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Show Growing Sentiment Toward I Peace Movement in all I Belligerent Countries I United States Senators Discuss War Situation and Peace Proposals Com- I mittee Fears Entangling Alliances and Endangering of Monroe Doc- I trine Endorsement of Wilson Note Postponed. I Washington, January 2. Senator Hitchcock's resolution to have the senate endorse Presidetn Wilson's peace note wag discussed in the senate sen-ate today and action was was post-poned post-poned until tomorrow, by unanimous consent. Republican leaders wanted the reso lution to go to the foreign relations committee, but Senator Hitchcock pressed for immediate action. 'If It is desirable that the senate should express itself on this important matter," said Senator Gallinger, Republican. Re-publican. "I think that it should accept the judgment of the foreign relations committer in the matter." "I have considered that," Senator Hitchcock replied, "but I think that the moral effect of immediate action by the senate ould be greater. It. is the only legislative body in the world that has functions and power relating to international affairs. The senate's reputation and standing in the world is similar, if not equal, to that of the president. In my opm ion the senate has a duty to perform The president has performed his Now that the president has taken this RtpP. with the object and purpose of show, ing that the United States ag i great neutral nation desires the belligerent belliger-ent nations to state terms on which peace might be arrived at. surely the senate ought to act and act at once." Senator Gallinger Would Endorse Peace. "It would not be necessary to involve in-volve the senate in any argument over the war situation. Our endorsement would be merely an approval of the request of a statement from the belligerents bel-ligerents of the possible terms of peace. In all these countries there is a growing sentiment toward action looking toward peace. That will be given a great impulse if the senate should act." Senator Gallinger then repeated hi? request that the resolution go until tomorrow to-morrow when he hoped adequate time for its consideration would be given "I vield to no man," said Senator Gallinger. ' in my desire to have the I horrible conditions in Europe terminated termi-nated and I could not by voice or vote prevent anything tended to accomplish that result. But I have received many I letters saying the resolution is not in good form and is not tended to acconl plish what the senator from Nebraska I desires. I also read that there is a I grae suggestion that our action might ! result in an abandonment of Wash- ! ington's warning against 'entangling alliances.' It also has been suggested that it might result in endangering the Monroe doctrine." Senator Lodge. Republican, said he believed the resolution of such great importance that it should be referred to the committee. "It is of the most serious character and demands examination by the committee." com-mittee." he said. "1 have not the slightest desire to delay action, but it is altogether too important to allow to pass without discussion " Cannot Rush Action. Some amendment, he though!, was I needed. "I trust it will be realized that this! thing cannot be rushed through, involving in-volving as it does our relations to all the world," said he. "It ought not and cannot be rushed through as if it were a matter of no importance." Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign for-eign relations committee, was In favor of having the senate act directly. At 1 his point a parliamentary tangle regarding the status of the Hitchcock resolution was encountered ending in unanimous consent that it should go over for further consideration tomorrow. tomor-row. London. Jan. 2, 12:45 p. m. The final draft or the reply of the entente to President Wilson's peace note, which already has been approved by-France by-France and Great Britain, has been forwarded to Italy and Russia and. as no changes have been suggestod thus far from those quarters, it is not improbable the note will be delivered to the American ambassador in Paris, William G. Sharp, within a short time It Is understood here that the note may possibly be handed to Mr. Sharp I tomorrow. However, Belgium made her request at the last moment that the statement of her case bo added to the reply of the Central Powers and similar additions or delays, may occur in the case of the note to President Pres-ident Wilson- In its present form, the reply la about the same length as the note to the Central Powers and has the same characteristics of general and guarded guard-ed language. One of tho most important im-portant points is a differentiation between be-tween peace among the present belligerents bellig-erents and such future arrangements as may be made for permanent peace, the purpose being to show neutrals that proposals of a future permanent peace that this Is attainable. Washington Jan. 2 Secretary Lansing said today that the English text of the entente reply to Germany' s peace proposals probably would be forwarded to the Central Powers today to-day without waiting for the official French text. That will be sent direct di-rect to the central powers by the American embassay in Faris. Turkey to Act Independently. Washington, Jan. 2 American Ambassador Am-bassador Elkus has forwarded from Constantinople an apparently authentic authen-tic article from a semi-official newspaper news-paper in the Turkish capital giving the text of Turkey's repudiation of the guardianship of the great powers which was created by the treaty of Paris of 1856 and the treaty of Berlin Of 1878. One of the motives of the repudia-' repudia-' tion, it was said here, was to permit Turkey to enter a peace conference as an entirely independent power. The United States will take no action ac-tion in the matter, as this country was 'not a party to either treaty and does I not consider that its rights are more , particularly involved through this spe-'cific spe-'cific action than through the whole general Turkish situation. The significance of Turkey's repudiation repu-diation of the treaties of Paris and Berlin, officials here believe, is a ques I tion entirely dependent on the out-I out-I come of the war. Paris, Jan. 2. 4:55 a. m The allies' reply to President Wilson's note will not. it is understood, be published until the end of the week. The text has been completed and Is now being considered by the different cabinets oo |
