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President Addresses
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Alliance to Defeat United States Proposed By Germany
President Wilson Declares that the lives of Citi
zens and the Commerce of this Country Must
Be Protected-Congress Makes Appropriation
To Arm Merchant Vessels Immediately
WASHINGTON", I). CV Feb. 99.
The 1'rtWt nt'e speech at the joint
of congress felons: .
" i-ntU men of the Congress:
"J have again aked the privilege
of a!dring you because we are
p i4st through criiiral time during
. u,ih it seems to me to be my duty
i U-p ia close touch with the House
of (!ikh o that neither counsel
r.T action if hall run at cross pur-Pjm-H
betaeea us.
" she third of February, I ofc
c;ji: informed ou of the sudden
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ii l'rmai government ia declaring
!' Mentions to disregard the prom
- t had made to thin government
- last and undertake immi-di-
; -uf imrine operations attain.-! all
c:tK!intfv. whether of belligerent or
,; neutrals, that should seek to ap-
.i . ii -rrat tsritain ana Ireland, me
A'.ij air toasts nf Europe, or the bar
Ivh. of I hi- eastern Mediterranean,
ami fit conduct these operation with
out regard to the established restric-
hm- of international practice, with
out regard to any considerations of
humanity, even hirh might inter
f.re with their object. That Mlic
was forthwith pat into practice. It baa
no hern in active eserution for
inarly four werka.
'lis practical results are not fully
dsKlnwd. The commerce of other
niutrji nation ia suffering severely,
but jtot. perhaps, ery much more
e.trr than it was already suffer
ine brfoce February i, when the new
poiiry of the imperial government
was put into operation. We have
ckrd the co-operation of the other
nitra! government! to prevent
th-r drpredationa but I fear none of
thm ha Jlwiught it lse to join ua
in any nun won courae of action. Our
.n nminfrrf as suffered, ia auf-Uvnt-
T.nl'ir in apprehension than
in fart, t-nhrr Wause so many of
our ships are t.wuKy keeping to their
. home porta th caus American
chip have been mk.
TWO AMERICAN SHIPS SINK j
Two American wfls have been
funk, the HouMtom
M. law. The ar t.i
wMrh w carrying
to a I t-odrm h i ..
tiailj like the riw oi ti1"' Krje in
hi.h, it rill ht revaiicfl, i!c
l,a 0eroifM t xioiiiiitt ;' lialnl
ity for dMii8, mI hr l-..,t be
vrew, an in the im , N- lm. rf
?egittll with ranaif '
"he taie tj th- l a. (,:. Si
..rrvinj: le-tiun to r-
n,i. l r Io-d a rnlhl-i.n I 1,1.
f h. h litMrir jjr,,, coiwirmns
i-i. ent M -itnianrrd hj ao '
r,,wn.t. hirh mUbi BOI
li.t evicted at thi tiirtv )n ronmv
tiiMi wMh be tmv f bmrme
a(.kil atercbaataaew s r,ra
civeiaaMB to wae it,
' lu sum, therefore, the Actuation we
find ourselves in, with regard t the
actual conduct of the German subma
rine warfare agains4 commerce and
its effects upon our own- ships and
people, is substantially the same that
it was when I addressed you on the
3rd of February, except for the tying
up of our shipping in our own porta
because of the yam illingness of our
ship owners to risk their vessel! at
sea without insurance or adequate
protection, and the very serious ron
gegtion of our commerce which has
resulted, a congestion which in grow
tag rapidly more and more serious
every day, 1 . .
NO OVF.RTAtT, IH T
"This in itself might presently ac
complish, n effect, what the new Ger
man ubmarine orders were ment to
accomplish, so fir as we are concern
ed. We can only say, therefore, that
the overt art which I have ventured
to hope the German commander
would' in fact avoid has not occurred.
"But," w hile this is happily true, it
must be Admitted that tKere have
been rerain additional indications and
. o
expressions of purpose on the part of
the German authorities which have
increased rather than lessened tjie
impression thal, if our ships and our
people are 'spared, it w ill be because
of fortunate circumstances or be
cause the commanders of the German
stiiiarines whictMfcey may happen to
enc later, exercise an unexpected dls
trretion and restraint rather than be
cause of the instructions under which
those commanders are acting.
GRAVEST SITUATION
It would be foolish to deny that
the situation is fraught with the grav
es possibilities and dangers. .No
thoughtful man can fail to see that
the necessity for definite action ma
come at any time, if we are in fact,
and not in word merely, to defend
our elementary rights as a neutral
nation. It would be most imprudent
to be unprepared.
"I cannot in such circumstances be
unmindful of he fart that the expira-
Idaho Officials Kill Anti-Japanese Bill
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Slexico Was To Recover Texas, New Mexico and
Arizona and Receive Financial Assistance
Document Was In the Hands of the President
When He Broke Relations With Germany
' WASHINGTON, D, C. Mar. 1 Berlin, January 9, 1917, wax direct
It has been revealed that Germany, ed to propose the alliance with Mex
in planning unrestricted warfare and ico to General t'arrana. and suggest
counting its consequences, proposed that Mexico seek to bring Japan into
an alliance with Mexico and Japan to the plot.
make w ar on the United States, if j These instructions were transmit
tbis hountry should not remain neu- ted to Von Eckhardt through Count
ral. j "on Bernstorff, former German Am
bassador here, now on his way home
" F IDAHO
5 N". PEPPY M.TCHFJLL'
" RE.fl S . AlSDERSONf
When the German difficulty loomeij
big a week ago Secretary of .State
Lansing made a hurried visit to Sen
ator Borah of IJaho in Washington,
asking him to use his-influence with
Governor Moses Alexander of Maho
ami members of the legislature to' kill
the anti-Japanese . alien land bill,
the
by
which had been introduced in
lwer house of the legislature
Representative Anderson and passed
Senator Perry Mitchell, president pro
tern, of the State Senate, was asked
to use his influence against the meas
ure and the upper house killed tne
bill. ...
Britain's Forces
Continue Gains
Make Progress On Both Sides of the Ancre River
France Rounding Up Turks Recently Driv
en Out of KutAmaraEngaging the
Ottoman Troops On Three Sides
Japan, through Mexican media
tion, was to be urged to abandon her
allies and join in the attack on the
United States.
Mexico, for her reward, was to re
ceive general financial support from
Germany, reconquer '" Texas," "New
Mexico and Arizona lost Provinces-
and share in the victorious' peace
termB Germany contemplates.
Dttaila were left to German Min
ister Jon Uckhardt in Mexiro'Viiy,
who, by instructions signed be Ger
man Foreign Minister Zimmermnn, at
to Germany, under a safe conduct ob- "
tained from his enemies by the courj
try ajtainst which he' was plotting
war.
Germany pictured to Mexico, by
broad intimation, England and the
Entente Allies defeated; Germany
and her allies triumphant and in
world domination by the instrument .
of unrestricted submarine warfare.
A copy of ZinimernianiiV instruc? t
tions to Von Krkhardl, sent through
Von l(erntirlf, is in possession of the
United States Government.
GERARD IS WARNED GERMANY SAYS THE
BY HIGH GERMAN CONQUERED SOIL
OFFICIAL NOT ' MUST BE RETAIN
TO SAIL FROM I EI) BY TEUTONS
SPAIN
28 When Chan-
AFTER WAR
CORUNNA, SPAIN, Feb. 28..
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BERLIN, Feb.
cellor Von Bethmann-HoHweg had j Paris It hecitme' known today that
Concluded his address in the Reiihs-' former Ambassador Gerard has been
tag, speeches were made by various ' warned personally- by a German
party leaders, including Dr. Peter friend in high official position against
Spahn, leader or the Center party, ' sailing from Spain for the. United
who reaffirm confidence in the subma- States. ,
rine warfare. The warning has not become known
Referring to the blockade of Ger- except to thote men who are in Mr.
man ports, he said: . Gerard's confidence, but among them
"America has protested against ' tn -re is 14 'veling'of anxiety in re-
On both sides' of the Ancre river
in France the British froces con
tinue to , make progress. North of
the stream the important village of ' Northwestern frontier of
Gommecourt and the village of Puis-j in the Jaccberi-K!m'?:jr.
Airaentiereg was repulsed.
tion of the term of the present Con-
sn(( the Lyman j tresa Is Immediately at hand by con-'
m. loanatoutr, MitKtnm al timtlatinn, and that it sinus Aa M,t and tren.-.h v.sti-.r..! '! ',
lt:Hs cm-fxrot.M in a likrtihnod reonire an lin-'nnr fhm k
.miial h-neih of tm' to a-M-mhU an4 j south of the rr.er the ffw which jmoit
Comparatively quiet prevails
Russia and Galicia.' Along the
Roumanla,
this but she has refused to follow
With full appreciation of the serio..
ness of the situation we mss: hold
nd conquer, whatever President. Wi
son's decision may le.
gard to the'-. Americans sailing today
on the Ii:fa;ta Isabel. Mr. Gerard
regards the warning as having been
given in seriousness.
bliVt" CttjHure.l Mttra! hC.) pr,
ihe R.!!,ians and tn'tev
Ban 1 v'.HJ m?n pi isimers. 1
Count Von Westarp cut!:n?d- jitaJr
terms, saying:
"Sufficient war indemnity must I e
collected to arm hs against dancer:
in of the future and to provide for re
sumption of economic competition
We must retain Courland and IJvoni.;
(Vk; ) , ; . .- j'. ,-..! for
i!i!. !, i t.-.,. , fc 'teal5 !!':llli.H j..l
U ' :" ' ' ''' 'Nt- Uu fa.oiii.d Thaw
Thaw Mental and
Physical Wreck
Knd rBaaie the Congress which tn pmiousry bd Ukeo ' l.igny pMsul' tny ai in e.froitting the loss ,',f
to ;ivcred it
"I IV.I that I oiisht. in k of that
(act, to obtain from you tall and im
ntrdiate atoNrantt of the authority
which bis) neeo; at any moment to
-er-ite.
WIS CttVt.KKSS SlTPtlRT
" douht already pokiest that
auihtrily aithout prcial arrant of
t. bj the plain implication wf my
iinititutial datira and powers, hut
I prrfer, in thr present etrrnmstanrea,
not to art upon general implication.
(CviWBueJ vb Fata Tbr !
the
eastward and oti pJ Thillcj, ab.iat' p,.KiV, . hays that a counter-attack
a mile sotifhw.t f Bapt.wt ,and ;.;Va,f jh'. P.asins .possesion of one
trench at Saftty-f aiitiset. j of the positions.
The rapture ot tmwetourt nt the Tigris region the British, in
followed by the driving tit the Bril-jqutt of lUigdad. are .rotimline tip
ish line a thouanl yard northeat-t j T.o K recently 'dri en out o( Kui El
ol that place." wntbr the t.frrwf Annm. The latent Uitih .ftis t
sectors is not stated by the Erstifh
otfirial communication.
, On the remainder of the front -in
France ami Be!gium minor attacks
and artillery duels continue. Xesr
tiery. Arras and Lena, snc-eTul arms and ammunition and other war
raids were carried out by the Brit-; stores" and. thrown suns, imludint
ii-k sbJ a Genaaa raid aortheast f ftr Havitxer. into the Tierla,
rommunicHtion. says King tieoi'e's
nitfc on Monday aei" enja;ing tbe
Ottoman troops from three side :0
mil-s northwest of Kut and that th
Turks had abandoned quantities of
jl.ilt.c Al ;.- ' nn-1 l.-n!W
(Northern F'aiH-el we v:iii find nc-i
Jul coal anil nun. The harbor a'( i
Ar.twerp we cannot without.
"Our deci'-ion on iiiuti'ictfd sut
roarine ' warfare is in'.mutable. We
Veerct the recttit lr..'i f ul h ships.
Let this he tin t.i in,t gamine to
neutrals. j
'Pieidcnt Wilin's altini! t
brinu nfdtn.!s to h; sid- cotnpiett-Iy
fai!ci. We rejoice in that and al.
that alter our rupture with Anttn-icu
Jr. Wilson i done for at psk'
rhtsliator so far as we aie cwim-.n-ed.
"The tbunlM V words reaUnj-
.PHILAPEM'HIA, PA., .Mar. 1;
Harry K. Thaw is a physical and meu
tal wreck, according to a report, made
today to Captain of Heteetives Tate
by Pr .lohn WanamnKer, rd.. a po
lire stli grtm, V ho a pifv.ti. yes
terdav wttetr New York iilln isiv ox-
t- a hosi.iia! hf re.
w;t. lakeii f tin- li.otntal sev
en i U au"n vs h i lu- cur hit throat
! whiie !ice. weiv --wirchine fcii -hin.
on a wamttit chafKiiij: him tirh
beating a Kan:n City ! tri u 'w
Yoik hot,d.
..The Tha t'utfitly tmUy t- noitem-""
plating "IXs' p!;ins for lnnacv tiro
Scevdines -tiMituteil by Thuw's mothc.
j laM Muiiday. Th. iut f.-a 'ine wilv
U- bvl.l March 1J.
the rupture wish Amcru'i
tti have trwir etfti l ouisiio
11 in certain i;uarters rt
not
she lioocf-Amertt-a
wbkk thus far have not if. . nii'cU
ti situakon tltatly."