Show PEACE M V I HEl T f C COR r publican P Maneuver t to toI I Evade Legal Method 4 of Solving g Problem Derided b by py Senator Senate r I i WASHINGTON ASHINGTON May 12 jV V D Democratic m cratic a attack tack upon Ion t the w Republican peace res resolution i I ms ijas Fos launched today by S Senator n tor Hitchcock of Nebraska adminis adminis- administration t tion spokesman who declared If iri iria a addressing dressing the senate senate the tho measure was was futile futile- and Inconsistent tent and and d. d inimical inimical c cal r to the he treaty of ot Versailles The mountain has labored an and d brought forth a mouse he said Great expectations for an nn act o oc of f c c. c congress ess that would force a peace are to be disappointed I High hopes that a resolution by con- con press ess could be made to perform the functions of a a. peace treaty are re abon- abon j Instead of a peace settlement t to be forced by a resolution of man- man 4 ct tory requirements nen s as as U the price o of ofF f F Ee severing ering commercial relations we are re ren n merely to the Repeal repeal Jepeal the war declaration declare t clare th the war at at t an end and Invite t tue tXie president to to negotiate a separate i ni sace ce UNSTEADY STEADY MANEUVERING rr Ir Hitchcock Hitchcock cited three similar I T r resolutions solutions which he said had been r sponsored sponsored sponsored- since last November byr by r SEin Senator tor Lodge of Massachusetts the theR Republican R leader and Senator Knox of fj Pennsylvania author of the pending pend pend- lag ing In resolution The latter Mr Hitchcock said Is is the fifth peace resolution offered by the Republican leadership l tIn In reaching this Important cone cona con- con e 1 a c elliston he said of the pending measy measure meas- meas y I t ure re the supporters of ot the novel plan h have ve staggered from side to side over overa r a course for nearly six months Senator Hitchcock denied that con con- conI congress con con- I I gress has the power to make peace I although it has authority to declare I w. w TT-ari TT ari rl The states voted vote unanimously s against aint In t giving co congress congress peacemaking g I 3 j he said F. F lILE AND HOPELESS SS Knots Knot's r recent cent argument t ti that t the war a actually tu was at an art ends end t wAs t s co conceded c ded b by Mr Hitchcock wh who o asked A I I Then why th this s. s resolution n Hostilities I sUlin sUl- sUl in 1 s ceased elg eighteen teen months montha ago ando and o our our r army was reduced to a peace 1 isis basis Since that time commerce has hasben s lien ben n resumed W We have sold hun bun hundreds bund d eds of millions of dollars dollars' worth o olp ol of f p J ducts to Germany and purchased purchase d 11 raUch ch from her The war which th thes the s senator ator from Pennsylvania proposes propose s tp tend end by this resolution does not b by y HI 9 own admission exist What hat then is the senator from fro m I 1 p. p Pennsylvania attempting to do b bt by my y t ws s measure which he calls caUs a reso rem resolution lution to terminate the war He is i g I an utterly utterly- ana and att attempt to make a a peace peace settlement with Germany to take the place of the Versailles treaty Instead o of de declaring p peace the the i I Knox resolution declares clares the war atan at atan an end Th Thus s we have a raised the tb in interesting resting distinction between de declaring lar- lar ing peace and anc an d declaring war war at an HOUSES HOUSE O SE RESOLUTION DENOUNCED The peace resolution adopted by the ho se last month was denounced esp es es- esp es especially p p cally laUy by Mr Hitchcock because of ot its proposals for an embargo against Germany within forty-five forty days In event of German objections to thees the resolution es lution and Its provision for tor or res resen re- re s sen tving Ing rights under the treaty i In ln the house resolution resolution- h he said I I. I we demand the benefits of bt the trea treaty y which we ve h have ve refused to rat rat- Reviewing tire Reviewing t the e course of f other peace pre resolutions Mt Mf Hitchcock said a a. a previous previous pre pre- resolution by Senator Knox was abandoned on the senate doorstep Uk like i its s predecessors But the effort to do something to escape from from- the constitutional method of making peace peace was not abandoned abandon d he continued Something had to be done statesmen who had refused all all- efforts t to re reach ch an an agreement or compromise on the peace ce treaty ty felt the g growing wing re re- re I REPUBLICAN MANEUVERS House Republicans Mr Hitchcock charged were called into conference conferences and the house action arr arranged ng d although although al al though he he declared the house never had been permitted a n voice in peace I proceedings previously Upon re receipt t I of of the hou house solution resolution e l' l by the senate senate senate sen- sen ate however Mr Hitchcock said there I 1 was su sudden den change of plans and th the j present resolution was was was' drafted as as as' asa a I futile plan for Republican Indorsement Indorse Indorse- ment Senator Hitchcock criticised especially especially espe espe- especially the proposal that the president be asked asked to to negotiate a separate treaty with Germany Only a few months ago ago he said the the same senators who now propose this request were violent In condemning condemn condemn- ing any such suggestion LODGE THEN AND NOW Reading fr from m an article by Senator Lodge appearing in a magazine in December 1918 In which the Republican 1 lican Hcan leader declared it would brand brandus us with everlasting dishonor and bring ruin t to us also if we undertook I to tomake make a separate peace Senator I Hitchcock asked Do the supporters of this request want to brand us with dishonor nor and f bring ruin upon us us' us In another provision of the resolution tion the senator continued It it Is IsI I stated that the United States does not waive any of its rights under the I I treaty it has rejected rejected Could anything any any- j I thing be moer than to anY I as assume as- as sume and ate that We e have any rights to wa waive ve after we have refused to ratify the tr treaty aty which grants them I Altogether r the five desperate attempts at attempts at- at tempts to defy the the constitution and substitute a resolution for a treaty make a fine tine display of legislative I y experimentation L J J FOOLISH AND FUTILE Resolved that the war war has ended I resolved that peace exists resolved that we we force Germany to grant us what we might get If we signed the treaty resolved that the president be I requested to negotiate a separate I I I peace resolved that we ve will not give up German property resolved that I I I we will not waive any rights under I I the treaty treaty one one and all of f them fool fool- v lish I ish and futile attempts to evade the I constitutional way of securing peace by ratifying the treaty negotiated In Ina ina a a. constitutional way All AH of them are hopeless All' All of them doomed to defeat All AH of them attempted attempt d simply as a desperate means of getting out i i i i of a bad situation which certain statesmen I find themselves in tJ |