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6 THE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAN, TITTTRS1AY. APRIL 5, 1917. U.S.SENATE ADOPTS WAR RESOLUTION Declaration Made That State of War Exists With Ger many by 82 to 6. LANE AGAIN VOTES "NO" House 'W1H Act Today Capitol , Silent "hen Momentous Ques tion Is Carried Stirring Debate Lasts All Day. (Continued From First Page.) of German interests in this country, had been present. Secretary McAdoo was on the floor during the last few hours of the de bate. Applause Is Lacking. As the last name was called and the clerk answered the vote, 82 to 6, there was hardly a murmur of ap plause. -. The great crowd was awed by the solemnity of the occasion and sobered by the speeches they had heard. After the vote was announced the Senate remained in session only a few minutes. The galleries began to empty at once, and the Senators themselves, tired out by the long day, left quickly. The Senate adjourned until noon Friday to await action by the House. Sir Opponents All of "noirn." All six of the Senators who voted against the resolution were members of the group of 12 which defeated the armed neutrality bill at the last ses sion. There was no attempt to filibus ter this time, however, and most of the 18 hours of debate was consumed by champions of the resolution. Of the other six opponents of armed neutrality. Senators Cummins, Klenyon and Klrby voted for the resolution to night. Senators O'Oorman. Clapp and Works, the remaining: three, retired to private life at the end of the last ses sion. 83 Loynl Ones Listed. The vote follows: For the resolution (Democrats) Ashurst, Beckham. Broussard, Cham berlain, Culberson, Fletcher, Gerry, Hardwick, Hitchcock, Hughes, Husting, James, Johnson of South Dakota, Jones of New Mexico, Kendrick, King, Kirby, Lewis, McKeller, Martin. Myers, Over man, Owen, Phelan, Plttman, Pomer ene, Ramsdell, Reed. Robinson, Sauls bury, Shafroth. Sheppard. Shields, Sim mons, Smith of Arizona, Smith of Georgia, Smith of South Carolina, Swanson, Thompson, Trammell, Under wood, Walsh. Williams. Total, 43. Republicans Borah, Brady, Brando gee, Calder. Colt, Cummins. Curtis, Dil lingham, Fall, Fernald, France, Fre llnghuysen, Galllnger, Hale, Harding, Johnson of California, Jones of Wash ington, Kellogg, Kenyon, Knox, Dodge. McCumber, McLean, Nelson, New, Page, Penrose, Poindexter, Sherman, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Sterling, Suther land, Townsend, Wadsworth, Warren, Watson, Weeks, Wolcott. Total, 39. Total for the resolution, 82. Six Fnll to Uphold Flae. Against the resolution (Democrats) Lane, Stone, Vardaman. Total, 3. Republicans Gronna, La Follette, Norris. Total. 3. Total against the resolution, 6. Absent or paired Bankhead. Goff, Gore, Hollis. Newlands, Smith of Mary land, Thomas, Tillman. 8. Of those absent It was announced by various Senators that all except Sena tor Gore of Oklahoma, would have voted for the resolution If present. As to Senator Gore, Senator Reed an nounced merely that he was absent be cause of Illness. House Accepts Senate Bill, In offering the Senate resolution as a. substitute for Its own, the House for eign affairs committee today submit ted a long report reviewing the history of submarine warfare and America's futile protests against It, German In trigues and bomb plots In this coun try, the effort to ally Japan and Mex ico against the United States and the mistreatment of American officials and citizens In Germany. "It Is with the deepest sense of re sponsibility of the momentous results which will follow the passage of this resolution," said the report, "'that your committee reports it to the House, with the recommendation that It be passed German Conduct Assailed. - "The conduct of the imperial Ger man government toward this Govern-? merit, its citizens and its Interests, has been so discourteous, unjust, cruel, barbarous and so lacking In honesty that It has constituted a violation of the course of -conduct which should ob tain between friendly nations. "In addition to this, the German gov ernment is actually making war upon the people ana commerce of this coun- try, and leaves no course open to this Government but to accept its gage of battle and declare that a state of war exists." Two Oppose Report. Only two members of the foreign af fairs committee voted against the re port Representatives Shackelford, of Missouri, Democrat, and Cooper, of Wisconsin, Republican. Representative Briten, of Illinois, Republican, gave notice during the day that he would oppose the resolution In the House and would offer an amend ment to prohibit the use of American troops abroad unless directed by Con gress. Representative London, of New York, Socialist, is ihe only member who has flatly stated his intention to vote against the resolution. Repre sentative Shackelford issued a. state ment, saying: "It Is no dishonor for an Individual or for a government to overlook Injuries which It has re ceived." No Joy, Only Duty, Seen. In a brief opening statement. Senator Hitchcock, in charge of the resolution, said the present was a time for "action, not discussion."' . "The time for discussion has passed, he said. "The President has already stated more clearly, effectively, more conclJsively the reasons which make this grave step necessary. The resolu tion provides for war against the Im perial government. It is framed on the lines of other war resolutions. It 3laces responsibility for the war equarely on the shoulders of the Ger man government, charged with re peated acts of war against the United States. it is also unquestionably a declaration of war. "I ami Impressed with the 10160111117 of the ocaslon. Some may be filled with Joy at the prospect of war. To me It Is depressing and dreadful. The enor mous cost which the people must pay, the great Increase In the cost of living, the enormous burden of taxes the people must bear and the still greater heritage of death, stagger my mind. The awful sacrifice of lives that must follow sickens my heart. I am sure many other Senators feel as I do. "We want no more territory," said Senator Hitchcock. "We will demand no indemnity. We have no historic grudge to settle nor racial antipathy. In this respect we differ from the other countries already involved in this awful struggle. There is pan-Slavism against pan-Germanism. Italy wants back the Trentino; Franc) her lost provinces. Great Britain has German commerce and German colonies almost in her grasp: Russia wants Constanti nople, and Germany, besides her place In the sun, wants to dominate Europe. "We, of all nations, will spend our treasure and our blood and sacrifice our lives without the thought or pos sibility of gain. We are going to war to vindicate our honor and independ ence as a great nation, and In defense of humanity. Such quarrel as we have with Germany is not of our choosing. It was forced upon us, and we did much to avoid it. For nearly three years the President, Congress and the American people have hoped to avoid It. But one desperate act by the Im perial German government has fol lowed another. I do not mean to say Germany has desired war with us. I do not believe that. But the imperial German government has been desperate and has taken desperate chances." American neutrality, the Senator said, had first been shocked by the invasion of Belgium, then the sink ing of the Lusitania almost caused war. He said, however, he did not consider that Germany had violated any pledges she gave after the sinking of the Lusitania because she had express ly reserved the right to revoke that pledge. During Senator Hitchcock's speech. Senator La Follette was absent most of the time, conferring with Senator Gron na and others who are expected to op pose the resolution. Senator Hitchcock said he had hoped armed l eutrality would avert war. "Unfortunately the opposition of the filibuster against that bill resulted in word roing out to trie world that the official branches --f the Government were at loggerheads," he said. "The re sult has been that our rights have been more Imposed upon than ever, more American ships have been sunk, lives of American citizens have been lost. Armed neutrality had passed as an ex pedient against war. President Hud Information. "I have been bitterly opposed to war. I have used my Influence to that end. Even when I knew the people were calling for war and a majority of Con gress overwhelmingly was for it, I sought out the President and begged him to remain longer. If possible, un der the policy of armed neutrality as an expedient for peace. But the Presi dent had Information In his possession which made it impossible. "The country Is ready and Congress Is ready. While the vote has not been recorded, the decision has been made. It Is war. "I cannot vote against war," Sena tor Hitchcock concluded, "without do ing a vain and foolish thing. It would only serve to weaken my country in the face of the enemy and the world when war Is Inevitable. I am ready now to take my place with those who will back up the President for the hon or and protection of the Nation." Senator Hitchcock spoke only about 20 minutes, and was followed by Sen ator Swanson, of Virginia, who said the German government "has repeatedly and grossly violated Its treaty obliga tions to us and wantonly broken sol emn assurances." "The Issue is not peace or war," de clared Senator Swanson. "War has al ready been declared upon us. The Is sue is whether we shall accept war or abject and cowardly submission." . "Teach Lesson" Is Plea. Reciting the sinking of American ships, German plots and outrages In this country. Senator Swanson said the Zlmmermann plot to Incite Mexico against this country "reaches the low est depths of National turpitude." "We have long suspected a disposi tion by Germany to dispute the Monroe Doctrine. Now is the time to teach this mischief-making German govern ment that our territorial sovereignty cannot be made a subject of war bar gaining. "The advocates of peace now would place upon this Nation the slume at a still greater submission. They would endure still greater affronts and suffer still greater submission." Reciting the warnings given to Ger many against ruthless submarine war. Senator Swanson asked if they "were mere empty boasts and bluff or the solemn voice of a resolute people?" "No," he answered. "Congress will not by cowardly action declare that diplomatically we rear and then, re buffed, strike with the gentle hand of a woman." He recited the sinking of various American vessels and Germany's barred-zone decrees as "tyranny and arrogance." "We have almost forgotten the wrongs of the past In the outrages of the present," he continued, asserting that unless American rights are upheld 'Old Glory will be sunk to low depths of shame and humiliation." "What else can Germany do to wage war against us?" he demanded. "Armed neutrality would now be a cowardly makeshift. We cannot avoid war. When the war-mad autocracy that rules Germany has been chastened or overrun, ties of friendship now severed will be reunited. The clock of Na tional patriotism now strikes for each of us in our hour of work and respon sibility." Time Not One for Debate. Senator - Lodge, ranking Republican of the foreign relations committee, spoke after Senator Swanson. "No one is more conscious than I that this is a moment for action and not for debate," said Senator Lodge. "But I wish briefly to state why I support It with the greatest earnestness of which I am capable. "The most momentous power en trusted to Congress by the Constitution is the authority to declare war and never has Congress been called to a more solemn exercise of this great power than at this moment. We have submitted to wrongs and outrages from the central powers of Europe with a long patience. We have borne and foreborne to the very limit of endur ance. Now the Inevitable end Is here and we are about to declare war against Germany. "Speaking for myself, and, I hope, for my associates generally on this side of the chamber, I desire to say that In this crisis and with the coun try at war, party lines will disappear and this disappearance of the party line will, I am confident, not be con fined to the minority. Both Democrats and Republicans must forget party In the presence of a common danger. "We have only a very small Army and we must proceed at once as rap idly as possible to build up a large one fit to defend the country In any emergency. "Our Navy Is strong In certain branches and very weak In others. It must be our business to supply the deficiencies as rapidly as possible. For tunately these deficiencle are of the kind which can be most quickly sup plied. "The President has said that war 'will Involve the most practicable co operation In council and action with the governments now at war with Germany' and as" incident to that the extension to those governments of the most liberal financial credits, in or der that our resources may so far as possible be added to theirs. "I am not only In agreement with LEADER OF PRO-GERMAN FORCES IN SENATE AND SENATOR WHO TORE HIS ARGUMENT TO PIECES. - i - " . 7 - 1 ' , I, 1 1 -i TusWh r?-ttt- IHir it "-'4"" - - 9-8 S this policy advised by the President, but It seems to me that nothing Is more important than to follow it out. "I am a thorough believer in the gen eral policy laid down by Washington when he advised the people of the United States not to enter into per manent alliances; but the man who won the American Revolution through the alliance with France would have been the last to lay down a hard and fast rule that under no circumstances and for no purposes were we ever to ally ourselves with other nations. It would be madness for us to attempt to make war alone upon Germany and find our selves, perhaps, at the end left isolated at war with that power, when all the nations had made peace, because we had not associated ourselves with them. The allies of the entente, as they are called, are fighting a common foe, and tneir foe is now ours. We cannot send an army across the ocean, for we have no army to send. Yet I should be glad for one If we could send 10,000 men of our regular troops, so that the flag of the United States might at least be un furled In the fields of France. I be lieve that the mere sight of that flag In that region made so desolate by war would stimulate the courage and help the success of those who have the same aim that we have and who seek the same victory. We can also help the allies, as the President recommends, with large credits and with those sup plies we can furnish and which they lack. We cannot do more in any di rection to bring this war to a speedy end than to give the credits and fur nish those supplies." Moot. Germans Thought Loyal. Senator Lodge, referring to the Pres ident's statement concerning German spies In this country, said he believed "the overwhelming mass of our citizens of German descent are Just as loyal to the United States as any citizens could i be," but that German agents mast be dealt with, to quote the President's address, "with a firm hand." Senator Lodge said one of the first acts of the United States should be to seize the German ships now in the United States and put that tonnage In the world's service. "We never have been a military na tion." Mr. Lodge continued. "We are not prepared for war in the modern sense, but our resources are vast and we have unbounded energies and the day when war is declared we should devote ourselves to calling out these resources and organizing these energies bo that they can be used with the most effect In hastening the complete vic tory. "The worst of all wars Is a feeble war. War Is too awful to be entered upon half-heartedly. If we fight at all we must fight for all we are worth. It must be no weak, hesitating war. The most merciful war is that which is most vigorously waged and which comes most quickly to an end. "But there are, in my opinion, some things worse for a nation than war. National degeneracy is worse; national cowardice is worse. The division of our people Into race groups, striving to direct the course of the United States in the Interests of some other country when we should have but one alliance, one hope and one tradition all these dangers have been gathering about us and darkening the horizon during the last three years. Whatever suffering and misery war may bring. It will at least sweep these foul thJngs away. It will unify us into oneVs'a- tlon. War Is for Human Freedom. "But there Is still a higher purpose here as I look upon It. The President has said with great Justice that Ger many Is making war on all nations. We do not enter upon this war to se cure victory for one nation against another. Wo enter this war to unite with those who are fighting the com mon foe in order to preserve human freedom, democracy and modern civi lization. They are all in grievous peril, they are all threatened. This war is a war, as I see it, against barbarism panoplied In all the devices for de struction of human life which science, beneficent science, can bring forth. We are resisting an effort to thrust mankind back to forms of government, to political creeds and methods of con quest which we had hoped had disap peared forever from the world." Senator Vardaman, of Mississippi, said he wished he could vote with the majority of his colleagues, but that he "must follow the path of duty" as he sees It. Some spectators got up and left the gallaries as Vardaman spoke, and he Interjected he did not care whether they remained or not. "The atmosphere enveloping this Capitol for the past year." Vardaman continued, "has been surcharged with the spirit of prejudice, hate and love, all good; and bad passions, until men have lost their bearings and their poise. "If the Issue of war or peace should be submitted to the people who must fight the war," he said, "the voice of the people would be heard thunder ous tones directing the President to find some other way than war. "I am not going, to vote for this resolution," said Vardaman. "But I am not going to delay or interfere with its passage." Once in the war, he said, he would support the President. Another vigorous speech In opposi tion to the war resolution was by Sen ator Norris, of Nebraska, who charged that "Wall street" and others of wealth were Interested In profits and also that J newspapers and news agencies have 2 if" ' ' - I Top Senator John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi. Below Sena tor La Fol lette, of Wisconsin. been In a propaganda to foster war sentiment. "I am most emphatically and sin cerely opposed to taking any step that will force this country into the useless and senseless war," said Senator Nor ris. "But I shall not permit my feelings to Interfere with bringing success and victory to American arms." Norris cited loans to the allies as a huge American Interest in the war's outcome. "Through these Instrumentalities and of others who expected to make mil lions more if our country can be drawn In, a large number of the great news papers and news agencies of the coun try have been controlled and enlisted in the greatest propaganda that the world has ever known to manufacture sentiment Into war. "The enormous profits of munitions manufacturers, stock brokers and bond dealers must still be further Increased. Congress, urged by the President and backed by artificial sentiment. Is about to engulf our country In the greatest holocaust the world has ever known. Dollar Sign on Flag Is Charged. "We are going Into war upon com mand of gold." Norris continued. "We are about to do the bidding of wealth's terrible mandate, make millions of our countrymen suffer, untold generations bear burdens and shed their llfeblood and all because we want to preserve our commercial rights to deliver muni tions to the belligerents. I feel we are about to put the dollar sign on the American flag." Senator Norris concluded by predict ing that the conflict would take Amer ica Into entanglements that will not end with this war. Senator Reed, Democrat of Missouri, replied to Senator Norris by declaring that his charge that the war resolution was placing the dollar sign on the Am erican flag was "almost treason." His assertion that the nation was go ing to war on the demand of gold was "an Indictment of the President of the United States, an Indictment of Con gress, of the American people and of the truth." Senator Norris, Reed declared, was a man so blinded by his obsessions "that all that Is necessary to get him to take a false vision Is to suggest that some wealth or Interest, however re mote or contingent, is concerned in something or will make profits from something." The President Is not calling America to arms for the sake of a few paltry dollars. Senator Reed continued, but for the life, honor and Integrity of this country to say that neutral nations shall not be crushed under the iron heel of that military despotism that threatens the life and civilization of free countries and. In fact, the world. Hisses Brine Warnings. Senator James, Williams and Pome rene Joined In a sharp tilt with the Nebraska Senator at which spectators laughed and applauded. Some hissed statements by Senator Norris and were warned against demonstrations. When Senator Reed said the Nebraska Senator owed It to the country to make clear his "dollar mark" statement. Sen ator Norris replied he could not help wrong constructions being placed upon his words and disclaimed any reflection upon the President or Congress. Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, Inter rupted by saying about 300 Americans, including women and children, had been killed by submarine warfare. - "How many more does the Senator want to see killed before he Is ready to defend our citizens and their rights?" demanded the Ohio Senator. "If any government were seeking out Americans with intent to kill them be cause they were Americans." said Sen ator Norris, "I would go to war when the first one was killed. That has not been the case here either with those killed by British mines or German sub marines. In Mexico more than 300 have been killed because they 'were Ameri cans and that was all right?" "I think," replied Mr. Pomerene, "Senators will distinguish between the actions of a responsible government and one that Is Irresponsible." Stone Opposition Continued. Senator Stone, in opposing the reso lution, said: "I fear that involving the United States in this European war will com mit the greatest National blunder of history. I shall vote against commit ting this mistake to prevent which I would gladly lay down my life. "But If the constituted powers ''of my Government shall decide- for war and we go into the war, then I shall cast all doubts and foreboding to the winds and my eyes will be blind to everything .but the flag of my country and my ears will be deaf to every call except the call of my country In Its hour of periL" Senator McCumber, Republican, pro posed to postpone recognition of a state of war by a resolution to declare the future sinking of any American ship without warning or failure to take care of American passengers or other violations of international law an act of war and authorize the President to use the military forces of the country to carry the war to a successful termi nation. I Senator McCumber said "a very con siderable portion of the people" do not favor war. "If this last effort of mine." he con cluded, "shall fall. I shall acquiesce in the Judgment of the majority and sup port my Government In Its every war need, and shall never vote to sheath the sword until peace, honorable and just shall be restored." Senator Myers, of Montana, said: "We can maintain peace no longer and maintain our honor and our rights. There is one of two courses submit or fight. The question Is, shall we take orders from the German government? If we do not accept Germany's defiant challenge, then the men who fought at Bunker Hill will have died in vain to establish a Nation too degenerate or too cowardly to survive." Letter From Woman Read. Senator LaFollette began his speech by reading a letter to Representative Helgesen. of North Dakota, from a North Dakota woman, protesting in be half of her son against the slaughter of war. The Wisconsin Senator was given close attention. "I had supposed until recently," said the Senator, as he concluded the let ter, "that It was the duty of Senators and representatives to vote and act their convictions on questions coming before them. Quite another doctrine has been proposed by the newspapers of the country. It Is doctrine of stand ing behind the President without In quiry as to whether he Is right or wrong. "I have never subscr'bed to that doc trine and I never shall. I have stood behind him when I believed him right and I shall continue to oppose him when I believe him wrong. "If It Is Important for us to speak on matters of domestio policy, though we may unfortunately be in disagreement, it Is infinitely more Important to speak and vote our conviction when the ques tion Is one of peace or war. Involving certainly the lives and fortunes of our people, and it may be the destinies of all of them and even of the civilized world as welL" The Wisconsin Senator referred to the President's speech to Congress and when he severed relations with Ger many the one asking for armed neu trality. He said conditions between this country and Germany have not changed greatly since the diplomatic break. Chsrse "Wilful" Resented. Declaring he became convinced that arming of merchantmen would be futile and a "lure to their destruction," Sen ator LaFollette spoke of how he had been criticised by the Executive for op posing the armed-ship bill. The Presi dent's daughter. Mrs. McAdoo, listened from the gallery. "Representatives of the President saw fit. by methods I do not care to characterize, to prevent my speaking," the Senator said. "The President Is sued a statement In which he saw fit to characterize 'willful' the conduct of Senators who. In obedience to their con victions and oaths of office, opposed the bill. I know of no graver charge." Senator La Follette read a sheaf of telegrams reporting "straw vote," post card and other polls In various com munities opposing war. He declared out of 15,000 or 20,000 letters and telegrams he had received regarding his vote on the armed ship bill, from 80 to 90 per cent had approved his stand. The Sen ators who opposed the armed neutrality bill had been attacked and "scurrllous ly libeled" in the newspapers, he de clared, contrary to the spirit of fairness which once pervaded the Nation. Asserting that a minority frequently Is able to shape the National policy. Senator La Follette digressed from his prepared speech to make a plea that the people make themselves heard. "The poor, who are called to rot in the trenches," he declared dramatically, "have now no organized mouthpiece. They have no press, but some time they will be heard. I hope. In an orderly and peaceful way and before long, when If we take this step prices of necessaries will multiply and they will come to be taxed double again and again. The peo ple will be heard; they will have their say." Charge of Unfairness Made. The Wisconsin Senator referred to the President's statement that Ger many had violated her submarine pledges and continued: "Her promise, so-called, was condi tional upon England being brought to obedience of international law. Was It quite fair to lay before the country the statement that Germany made an un conditional promise and had deliberate ly violated It? "It was England not Germany who refused to obey the Declaration of London, containing the most humane Ideas of naval warfare which could be framed by the civilised world up to that time. Keep that In mind. "If this Is war upon all mankind, la It not peoullar that the United States Is the only Nation of all neutrals which regards It necessary to declare war upon Germany? All have refused to join In a combination against Ger many. Some may have a clearer view than we. This suspicion of a desire for war profits does not attach to them." Senator La Follette said the United States has not the confidence of the other American republics because of its war policies. He predicteed that en trance of the United States would not shorten the conflict, ."but will vastly extend it by drawing in other nations." It is idle, he declared, to talk of a war on the German government and not on the German people. "We are leagued," he continued, "or about to be, according to the Presi dent's speech, with the hereditary ene mies of the German people. Words are not strong enough to protest against a combination with the entente allies which would have us indorse the viola tions of International law by Great Britain and her purpose to wreak ven geance on the German people. We did not know what was In the minds of those who made the compacts In which we are to share." Referring to the President's asser tion that the German people were' thrown Into the war without an oppor tunity to say- anything about It, the Senator asked: "Will the supporters of this war bill have a vote on it before it goes into effect? Unless they do that It 111 be comes us to speak of Germany. . Sub mit this question to the people. By a vote of 10 to 1 they would register their declaration against war." The German people, he declared, have been more solidly behind their govern ment than the people of the United States will be behind the President In waging a war on Germany. "The espionage bill and the military bill that have been drawn by the war machine In this country," he said, "are complete proof that those responsible know that it has not popular support. The armies necessary to be raised to aid the entente allies cannot be raised by voluntary enlistment.'' Praising the character and services ef German-Americans In this country. Senator La Follette said they now are being "dogged by secret service men." He denied that any one government is responsible for the war, saying it was caused by European secret diplomacy, and citing the Anglo-Morocco secret treaty as "the most reprehensible, dis honest and perjured of records." "England first began the ruthless naval warfare," he charged, "by re pudiating the declaration of London." Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, in terrupted to suggest that England did F G to for the Easter Suit, Hat Shirt and Scarf Chesterfield Suits for Men and Young Men in style and quality to please the good dresser. Suits priced $20 and up to $40. Latest Spring style Hats. Stetson, Schoble and Borsa lino Italian Hats $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00. Fine Easter Scarfs 50 to $3.50. Most beautiful Madras, Flannel and Silk Shirts priced $1.50 to $10.00. All up-to-the-minute ideas of fashion are found here best in quality, rightly priced. Store of Style . M. Corner Washington and West Park not ratify the declaration. Senator La Follette replied that British represen tatives signed It. and Senator Stone said England had not actually reject ed it. "It has pleased those who have been conducting this campaign through the press (for war) to make a Jumble of issues'contlnued Senator La Follette, "until now It Is impossible to get an Intelligent answer regarding the real issues. They say Americans -are being killed by German submarines. Wo have not a leg to stand on In support of this war declaration." "That the United States did not pro test more vigorously against the Brit ish mine field blockade was the Ad ministration's great mistake." the Sen ator said, "and the real and primary cause-of an American war declaration.' "We have wallowed in the mire at the feet of Great Britain and submit ted in silence to her dictation." he continued. "Because we acquiesce, wo have a legal and moral responsibility to Germany. . Thus we have been actively aiding her enemy in starving German women, children and old men. Germany waits three long months for this Government to protest. In prin ciple, therefore, Germany had the right blindly to destroy ships by submarines and mines In her own blockade zone. Germany Is doing only what England is doing. Germany Called Patient. "Germany has been patient with us, standing strictly on her rights to be accorded the same treatment as Eng land by us." When Senator La Follette concluded he had been speaking, mora than three hours. Senator Williams, of Mississip pi, arose Immediately to reply. "The speech of the Wisconsin Sen ator would better have become Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg than an Ameri can Senator," said Senator Williams. "In fact, he had gone further than Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg would ever have gone. Bethmann-Hollweg said the use of the submarine could be justified only on the ground of neces sity, the Senator from Wisconsin puts it on the same footing as Great . Brit ain's interference with our commerce. "I fully expected the Senator from Wisconsin, before he took his seat, to defend the invasion of Belgium, the most barbarous act ever committed. I heard from him a speech that was pro German. pro-Goth, pro-Vandal, and which was anti-President, anti-Congress and anti-American. "While pronouncing an eulogy on the German people he might have eulo gized a very much greater, better and more Intelligent people the Amerioan. His speech was exactly what might have been delivered In the German Reichstag by Bethmann-Hollweg. If Bethmann-Hollweg had the audacity. But Bethmann-Hollweg had too much sense, to much knowledge to make that speech." La Follette Leaves Chamber. At this point Senator La Follette left the Chamber, but remained in the cloakroom awhile, within hearing dis tance. Continuing. Senator Williams aald he heard in Imagination the groans of men, women and children sent to wa tery graves by German submarines. -"But the Senator from Wisconsin hears none of them," said the Missis sippi Senator. "I have loved the Wis consin Senator In a way. until recent ly, but I have no patience with any man who stands up in the Senate at this time applauding the common ene my who also Is the enemy of the hu man race, and has rot one word in praise of the American President or the American people. "If the American people can't be aroused now in patriotic fervor they are degenerate sons of noble sires. We are involved in this war now. but not by Congress; Involved by the German Kaiser. I Join the President in ex pressing no hostility against the Ger man people themselves.. I have lived among them two years. "The Senator from Wisconsin la bored to establish an identity of pur pose and action In the violations of our neutral rights of Great Britain and Germany. He proved he did not know the difference between a prize court and a torpedo. Great Britain has drowned none of our citizens. Need of Alliance Cited. "I am a little tired of utterances like that of the Senator from Wiscon sin denouncing the entente allies. He endeavors to twist the British lion's talL Demagogues have been doing that ever since the revolution, but it Is a matter of history that most of the people of England were against the war on the colonies. "Which would you rather do, fight Germany now, with France and Great Britain and Russia, or fight her alone later? You've got to do one or the other. I tell you if Germany does win that fight on the continent of Europe she will begin building and getting ready to whip us unless the English fleet prevents It." Referring to the Wisconsin Senator's statement that the United States has nothing to lose, no mater which wins the war. Senator Williams sad: "Let's see. Have we no honor, no regard for the future sovereignty of our country, no regard to pur flag? Is sentiment rot, is patriotism rot. is there nothng preeous except money? i "I'm getting tired of this talk that luray s and Quality GRAY IUM.'JIH!SJI,1 this Is a Wall street war. That's a lie. Wall street did not sink the Lusitania. the Arabic, the Sussex, and those other ships. I'm tired of lies like that, and I think it Is the duty of the American Congress and people to brand them as lies." , Turkish Rule Asuailed. Senator Williams said the resolution did not propose that the United States enter the war, but that it go into an American war to protect American rights, and for the sake of honor. Jus tice, safety, liberty and equality. Once at war, he declared, the United States should stay until it became assured that the houses of Hohenzollern and Hamburg would no longer reign In Germany and Austria, and that the Turk would be forced back Into Asia. Senator Husting, Senator La Fol lette's Wisconsin colleague, said that while every Senator had a mind of his own and spoke on his own convictions in times of this kind, the conduct of in ternational atfairs must be in the hand of one man. He said that he believed that if the question of "peace or war" were submitted" to the people it would be voted down. "That," he added, "Is not the ques tion. The question is. shall the people of the United States support the Presi dent and Congress of the United States in whatever course they deem wisett and safest? I want to say that if the question were submitted to the people they would sustain the President and Congress overwhelmingly. "I would not ko on record as saying the people of my state would be dis loyal and they would be disloyal if (Concluded on Paee l. Column 1.) CAN'T FIND DANDRUFF Every bit of dandruff disappears after one or two ap - .cations of Oanderine rubbed well into the scalp with the fin ger tips. 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