13 JANUARY 1917, Page 2

In the end President Wilson failed to obtain the Senate's

approvaL It declined to commit the United States to the serious and nn- limited obligations implied in the President's offer to co-operate in a League of Peace after the war. Senator Hitchcock's resolution endorsing the Note was set aside. In its place a resolution moved by Senator Jones, approving merely of the President's request for the peace terms of the combatants, was passed by 48 votes to 1T. This decision has cleared the air. The Allies will be able to satisfy the desire for information which is shared by the President and the American people. They will not be embarrassed by the President's vague proposals for the future, now that these proposals are seen to have no substantial backing in Congress.