Show SENATE INDORSES WILSONS WILSON'S APPROVES ACTION IN REQUESTING REQUESTING REQUEST REQUEST- ING TERMS UPON WHICH PEACE MIGHT BE DISCUSSED Democratic Leader Declares No More Excuses Go and That Peace in Europe is Essential to Peace Here Washington Approval Approval of ot President President President dent Wilsons Wilson's request for a statement of peace terms from the European belligerents was voted by the senate Friday night at the conclusion of three days of stirring debate Action came dramatic suddenness suddenness suddenness sudden sudden- ness when Democratic De leaders decided ed to accept a form of resolution that would not compel the senate to indorsement indorsement indorsement in in- of the whole of the presidents president's presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's note and ten Republicans of the he Progressive group joined the majority majority ma- ma in making the vote 48 to 1 17 The resolution adopted was as follows fol- fol lows The senate approves and strongly Indorses the request by iby the president in n the diplomatic notes of December 18 to o the na nations now engaged In war that those nations state the terms upon which peace might be dIscussed discuss dIscuss- ed e Senator Lewis of Illinois regarded as the spokesman for the administration tion created a sensation in the senate senate senate sen sen- ate when in closing the argument in behalf of the passage of of the Hitchcock Hitchcock Hitchcock Hitch Hitch- cock resolution for indorsement of the he presidents president's peace note to the warring warring war war- ring powers he declared that continuance continuance continuance contin contin- of ot the conflict would inevitably Involve the States in the gle He asserted that the United States would nut not again accept as an excuse for injury to her citizens or their heir property through warfare a misconception mIsconception misconception mis mIs- conception of orders on the part of officers or an excess of zeal in carrying carry- carry lag ing ng them out |