U.S. TREATY

Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1921, Page 5

U.S. TREATY

PEACE WITH GERMANY,

A SEPARATE ENGAGEMENT.

SENATE APPROVES ACTION.

Bjr Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright

Received May 1, 11.5 p.m. Washington, April 30. The Knox resolution, which was finally amended to include peace with Hungary and Austria, besides Germany, was passed by the Senate by 49 votes to 23. The decision was reached after seven hours’ strenuous debate, in which the Democrats made an impassioned appeal to the Republicans not to cast American pride down before Germany. Every vote against the resolution was cast by Democrats, but three Democrats voted with the Republicans for the measure. The declaration of Senator H. C. Lodge (a prominent Republican) that a treaty would follow shortly caused considerable speculation. There is a feeling that since Senator Lodge unquestionably represents President Harding’s policy that the President intends to reverse himself, having stated in former utterances that there need be no separate peace. In the course of his speech, Senator Lodge declared: “The Allies made peace, in a treaty which they have not asked our leave to enter into. We have the < same right to make peace for oursqjves, as we shall do in a treaty which will probably follow the Knox resolution. It would take seventy-two amendments to separate the Versailles Treaty and the League covenant and then you would have nothing left but a shell.” ■While the resolution must be passed by the House of Representatives and signed by President Harding in order to become effective these steps are assured, the House being overwhelmingly Republican and traditionally accustomed to approve the Senate’s foreign relations measures.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

Received May 1, 5.5 p.m. Washington, April 30. Senator Lodge told the Senate that a peace treaty with Germany will probably follow the Knox resolution. Senator Lodge’s statement is the first definite intimation of President Harding’s policy in this respect, and it is accepted as meaning that a separate peace will be made.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn. Received May 30, 5.5 p.m. . Washington, April 29. Senator in a speech, said the state of war between the United States and Germany ended in November, 1918, when ex-President Wilson declared it ended, or, at least, when Congress in March. 1921. adopted a resolution repealing war statutes. He declared that the alien property provisions of the resolution would not bind Germany in the absence of a formal treaty. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Asen.