KNOX PEACE RESOLUTION PASSED BY SENATE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) In the evening of April 30, 1921, the United States Senate adopted the Knox peace resolution by a vote of 49 to 23. All Republican votes were in the affirmative along with 3 Democratic votes.
The resolution is scheduled to go to the House of Representatives where "prompt" action is expected.
The Knox proposal would "repeal the war resolution affecting Germany and Austria-Hungary, impound alien enemy property, and reserve to the United States all rights and privileges under the Treaty of Versailles."
In debate on the resolution, which began at 11 a.m., Senator Henry Cabot Lodge* (R-Massachusetts) declared the League of Nations dead and stated that adoption of the Versailles Treaty without the League was not practical. Senator Borah also attacked the treaty.
*Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) served in the U.S. Senate 1893-1924. He is best known for his successful crusade against President Wilson's Treaty of Versailles. HCL earned 4 degrees from Harvard & served as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as Republican leader.
SOURCE
"Senate Votes Peace With Berlin, 49-23," The New York Tribune, May 1, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
