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Show JUDGE EVANS DECIDES WAR IN i EUROPE ENDED LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 3 In line with an informal statement trom tie-bench tie-bench on March 21, Federal Judge Walter Evans in an opinion today, handed down a decision finding that I I the war in Europe legally is at an 'end and that a plea for a new trial on1 conviction of violating wartime military mili-tary regulations after the armistice vvas signed has standing in court. Judgi Evans ba ed his decision upon an address by President Wilson be- : fore houses of congress in joint si -sion in November 11 191S, in which he said referring to the defeat of Ger- many, "the war JLhus comes to an end " The president, fiaid the court, had , authority to make 1 he promiuma iimm unden that section of the constitution I which provides that he may from time 1 to time go before congress and give it information as to the state of the1 1 union. |