The American House of • Representatives on Friday , week
passed a resolution terminating the state of war with Germany and repealing- all war legislation. The Senate is expected to concur in the resolution. The President, it may be inferred, will then veto the resolution. His supporters are numerous enough in both Houses to prevent Congress from overriding the President's veto by a tvecethinis majority. The Peace -resolution may thus be regarded as a political move. It is designed as an answer to the citizens who ask why the return of peace is delayed. The Opposition will point to thisreeolution as a proof that they at any rate want peace. The-incident is a fresh illustration of: the difficulties-arising out of the division of- the Treaty-making• powerin the Constitution between the, Executive and the Legise lature. Neither of them- can- make war or conclude peace-. without the co-operation-of the other, and, when the two powers are- at loggerheads the country must suffer. Unhappily in this case Europe suffers also.
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