THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1917.
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ASK EXTRA SESSION
Republicans Would Not Con
cede Unlimited Power to
Wilson in Recess.
M'ARTHUR IS RESERVED
XTa-n ley Would Call Congress to Con
vene and Remain In Capital TTn-
, til Crisis Passes Others '
i Hold Similar Views.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, -Feb. 26. Northwestern Sena
tors and Representatives were npt dis
posed to comment freely on President
"Wilson's address to Congress today.
Their comments, however, disclose
general unwillingness on the part of
Republicans to give the President un
restricted power, and there also was
almost uniform belief among Repub
licans that Congress should be called in
special session and held here until the
crisis passes. Among' the authorized
statements were the following:
Representative McArthur While it is
my uniform policy to support the Presi
dent in matters pertaining to our for
eign policy, I do not care to make any
statement as to his request of today
until I have had an opportunity to
etudy the resolution prepared by the
foreign affairs committee.
Representative Hawley I believe
Congress should Immediately be con
vened after March 4 and continue in
cession until any danger of our being
involved in the European war has
passed, in order that the constitutional
authorities may be in position to take
such proper and patriotic action as may
be necessary for the protection of our
rights and honor.
Senator Jones of Washington The
President's speech was a beautifully
worded appeal to Congress to give him
unlimited authority to do whatever he
pleases. It was a thinly veiled intima
tion that lie does not have confidence
In the next Congress.
Representative Johnson The ques
tion must be divided. I am with the
President for protection of American
lives and property except contraband
of war on the high seas, in Mexico and
elsewhere. The power to declare war
lies with Congress, and I am opposed
to giving that power to the President.
How I shall vote depends upon how the
resolution which will come from the
foreign affairs committee is worded.
Representative Humphrey I am in
favor of givinsr the President authority
to arm ships for defense, but I am not
iri favor of conferring unlimited au
thority upon him. The declaration of
war is a responsibility that rests upon
Congress, and Congress should neither
shirk nor delegate that power to the
President. Congress should remain in
cession until the crisis is passed.
Representative Sinnott did not care to
make any comment until he knows
. "what legislation is proposed to carry
out the President's recommendation.
TOURIST INFLUX FORESEEN
Phil Ki Cordon, of Sunset Line, Ex
pects Big Amount of Travel.
Phil K. Gordon, general agent for
the Sunset line of the Southern Pa
cific Company, was here yesterday with
the prediction that the coming Spring
and Summer will see a heavy flow of
tourists through the Northwest.
"Every place along our line from New
Orleans west is full of tourists," he ex
plained. "Thousands of them will
travel through Portland and the North
western cities on their homeward
Journey."
Mr. Gordon said that the National
Education convention would attract
thousands of. persons to Portland.
He also said that the Southern Pa
cific had contracted for eight new
ships to be used between New Orleans
and New York, Galveston and New
York and Galveston and Tamplco.
H. D. OLSEN IS APPOINTED
Oregon City Agent Succeeds II. D
Jennings in Portland.
H. D. Olsen, agent for the Southern
Pacific at Oregon City, has been ap
pointed traveling freight agent for the
name road in Portland to succeed R. D.
Jennings, who will become commercial
agent for the new Southern Pacific of
fice in Spokane.
Mr. Jennings, who has worked out
of the Portland office for several years.
left for Spokane last night, accom
panied by John M. Scott, general pas
eenger agent. The ' Southern Pacific
will formally open for business in
Spokane on Thursday. This is the first
invasion of the Spokane territory by
that road. R. J. Neill, now in the Ta
coma office, will become city freight
and passenger agent in Spokane.
REQUEST WILL BE GRANTED
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Ile to realize the tremendous gravity
of the declaration of the President to
observe "armed neutrality." The rup
tn re of diplomatic relations was an act
short of war.
Offensive Tse Not Intended.
The declaration of "armed neutral
ity" is an announcement of a purpose
to prevent by armed force the com
mission of illegal acts against Ameri
can rights by German submarines or
other instrumentalities.
It does not mean that the Presi
dent intends to use the American naval
and land forces offensively.
It does mean that he will use them
defensively should it be necessary.
It may become necesary and the
Navy is prepared for the contingency
to send convoys with American ships
to sink any German submarines which
show a purpose to attack either war
ships or merchantmen, to prevent il
legal operations by German raiders and
to protect American citizens and Amer
ican ports from attack.
It may become necessary to supply
American merchantmen with guns and
gunners for defensive purposes against
German submarines.
Germany has declared that arma
ment of American merchant ships will
be regarded as an act of war.
Gate of Battle Accepted.
The President has accepted the Ger
man gage of battle.
Here is what the President told Con
gress today the United States is facing:
Recourse to armed neutrality.
Here is what the' President asked
Congress to authorize:
1. Permission to arm American mer
chant ships.
2. Permission to use any Instrumen
talities or methods that might be neces
sary and adequate to protect American
ships and American citizens in their
legitimate and peaceful pursuits upon
the seas.
3. A sufficient credit, first, to en
able him to provide adequate means of
protection where they are lacking, and,
second, to enable him to provide ade
quate insurance against the present
war risks.
Then Congress began to discuss the
President's address and what he de
sired. The militarists criticised the
Chief Executive for not seeking a dec
laration of war. The pacifists criti
cised him for going too far.
Committees In Session.
In the meantime the House foreign
affairs committee and the Senate for
eign relations committee were called
into session. They met behind closed
doors at 6 o'clock.
The House committee after consider
able discussion decided to recommend
favorably a bill which, was introduced
during the night session by Representa
tive Flood, of Virginia, chairman of the
committee. The House committee will
hold another meeting tomorrow to con
sider the amendment "of and changes in
the phraseology of the measure. .
The Senate committee was unable to
reach an agreement. It decided to
sleep over the President's message and
will meet again in the morning, when
it will draft a measure that can pass
the upper house.
Provisions of Bonn Bill.
The House bill provides:
First Authority for the President to
MAP SHOWING KUT-EL-AMARA, CAPTURED BY BRITISH.
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Turkish Lines Extended North of River
of River (2-2). Br Means of a Boat-Brldae (2-3) the British Sent Their
Troops Across, Cutting tiff Turks From Kit-l-Ainan, WSUch Conse
quently fell.
supply American ships with "defensive
arms," ammunition and means of
making use of them In defense against
unlawful attack.
Second Authority to employ "such
other instrumentalities and methods,"
as may in his judgment and discretion
seem necessary and adequate to protect
such ships and American citizens.
Third Appropriation of $100, 000,000 to
be obtained through the sale of bonds
bearing 3 per cent Interest and to be
used for the purposes stated, and to In
sure American ships traveling through
the war zone.
So far as the armament of merchant
ships is concerned, there is general ac
quiescence in the President's view that
it is necessary.
Official War Reports
Germans on Western Front.
BERLIN Feb. 26. (By wireless to
Sayville, N. T.) An unsuccessful
attack was made in the , Champagne
yesterday by the French, it Is an
nounced officially. Following is the
account of operations on the Franco-
Belgian front:
"In several sectors between Armen-
tleres and the Ancre, British recon
noiterlng advances were undertaken
without success.
'"South of Cernay, in the Champagne,
the French made an attack without
success. Between the Meuse and the
Moselle German reconnoitering detach
ments carried out successful enter
prises.
"In numerous aerial engagements
yesterday our adversaries lost eight
airplanes."
French.
PARIS, Feb. 26 "Late yesterday
French detachments broke into the
German lines near Ville-sur-Tourbe,
25 miles west of Verdun, destroyed a
number of shelters and brought back
prisoners and materials," says today's
official announcement. "Two surprise
attacks by the enemy, one on one of
our trenches north of Beaulne, north
east of Soissons, the other on one of
our posts, northwest of Avocourt, were
broken up. We took prisoners. Includ
ing one officer."
The War Office statement tonight
says:
"Our artillery carried out effective
fires on the German organizations in
Belgium in the region of the dunes and
east of Malancourt wood. We deliv
ered a surprise attack against an enemy
salient north of Tahure. bringing back
prisoners. There is nothing to report
on the rest of the front."
Belgian communication:
"Along the whol. Belgian front there
was sustained artillery fighting on both
sides, with moderate intensity, especial
ly in the direction of Noordschoote and
Steenstraete, where the trench guns
were active during the course of the
afternoon."
British.
LONDON. Feb. 26. The British ad
vance along the Ancre River has at
tained a depth of two miles and ex
tends along a front of about 11 miles,
according to the official report from
British headquarters in France tonight.
The text reads:
"The movements referred to In the
communication Saturday and Sunday
were maintained during the day on
both banks of the Ancre. Our advance
extends over a front of about 11 miles.
from east of Gueudecourt to south of
Gommecourt and has attained a depth
of? two miles.-
"In addition to the village of Serre
reported yesterday, we now occupy the
strong point known as Butte de Warlen
court and the villages of Warlencourt-
Eaucourt. Pys and Miraumont. We have
reached the outskirts of Le Barque,
Irles and Fuisieux-au-Mont.
"A hostile attack made early this
morning on one of our posts south of
the Somme was driven off with loss.
Turks In Mesopotamia.
CONSTANTINOPLE, via London. Feb.
26. The War Office today announced
withdrawal of the forces at Kut-el-Amara.
The announcement follows:
"According to a prearranged plan,
and in order to effect a junction with
reinforcements which have arrived, our
troops, which have held for a year ad
vanced positions at Kut-el-Amara, as
well as positions to the east and west
of the town, have been withdrawn to
the rear in an easterly direction. The
movement was entirely unnoticed by
the enemy."
Germans on Eastern Front.
BERLIN. Feb. 26. (By wireless to
Sayville, N. T.) The Russians renewed
their attacks yesterday In the Car
pathians, in the vicinity of Tartar Pass.
Today's official statement says the at
tacks were without success.
BRITISH TAKE KOT
Turks in Retreat Westward,
Pursued by Cavalry.
ALL POSITIONS SECURED
Possession Regained of Strategic
Point on Road to Bagdad Sur
rendered In April, 1916, by
General Tonnshend.
LONDON, Feb. 26. Kut-el-Amara has
been captured from the Turks, by the
British forces, according to a statement
made in the House, of Commons today
by Andrew Bonar Law. member of the
British War Council. The Turks are in
retreat toward Baghallah, 24 miles to
the west of Kut-el-Amara, pursued by
British cavalry.
Mr. Bonar Law announced that as a
(1-1), British Lines Extended Sonth
River front all of the Turkish positions
from Sannalyat to Kut-el-Amara have
been secured and that the town of Kut-el-Amara
automaticaly passed Into the
hands of the British.
Kut-el-Amara. a strategic military
position on the Tigris River leading to
Bagdad, wa surrendered to the Turks
April 28. 1916, after General Townshend
with a British force of some 9000 troops
had withstood a siege since the' pre
vious December.
On April 28. 1916, Major-General
Charles Townshend, commander of the
British forces besieged at Kut-el-Amara
since December, 1915, surren
dered. All guns and munitions were de
stroyed by the British forces before
surrendering. The army included 2700
British and some 6000 Indian troops.
' General Townshend was driven to
surrender to avoid starvation of his
forces. In ' December, 1915, General
Townehend's army had retreated to
Kut-el-Amara after having been de
feated at Cteslphon, 18 miles below
Bagdad.
BERLIN. Feb. 26. (By wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.) According to the offi-
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clal news agency at Constantinople, the
losses of the British in the recent fight
ing along the Tigris exceeded 30,000
men. Several steamships crowded with
wounded British soldiers have been
sent away, the news agency Bays.
GERMANS AND IRISH MEET
Congratulatory Messages Sent by
Ton Ludendorff and Zimmermann.
LONDON. Feb. 26. A dispatch to
Reuter's Telegram Company from Am
sterdam quotes a Berlin message aa
saying:
"The German-Irish League formed
here recently has held its first meet
ing. General von Ludendorff, first
quartermaster-general, and Dr. Alfred
Zimmermann, Secretary of Foreign Af
fairs, sent congratulatory messages.
The league alms at the promotion of
relations between Germany and Ireland
and it will support all enterprises in
this direction."
The Berlin dispatch adds, says the
correspondent, that the formation of
this league at this moment will be
valuable encouragement for an American-Irishman's
league and It will prove
to Irishmen In Ireland that they are
not forgotten In Germany in these
serious times.
Juvenile Band to Be Engaged.
KOSEBURG, Or., Feb. 26. (Special.)
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the strawberry carnival held
here last night It was decided to en
gage the Roseburg Juvenile Band to
furnish music during the festival to
be held here in May. Two other bands
also will be engaged as soon as the
committee can consider the, proposals.
The committee also decided to distrib
ute roses and strawberries among the
passengers on Southern Pacific trains
passing through Roseburg during the
three days of festivities.
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COAST IS ATTACKED
German Destroyers Bombard
Broadstairs and Margate.
WOMAN AND CHILD KILLED
Two Houses Wrecked and Ten Oth
ers Damaged British Destroyer
Engages Enemy bat Escape
Is Made in Darkness.
LONDON, Feb. 26. German destroy
ers bombarded Broadstairs and Mar
gate early this morning. One woman
and one child were killed and two
persons were Injured. Two houses were
damaged. This announcement was
made in the House of Commons today
by Sir Edward Carson, First Lord of
the Admiralty.
The following official account of the
raid was issued by Field Marshal Vis
count French, commander-in-chief of
the home forces:
"Some enemy torpedo-boat destroy
ers approached the Kentish Coast at
11:15 o'clock last night and fired a
number of shells at the unfortified
towns of Broadstairs and Margate." The
fire was continued for about ten min
utes. The material damage caused was
slight. One occupied and one unoccu
pied house were wrecked and about
10 houses were damaged.
"It Is resrretted. however, that one
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woman and one child were killed and
two children were seriously Injured."
Sir Edward Carson said that one of
four British torpedo-boat destroyers on
patrol duty in the English Channel last
night encountered several German de
stroyers and a short engagement en
sued. The British destroyer was not
damaged, though she was under heavy
gun and torpedo fire.
The German vessels were lost sight
of, Carson said, but in the darkness an
other force of German destroyers bom
barded the undefended forts of Broad
stairs and Margate.
British light forces In the vicinity
closed in on the German warships,
which remained only a short time, he
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Margate Is one of the most popular
watering places of England. It is situ
ated on the Isle of Thane t. in the North
Sea. a few miles from the North Fore
land and SO miles southeast of London.
It has a population of about 24.000.
Broadstairs Is also an English wa
tering place, on the east coast of the
Isle of Thanet. It is two miles north
east of Ramsgate and has a population
of about 600. . . .
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