WHAT WILL WILSON DO?
WASHINGTON, 20th March. It' ia pointed out that even if the Senate on Monday adopts Senator Knox's I resolution declaring war between Ger- I many and the United States to have ended, President Wilson may ignore the resolution on the ground that the Constitution empowers only, the President to proclaim the cessation of hostilities. I There is a, feeling that the United States has been isolated by the Senate's rejection of the Treaty. It ie probable that the United States will now withdraw from the Turkish settlement. Nobody seems to, know what action President Wilson will take. The United Status has no diplomatic Consular officers in Germany, Hungary, or Austria, and is thus unable to conduct diplomatic business relations with these .countries. Negotiations for a new treaty will take a. long time, and meanwhile American trade with the Central Empires is suffering. [Senator Knox introduced a motion to repeal the declaration of war, and notifying Germany that unless she accepts all the undertakings contained in the Treaty, the President will be empowered to proclaim the prohibition of commercial intercourse between the countries.]
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 71, 24 March 1920, Page 5
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