U.S. AND PEACE.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 May 1920, Page 5

U.S. AND PEACE.

THE VETOED. ACTION OF THE PRESIDENT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, Received May 28, 5.5 p.m. Washington, May 27. President Wilson vetoed the Knox resolution.—lteuter Service. Received May 28, S p.m. ' Washington, May 27. The President, in vetoing the Knox peace resolution, bitterly condemned the resolution as casting nn ineffaceable stain on the honor and gallantry of the United States,—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DEADLOCK INTENSIFIED. ISSUE FOR THE ELECTIONS. The refusal to adopt the resolution of Senator Knox, declaring peace between the Vnited States and Germany, represents further delay in the peace deadlock.

The resolution was first put to the Senate some weeks ago, when, after a discussion which is well remembered, it was finally adopted by 43 votes to 38. It then became necessary for the Hoifse of Representatives to adopt the resolution, and i this was done, but the voting was not given in the cable published last Monday morning. A direct challenge was now given to the President to show his hand, and, as was generally anticipated, he has vetoed the resolution. The resolution is now ineffective until it is again passed by the Senate and by the House of Representatives, in both cases by two-thirds majorities. The National Prohibition Enforcement Bill was passed in October over the' President's veto, the votes recorded in its favor in the House of Representatives being 21 more than the necessary twothirds, while in the Senate there was a margin of eight votes in excess of the two-thirds. It appears, however, that on the Peace Treaty question the parties are more evenly divided.

Now that President Wilson has exercised his veto there is a prospect of the controversy being continued until the citizens of the United States decide at the polls, on November 2, when a new President falls to be elected, There is no great domestic question at present separating Republicans from Democrats, and in the circumstances the Peace Treaty and Mr. Wilson's responsibility for it may easily be the deciding factor in the contest.