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down and immediately started the
House on routine business.
About the same time the Semate
proved its sincerity in its suppert of
the President when two resolutions
OB the German situation, one by Sen
ator Jones and one by Senator Gore,
were tabled until ro-morrow,
Hints at Delay in Order.
After he had returned to the Cap
itol from the conference with the
President, Speaker Clark said:
“l think that the chances are that
Germany will postpone this threat
ened performance until after March
156, or perhaps unMl April 1. There
Are rumors to that effect.”
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did postpone her threatened action
the excitement in the House would
automatically postpone itself.
‘The Speaker was designated to do
the talking for the House leaders. He
declared that President Wilson had
been told flatly that in the present
temper of the House a resolution
‘warning Americans off belligerent
ships would pass the House 2 to 1.
The Speaker said: ‘
“The President’s letter to Sena.tor‘
Stone and Senator Stone's letter 10 .
the President set forth the sum ‘and
substance of the conference outside of
an explanation made as to the temper
of the House regarding the dlg}omutlc‘
L.lier o 1 to-day, ana teel that it
calls for an équally frank reply.
You are right in assuming that
I #hall do everything in my power
to keep the United States out of
war. I think the country will feel
no uneasiness about my course in
that respect. Through many anx
ious months I have striven for
that object, amidst difficulties
more manifold than can have been
apparent upon the surface; and
80 far I haye succeeded. Ido not
doubt tha“ I shall continue to
succeed. The course which the
Central European powers have
annourniced their intention of fol
lowin; in the future with regard
to undersea warfare seems for the
moment to threaten insuperable
obstacles, but its apparent mean
ing is 80 manifestly inconsistent
with explicit assurances recently
given by those powers with re
gard to their treatment of mer
chant gessels on the high seas
that I must believe that explana
tions will presently ensue which
will put a different aspect upon it.
We have had no reason to ques
tion their fooaalth or their fidel
ity to their promises in the past,
and I, for one, feel confident that
we shall have none in the future,
But in any event, our duty is
clear. No nation, no firoup of
nations, has the right while war is
in progress to alter or disregard
the principles which all nations
have agreed upon in mitigation of
the horrors and sufferings of
war; and if the clear rights of
American citizens should ever un
happily be abridged or denied by
any such action, we should, it
seems to me, have in honor no
choice as to what our own course
should be.
For my own part, I ean not con
sent to any abridgment of the
rights of American citizens in any
respect. The honor and self-re-
situation with Germany and some ar
gument on both gides,
“We told the President how the
House felt, in our Judgment. I told
him that this warning resolution
would carry two to one if it ever
reached a vote on the floor. Some of
its supporters, 1 said, thought it woull
carry by three to one,
Stands Firmly on His Letter.
“Of course, there was a great deal of
talk about international law as to the
right of Americans on the high seas
and international precedents. When
the conference closed it was very
clear to all of us that the President
stands firmly on his letter to Senator
Stone.
“But there were mentioned and dis
cussed certain rumors that Germany
may postpone enforcement of the new
Admiralty order to sink all armed
ships from March 1 until March 15 or
until April 1. T think the chances are
that Germany will, postpome the
threatened performance. This wou'd
give us more time for consideration of
the situation.
| "We assured the President that In
the event of such a postponement all
action in Congress certainly would be
Postponed, and that meanwhile these
'uriou- resolutions would remain ex
actly as they are™
| Under the grmm parllamentacy
sltuation, the Speaker said that it
would be some time before the warn
ing resolution could be placed In a
rolmon where a vote could be foreed
n the House. There was no chance.
he sald, of the resolution belny
brought up to-day. It would be in
possible to get unanimous consent to
consider the measure, he pointed out.
A motlon to discharge the Foreign
Affairs Committee from consideration
of the resolution and thus force it on
‘the floor would be In order only on tne
first and third Mondays of the montn.
the Speaker sald. There was no
means, he sald, of obtalining special
consideration for the resolution.
Well Buried, If Reported.
“If the measure is reported by tha
Forelgn Affairs Committee,” he sald,
“it would have to go to the foot of the
calender. That would mean we could
not reach it before July or August,
unless the Rules Committee wonld
provide a special rule for {ts consider
atlon. The Rules ('oml;\'mn is the
only means by which ea y action on
the resolution could be secured.”
Although to-day's conferenne at the
White House was arranged at the re
quest of the House leaders, it was
lsarned that the President monopo
lized most of the conversation. e
complained that the “loose talk” of
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Was really responsible for the entire
controversy, and insisted that the az
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or. To forbid our people to exer
cise their rights for fear we might
be called upon to vindicate them
would be a deep humiliation, in
deed. It would be an lmpli(-it,' all
but explicit, acquiescence in ‘the
Violation of the rights of mankind
eéverywhere and of whatever na
tion or allegiance, It would be a
deliberate abdication of our hith
erto proud position a 8 spokesman
eéven amidst the turmoil of war
for the law and the right. It
would make everything this Gov
ernment has attempted and ev
erything that it has achieved dur-
Ing this terrible struggle of na
tions meaningless and futile.
It is Important to reflect that if
in this instance we allowed ex
pediency to take the place of prin
ciple, the door would inevitably
‘be opened to still further conces
sions. Once accept a single abate
ment of right and many other
humiliations would certainly fol
low, and the whole fine fabric of
international law might crumble
under our hands piece by piece.
What we are contending for in
this matter is of the very essence
of the things that have- made
America a sovereign nation. She
can not yield them without econ
ceding her own impotency as a
nation and making virtual sur
render of her independent posi
tion among the ' nations of the
world,
I am speaking, my dear Sena
tor, in deep solemnity, without
heat, with a clear consclousness
of the high responsibilities of my
office, and as your sincere and de
voted friend. If we should un
happily differ, we shall differ a
friends, but where issues 80 mo
mentous as these are involved we
must, just because we are friends,
speak our minds without reserva
tion. Faithtully yours,
* WOODROW WILSON.
No Reason to Get
. .
Jimjams—Stone;
. .
Denies He'll Quit
ASHINGTON, Feb, 25.—Re-
W ports that Senator Stone
would resign as chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee because of his differ
ences with President Wilson were
met with a complete denial by the
Senator to-day. Senator Stone, de
spite his disagreement with the
President, to-day declared his in
tention of continuing his fight to
prevent the international issue
reachipg the floor of the Senate.
He sald that the time was not op
portune for a discussion of the
submarine controversy,
“There is no reason that | can
see,” he said, “why anybody
should get the Jimjams. | see ne
snakes enw!l‘vg around and no
spiders weaving webs. To-day is
not the day for thrashing out this
matter, and | shall do everything in
my power to prevent discussion in
the Senate of any resolution warn
ing Americans off belligerent
ships”
resentative Flood favored the propo
sition in a general way.
A?m to Hold Back Mouse,
But the leaders agreed to hold the
House in check as long as possible
and in the meanwhile the Adminis
tration is hopeful that public senti
ment throughout the country will
change the attitude of the advocates
of the proposed legislation.
Administration Senators who made
A& canvass of thelr colleagues during
the night sent word to Secretary lu
muity to-day that nearly two-thirds
of the total membership would vote
as the President wlntur on any leg
islation affecting this Government's
foreign relations.
They bave '°“n‘l"° the President's
letter written to Senator Stone as the
“last word” on the -übi;et for the
present. Although the House com
mittee, made up of Speuker Clark,
Leader Kitchin and Chairmen Flood,
of the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittes, planned to urge the President
to make concessions to meet what
they are convinced is the view of the
‘majority of,the House, it was officiai.
1y stated at the White House to-day
that there will be no change what
‘mer in the position definitely lald
down in the Stone letter.
German Reply Expected.
Secretary Lansing anxiously s
-wuunfl the arrival of the ofMelal
notification from Germany regarding
ety UL\ uIL
German Influence at Work in
Congress, Is Hinted by Some
Newspapers.
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—That undue
German influence is being exerted in,
Congress is the inference drawn by a
section of the New York press from
the developments in Washington. Fol
lowing are extracts from editorials on
the situation in Congress and Presi
dent Wilson’s attitude toward the
right of Americans on the high seas:
THE WORLD—Germany has
invaded Congress, but Congress is
not yet Belgium.
TRIBUNE—If Americans were
only a little more familiar with
the operations of German intrigue
in other countries, they could not
mistake what has now taken place
in Washington. Not since Abra
ham Lincoln was chosen to sit in
the White House has there been u
graver crisis than that of the mo
ment,
AMERICAN—Our national safe
ty requires that we shall not now
commit ourselves to the rule that
& merchant ship, armed with rap
id-fire rified cannon, capable of
sinking any submarine and
manned by trained gun crews,
shall be regarded only as a peace
ful merchantman. <
THE PRESS-—President Wiison
himself is responsible for the bit
ter spirit of members of Congress
that represent or by some distor
tion of moral sense imagine they
represent hyphenated constituen
cles instead of the American
people.
HERALD-—President von Bern
storff! How does it sound? The
issue in Washington is whether
the President of the Unitel
States shall be deposed at the
behest of the pro-German ele
ment on the ground it is better to
cr&ue than stand up for Ameri
can rights,
THE TIMES—We shall remain
at peace, our relations of friend
ship with all Buropean countries
will continue, if President Wilson
can compass this end. President
Wilson, with loyal support, will
guide the country through the 4aif
ficulties that beset him.
THE SUN-—At present we can
not assess the injury that has
been done to America abroad by
this remarkable, we belleve un
precedented, uprising (in Con
\ gress) against the President.
her change in policy, together with
the copies of the alleged secret order
of the British Admiralty directing
captains of merchant ships to attack
submarines. While it is stated that
these alleged orders will not affect the
main po:ftlon assumed by this Gov-
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and I talked with you on Monday
evening, I am more troubled than
I have been for many a day. I
have not felt authorized to repeat
our conversation, but I have at
tempted, in response to numerous
inquiries from my colleagues, to
state them, within the confidence
that they should observe, my gen
eral understanding of your atti
tude. I have stated my under
standing of your attitude to be
substantially as follows:
That while you would deeply
regret the rejection by Great
Britain of Mr, Lansing’s proposal
for the disarmament of merchant
vessels of the Allies with the un
derstanding that Germany and
her allies would not fire upon a
merchant ship if she hauled to
when summoned, not attempting
to escape, and that the German
warships would only exercise the
admitted right of visitation and
capture, and would not destroy
the captured ship except in cir
cumstances that reuonabli as
sured the safety of passengers
and crew, you were of the opinion
that if Great Britain and her al
lies rejected the proposition and
insisted upon arming her mer
chant ships, she would be within
her right under international law,
Also that you would feel disposed
to allow armed vessels to be
cleared from our ports; also that
you are not favorably disposed to
the idea of this Goverhment tak
ing any definite steps toward pre
venting American citizens from
embarking upon armed merchant
vessels. Furthermore that you
would consider it your duty, if a
German warship should fire upon
an armed merchant vessel of the
enemy upon which American citi
zens were passengers, to hold
Germany to strict account.
Numerous members of the Sen
ate and House have called to dis
cuss this subject with me. I
have felt that the members of
the two houses who are to deal
with this grave question were en
titled to know the situation we
are confronting, as I understand
it to be. I think I should say
to you that the members of both
houses feel deeply concerned and
disturbed by what they read and
hear. I have heard of some talk
to the effect that some are saying
ernment that there shall be no change
in the fundamental rules governing
the present war, it also is explained
that if these orders show what Ger
many claims they do the United
States will be in a position to press
anew for modus vivendi that will sat
isfy everyone.
It was intimated in administration
circles to-day that an effort is being
made to “speed up” the German re
ply. Officlals made no attempt to dis
guise their belles that presentation of
it was being withheld pending devel
opments in Congress. Naturally, Ger
many can be expected to take advan
tage of every possible suggestion to
strengthen her case.and so long as the
slightest possibility existed tga.t the
t may be possible
i@ caiv pargram of preparedness,
so called, has some relation to
such a situation as we are now
called upon to meet. I have coun
seled all who have talked with
me to keep cool; that this whole
business is still the subject of di
plomacy and that you are striv
ing to the utmest to bring about
some peacesble adjustment, and
that in the meantime Congress
should be careful not to “ball up”
a diplomatic situation by any
kind of hasty and ill-considered
action. However, the situation in
Congress is such as to excite a
sense of deep concern in the
minds of careful and thoughtful
men. I have felt that it is due to
you to say this much.
I think you understand my per
sonal attitude with respect to this
subject. As much and as deeply
as 1 would hate to radically dis
agree with you, I find it difficult
for my sense of duty and respon
sibility to consent to plunge this
nation into the vortex of this
world war because of the unrea
sonable obstinacy of any of the
powers upon the one hand, or, on
the other hand, of foolhardiness,
amounting to a sort of moral
treason against the republic, of
our people recklessly risking their
lives on armed belligerent ships.
I can not escape the conviction
that such would be so monstrous
as to be indefensible.
I want to be with you and to
stand by you, and 1 mean to do so
up to the Jest limit, and I want
to talk with you and Secretary
Lansing with the utmost frank
ness—to confer with you and
have your judgment and counsel
—and 1 want to be kept advised
as to the course of events, as it
seems to me I am entitled to be.
In the meantime, I am stiriving
to prevent anything being done
by any Senator or Member cal
culated to embarrass your diplo
matic negotiations. Up to the
last you should be left free to act
diplomatically as you think for
the best to settle the questions
involved, I need hardly say that
my wish is to help, not to hinder,
you.
With the highest regard and
most sympathetic consideration, I
have the honor, Mr. President, to
be, very gincerely vours,
WILLIAM J. STONE.
President’'s position would not have
the suport of the majority in Con
gress, officlals say, no concessions can
be expected.
Much Expected of Letter,
The President’s letter to Senator
Stone was expected to have a great
influence on public sentiment. It was
pointed out that in it the President
insisted that he had “no reason to
question tr;:.good faith and fidelity of
the promi of the Teutonic allies,
and that this seemed effectively to
dispose of the contention of the anti
administration leaders In Congress
that “the nation was headed directly
into the war."
- The action of the President in de
claring that the entire submarine
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