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ALL NEUTRAL NATIONS ARE INVITED
TO SEVER RELATIONS WITH GERMANY
AMERICAN DIPLOMATS ARE
INSTRUCTED TO REPORT ON
RECEPTION OF THIS IDEA
President Would Have All Neutral Nations Follow the Lead of
the United States in Severing Diplomatic Relations Wiih
Germany, This Being the Only Important Move Made Dur
ing a Day of Tense Waiting
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HOUSATONIC PROPERLY
WARNED BY SUBMARINE MWHM Itf
I UUUI U I LI I I Ul
Steps to protect American Citizens and
Properly Against Action of Foreign
Sympathizers Are Being Carried For
ward Swiftly and Secretly.
WASHINGTON', Fob. 4. Besides breaking oft' diplo
matic relations with Germany, President Wilson has
made a bold st roke to Taupe the moral force of all other
neutral countries along with that of the United States in
the interest of peace.
The president, has suggested to all the other neutrals
that they break off diplomatic relations with Germany as
the United States has done and has instructed all Ameri
can diplomats in those countries to report immediately
how the suggestion is received. The opinion in diplomatic
(jiiarters here is that European neutrals, at the very door
step of Germany, threatened by her military power, will
hesitate to take such a step. The effect of the suggestion
in other countries is being eagerly awaited.
Only Development.
This was the only known development of lirst im
portance which came out of a dav of tense waiting which
followed the actual announcement yesterday of the break
with Germany.
News that the American steamer Housatonic had not'
been sunk without proper warning and that no lives kadi
been lost dispelled a cloud which threatened the storm to
follow the first overt act' against the United States under
the new war zone order.
Still hopeful that Germany will not ruthlessly sacri
fice American lives or rights, the administration is await
ing developments, but leaving undone nothing to pre
pare the country for the eventuality of war.
Austrian Situation Unchanged.
The situation as to Austria is tonight unchanged.
There is no doubt, however, that diplomatic relations will
be broken with her when she announces her intention to
adhere to Germany's course.
The president's invitation to neutrals to follow his
action was contained in instructions to American diplomats
to announce the break with Germany to the governments
to which they are accredited. It was contained in the fol
lowing note:
"You will immediately notify the government to
which you are accredited that the United States, beacuse
of tke German government's recent announcement of its
intention to renew unrestricted submarine warfare, has
no choice but to follow tke course laid down in its note of
April 18, 1916 (the Sussex note).
"It has tkercfore recalled the American ambassador
fnm Berlin and kas delivered passports to the German
ambassador to the United States.
Will Protect Americana.
"Say also that tke president is reluctant to believe
(icrmany actually will carry out her tbreat against neutral
commerce, but if it be done, tke president will ask con
gress to autkorize use of tke national power to protect
American citizens engaged in tkeir peaceful and lawful
errands on tke seas.
"Tke course taken is, in tke president's view, entirely
in conformity witk tke principles ke enunciated in bis ad
dress to tke senate January 12 (tke address proposing a
world league for poace).
"He believes it will make for tke peace of tke world
WORD
WIDE BREAK
HMEMBLR,
VJ000R0W, JM
with you !
Wilson Has Suggested Tkat
All Neutrals Sever Rela
tions With Teutons.
BERLIN RECEIVES
' PRESS DISPATCHES
Has Not Received Official
Confirmation of Action
by United States.
Germany fices the possibility of
li ning trie greater part of the neutral
' ,
LEGISLATORS TO
THY TO SPEED UP
ALL LEGISLATION
Hope by This Means to
Avoid Rush During Last
Few Days.
SPECIAL ORDERS ON
SCHEDULE FOR WEEK
PARTISANSHIP IS CAST ASIDE AND
CONGRESS PREPARES TO BACK UP WE
PRESIDENT IN EVERY MOVE HE MAKES
Calmly Awaiting Developments in the Diplomatic Breach With Germany, the Legislative Branch
of the Government Prepares to Supply the Necessary Equipment In Case of War
and to Guard, by Stringent Laws, Against Conspiracies.
Election of School Boards, .
Woman's Suffrage and
Other Measures Up. '
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4 Congress.
aroused to patriotic support of the
president, calmly awaits developments
world sever diplomatic relations with i in ,he diplomatic breach with C.' i -
ner over Her submarine policy. Presi
dent Wilson has made the suggestion
to all neutrals that they follow the
example of the I'nlted States, saying
he believes It will make for the peace
of t he world.
Official Germany ss yet. has said
nothing with regard to the fevering;
by the l'nitd States of diplomatic
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WATCHING FOB
NEWS OF RECEPTION OF
SEIfERflNCEBY GERMANY
News of Rupture is Warmly
Received by the British
' People.
THINK IT MEANS WAR.
4CONTIKUXD ON PAGE TWO.)
LONTXXV. Feb. 4 Ix.ndon ha
been engaged today in watching the
successive editions of the Sunday
papers for news as to how Germany
takes the severance of diplomatic re
lations with the I'nlted States, but so
far as any word from Berlin was con
cerned, the Knglish people were dis
appointed, no dispatches appear to
have been allowed to leave Berlin or
Vienna, except official communications
from military headquarters and a
brief message to the effect that press
dispatches had been received in the
German capital announcing the rup
ture. There Is no gainsaying the fact
that the news of the rupture U warm
Iv welcomed by the British public.
The -evident'' swift decision came as
an extreme surprise to the people of
I-ondon who Judged that another note
to Berlin would precede any decisive
action. And it Is the general belief
here that the president's action will
be equally surprising to Berlin-
Great tributes are paid to the presi
dent's dignified and restrained tone in
addressing congress and the opinion
of the generali public ia that, the mp-
iure ui reiMiionn means notning less
than war and there Is much curiosity
as to how hostilities will be provoked.
In some quarters It is thought the
seizure of Oerman auxiliary cruisers
In the I'nlted States may be regarded
by the Germans ae a warlike act. but
whatever may prove a casus belli. It
Is assumed that Germanv must have
fully Judged and been prepared for
any outcome.
The greatest Interest Is being shown
in all details of the naval strength
o' the I'nlted States, which here la
considered a great factor la the situation.
many
Ready to act quickly and ade
quately in anv emergency, adminis
tration leaders are in constant touch
with executive departments. While
hopeful that the break with the im
perial German government will not.
force the I'nlted States Into war, lead
er,, already have cast partisanship
aside, legislative squabble over minor
matters have been tempered and the
legislative branch is standing by to
respond to nnv demand for protection
of the nation In the International
crisis.
Important Measures.
Important measures bearing on tho
-ituation already are under consider
ation In both houses, among them the
annual naval appropriation hill, car
rying more than J350.O0O.000 fur na
val maintenance and construction.
There Is a prospect of Its passage be
fore adjournment Tuesday night.
An amendment will be offered to
appropriate an additional 11 19.000.
000 for the immediate completion of
Hi war vessels heretofore authorized
and now In various stages of construc
tion In government and private yards.
Another suggested by Secretary Dan
iels would empower the president to
commandeer private shipbuilding
yards and munition plants whenever
In his opinion the Interest of the coun.
try requires such action. Speaker
Clark and other house leaders tonight
said they believed that the amend
ment would be adopted.
For More Submarines.
In addition to the regular appro
priation bill there Is ponding In the
senate with growing sentiment In
fnvor of It pnssage, a special bill by
Senator Polndexter, providing for Im
mediate construction of 100 subma
rines In addition to seventeen carried
In the regular appropriation bill.
The critis also finds the houpe mili
tary rnniniltteo ready with the current
army bill carrying $27S. 000,000 sub
ject to any change that exigencies
may demand-
I'nder existing law the president
has authority to Increase the regular
army to full war strength of 286.000
In case of war or threatened war. lie
also bus authority to call on the na
tional guard, now having some 150,000
available men. The guards' full
strength, 400.000. can not be acquired
until the expiration of four years.
Champions of universal military ser
vice are renewing their advocacy of
pending legislation on that sufrvlect,
hopeful that present conditions may
bring action In the near future.
Statute Strenjrthrncd.
To safeguard Interests of the nation,
against conspiracies, conslderstjon Is
being rushed In the senate of meas
ures suggested brv the attorney-general
to strengthen the statutes under
which prosecutions may be brought
against offenders within the I'nlted
States who further the Interests of
foreign government.
While awaiting developments, how
ever, both houses are exported to k
up a drive on general legislation and
to go about regular business as calm
ly as possible. The senate will con
tinue with the agricultural appropria
tion bill and tomorrow afternoon will
proceed to vote In an attempt to pass
the Immigration bill over President
Wilsons veto. The house overrode
the veto last week.
Administration leaders hope to pre
vent discussion of International Is
sues, but fear agitation from the pa
cifist element in congress. Efforts to
arouse sentiment against American
participation In the war are expected
to come from the so-called "Bryan"
or ' pacifist" gro'0 and Mr Bryan's
presence In Washington and utter
ances on this subject yesterday and
today, together with the arrival to
night of Henry Ford, have served to
Increase apprehension In this regard.
Air. Bryan, who has some following
In both branches of congress, has
been urging various alternatives, In
cluding a referendum on the question
of war with Germany.
fiXOW AT WILMINGTON.
WILMINGTON. N. C Feb. 4 Ac
companied by a forty-mile gale which
began blowing early tonight, snow be
gan falling at midnight, following a
downpour of rain. The storm Is the
first of Its kind for this city In many
years. No serious damage has been
reported on account of the wind.
Citizen's Bureau, . ,
Raleigh, N: C, ' f
February '4V f
By W. 3. Martin.)
With the' constitutional sixty flays'
limit already more than half spent the
general assembly Is to speed up con-1
slderably during the remaining weeks,
If the leaders have their way. In the
hope of averting a mad rash In the
last days. ' .
There are numbers of 'Important
special order scheduled for this seeJt. t
Those In the senate are scheduled as -
ronows. ... ... ,;,
February T--enato- Kelly's Wrt to
create a game commission for North'
Carolina and provide for better pro
tectlon of birds and game: the bill, by
Senator Warren to Increase the num
ier of Superior court Judges and Ju
dicial districts with Judicial rotation In
each district and the court weeks so
adjusted that there will he always two
of tho Judges without' appointments)
and subject to assignment by the gov
ernor to hold emergency courts con
templated by the constitutional amend,
nients.
County Examiner.
February 9 Senator Davenporfa
iniii to autnorize tne corporation com
mission to examine the accounts of
county officers and to appoint count
examiners.
February 9 All the senate bills-In
volving the appointment or election of
county boards of education. Proba
bly the Turner bill to provide a cen-
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CROWDS IN PARIS BRAVE
RECORD-BREAKING COLD
DAT TO KjO. BULLETINS
President Wilson's Picture
and Stars and Stripes
Bring Cheers.
AUSTINS ARRESTED
FOR DEFACING VESSEL
Charged With Conspiracy
to Destroy a Vessel
American Waters.
in
CREW OF THE HOUSATONIC
IS LANDED AT PENZANCE
Housatonic
ad Crew
Being Torpedoed.
Was Warned
Saved Before
ERICANS
BY RAIDER RELEASED
Germany Accedes to De
mands For Release of
Seventy-Two Prisoners.
MUCH SATISFACTION.
PEVSAOOL.V Fla.. Feb. 4. War
rants charging a conspiracy to de
stroy a vessel in American waters
anA violation of immigration laws
were sworn out here today against The
Captain Ivaneich and nine members
of the Austrian steamer Lucia, which
has been tied up here eince the war
began. The charges were made by
Bruce Weeks, collector of customa.
who after an investigation declared
that engine room equipment, of the
steamer. Including valves and pipes
had been broken and damaged to such
an extent that they could not be re
paired within less than three months.
Captain Ivaneich and six members
of his crew, were arrested on board
the Luca tonight but because of high
LONDON. Feb. 4 The crew of the
American steamifhlp Housatonic ha"
been landed at Penzance. 'England.
Housatonic was warned by the
BERLIN. Feh. 4 (Via London,
Feb. fi.) Germany today acceded to
the American demands for the imme
diate release of the seventy-two
Oerman submarine which sank her. Americans taken from ships aunk by
according to John O. Stevens, Ameri
can consul at Plymouth. Mr. Stevens
today sent the following telegram to
the Associated Prssr.:
Total crew of thirty-seven of
Housatonic landed at Pensane Satur
day. Vessel torpedoed by a Oerman
submarine 12:30 Saturday. Warned.
Crew towed ninety mlnutea by subma
rine toward land." .
Mr. Stevens telegraphed today to
PARIS, Feb. 4. Word began to go
about Paris In the early forenoon that
the United ifttates had broken with'
Germany. Bulletins marked "Wash
ington official" were posted at the"
newspaper offices announcing that the
Oerman ambassador. Count von Bern
atorfT. had been handed his passports
and that Ambassador Gerard had been
recalled from Berlin.
It was the coldest day In many
winters in Paris, yet crowds stood
i around the bulletin boards, with the.
thermometer registering five degrees
above xero, eagerly reading the scraps
;of news as they filtered through.
the people stamped their feet In
the cold and talked of the possibility
that mid-summer might see It over,
and df absolute and quick victory.
President Wilson's portrait and the".
.Stars and Stripes were flashed on many
screens and Sunday afternoon assem
blies In the moving picture houses all
over Paris cheered.
Great satisfaction at the action of
the United States Is felt among leading.
Frenchmen, but there is no disposition!
to comment formally on events.
TV.- A ..... i n 1, - , ...
the raider dn the Atlantic and brought !Iook -f,.r Oerman Interests at
to a German port aboard the ateamer i o'clock yesterday afternoon, under ln
Yarrowdale. structlons from Washington.
One of the la, things to be don. L &X VorZlSX
by the I nited .states government be- Americans on the point of departure
fore severing diplomatic relations with to defer sailing.
German was to demand that the
Americans taken by the German raid
er from British steamers Georglc.
Mount Temple and Voltaire and who
Robert P. Skinner, the 'American were being held In German orison
seas In the harbor only four of them i consul general, that the Housatonic" camps be released. A Washington
were brought ashore. Customs Col- I was halted by a German submarine at dispatch Saturday said- there were
lector Weeks put men aboard the noon snd that, after being warned. 1 sixty of these men. Germany, in hold.
steamer to guard ner. The captain tne crew took to tne ooats. -jne
and members of his crew will be given Housatonic was then torpedoed ana
a preliminary hearing Monday before sunk and the submarine towed the
' Tha nawa vu recadvjtd tnvfllltv IS
the Americans at the headquarters et
the field ambulance service.
THE WEATHER.
nlted States oommlsaionar.
' 4oats to a point off the English ooast, munlty.
WASHINGTON". Feb. 4. Forecast
for North Carolina: Partly cloudy
Unna. annv S 1 1 y-ri mm .Inn. tK. m.m.
ing tnem, nad conienuea that as paid I decidedly colder with cold wave ex
members of tho crews of armed enemy I cent extreme west portion, northwest
merchantmen tney were due u- galei
gales, strong on the coast. Tuesday
tfsir wiUi rising tanuer;ni, . a..