AMERICA AT WAR

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15869, 7 April 1917, Page 9

AMERICA AT WAR

RESOLUTION PASSED BY SENATE i VIGOROUS AGGRESSIVE POLICY URGED. BRILLIANT ALLIED SUCCESSES ' IN THE WEST. ENEMY OVERWHELMED BY FRENCH ATTACKS.

IMPORTANT STATEMENT BY SIR

WILLIAM ROBERTSON.

GERMANY NUMERICALLY STRONGER

THAN EVER.

(3r< TEAR—2SOth DAT.)

AMERICA AT WAR.

SENATE CARRIES RESOLUTION. SWEEPING MAJOKITT FOR "WAR, PRESIDENT GRANTED NECESSARY. POWERS. (By Cable—Pieas Association—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cab'e Association.) (Received April 6th,. 7 p.fli.) WASHINGTON, April 4. The Senate passed the resolution declaring that a state of war existed l>y 82 votes to C. The resolution was introduced 'by Senator Flood, chairman of tho Foreign Relations Committee. It outlined the recent acts of Germany, and declared them as tantamount to war against the United States. It further declared that such a state of belligerency had been thrust upon the United States> and that the President bo authorised to put tho country in a state of adequate defence, and to exert full powers to carry on the war to a succesrui conclusion. THE SENATE DEBATE. AGGRESSIVE POLICY URGED. i WASHINGTON, April 4. Senator Hitchcock, in urging the Senate to pass the War resolution, saia tho United States did not want anything itself 6ave to Vindicate its honour and independence Senators Swanson and .bodge advocated an aggressive policy from tho start. The former said that tho war was forced on the United States, and the onlv alternative was acceptance, or a cowardly and abject submission. Senator Long said he suspected that Germany -was ready to ignore the Moilroe Doctrine and seek territorial spoliation in the Western Hemisphere. Senators Stone and Vardama contended that war might bo a blunder. PEALING WITH SPIES. SENSATION IN CONGRESS. THE MEXICAN PLOT. (Received April 6th, 5.26 p.m.) WASHINGTON, April 5. Extensive plans have been perfected for the arrest of German spies, hosts of whom ar© operating in the big cities. Mr Wm. G. McAdoo. Secretary to the Treasury, asked Congress for £20,000,000 for national security and defence in addition to the sums asked for the Army and Navy. iMr Millar caused a sensation in the House by reading the alleged unpublished portion of the Zimmerman correspondence, in which Germany agreed to establish submarine bases in Mexico, and a German officer from the United States was ordered to Mexico to assist the invasion. Mr Miller alleged that both General Villa and General Carranza were under German domination, and were ready to attack America as directed. Mr R. Lansing, Secretry of State, denied Mr Miller's assertions. GERMAN NEWSPAPERS SUPPRESSED. (Eeuter's Telegrams.) (Received April 6th, 1.20 p.m.) WASHINGTON, April o. In the Senate a motion was introduced suppressing all newspapers printed in the German language in the United States. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. RUSSIAN ATTACHE'SHOT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received April 6th, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, April 5. Count Morzatovsky, Russian Attache, was shot and seriously wounded. German spies are suspected of being responsible.

MEN AND MONEY. BIG WAR APPROPRIATION. (Received April 6th, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, April 5. The Administration asked for a 680,000,000 dollars appropriation from ' Congress for tho army and navy, and is asking for an increase in tho navy personnel to 150,000. I THE NEWS IN EUROPE. DEMONSTRATIONS IN FRANCE. f "LONG LIVE AMERICA." (Received April 6th, 9.44 p.m.) PARIS. April 4. President Wilson's speech caused a sensation in the city. Newspaper kiosks were, besieged, and America's entry into the war is tho sole topic of conversation in the boulevards and in the cafes. A great demonstration occurred in tho Place de l'Opera, where the "Stars and Stripes" were unfurled with cheers and cries of "Long live America." Similar demonstrations occurred at Bordeaux and other . towns, where American Consulates received ovations. RUSSIA DELIGHTED. (Received April 6th, 9.44 p.m.) PETROGRAD, April 4. The people are delighted at President Wilson's speech. Speakers outside the Taurida Palace explained tho news to crowds ojf troops and civilians. GRATIFICATION IN ENGLAND. LONDON, April 4. The tone of the newspaper comment on President Wilson's speech is that the speech itself, though welcomed as offering a prospect of an earlier peace than otherwiso, affords even more profound gratification in that America officially and unreservedly reoognises the justness of the Allies' _ quarrel. There have been so _ many disappointments and perplexities on this score that President Wilson's lofty denunciation of the German policies has now fallen with a cumulative effect. WAITING FOR CONGRESS. LONDON, April 4. In the House of Commons, Mr Bonar Law said that the Government was anxious to take due notice of President Wilson's epoch-making speech, but it must be discussed by Congress first. ENGLAND'S PLIGHT. AS GERMANY SEES IT. WASHINGTON, April 4. The "Kolnische Volks Zeitung" states that the fact tiiat President Wilson has been obliged to take his latest step is proof that the English situation is very bad. She sees an abyss opening beforo her, unless America saves her from the submarines. THE NEWS IN GERMANY. WASHINGTON, April 4. Telegrams from Berlin state that Herr Zimmerman, Minister of Foreign Affairs, summoned the American newspaper correspondents, and announced that the Government had received, with the deepest chagrin tho news of President Wilson's address. He added that Americans could remain unmolested in Germany while Germans were unmolested in America. AIR RAIDS PREDICTED. NEW YORK. April 4. Admiral Peary, before the lowa Legislature, forecasted German attacks on New York and Washington, per medium of aeroplanes, brought across the Atlantic by commerce raiders. CONGRESS CARRIES WAR. RESOLUTION. GERMAN SHIPS SEIZED. (Recelred April 7th, 12.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON, April 6. The war resolution was passed in Congress by 373 votes to 50. Five German ships have been seized at Boston. POSITION IN MEXICO. MOVEMENT OF TROOPS BEGINS. (Router's Telegrams.) (Received April 7th, 1.45 a.m.) EL PASO, April 6. The troops of the border States have begun a general movement toward the Texas border. , General C-axranza's officials say that

the movement is an offensive campaign against General Villa. CANADA'S PREPARATIONS. (FBOU ora OTO COREESPOKX)EST.) TORONTO, March 9. The National Service Board is unanimously of the opinion that having regard to the changed conditions resultingfrom the breaking off of diplomatic relations between the United States and Germany tho Dominion Government should take immediate action to mobilise a large army for homo defence, and that the provisions of tho Militia Act in that behalf should be mado effective. The directors have begun an occupational survey of the country, to determine present and prospective industrial and employment needs; tho correlation of effort to seeure increased agricultural production; better distribution and direction of women's work, and the larger utilisation of the labour for farm purposes of aliens of everv nationality in Canada. The Board lias also undertaken to formulato plans respecting tho demobilisation of our overseas forces and their absorption into civil life; it is proposed to obtain detailed information from all our soldiers overseas as to what work they aro best fitted by former occupation and training to undertake: and the necessary organisation will be created, with existing agencies, to provide suitable occupations for the men as they aro returned and demobilised.