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FRIDAY, APRIL 6, L917
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ONE CENT
lork nty
Carranzista
Troops Move
Toward U. S.
Offensive Against Ville,
Mexican Officials
Explain
invasion Scouted
At Washington
De Facto Soldiers Cannot
Do Serious Damage,
Armv Heads Sav
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German} Offered
Arms to Mexico,
Conqress is Told
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of the "Zin
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i plied arm-, am
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t.n the ? ' ?
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th?t tl . army wa
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ter dec?an
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partment t<>
ifficienl
inh without doul
Ij be
dr. M Mer
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dence
I out, has
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.'dare
? the
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compU German
Cardinal Gibbons
Speaks for Loyalty
Declare? Every Citizen Must
Do Hi? Duty and Obey Hi?
Country'? Call
"In th?
duty, and to uphold
i the
department in the tolemn
Hligation* that confr?
ary duty ?if a citiz?
_'*'' continu? i
loyalty ii man i
by solemn
?-. declama?
tea by an abioli-te and
country's
r ? ? with the
??cutiv?, | lworn to
?'?m?- those law? that arc demanded by
}.* l*r' th? refore,
filtre.?. ma> ri.'cul,' should be ua
??juuccallj complied with b) . very
Wtnotic cil .
. "The roembera of b
onrress are the inatrumenti of God
^ ruidinj? u.-t m our civic dutiei II
??hoove. ?H ?f ug< therefore, to pray
**? the Lord of Host? may inap re. *n<
?ion?! lejrirlaturt and Executive t.t
am?., tuck laws m t. ?
??ill r.dourid to the (,'lorv of our
uitr.. t? n-fhteouiix ..iduct
? U the futun permanent peace of
** mttoni o? the world. '
N O W W MAT' L L I T BE, PL LA S E ?
Pacifists in City
Start a Move to
Dethrone Kaisei
Congress Urged to Wan
Reichstag to Establish
a Democracy
ft- York**" pi
. to "help" the German people de
ne the Kaiser.
I -embled in .?oint session, ?,* tb
Peac? Federation's office *?
"0 Fifth Avenu-', while the House o
??? ai debating the wai
? a telegram t?
on requesting that th?
be urged ai once to over
Kaiser, and thus shortei
m. All pacifists pledged them
? every effort to get tli?
Gei man people that "th<
bop wan-in*
?.:?.? lid Ol ?
autocrat.'
The appeal saj - ;
"We aak that,
the declaration o? war, Congress
.-hall send a nu-tsage direct to t\\t
German Reich: I u t" them
?his war against the imperia
which now ?i
ratic and irresponsible, will bi
ly by the establishment ol
?. ,?..'? -n- ern
Germany.
"\\ it ii in the i ? .
a pro already been made,
? iplc were brought into
t German civ?
ilization must be protected against
..i. ? zardom. S'ow the Czardom
i more, and t he Liberal i i
tial Democrat . nj ;.i? !?? -
ginning to demand th? overthrow of
? -t 11 maining autoci s
of the Hohenzollerns und th. Haps
burgs. I his appeal, direct t?. them,
Pn ident'a dec
laration is true. It will cement 'he
lot/alt y ol all our foreign-bon
and it may attain without the
id the whole profess? d
.. our entry into the war."
appeal cites this fron
iage ; " V?t .?. i only
?
ernment, which has throi
umanity and of
.in?: amuck," ai
ues: "In these words the Pre
made plain that, if the German
people hall establish a reap?
; ? 11 r i ? ? ? e of OUI cutty
into tin- ?ar Will be attained. The
?I? clara' ion of war will eon* h
.ii people that, unless this bold
.-.pp..al to them ? accepted, this na
?i n ? I of men
will he hurled against them."
It is urged that the message to the
Reichstag he tent bj ?-"?relee- and
ter. 1 he plan
? volved by Mrs. Henry Viliaid,
Mrs. J or H.
\v. |.. lim.a. Joaep Cai non, Rebecca
. and l.ella Faye Secor, and ?a^
mously adopted by the pa?
mem
( ongrtss.
No U. S. Flag Flying;
Silk Workers Strike
? ??
Messenger's Haste I-ails to Avert
Walkout of Lmployes
Thirty-five men v..?lked out of the
?(??dar (lift Silk Company's works at
Haledon, X. J., ytsttrday, refusing to
, return to work until the Amencan flag
should be displajrtd from the jiole on
! the roof.
A .?minittcc waited <m lineman
Fisher yesterday morning and demur,,!
. i?l to know why the flag had not been
displayed. John I?. I'lrich, the super
' intendant, explained that the only flug
empany owned was in the New
i*orb oflce, and offered to send for it
?f the -'*?'!
worker- i-sued an ultimatum
that if the flag was not flying hv noon
they would Bt 'ike. A special i
? nned here to get it. hut he
, ? to re.irh Haledon until | o'clock,
flag aras i un UP at once, but tin?
men did n<" rituiii. They probably
J will this morning.
et
All Petrograd in Vast, Silent
Cortege Honors Heroic Dead
Mighty Procession, Carrying! hose Who 1*ell in Revolution,
Marches to Ringing of Church Bells?Prison Guns
Room Salute as Victims Are Buried
Petrograd, April 6. The victims of.
the revolution were solemnly buried
today in the historic field of Mais.
As ihe coffin.?, draped in scarlet bunt-,
iiiK, were lowered, one by one. into the
tremendous grave which had been dug
in a corner of the field, a series of
salutes one for each victim boomed
the ice-bound Neva from the
lortreis of St. Peter and St. Paul,
where the last ministers of the fallen
empire are confined,
Regimental bands flanked the square
lield, ai'd thousands of persons with
bared heads joined in a ma?? for th*
revolutionai y demi.
I he ombie i peel ??' the cil'?'. with
gloomy buildings looming under a
null gray sky, was relieved by innu?
merable flags and streamers of flaming
red, some few of which were edited
v. ith black band?, of mourning. Each
column bore the bodies of victims who
had lived in its district of the c
The tremendous funeral cortege
wound its way through a city almost
empty of spectator.-. Virtually
woman and every child who was able
in walk marched in the procei
Perfect order prevailed.
Kxt-epr for the muffled tolling of the
?hurch bell*, the dirges played by the
18,889 Teutons Get
Their First Papers
Before Last Day
No .Subjects of an Lncniy Coun?
try Can Be Naturalized Alter
War, Says Schneider
Since the K,.i?ei put hit plan of un?'
cted submarine fright fulness info
18,889 Germant, Auitriani and
Hungarians of New York have taken
OU( in I papert, declaring their niten
? ?? becoming American citixeni, and
about 4,26o former lubjecl of the two
empires have, tenouneed allegiance to
the Hohrnzollerns and the Hap-burgs.
"The rush on the part of Germana
t.. lake ?nit their Hrtt papers since
February 1." said Charles Weiset, As?
sistant United State* Comminioner of
Naturalisation for this district, yes?
terday, "is a striking commentary on
the view ('ermans in this country bold
i toward the sinking of all neutral ?thips
1 without warning by l'-boats."
'Ihe figures are unparalleled The
imh for citizenship paper- began when
, the l-boat order went into effei-t and
i a break between this country and Ger?
! many became imminent. At least
tight out of every ten who stood in
line before Assistant Commis
Weiser were ?Irrnnri? and Austrian*.
And the proportions were the tame in
County Cierra William I". Schneider's?
office, aeiOtl City Hall Square, and
I before County Clerk Kelly and in the
I Federal naturalization office, m Brook
I lyn. .Most of these Germant and Aus
triant hail lived here for year*.
From February 1 to April . appli?
cants who obtained first citizenship
papers numbered 23,624 in the two
borough*. In the mme period tht
courts mide n,8Sf new citirens.
Mr Weiser pointtd out yesterday
that the obtaining of first paper.? did
n..' ?-hange the applicant's stitus; he
is an alien un.il he i? finally natural?
ized Federal officials, howOTOr, ha'.e
announced that enemy alien? who bave
%
?? bands and the -low. melan?
choly chanta, the procession proceeded
in complete silence. Stores were closed,
all traffic ceased, and the entire city
appeared to be holding its breath until
the last relics of the struggle of three
weeks ago had been buried.
One hundred soldiers from each reg?
ir, icnt engaged in the revolution took
part in the profession. The girl ItU
dents j'rom the universities formed an
enormous brigade, which marched at
the side o*" a company of workingmen
and was followed by long
!.. ..-.ant women and servants, with d<*
tachmtnts of officers and soldier
bringing up the rear.
One after nnother tin- columns L.-ai
ing scarlet coffins reached the burial
ground. Each Stopped a moment while
?he buril! ceremony aras taking placo
p.nd then n<i>ssed ?in in ' ?lcnc\
Rasputin's Court Sponsor
Is Sent to Prison
London, April 5. Mme. Virubova, the
lady-in-waiting who introduced Greg?
ory Rasputin, the mystic monk, to the
Russian court, has been brought from
rsarskoe-Selo to the Tauride Palac*
and thence taken to the prison of St.
Petei .'i.d St Paul, says a Reuter dis?
puten lorn Petrograd to-day, Mme,
Virubova > - ?? fellow pri onei ol M me.
Soukhomlinoff, wife ?if tin- former Min
i i?!.-, o War.
applied for citizenship will not be in?
terned.
Count) < Nik Schneider, who exer
m i-ii ,'? i m over tu,' natural?
ization bureau m the Hall of Rec
Building, la t night. "That
." he continued, "that as io<
war i- declared ['.rims born or nnt
uralized m an enemy country are barred
from naturalization here. Kven those
nrho hold firai papers aid have ?I? dared,
their intention to become full Hedged
eiti/.'n^ ar.' thrown off the li-t f?'i BO
long a period as the war lhall I
c. \V. Schl?ter, chief of the bureau,
win. was pi i teil that in his
opinion. Germana might make declara
lions of intent and receive firal papers
after war Was declared, though barri'd
from receiving the;- final papei
naturalisation certificates.
Miss Wilson Gives
$1,000 to Red Cross
President's Daughter Donates
Proceeds of Concert lour
1 Washington, April V Misa Margaret
Wilson, the President's ?laughter, to
I day handed the Red Cross her p. I
check for $1,000, the proceeds of her
pring concert tour lier ch?-ck was
dated April -J. the daj ??: the I'm -?dent's
address to Congres-.
The monej goes t" this fund tor usa
among American sailors and soldiers
Miss Wilson *"'"ii will make another
t. ar m th.- South foi the same purpoae.
War Summary
The war resolution will b
adopted by the \ louse as it cam
from the Senate and will prob
ably go to the President for hi
sif-nature to-day. Then tfv
United States will be at war witl
Germany.
Yesterday the Executive De
partments of the governmen
called upon Congress for imme
diate war appropriations aggre
gating $3,500.000.000. Tha
is $35 per capita for the whol?
nation.
The army alone calls for $2,
932,537,933. Plans are pre
pared for raising at once a civil
ian army of 1.000.000 men. tc
be increased within twelvi
months to 2.000.000.
On Page 4 will be found a ful
account of the mobilization o!
the country s potential resources
An issue of $2,000.000.000
31 j per cent government bond
is imminent. War currency ha?
already been printed. (Page 3.)
A Department of Munitions
may be created by the govern?
ment, with a seat in the Cabinet
A Commercial Economy Board
has been formed by the Council
ol National Defence to "mobil?
ize" the country's industrial and
agricultural waste. The necessity
for this is pointed out by a re?
port from the International In?
stitute of Agriculture saying that
the world's food supplies are
dangerously inadequate. (Page
J.)
I he War Board at Washing?
ton has drafted a rigid news cen?
sorship bill.
Americans in Belgium
May Face Internment
Von Bissing Ready to Act, Re?
port Says
London, April 5. A dispatch t?> the
Exchange Telegraph from The Hague
"A con espondent asserts
that he understands (?eneral von His
sing, the German Governor iieneral in
Kelgium. intends to order the inter?
inen' of ?ill Americans (.?"ween the
'age- of seventeen and forty-l,\e living
' in Belgium. The corre-'pondent addf
that they will he sent t'> W. -tern Cer
many, probably I I happtlle."
The Fraud OrderThunderbolt
When a fraud order finally hits a mail order scheme
another source of easy money is shut off for good.
But in spite of the efforts of the Postomce Depart
ment there are still a number of crooked thinking gentry
operating in the United States whose ingenious schemes
deprive the poor and credulous of millions of dollars a
year.
Samuel Hopkins Adams teils in next Sunday s
Tribune of the methods of these Wallingfords and how
the Postofnce is acting to protect the public. As usual.
Adams makes the truth more interesting than fiction
See I hat your dealer saves your Sunday Tribune.
(Ehe ,-Sunilaij gTribuni
Navy Will Be
Tripled; Army
Of a Mi
ion
Land I'orce to Include 500,
000 To Be Obtained
by Draft
Bills to Carry Out
Wilson's Plans Ready
Call to Go Out Immediately
for I 5.000 Naval Militia
and Reserves
Waal . \pn! '.. TI... \,,-- -? ..?..
? Administration's plans for a war
army and navy was revealed to-day
,t military budge' of *?'?.".."
? ; ?I heen submitted to Congress.
In broad term-, it is proposed to
triple the tnliated strength of the.
navy and to have :n servir? within a '
year an army of a million trained men,,
including the first 500,000 to be brought
to the eolors by selective conscription. '
Bills to carry out the programme ai- '
leady are in the hands of the Con?
gressional Militai y and Naval commit?
tees.
The budge' l- divid? ' $-.*
"i..i goes to the army and
1461,000,. to the navy. Theae
are in addition to the regular army
appropriation bill of 1240,.,000 and
appropriations totalling 1617,273,802,
already available, for the navy.
The navy's task will be to raise the
present enlisted strength of M
men to 197,000 in the shortest possible
time. it ?s estimated this will cost
$176,856,761. An appropriation of -
688,790 is saked to cover new consti ic
tion and other material expenaei
Wilson Approve? Army Kill
The army bill, drafted by the G?
era I Staff, has been approved by I'resi
dent Wilson, and the department de?
cided to-day to make it public imme?
diately upon passage of the wai res?
olution by the House.
The navy completed preparations late
to-day to flash telegraphic orders for
the mobilization of 15,000 members of
, the Naval Militia and the Naval Re?
serve immediately upon the signing of
i. resolution by President \Vii->on
alter it has passed the (louse.
The Atlantic fleet has been main?
tained mi a war basis since tha na
, tional emergency was declared. The
i 10,000 member.* of the Naval Militia and
the .',000 men in the valions elapses of
the Naval Reserve will be employed Im?
mediately to till up the complement of
leserve ships and auxiliaries and to put
1 in commission the first of the huge mo?
tor boat patrol fleets for coast protec?
tion against submarines.
Flow of Volunteers Expected
As yet there is nothing to indicate .
that the compulsory service proposed
!or the army will be applied to till up
the navy. An average of 260 new men !
a day is being added to the service
now, and officiais hope to And a great :
flow of volunteers when Congress sets
all machinery in motion.
"What we will term the 'material
estimate,'" Secretary Daniel-? said, re?
ferring to the navy biiilgi-t. "?a to pro?
vide for additional ship-, gun- anil
ammunition, various articles of ships'
equipage, material and upplies of
various kinds, for aviation, storage
i'aciliti?s for ordnance supplies, addi?
tional employes at navy yards and to
meet the added expenses of the Navy
Department.
"I have put this estimate in I
form because it is Bimost imp., lible at
this time to my with any degree
curacy just ho** much will be needed
?'or a particular purpose or activity,
and. furthermore, I feel that the de?
partment's activities would be leaaened
if restricted in the Use of the money,
for it may later become necessary for
a ii =e for it now contemplated to give
Way to some other unforeseen and more
pressing object of expenditure.
To Leave I'resiilent I'nhampered
"Funds should !><? available to meet
any posible contingency, and this tsti
inate was phrased with great care, to ..
to leave the President unhampered in
the expenditure of the appropriation to
secure the best naval efticiencv."
War Staff Opposed
Transfer of Wood
Military Redistrictinj* Called a
Blow to Defence
i -m Um i
Washington, April 5. From trust?
worthy sources it was learned to-day,
that the separation of the Department
?.t the East and the transfer of Gen?
eral Wood were neither suggested nor
approved by the War College or the
General Staff. On the contrary, it is
known that high officers of the army (
; r<" opposed to the separation.
It is declared that New York and,
N'ew Ktigland should be a single mili
i.ii y unit
The division into t'ne Fas'ein and
Northeastern districts cut' through,
transportation lines from Boston to
New York and olaces the large muni- '
tions manufactories adjoining New
York, in the state of Connecticut, under
the control of the commander of the '
Northeastern district This -trrange-:
i tent, army officers declare, would seri-'
ously interfere with the promp*. trans?
portation of troops and supplies should
tl ere be military operations along the
North Atlantic ?eacoast.
It is intimated that influential busi?
ness and professional men of New York
City are behind the movement, fostered |
by the New York Chamber of Com- !
rneree, to bring all pressure to bear on
the Administration to rescind the order
dividing the Department of the Fast j
and transferring General Wood. In
'.his connection it is asserted that poli- ?
tics and not military science ?.Mctated
the new arrangement,
War With
Germany to
Begin To-day
The Passing America
By C. W. Gilbert
WASHINGTON, April 5 Karrt
tentative! are simpler people
than Senators, and the talk in
ower house was simpler and more
immediate than the talk yetttrday. You
hal you didn't get in the Senate,
a "close-up" I am ?Iriven to movie
metaphors of the vanishing America,
the America o' self-sufficing provincinl
ity, ?tie America that believed in the
Atlantic Ocean and called it Washing?
ton's farewell sddress, the America
that felt it set an example to all the
world :n the ways of peace, the Amer?
ica that contemned the perilous con?
tentions of Kurope and felt itself su?
perior anil remote, the America with
the corner grocery store vision of in?
ternational relations, the America, the
lummum bonum of whose woman I
quote Isadora Duncan, who was a ,
listener in the ga?ery was to sit on
the front porch and gossip, the pass?
ing America that was let un be exact
the only America three'years ago.
America Discovered
the World
Earnest, narrow and mrt ?.'' Itself
il America, with a continent all
iti own and the world well lost. It was
a wistful vis.on, and I do not believe
that the men who by their speeches
khowed that 'hey reali/.ed that it was
gone were wholly reconciled to its loss.
Mol only is the Representative a less
sophisticated animal than the Senator,
the man who gave the keynote to yes?
terday's pacifist speeches is an honester
if no lt?ss misguided, man than Senator
La Follette. Claude Kitchin lifted the
flood gate of anti-war speeches Hit
opposition to the President in spite of
his responsibilities as leader of the
'Democratic party encouraged many
others to stand for their beliefs, so
mtny sheep are there in Congres?. His
speech mu?t hire cost the resolution
twenty votes. And hi? speech gave the
tone to the other speeches againM the
President's resolution.
Kitchin's earnest
Small Vision
He spoke wi *i a great deal of feel?
ing, as if it was t?ith the utmost reluct?
ance that he broke from his party on
this most important policy, though his
lisagreement with it has been so
i abitual that it ought not cost him any
heartbreak. 1 am not familiar with his
style of oratory and do not know
vhether the catch in voice is device or
not. But it was there and it sounded
! ka .? real faltering of the vocal cords.
An eatnttl but small vision Mr. Kitchin
presented, sylvan, remote, wistful, dis
Uwbed, but unconvinced dv the events
?.'' the last three years. !? was a vision
uost Americans had three years
ago, a vision that Liberals nourished m
li gland the day before war broke,
.-some new vision must be given tin?,
i ation now about to enter the world
i? nflict before the leadership of to-day
complete and satisfying.
The anti-war speakers in the lower
hi use clung to it. They were agi
war because ihey wen- against war.
They clutched straws. Somethinf*
shoit of declaring war might be done.
Germany might be solicited again. The
President might make another offer
of peace. We had 'a just cause for
war with Germany, but we should
keep out of war, neveithel"- .
I h? opposition of the i-.ajonty
leader to the President's programme
n a war might be a serious thing if
Congress really counted. But about
all the independence Congress really
has to-day eontlltl in petty :?
anee to the Administration such as
that of .??tone and that of Kitckin.
Congres* clings to this independene?*
as to its life.
Led to War by
an Anti-War Man
\?..i< Cong;?-?? diatrtiied at 'he
IQtCtaell it presents of being led in
wir by an anti-war man? Not if ap?
plause is a meas^.e of its sentiments.
The members inplauded Kitchin is
the boys applaud and secretly envy
the boy ?ho hat just defied the
-choolniuster. Ki'chin could not be
displaced. He is about all Contres?,
pOtltlMI of evidence tnat it is ?.till -s
coordinate branch of tne government.
It mikes faces behind the back of its
dictator. Its estate is likelv to be
come ?mallei when the war comes on
and men of wider vision and a greater
capacity for quick action are re?
quired than the average legislator. 1'
may look at the Knglish Parliament
as it is to-day to see what may hap?
pen to it. And with greater reason,
tor Congress has burrowed in th?
ground of patronage and localism un?
til i* is as blind as a molt
And Wilson has left it m its hole,
refusing to cooperate with it. Kven
the best men of hi? own party, im?
portant chairmen of committee*, are
not consulted. They got their orders
at seeojid hand and display indepen?
dence b\- clapping thei* hands when
Kitchin -peiks.
OR EAT ?F.AR ?I'Kim, WATr.lt He
th? ras? al alt (lasa ??op|??r??l OuUlaa ?
Al ?L
?
Kitchin Bolts, Leadi
Little Paci?tt Band
in All-Night Fight
Vote Held Until
After Midnighi
Resolution Accepting Hos
tilities To Be Signed
by President
.?? r . ??.
Washington, April 6.?Some timi
tin morning the House of Rep
resentatives will pas?, by an over?
whelming majority, the same dec
laration of war against Germany
which the Senate passed Wednesday
night. The President will sign th?
resolution to-day, and the United
States will be formally at war with
Gt-rmany.
Assurance that any weakenin
amendments to the declaration ol
' war would be voted down were giver
in strong .speeches after midnight bj
Representatives Long-worth, of Ohio:
Kagsdaie, <>f South Carolina, am*
Sheiley. of Kentucky. They wen
talking on the amendment of Repre
j tentative Britten, of Chicago, v.hk-1
would prevent any troops being sent
I to Europe except those who volun
teered specifically for that purpose.
More than eighty members of th?
House had talked at 1 o'clock, and
the indications were that .sixty more
would talk before the final ?.ote. It
appeared certain that the following
members would vote against the
resolution :
\e\v York Lomlon, Waldo.
Washington -Dili, La Follette.
Wisconsin?Nelson, Cooper, Staf
'. ford, Cary, Voigt, Esch, Brown.
Indiana?I-'airlield.
Colorado -Keating.
Missouri?Igoe, Decker, Shackel
1 ford, Hensley.
? North Carolina-Doughton, Webb,
Kitchin.
Illinois Jiail, Mason, Rodenberg,
Hinten. King, Wheeler.
Minnesota- Davis, Lundeen, Van
Dyke, Knutson.
Nebraska?Sloan, Reavi*.
Virginia?Saunders.
Ohio?Sherwood.
Iowa Hull.
Alabama ?Burnett.
Kitchin Leads Pacifists,
Mann Joins War Party
Counteracting the influence of
Kitchin, the Democratic floor leader,
was the influence of Republican
leader Mann and Representative
Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn.
Mr. Fit;.;,erald made easily one of
the best speeches of the day. Its
potenes mi tremendously increased
through the knowledge of member*
ut th?> House, with whom he is most
popular, of his antipathy to Great
Britain. He frankly admitted in
his speech that he did not love tome
?if the nations by whose side we
would fight in this war, but said
' this was no time to think of that.
He urged hearty cooperation in
! every way with the nations that are
to be our allies, a step which scores
of members wh?> sanl they would
: vote for the resolution were not will?
ing to take.
Another most effective speech was
that of Lenroot. of Wisconsin, who
has taken sides against his old polit
: ical mentor. Senator La Follette,
and refuses to play to the huge Ger?
man constituency of that state. Len
: root made answer to the argument
brought forth at least a score of
times in the long debate that Great
; Britain, by strewing the North Sea
with mines, had also caused the loas
of American lives. He showed, by
I reading from the proceedings of The
Hague convention, approved by every
nation involved, that Great Britain
had attempted to prevent any sowing
I of floating mines in open seas, but
that the representatives of Germany
i