Show I DAILY EDITORIAL DIGEST Peace With Without ut utA A Treaty declared war war on GerI Germany Ger Ger- I CONGRESS many by resolution Can it end d' d dwar war by repealing that act The treaty of Versailles Versaille having falI failed d dot of ot ratification this new question of declaring peace Instead of negotiating negotiating it is now being agitated The simple expedient of ot attaining a slate state of peace by repealing the resolution declaring war on Germany says saya the Seattle POt POt-I Post Ind Rep Is likely to encounter serious obstacles among which are I Ithe the question of its constitutionality and the probability that the president may veto the plan The same authority au au- authority a adds ds that the Republicans I. I entertain little hope that the president will sign such a resolution but having presented it In goo faith the re responsibility responsibility re- re for continuing continuing- a state state of I war must rest with the chief executive tive The Pittsburg Press Ind is 19 I quite clear that the the c constitution which gives congress the power to I declare war undoubtedly ly gives It the complementary power to declare peace peace for otherwise e. e eit it woud mal make e ethe the mere declaration of peace Immeasurably im immeasurably immeasurably Im- Im measurably a a L more mor responsible complicated complicated com com- and difficult proceeding than the declaration of war whereas common common cornmon com com- mon sense Is well awa aware aware- e. e that th the declaration of war which rests solely within the pow power r of congress is the mu much h more responsible and fateful act of the two President Wilson according to the Ft Wayne News and Sentinel Rep has t notified the Democrats In congress congress con con- gress gors to oppose th the resolution and arid has haa made it plain that he will wUl veto It If It comes to him Thus the News and Sentinel continues continues con- con we see President Wilson madly and foolishly preparing to perpetuate perpetuate per per- theoretically a war that actually actually ac- ac ceased a year and a half halt ago Here we are at peace with Germany and carrying on on trade with Germany German yet nominally at war with Germany The Porter resolution Is thus de described described described de- de scribed by the Baltimore American Rep To declare that the state of war with Germany is ended and to provide provide pro pro- pro 1 vide that Germany shall have forty forty- five days in which which to follow fonow suit and this country shall b be under no kind of liability to Germany except- except as contained In the provisions Cof Of the treaty with the allies The American sees no hope of passing passing passing pass pass- ing such a a. resolution over the veto of the p president but thinks it would be refreshing to have a vote taken to declare the close of the state of war even though it should prove a vote of ot futility The Brooklyn Eagle Ind Dem however holds that the president will have to sign this resolution resolution resolution reso reso- lution if It gets to him hird He ought to sign It On the whole it is a temporary temporary tem tem- but valuable step tow toward rd the of our foreign and doI domestic domestic do do- I conditions The same procedure procedure pro pro- appeals to the Dallas News I Ind Dem which points out that the resolution would have the effect o of repealing all aU th the war acts This Is one reason why it should be adopted and approved although the fact tact should be recognized that those war acts could be repealed quite as simply and directly as they would be beby beby beby by declaring the war with Germany at an end To the Sun and NewYork New NewYork York Herald Ind the main main question is that of ot unlimited undivided executive power which must be met and settled by the congress of the United States and the people of the United States Secretary Daniels paper the Raleigh Raleigh Raleigh Ra Ra- Ra- Ra leigh News and Observer Dem which presumably reflects t the e attitude i of the administration says this There is no reason in the world I why congress should not declare peace by resolution just as it declares declares' I Iwar war or anything else It can declare that the sun shall shine and the moon change Its phase once a week a But the congress of ot the United States cannot declare by by resolution what Germany is going to do nor what our relations with Germany will beIt be It amounts to an effort to es establish es- es peace says the New York World Dem by the simple process of serving notice by p publication Even Evena a Germany torn by class antagonism will hardly know what reply to make to such an advertisement if it ever comes comes to hand And how asks the St. St Louis Globe-Democrat Globe Rep can the conditions of this resolution be se communicated to Germany and its ac acceptance obtained save save through the president For this p paper per adds Congress is constitutionally voiceless voiceless voice- voice less ess beyond our domains If the president president pres- pres ident dent refuses to to approve this resolution resolution resolution tion as he certainly will uJ unless ess he chooses to surrender his constitutional authority there Is no legal way by which it may be presented to the German German German Ger Ger- man government and if jf not not so presented presented pre it can have no force Moreover the Mobile Register Dem points out that that- should Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many fall tal to accept the terms our hands lands would be tied The Th United States having declared peace w would uld be beh bein bein in h no better position to resume war for th the sake eake of Its stipulations So the he Chattanooga Times Ind thinks It would be serving these malevolent malevolent lent ent partisans right if Germany should laugh augh in their faces and treat with contempt their proffer of ot a settlement which cannot in any event be made good while the Albany Argus Ind Dem declares that such talk Is mere twaddle for of ot course Germany will promptly accept the resolution and nd lau laugh augh h In Its sleeve Germanys Germany's best friends could hardly have framed a document m more re acceptable to the Huns In so far as the resolution applies within the jurisdiction of the United States the ort Fort Worth Star Tele gram Ind Dem thinks the th president dent can be depended upon to coop coop- erate crate with congress but he will not any scheme eme which will ne ne- ne the negotiation of a separate peace with Germany The New York Tribune Rep holds that there is Js no noway noway noway way to coerce the president into peace hence it does' does not seem worth while to waste time Ume on n the Porter resol resold tion And practical considerations apart the Indianapolis News Ind can think of few few- things more humiliating than the consent of this government to such euch a peace It would Involve a a. repudiation of most weighty obligations obligations obliga obliga- a desertion of the nation that for for almost four y years ars fought for forthe the safety and liberty lIbert- of the world and the resolutions resolution's threat to boycott Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many if she does not accept its terms is according to the Sioux City Tribune Trib- Trib me une Ind bla blackmail and should cause Americans American to blush to-blush blush in shame |