon flvo of a reaolullon Introduced hy Henalor Knox oarly In ll defining a penca Uraty whlrh would aaaura Ihia mull try lha attain-mml attain-mml of lha object fur which It fought In the war. Thia aecllon derlarea that, while It la Ihe policy . the I'nued tHatea to remain re-main aloof from foreign rnianglementa. it will act aa It did In tha war wllh liermany ahould tha peace of Kuropa or Ihe world again ba aiuillarly threatened. threat-ened. Thla dearrlhen my Idea, of what ouitlit In be dune." Hrnator New de. rUrrd. "We ahmild make thla an np-IHirluntty np-IHirluntty of giving notice to the world that the I piled Htalea la not going lo im-dilla In tha affaire of anybody alee, hul. In Ihe event of another emergenry am h aa occurred four year ago, thla ountry will do exactly aa aha Uld In that Inalanre." Senator Knox, author of tha reaotu-linn, reaotu-linn, left Imlay for hla homa In I'rnn-a;. I'rnn-a;. Ivania, lo be gnu until tha extra aea-aion aea-aion ronvenee next month, llefore leaving, leav-ing, he announced that ha would reintroduce rein-troduce tha meaaure aa anon aa the new i-nnxrcaa oiena and make a determined effort in art favorable art Inn on It. Th senator would not aay whether he Intended to revise lha reaolullon to allay the fear of th alllca hy making II clear lo liermany lhat the U nited Htalea will not tolerate the evasion of any of the terma of trie peace treaty. He carried wllh him. however, a copy of tha reaolullon. which ha will "consider" while ha la absent. |