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Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1920, Page 5

U.S. DEADLOCK.

SEPARATE PEACE PROPOSED TREATY AN ELECTION ISSUE. Bj Ttltgnph.—Fru* Asia.—Copyright, Washington, March 29. Senator Bvitton hag introduced a fIHII making a separate peace with Germany. It' is understood that President Wil•eon intends .o veto the resolution acfelaring peace with Germany, The Presidential intention is to withhold the tn&tf until the Congressional elections. "A COLOSSAL CRIME." OP TREATY RESENTED. New York, March 20. Press comments on -the Treaty defeat are generally bitter throughout' the nattoft. Newspapers are not agreed on who is to blame. The matter is being reviewed According to their partisan feelings. "The defeat of the Treaty is a colossal crime against the country and the World)' 1 said Mr. W. J, Bryan. He *dded that the action was the more disgraceful because the rejection was reached by the union of Democrats and irreconcilable, who the Democrats had previously denounced. Congress should declare the war at an end. ■ Those who believe that President Wilson may run again for the Presidency argue that it is logical for him to come forward now on the Treaty ratification platform with the plea that the Treaty is greater than politics or third tetoh traditions. The New York World states that the commanding prestige the United States won in the war has been frittered away. The NeW York Times states that Deflator Lodge might have secured the ratification of the Treaty with reservations for every reasonable purpose. Upon him thi responsibility falls. The Tribune says the defeat is a tragedy whose poignancy is intensified by the sordidness of the final scene. The Country beholds the President wrecking a greftt undertaking for no better reason than that he could not unconstitutionally have his own way. The Boston Post asks: What next? Something must be done to end the grotesque situation The Chicago Journal says: Senator . Lodge And the Treaty killers are responsible partly for the revolutionary plot Which has just failed in Germany; if fioMleVism follows he Will be responsible.'—Reuter Service.