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"- V t; V. 4 t THE WEATHER. i4 DYERTISING, like liniment, doesn't do much good, when: Partly, overcast Monday aria -Tuesday. Fom 5 what warmer. . ' applied with a feather, it needs to be rubbed in for results. VOL.". XCVII-ISTO. 163 WILXIKGTON, 1ST. C, MONPAY MORKIIf 31 ARCH 6, 1916 WHOLE KUMBER 39,524 RAIDER MOEWE AFTER SHIPS REACHES PORT COLONEL HOUSE IS BACK FROM EUROPE Heard No Criticisni of the Am erican Attitude. BATTLE OF VERDuv SNOGEASI ESTIMATES GERMAN HARD FOR GERMANS BRYAN'S INFLUENCE SHOW LQSSESJ 100,000 Thinks Climax of Verdun Con flict is Yet to Reach. TO HDLDP0SIT10NS French Vigorously Contest At tacks Around Verdun. German Cruiser Returns to "Some Home Port" with 199 Prisoners of War. AN ABUNDANCE OF GOLD &Jost of Ships Captured Were Sunk, a Few Being Sent to Neutral Ports. Mines Placed at Several Points on Enemy Coasts. Berlin, via London, March 5. -Official announcement was made here today that the German cruis er Moe we arrived today in a Ger man port. She -had on board a number of 'British prisoners and I, 000,000 marks in gold bars. The announcement says 15 vessels were captured by the commerce raider. German Official Statement, -Tite statement follows: The naval general staff states that II. M. S. Jloewe, commander..' Captain Bur&rave Count von Dohuna'Schlodien, after a suocessf ul cruise lasting several months, arrive' today at some home port wilii four British officers, 29 Brit ish marines and sailors, 166 men of crews of enemy steamers, among them 103 Indian?, as prisoners, and 1,000,000 marks ip gold bars. - -'-"-;"' "the vessel captured tWr following enemy steamers, the-"greater ja-fc '-of which were sunk and a small part of which were sent as prizes to neutral I'ortp: - "The British steamers Corbridge, 3, 6s7' tons: Author, 3,496 tons; Trader, 3, 60S ton;?; Ariadne, 3.135 tons; "Dromon by. 3,617 tons; Farringford,1 3.146 tons; "lan Mactavish, 5,816 tons; Appam, 7. 7SI tons: Westburn, 3,300 tons; Horace, 3,333 tonF: Flamenco, 4,629 tons; Saxon PrHtee, 3.471 tons. The British sailing vessel Edinburgh. 1,473 tons. ' . "The French steamer Maroni, 3,109 tons; the Belgian steamer Luxembourg, 4,322 ton?. "At .several points on enemy coasts the Moewe also laid out mines, to which among others the battleship King Ed ward VII fell victim." - REACHES WILHELMSHAVEX. fount Dohuha, the Moewfs Co mm a n der, to See the Emperor. F-ondon, March 5. Ah Exchange Telegraph Company from Amsterdam -.ays: "The Moewe reached Wilhelmshaven yesterday." Count Dohuna, the Moewe's comman ner. has been awarded the iron cross of the first-class and the members of the crew have received the iron cross of the second class. Count von Do huna has been ordered to meet Em peror "William at headquarters: A MOST SPECTACULAR FEAT. !erfornod hj the Moewe by Reaching Home Port on Worth Sea. The Moewe's capture of two of the . vps.e1s listed by the German ad miralty has no tbeen i-eoorted nrev- lously. They are the Saxon Prince and "'o Maroni, both of which were en sased in the trans-Atlantic service. The Saxon Prince, 3,471 tons gross, -o2 feet long, and owned by the Prince 'me, of New Castle, England, was fmt in Sunderland in 1899. " She was i-st reported on- sailing from' Norfolk, February VI or Manchester. T'he Maroni sailed on February 19 "om Bordeaux for New York. She V-uilt at Port De -Bouc in 1909, owi.p.i hy the Compagnie Generale irans-Atlantique of Havre, and was ' Tieftt ons' of 3,109 tons gross. rhe Moewe, previously made famous cj her exploit-5, has performed one of "e most spectacular feats of the war n tn Seas by reaching a home port "i safety. The great German naval Port, of Wilhelmshaven is on the North 'a, whuh is patrolled with ceaseles -niance ity British warships. It is "rough these waters, which have been locked; off in districts for patrol by 'ie defending British units that the "oewe must have threaded her way "rough to home and safety. At least part of the gold captured ri: the Moewe was taken from the Ap ' !ni. which put in at Newport News -rveral weeks ago under command of '"tenant Berg with a German prize Announcement was made in lyondon -laniiary 20 that the British battle t. -I'H. King Edward TT. had been blown !' t-y a mine. The place at which-the -isaster occurred was not revealed by ;ne British admiralty. It was said.no "lS Vri ln.l 1 S J. v- aiiu umy iwu men were 'ured. . The Moewe became famous when the PPam reached Newport News with a ., nrv "liich astonished the world. It ' learned that the commerce raider 'i captured and sunk seven British . in "the main line of .traffic be- t'f'n South Africa anxJ Europe in ad 'Mon to seizing the Appam, which had ,rn almost given up for lost. Ti.c next heard of the German raider on the arrival at Canary Islands ,af:t month of .the Westburri in ",ar?e of a German prize crew. It . ,' Hs 'hen made known that the Moewe sunk five more steamships off the Brazil. : 7 he Saxon Prince. and Maroni .prob- uiy were captured by the Moewe on (f'ontinued on Page Eight.) POPE AGAIN LIFTS VOICE FOR PEACE Repeats His Proposal Made Some Months Ago. CANNOT REMAIN SILENT Itejoices Tiict Our Cry For Peace Has Hal a Profound Keho" Witfc tke Belligerents and All Other -Peoples of the World. Kome, March 5. VPope Benedict has again raised his voice for peace. In a special letter written for the Lenten season the pontiff says he cannot sit silent and indifferent to the terrible conflict 'which is rending Europe. He recalls all that he has done to induce 'he contending, nations to lay down their arms, virtually throwing himself between the belligerents and conjuring them, in the name of the Almighty to desist in their plan of mutual destruc tion. The pontiff .again sets forth the proposal which he. made some months ago, as follows; "Each belligerent should clearly utate his desires, but should be ready to make necessary sacrifices of prile and particular interests, thus ending jthe monstrous confit in accordance with justice and re-establishing peace advantageous . to neither -side, but profitable to "all and, therefore, a just ;ind lasting peace. . "Tlii paternal voice," continues ' the wVt"ur '"" ; n ts .Horrors. K-U- :re 3ficelT"ur"cfy for -pace has haxl a profound echo in the hearts of the belligerent peoples, indeed all the peo r les of the whole world, and has aroused a deep desire to see the. san guinary conflict sOon cease. "I must, therefore, once more, raise my voice against this wav which ap pears as the suicide of civilized Eu rope." The second part of .the letter deals with, prayers, penance and alms in the neutral countries, the alms to be de voted especially, to the relief of the pitiful children of those dead in this horrible war. . LETTER FROM THE 'POPE. Addressed to Cardinal-Vicar Pom pill on Occasion of Lent. Paris, March 5. On the occasion of I ent, the soveretgrt pontiff has ad dressed "to Cardinal-Vicar. Pompili the,- following letter: "As the universal pastor of souls we could not, without failing in the duties inherent in the sublime mission of peace and love which God has entrust ed us with, remain indifferent to the direful conflict which is rending Eu rope and remain silent. "It is for this reason that at the be ginning of our pontificate in the an guish which filled our heart in the presence of such an awful spectacle we tried on several occasions, through our (Continued on Page Three.) RACE RIOTS FEARED III THE TOWN OF ST. PAULS Negroes Overpower and Beat OfFicer Townsend. With Another Officer He Had Gone to Make Arrests Three of the Ne groes Shot In Pitched Bat- tie With Posse. v Raleigh, N. C, March. 5. Feeling against negroes at St. Pauls, in Robe son county, is running high, according to a telegram to the News and Obser ver tonight from Lumberton, and fear is expressed that race riots will re sult from trouble which began this morning when Officer Townsend, of St. Pauls, was overpowered and beaten ty several negroes when he 'Went to the home oi one to make an arrest, and reached its height this afternoon when three negroes who were engaged in the earlier trouble were shot in a pitched battle between a posse of citi zens and the negroes. About 10 o'clock this morning Townsend and Tew, an other member of the St. Pauls' police force, went to the home of one of the negroes to quell ;a disturbance report ed by neighbors.' Townsend entered the home to make arrests and was intercepted by several negroes who overpowered him, tooK his gun and beat him viciously . about the face and head. While that was going on; other negroes covered Officer Tew with pistols and prevented Ms rendering ( assistance. ' After disarming the officers the ne crops escaned. but were soon pursued by several hundred citizens. They were overtaken . at Lumber Bridge, several miles away, but when ordered to surrender, fired on the posse, all; of their shots going wil,d. The pursuers returned the fire and two of the fugitives fell, the others running away- A little - further on another i skirmish resulted in the - (Continues from Pae;Eia-htJ COURTEOUSLY RECEIVED Says Reports of, Attitude of European Nations Towards United States rc Exagrgeratedr-Leaves For Washington. New York, March 5. Colonel E. M. House, who sailed for Europe on De cember 28 on a confidential mission for President Wilson, arrived here to day on the steamship Rotterdam from Falmouth.' As soon as he landed from a special coast guard cutler which met the Rotterdam at quarantine Colonel House announced Jie would leave at once for Washington to riiec! v,e Presi dent. He declined to comment on his mis sion or what he had seen or done while abroad, reiterating the statement he had made prior ; to leaving here in De cember that his mission was .to convey to some of the American ambassadors information having to do, with inter national questions that could not be supplied by cable or letter. Asked if he had noticed any marked change in the attitude of Europe to ward the United States since his pre vious trip. Colonel House said: "Reports of an unfavorable attitude towards the United States by the peo ple of Europe are exaggerated. At least I neard no criticism in any of the countries I visited. I will say also that we should remember that the peo ple of the belligerent nations are liv ing with their nerves on edge and we should make allowances accordingly,". : He added . that ' everywhere hej went v,; ia treated, with- every coWtesy ana T6 a. jueort1a8 to whether he in tended making ' Washington his home during the remainder of the Wilson administration, Colonel House replied: "While I am often In Washington, ? have no intention of making it my residence, either temporarily or per manently. . .My., honjeig, apd. will con tinue to be in Texas, for my interests, my boyhood friends and life-time asso ciations are there." He stated that press dispatches had covered every phase of his movements while abroad. . On the voyage across. Colonel House worked diligently in his cabin, sifting down for the guidance or fresicent Wilson the mass of Information he re ceived on his " visit, to the capitals of Europe. He ' was seldom sefen except when exercising on the deck, either or in the company of Mrs. House or bis secretary, ' On orders from Washington Collector of the Port Dudley Field Malone met Colonel House at quarantine with a special customs cutter, from which newspaper men were excluded. Taken 'rom the Rotterdam even before .she had been boarded by the health offi cers, Colonel andMrs. House were car ried by the cutter up East river to 23rd street, where they were met by an automobile and driven to the home of their son-in-law, Gordon Auchincloss, where Mr. House "repnarned a short time before taking a train for Wash ington at 4 o'clock. FRENCH ARE PLEASED AT SENATE'S ACTION "Wilson Victory Over the Ger-man-Americans." Great Pleasure . Unanimously Express, cd by .the Papers of France See No Settlement of Differ ences With Germany. Paris, March 5. " Great pleasure at what is generally called "a Wilson vic tory over the German -Americans," is unanimously expressed by the French press regarding the submarine armed ships controversy-in America. The Sen ate's action, according to the Journal, shows that the American people are behind the President. According to-, the Petit Parisien, the vote will make a profound impression on the European neutrals, "as it is the greatest' neutral which has spoken." President , Wilson, according to the Figaro, now is armed by the Senate, and 'is . certain to act. The opinion is expressed by i Gaulois that after this President Wilson is hardly likely to settle differences with Germany diplo matically, "as it is clear that American opinion will not stand for American citizens being sent to the bottom of the sea, whether the vessels they sail by are armed or nO " submarine: k- picked up. . Is Being Tovred to Pens cola by the Naval ' Tug Peoria. Washington, March 5. The naval J tug" Peoria reported' to the Navy De partment today that she had picked up ; the disabled submarine K-6, and was towing her to Pensacola. The K-6 developed engine trouble while bound for Key West for maneuvers, and was reported in distress of Jupiter Inlet last night, ' with the destroyer Mac Donough by to see that, she came to no harm. The Peoria was ordered from Pensocola to tow. her in. No Change in Position of the Opposing Armies. WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER French Statement Says From 40vOOO to 50OOO Dead Germans We Before French Lines Around Douau mont and Vaux. Paris, March 5'. It is stated'- semi officially that the battle at Verdun continued yesterday throughout the "day with the same intensify and without causing any change in the respective positions of the opposing armies. Fight ing is still going for definite posses sion of the village of Douaumont. ' The situation as a result of this sec ond phase of the German offensive, is regarded as altogether different from that of the first days of the battle: The only "progress made by the Germans was dui"rt" Nthe first two days of the second attach.. For the last 48 jhours they ha,ve not aao..T.ced. The comparison also ip in favor of the French by reason of thd fact that the Germans now have lost the ad vantage of surprise, and also because the ground has been torn up to such an extent that it cannot be organize?! properly. This information from semi-official sources points out that it must.be de moralizing to the Germans to see some 40,000 to 50,000 corpses, of their com rades lying before the French lines. Force Over Half Million. Reinforcements brought up by the Germans since the inauguration of the second phase of the battle on Wednes day are estimated here at 250,000 nine, raising the total forces utilized by the assailants to more than a half million. Estimates of ; losses show wide vari ance. Details of local actions and the size of the reserve forces brought "up cause . French. vo&fterVArs ..4atMachei. de'iJic tjoa -that 'Jthe CJr.rhaiSia'i'paid a-ery heavy price for the six square miles of ground they have gained. In front of the village of Vaux, alone, 4,0(U German corpses were counted after tTie eighth unsuccessful attack. This part of the battle, though overshadowed "by the fight for Douaumont, is regarded In Parts as 'ai serious check for the at tackers. The Germans carried on the assault with great courage until the dead lay thick on the field. Then the officers, it is said, were compelled to urge on the troops as they clambered over the corpses of their fallen com rades for the last assaults. The attack of .Vaux began on the evening of March 2, after a furious shelling and continued until the fol lowing night, columns of Germans ad vancing simultaneously from the north and northwest tried to envelop the vil lage. French artillery immediately opened a heavy, fire which -separated the first wave Germans from their reinforcements. Nevertheless the fresh troops came oh and observes saw plain ly the tragic spectacle' of lirtes of men plunging into the storm of steel and emerging thinned . to half theTv strength. Some contingents lost six out of every ten hien before even hav ing fired a shot. ; . Hand-to-Hand Fighting. The survivors, undaunted, resolutely stormed the French trenches and fought . hand-to-hand in fierce melees at the outskirts of the village. The bitterest fighting was. for possession of the road leading to Douaumont, the advantage of which was obvious. The Germans charged eight times there. The supreme effort was carried out by six regiments, advancing in close for mation. French machine guns did gruesome execution in the mass, and French in fantry, held carefully under cover until the advancing force approached, the trenches, leaping out to meet the on rush with cold steel. The fighting was finished in a few minutes. The Ger mans retired, leaving hundreds torn and tangled in the barbed wire de fenses and thousands laid low by ma chine guns shots and bayonets. As the battle proceeded, the strategy of General Petain, French commander at Verdun, is being compared more and more carefully with that of General Castelnau in the battle of Nancy. Gen eral Petan's withdrawal of the Douau mont plateau was iike General Castel nau's withdrawal to the plateau of Amance away from the heaviest blows of the adversary to a dominating posi tion from "which all efforts failed to dislodge him. French officers predict General Petain's strategy will have the same result, so that the Germans will be compelled to seek a decision else where on the front. Immense Expenditure of Munitions. French artillery officers who took party in the battle of Verdun' esti- rnate that uunng .n urai. -luur uays of the struggle the Germans discharged 2,000,000 shells, most? of them of heavy calibres. The number of ; projectiles fired by the French probably was as great. Nothing like such an expend!-, ture of 'munitions has been known be fore, even in the Champagne attack. ', The whole theory of operations was to pulverize defenses at long range, drive out or kill defenders and then occupy the . ground by massed rushes of infantry. The principle of the de fense was to search out heavy pieces of the adversary with equally heavy shells, withdraw from demolished first line works and then when those de serted trench webs were" approached by attaching forces, oh the run, to catch them with multiplied enfilading artillery and machine gun fire. At times the Are was suddenly suspended and the attackers were engaged in hand-to-hand infantry clashes. -Fighting With Liquid - The Germans in their assaults are us ing several sorts of burning liquid projectors. One of these is in the form of a small tank which is carried on the back filled with a composition liquid which seems to be ' mostly kerosene. (Continued on Pago Two.) v SOME GERMAN FAULTS Lord IVorthcllfTe Compares Them With Those of British at Galllpoll. German Deserters Reveal Some of the Plans. London, March 5 An account of the priBent situation around Verdun writ ten by Lord Northcliffe. is published in The Times today. The writer be lieves the conflict here has not yet reached the climax of intensity and that the Germans will face even great er losses and resort to new expedients Defore accepting repulse. Nevertheless Lord Northcliffe's viewpoint is optimis tic. He dilates on the slightness of the French losses as compared with those of the Germans. The German losses he estimates at 100,000 nien. . The following are some of the strik ing passages from Lord Northcliffe's story: "What are the secret motives under lying the German attempt to break the .French line at Verdun, in which the crbcvn prince's army is incurring sucn apali.ing losses? Is it financial, in view of the coming war loan? Is it dynas tic or is intended to influence doubt itg neutrals? ' "From the ' evidence of German de serters it is . know. n , that th eattack originally Intended tO take place a n-.cnth of two hence, whei1,ihe ground was dry. Premature spring caused the Germans to accelerate their , plans. Tl-ere were two final delays, owing . to bad weather, and then came the colos-. sal onslaught on February 21. "The Germans made a good many of the faults the British made at Galli poli. They announced that something large Was pending by closing the Swiss frontier. The French were fully warned by. their -own., astute, intelli gence department. Their aeroplanes were not idle arid if confirmation, were' needed it was given byMeserters who, surmising the horrors to come, -crept out of the trenches at night and lay down by the edge or the Meuse until morning and then gave themselves up, together with information that has since proved accurate. "Things went wrong with the Ger mans in other ways. A Zeppelin that was to have blown up important rail way junctions on the French line of conirrtunicatioii was brought down at Revipny. Then the gigantic effort of Febuary 21 was frustrated by the cool ness and tenacity of the French soldiers and the deadly curtain of fire of . their gunners. "It cannot be pretended that the German has in it anything of a mili tary necessity. It was urged forward at a time of the year when weather conditions might prove a serious handi cap in moving big guns and in the ob servation by aeroplane. Changes in temperature arej somewha.t jnore fre quent nere man' eisewnere, ana so sua den are these changes that not long ago there occurred the following in cident one of nature's romantic re minders of her power. "The opposed French and German trenches, their parapets hard frozen, were so close that they were actually within hearing of each other. oward dawn a rapid thaw set in and The (Continued on Page Two.) THl PROPERTY WAS SEIZED EY GARRANZA Party of Thirty Nuns Arrive at New York. Say Their Church and Convent, Val ued at 9250,000, Was Token, and That They Were Forbidden to Work Longer, tn Mexico. New York, March 5. A party of 30 nuns, members of the Order of Sales ions, who said their church and con vent property at Morelas, Mexico, val ued at $250,000, had been confiscated by the -Carranza government, arrived here today on the steamship Antonio Lopez from Mexican ports. The member's of the party in charge of the Mother Superior, Francesca Chacon Antequera, are on their way to Spian. They said they had been forbidden to work longer in, Mexico. "Our convent, where for more than 12 years, we have been educating chil dren of .the peons, was closed early in December," one of the nuns said. "We were accused of being in sympathy, with General Carranza's enemies and. we were evidently convicted. At any rate we were told to leave, being al lowed to take with Us only our per sonal property. "Friends of our order in Vera Cruz and other Mexican cities gave, us shel ter until the ship sailed. We were not subjected to any indignities,' but it is hard to leave , our work "and hundreds of children who we have learned to love. Friends in Spain have paid our passage from Mexico to Madrid." Reports of an epidemic of typhus in Mexico were confirmed by members of the party and by other passengers on board the ship. It was said, however, that a systematic cleaning up of the towns and widespread sanitation work, mainly under the direction of American doctors, waa rapidly stamping out the disease and that the epidemic would be under control inside of two months. ENGLISH COAST RAIDED Russians and Germans In Northwest Russia Fight Furiously For Po- ' session of 14. Mine Craters. Six Taken by Russians. The Germans in the region of Ver dun are being hard held to the posi tions they occupy by the French. The fighting throughout the region is still vigorous but it consist mainly of artil lery duels. Douaumont is the storm center, and there and in the wood to the east of Vacherauville, on the east bank of the Meuse, have occurred the only infantry attacks. On both these sectors the Germans were repulsed by the French. The. German attack a Douaumont extended from the Haudre mont wood to Fort Douaumont, but according to r-aris, it was stopped by the curtain of fire and the rifles of the ' French infantry, and ended with the French holding their positions. Paris reports that in the Woevre re gion about Fresnes, the bombardment is a powerful one, but adds that the French guns are answering those of the Germans here ana aiong the whole of the Verdun front. In Lorraine near the forest of Thia ville, "the French fire, concentrated on the position the Germans had previous ly taken from the" French, forced the Germans to evacuate them in order, according to Berlin, "to avoid unneces sary losses."' The Russians and Germans in north west Russia have been fighting furiously-, near Illoukst for possession of tho cratbT.s of 14 mines exploded by the Russiartw Petrograd reports that six craters we'r-caPtured by the Russians and that the Ge'rr&ans were surrounded in a partly demolish? blockhouse, hav ing suffered severe,, lp$s"- Unofficial dispatches from Bucharest report extensive Russian troo move ments in Bessarabia. There ha8 )ee,n another clash between Bulgarian 1-" diers and Greek frontier guards in the neighborhood of Macikovo on the Greco-Serb frontier. The German-commerce raider Moewe, the exploits of which i have been sen sational, has run the Entente Allies' blockade and entered a German port, unofficially declared . to be Wilhelm shaven. Aboard the raider were 199 prisoners from vessels; she had sunk, and 1,000,000 .marks in gold bars, in addition to sinking or capturing nearly a score of Brititsh, French and Belgian vessels, the Germans report that the Moewe has been sowing mines, one of which sank the British battleship King Edward VII. The German airships have passed over points on the northeast coast of England dropping bombs. FIGHTING IS VIOLENT Heavy Attacks Reported by the French Around Douaumont. Paris, March 5 Fighting of great violence continues' at Douaumont, in the Verdun region, the war office an nounced this afternoon. The Germans made a heavy attack against the French front along the lineof the Hau dremont wood to Douaumont fort. This Continued on Page T vo.) PROTEST TO SENDING MEN TO JHEIB DEATH Turkish Women Break Into .Railway Yards. Throw Themselves on Rails to Prevent Troop Trains Leaving Disap pointment Over German Achievement at Verdun. Odessa, Russia, via London, March 5 It is reported from Constantinople that Turkish women broke into rail way yards whence troop trains were about to leave shouting protests against sending the men "to go to their death." They threw themselves on the rails in front of the trains. The au thorities refrained from using force to remove them, "these aavices say, fear ing a mutiny among the soldiers. The men were taken from tne cars but lat er were sent off secretly by night. It also is reported mat the Turk ish general staff declined to summ.on before a court martial Kiamil Pasha, commander of the Turkish army in the Caucasus, ori account of certain dis closures which might be made. , Conse quently, the commander will receive an honorable discharge. These reports say further that the people of Constantinople were led to believe that the German army had achieved a much greater victory at Ver dun than was actually gained, and that when the facts were ascertained, riot ing occurred. It is stated that German troops suppressed the rioting. Forty persons are reported to have been killed in the wreck of a passen ger train on the Berlin -Constantinople railway near Nish, Serbia. Investi gation showed that rails had been loos ened and many arrests have been made. WILL PLAY A PART But He Will Not Enter Contra very in House. WILSON STRENGTHENED Congressmen Who Have Been Askinc for Delay on Vote Rallying- to His Support Further De bate In Senate Probable "Washington, March 5. The inftu ence of William Jennings Bryan will be felt in the fight over the armed ship issue, which administration lead ers plan to bring to a vote in the House Tuesday. Mr. Bryan, who outlined hia views in favor of warning Americans off armed merchantmen yesterday to Representative Stephens, of Nebraska, will come back from New York tomor row to spend the day here, and he haa an engagement for lunch with Repre sentative Bailey, of Pennsylvania, at a hotel within stone's throw of the capi tal and in -which eight congressmen make their homes. He will be there while the House rules committee is . : framing its rule to bring before the House for action after limited debate the report of the Foreign -Affairs com mittee, recommending that the McLe-. more warning resolution be tabled and setting forth that the President should be permitted to exercise his constitu tional right of handling diplomatic ne gotiations without interference from Congress. Will Not Enter Controversy. " ' Mr: Bryan has declared that he would not participate actively in the contro versy and his closest friends say he had no intention of changing his mind.Hia views are well known, however, and they are being repeated industriously to members of the House, He leaves Washington again tomorrow night for Wilmington, Del., to deliver a lecture. Although Mr. Bailey .insisted today that no significance should be attached to the luncheon engagement, it was discussed everywhere with great inter est. 'Agfong J.'n5",in,rerhbers 'who live at' ttff "aotel are Speaker C'HP' ' ' sentative Shackleford, the unofficial leader of the warning resolution advo- cates in the House. "Mr. Bryan is very plain spoken about his views on the warning resolution," said Representative Stephens today, "but he will not start an open fight. At hts-request I introduced a resolution at the opening of Congress to warn Americans off shpis and he still stands for it. Why should we beat the devil about the bush on this proposition? It is weak-kneed to try to dodge the real issue. The proposed vote on the Mc Lemore proposition is not what the President wants, nor is it what the friends of the warning resolution want, so why should we vote on it?" , Tomorrow Mr. Stephens will commu nicate Mr. Bryan's views to Majority Leader Kitchin Although Mr. Kitchin strongly favors the straight warning vote plan, doubt is expressed that he- will' oppose . the administration pro gramme on the floor in case of favor able action on it by the Rules commit tee. He frankly admints that the Dem ocratic members of the Rules commit tee have shown no disposition thus; far to entertain his suggestion favorably. If he cannot obtain the substitution of a straight vote resolution,. Mr. Kitchin probably will vote to table the McLe 7 more proposition on the ground that its form is bad. President Gaining Supporters. Administration leaders are - hopeful that the agitation for a change In the plan will disappear without much fur ther discussion in the Rules committee. . House pilots of the tabling programme . today said they were -assured'of a full Democratic vote in the Rules, commit-. tee and a substantial majority ort the floor. Hence they are for nishing the issue to a vote without further delay , than is necessary. There was a sub stantial rallying to colors today in the President's congressional camp. Many representatives who on Saturday plead ed for time in the hope that they never would have to vote on the question, fell in line when they nevfer would have to vote on the question, fell in line when they heard that the President had made a final demand for a vote to Act ing Chairman Pou of the Rules com-, mittee on - Saturday night. Scores of Democrats, home for the week-end, tel egraphed they would return and sup port the President. : ' Unless there should arise unusual de velopments In the diplomatic negotia tions with Germany or some American citizen should lose his life as a result of a submarine attack, no further ac tion on the armed ships issue is looked for In the Senate. That there will be further debate on the subject is cer tain, however Senator Stone, chairman of the For eign Relations committee, and one of the principal proponents of the desira bility of an official warning to Ameri cans to keep off armed belligerent ships, -has prepared a long address oh tha whoe subject of the position of the United States as related to the Europ ean war. He has given notice that he will-address the Senate He will 1 be replied to by Senator "Sutherland, of Utah, a Republican member of the For eign Relations committee. Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, also proposes to keep the warning is sue before the Senate as much as possi- j ble, and he will endeavor to get a vote on his warning resolution which was tabled last week and re-introduced. Ad ministration leaders, backed by Repub licans who support the President in ' this crisis, are in no mind now to per mit another vote on the resolution and plan to force it to the Senate calendar? probably to remain for the rest of the session. - Tomorrow the Senate will resume de bate on' the Shields Water Power bill. Continued On Page Sight). -a , 1 ify . r' r 4
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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March 6, 1916, edition 1
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