"TREATY IS GONE"

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10546, 24 March 1920, Page 6

"TREATY IS GONE"

AMERICA'S DECISION PRESIDENT MUST TAKE INITIATIVE. AX ELECTION ISSUE, B.v Telegraph—Press Assr..—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. (."Received March 23, 8 p.m.) WASHING-TON", March 20. denator Lodge has issued the following statement: "The Treaty is gone. It has been rejected, by tho Senate, and sent back- to the President, and if he chooses to return it it will have to go through the same process as before. If President Wilson desires to make it an issue in tho Presidential ' campaign the Republicans are -willing to meet the issue." Senator Hitchock states: "The rasult was what I expected. The Treaty ia now .before tho President, ' and if thero is Lobo further action ho must take the initiative." SEPARATE PEACE ISOLATION OF UNITED STATES. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. (Received March 23, 10.20 p.m.) '"* WASHINGTON, March 20V It ia pointed out that even if the Senate on Monday adopts Senator Knoxs resolution declaring the war between Germany and the United States ■ ended President Wilson may ignore tho ; resolucion on the ground that the Con-* stitution empowers the President oniy to proclaim the cessation of hostilities. There is a feeling that tho United States has been isolated ty the Senate's rejection of the Treaty. $ The United States will probably now : withdraw from the Turkish settlement. • Nobody seems to know' -what action President Wilson will take. The Unit- , ed States has no diplomatic consular officers in Germany, Hungary or Austria, and is thu3 unable to conduct diplomatic business relations with these countries. Negotiations for a new Treaty will take a long time; meanwhile American trade with the Central Empires is suffering. WASHINGTON, March 22. Mr F. A. Britten has introduced in the House of Representatives a bill to make a separate peace with Germany. •