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Forty-sixth Year.
lMlly - Kl.-v.-ntti Y;ir.
TO BACK-UP
PRESIDENT
"4 Shocked and Amazed by Revelations
of German Duplicity, Republicans
' Abandon General Filibuster and
Swing Into Line to Give Executive
Support Needed in National Emerq-
ency Full Official Confirmation
of German Plot Given.
WASHINGTON', March 1. Shock
ed and amazed by the revelations of
Germany's attempt to unite .Japan and
Mexico to war upon the Vnitcd
States, congress today Turcot its dif
ferences of opinion and began swing
ing into line behind tho president.
Senate republicans abandoned their
general filibuster and pave demo
cratic leaders assurances of their
support to the president in a national
emergency.
Hn'fhe house, without a roll call and
under special provision for its imme
diate i'ont ideration, 1W vesentattive
Flood's bill to clothe the president
with authority to deal with the Ger
man submarine menace by arming
ships was taken up under an agree
ment for a vote after three hours of
debate.
-s. I'reHideiil Wilson, however,, will in
sist on being empowered to use
"other instrumentalities" as propos
ed in the bill pending in the senate.
Official Confirmation.
1 Full official confirmation of Ger
many's move as revealed bv the As
sociated Press was given at the white
bouse, state department and on the
4 lour of the senate.
.Secretary Lansing, in an official
statement, mnde (dear that the Unit
ed States did nt believe .lapaii had
knowledge of the scheme, or would
tiike part in it. lie also expressed
t-fte confidence of the government that
-Mexico would take no part.
The .Japanese embassy in an offi
cial comment declared that under no
circumstances would Germany's pro
posal be considered bv the Tokio gov
ernment, reiterated the allegiance of
Japnu to the entente alliance and re
affirmed her friendship for the Fnit
ed States.
The niagni tude and astounding
character of Germany proposal
completely overshadowed all other'
Vonsiderntions in the government to-1
day.
Kfiect. Instantaneous.
The of feet of the situation on con
gress was alumst instantaneous. Uo-
publican senators win had been fili
bustering against the proposal to ein-
wnvor the president to arm ships and
use "other instrumentalities,'' to
renl with Germany, began abandoning
their oposition and assured demo-
erotic leaders they would stand be
hind the president.
is. the house, without a roll call, a
special rule was adopted for immedi
ate, consideration of the Flood hill to
clothe the president with authority
and to authorize a bond issue of
$1011.0011,000.
No message or statement of anv
kind will be sent or has been sent bv
this povemmeut to Germany regard
ing the Zinmiernianu instructions, it
was said officially today. As yet of
ficials said there bad been no com
munication between this government
nnd Mexico, but it is probable there
will be.
ARRIVES IN FRANCE
nonDKAfX. March 1. The Am
erican freighter Koihester has arriv
ed at the month of the (ilrondc.
The Horhester and the Orleans
were the first American vessels to
leave the fulled Slates for Europe
after the breach of clisplomatlc rela
tions with Uerinany.
i
am ROCHESTER
MEDFORD
DETAILS OF
BY SENATE
White House Debates Armed Neutral
ity Bill, Senate Requests President
to Send Information Regarding
Zimmermann Note and for Further
News Concerning Activity of Im
perial Government Affecting Rela
tions of U. S. With Other Nations.
WASHINGTON, March 1 Spurred
by the development of the Interna
tional situation, the house today took
up the hilt to clothe the president j
with authority to deal with the (Jor-;
man Huhmnrinc menace under an j
agreement to vote after three bourn;
debate, which was later extended to!
permit all who wished to talk to he
heard.
The statement was made officially
that tho white house stands behind
the hill as drawn in the senate "first
last and all the time,' and does not
approve the house bill in its entirety
because It does not provide the "other
Instrumentalities," Which the presi
dent desires, and proposes to refuse
war Insurance to ships which carry
munitions.
The portions that the administra
tion wants may be inserted on the
floor pf the house, or after th bill
Ki'trt to the senate.
Lodge Resolution.
Tho senate foreign relations com
mittee this afternoon ordered a fa
vorable report on the Lodge resolu
tion after changing only a few words.
The committee, struck out the pro
vision asking the president for infor
mation as to when the "Zimmer
mann" letter came Into possession of
the Pnited States.
As ordered reported by the com
mittee the resolution reads:
"Resolved that the president he re
quested to inform the senate, if not
incompatible with the public interest,
whether the note signed "Zimmer
mann published in tho newspapers
of March 1, inviting Mexico to unite
with Germany and Japan in war
against the I'nited States, is in his
opinion authentic and is in the posses
sion of the government of the I'nited
States and if in his opinion authentic,
to send to the senate any further in
formation In the possession of the
government of the I'nited States rela
tive to any activities of the imperial
German government affecting the in
ternational relations of the United
States."
Resolution Reported.
The resolution will be reported to
the senate this afternoon.
Senator Hitchcock reported the
resolution i:a amended by the toreigu
relations committee to the senate at
three o'clock and asked unanimous
(Continued on Page Six.)
HKItl.lX. March 1. All outward
sisns indicate that the (iernian na
tion Is reconciled completely to any
eventuallly growing out of the loss
of American lives in the sinking of
the steamship I.aronia.
There has Just boon received here
a brief dispatch from Washington to
the effect that the United Slates gov
ernment regards ihe torpedoing of
the liner as an overt act. There are
no Indications, however, of any depar
ture from (lerniany's resolution to
carry on submarine warfare miretarrl
ed. The remarks of Chancellor Von
Itelbmann-llollweg on this subject,
in his adtlress to the rcR-hsUi; yes
terday, have met with seiieral sup
port. The submarine campaign is
inspiring great enthusiasm and Is re
garded as the agency which Is capable
nf forcing the war to a conclusion In
dermal))' favor.
0 ASKED
MIODI'OKD.
GERMAN KAISER. WHOSE
DUPLICITY IS EXPOSED
A
vi
The kaiser hns boeomo a eiuai't'tte
tieml. New piHures of Kaiser Wil
helm arrivinv: in this (Mtuntrv show he
runliiiuaHy nnkes eiMi'ettes. On
hursehaek or m fiml. on the battle
field or al home, he may lie .seen
smoking hi- ei::arette.
AT STAKE STATES
WASHINGTON, March I At the
outset of the house debate over the
Flood resolution, iiileiw interest was
aroused. Kvorv reference o Amer
ica's willinvnc-s in protect the rijiht
of citizen- wherever they hail a riht
to travel was met with a vollcv of np
plauso. "In 1H7H," said Chaii-maii Flood,
''conditions were much a- they are to
day. F.nuland ami France were at
war and Fraii-e w- preying on eom
meree ,-is Gerinanv is today. Many
people in I hi- count rv at lliat time
-aid our ri'jht- should md b. upheld
and that to irliolil ihem wo. Id lead to
war with France. We y;:ve the presi
dent the power, mil' commerce was
protected, our honor vimiicatid and
war wa- averted.
'l!y tin- act," said llepre-ent at i e
Flood, "we niav led be able to aver!
war. If we -honld become involved
in war, however, Ihe passage nf this
bill would be one of the minor can-oof
that direful lc-ult. ll may be nec-es-ary
only lo arm -hips, but if we
mii-t do more the fault i not ours,
(iive the pre-ident thi- power a-keI
and tlie rjuo-lioii of war will be with
Germany. There i- no doubt of the
right of American- In travel, and we
should uphold this right peace fully.
If that canii"! be done, then we will
do it with arms.
"If Germany wore conduct in-j thi
war with the ui-tincf- of humanity,
we miubt take mir chance. cannot
under-tahd how thi- bill can fail to
ua-a. It i- a (pie-tion of American
right-, and when hm-Ii a rpii'stion
arisen in thi- hotce there are no parly
line-."
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UN0CH.WOOO jjP '
JrW? imb
sj
ORKCON. Tlll'K'SDAV.
PROPOSE!) UNION OF JAPAN AMD MEXICO AGAINST U. S.
I Tninir ni nu ni iiiurn mimrvT
Triple Alliance
Thf text of I lie message sent Mexieo liy ienn.inv
is as follows:
" Merlin, .lauuai-y 1!). 1!)17.
"On tlif first of I'Ybninrv we intend Id bcirin suli
niarini' warfare unrest rictod. In spite dI' this, it is
our intention to endeavor to keep neutral tlie I'nited
States of Anieriea.
"If this attempt is not sueeessfnl, we proimse an
lllianee on the followiii!''
sliall make war together and too-ether make peaee.
We shall jrivo ueneral financial snpjiort. and it is un
derstood that' Mexico is to recoiuiucr tlie lost terri
tory in Xew .Mexico, Texas and Arizona. Tlie details
are left to you for settlement. You are instructed to
inform the president .of Mexico of the above as soon
as it is certain lliat there will be an out break of war
with the I'nited States, and surest that the presi
dent of Mexico, mi his own initiative, should com
municate with .lapaii, sucficstino' adherence at once
to this plan; at the same time, offer to mediate be
tween (ierinany and .lapan.
" Please call to the attention of the president of
Mexico that the employment of ruthless submarine
warfare now promises t impel Midland to make
peace in a few months.
(Sisiied) "ZIMMKUMAXX."
E
OF AN ALLIANCE
WASHINGTON, March 1. Am
hassndor Salt) of Japan was inform
ed of Ihe possession of the text ofj
Germany V proposal by this "jovem
menl yesterday atternoon when he!
called at tlie slate department to see
Counsellor I'olk. Officials here ex
pect -Japan will weleoino the oppor
tunity to reiterate her allegiance lo
the entente alliance and thai the oc
easion will he taken as a means of
comcntiliL; rofnlion-. between the fail
ed Stales and Japan.
Tho Japanese embassy madi
the
following comment :
With renPln the alleged German
attempt to induce Japan and Mexico j ItlOltWN, March 1. -German army
to make war upon the I'nited States t headquarters today anounce a volun
made public in the press this morning, j tary and systematic withdrawal of
the Japanese embassy, while lacking !Parts of t ho German advance position?
information as to whether such invita-jon both hanks of tho Ancro, on Ihe
tion ever reached Tokio, desires to ' Frnneo-llelgian front,
slate most emphatically that any in-j The statement reads:
vitntion'of Ihis sort would under no! "On both banks of the Anere sev
eircumslnnces ho enterlainod bv theiCrnl days ago, for special reasons, a
Japanese government, which is in en-jparl of our advance positions wa.s
lire aeeord and elo.-e relations with : voluntarily and systematically evaeu-
uie oilier powers, on account o inr -
mai agreements ami our common,
cause, nnd moreover our good tneml-
snip ou mi' i n i ,-Mnios. wnii-n is
every iiay growing in .-incenl y i:ad
eordialil v."
LONDON, March l.- Th
continued tiic () m-nil of the
the Tigris front throughout
it is announced officially.
Mrili-h
1 ui ks on
Tuesday.
UNI)ON, March I. The remnants
(d the Turkish force- rcircaling from '
Kiit-el-Amara have been shattered ,
oompieloly, acr'oidiii'j lo information'
given out in the liou-e id comntfii-l
today. The Turk-, it was -aid, would j
reach Mavdad only a- a di-ordeily!
tnob. !
. S. SHELLS
WASHINGTON. March I. Great
Mritain ha- wilhdn.u her objection
and made known her permi--ion for
Hadfieid'- Ltd.. an Ffi!:li-ti mnni-
I'ons concern, in cmiiuici won uiiij
I inled States iinvv for a rmor-pieii
i. ii . .1... i i .... i ii' :....). i...,.
oil: sjh:i,s ki i iie i t oiu iu-ijieii
MAttCH 1, 1917
Against America
basis with Mexieo: That we
T
PAH IS, .March t.--- The Clermnns
have already fallen bade behind Ha
pnunie and tho fall of that town 1s
imminent, according to information
from the ; front, which has reached
military circles hero. Tho new tier
man Una is naifl to run nloiiK the
road from Ilupume. to 1'eroano nnd
somo di.stanoe In the roar of the for
mer town.
During their retirement tho Ger
mans have systematically destroyed
their dugouts and provision depots
land rendered their trenches useless.
iuicu anu ine lo'iimse uas ueen piareu
ia anoiiier prepared line. Our move-
i meni remaineu ooneoahMi from tlio
i '-nm . ivc.ii miarn posts. n -ung
weiuiiy, nampereu ins troops, w lilrh
only with hesitation groped forward
e-eiipying without fighting Ihe ni rip
of land which was abandoned by us
and which is lying In ruins. Yield
ing in tin' face of a numerically su
pcrlor atlaeli. as had been ordered,
thes minor detachments inflicted
considerable sanguinary losses upon
tho enemy and up to now have rap-
tiirod 11 orricers and 17 1 men
and
j four machine guns and today
Mill
J dominate, the field in front of
t pOHiliollH."
our
j NKW YORK. Match 1. The ysu-'
i elated I're. today received the fol
lowing cablegram from Mogota, idnui'd
I y ion t ((lomoiaa newspaper.-:
; "The Colombian press, commenting
on the Inderihlie po-l poneiuent of the
j Colomliifin-Arnerleaii treaty, Insists '
. upon tho nerpwlt y of Colombia's
wlthdrawni from Ihe Paii-Amorli an
I union.
I .
W. II. Il.'iinllton anil fim. Slicr
wooil, of 1'iillfurnia. were .Meiironl
vlHllui'H WeilnesdHv iifli'iiioon. Ie;nnir
In the evenliiK fur Knijle Point.
RIBUNE
IK.Lt BLUW YimM AliAINo
UNITED STATES
INSTRUCTIONS OF ZIMMERMAN
At One Sweep, Germany Proiioscd to Weaken Entente Alliance by Defec
tion of Japan, Strike at Entjland's Naval Power by Cutting Off Mexi
can Oil Supply, and Engage Attention of United States by an Invasion
of Japan and Mexico, for Which Mexico Was to Be Rewarded by
Rccoiiiiuerinii Her "Lost Provinces of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
WASIilN'IIToX, Miiivh I. - liclu-lbccn
lion of how (ienniinv. xin'rlini- war
war i
wilh tlu- l iiiled SlnUv-i a the n'Milt
of lift siiliniii tine ; 1 1 1 1 1 : i i 1 1 of nith
hssiio?.s. plutli'il I" unite .Mexico with
.);i);in wilh In
an nttaek on Hut
I nileil Stntcf h:i -lin-eil the enpital
, to il ih)th.
j Meiuhers nl en
! whom have liecn
j President Wil.uii':
:ri'-s, niMiiv tl
lesilatiiiy before
reipie-! for Cult
authority lo de:iX w it li (ieriuuiiv In (he
proent situation, went to I lie eupitol I
today lending itoeuiuenlarv I'videnee
nf lhi inli'iiMic wliii'li i irniii ii'il In uin- !
arale .I:iptni I Yon, her allie-i and a.ld
ill.. I'no.,.1 I., tin. Il-i n.i.
tions whieh (leinn.HV hopes to see
eoiiipici'cd in her dream, of
world
domination.
Proposed i't iple It low.
,- llow tieiHiati.r, contident thai
un"
roslricted submarine warlarc is tl
instriiiiiciit bv which she will brim
,1
Kiiglnnd lo her knee-, propo-cd a
triple blow, i- revealed in a set of
in-1 rucl ions from German Foreign
Mini-dcr immerman to German Min
i-ler 'on Kckha ro1! in Mexico I 'it. v
which was (ransinilted lln'oii-li Count
"on I'ern-torff, late German ambas
sador here.
Al one sweep, (ierinany propo-ed to
weaken the eiilente alliance by the
defection of Japan, strike a crushing
blow al Filmland's naval power by
culling off the vital supply of Mexi
can fuel oil and thoroughly cmjngo
the nttciilioii of the I'nited Slide- bv
:iii iu a-ion, in which Japan was to
be invited Lo join and for which Mex-
ico -hould be rewarded by recomiiier-
iiej her 'lo- provine
Mcvico and Arizona.
Thi- a-toumling
; rl exa-. New
umciil. dated
Merlin. January 111, !M7. eoiitenl-; of ( Germany's a riaouueemeiit thai -he iu-
whieh have for so time been in , tended lo ilbdraw from the Paeifie,
,,ns-es.-ioii of the Failed Stales gov- j Mf, j,.)rt ,,f (lie making of peaee. whs
eminent, shows plainly lliat Gerinanv, carefully planned long ago to uttraet,
while makia- repealed prole-tulinn ' J,ip,m (l (jennauy's -chemes witli the
to the I'nited 'Si ales hal she had no : pro-pci-L iml only id' occupying h-intcalioii-
of resuming her sea earn- ( bu nuin po c. ions in the 1'e.oifie.
paign of rulhle ne-s was ii::k:n llie dding lo her domination of that great
it- execution
its announced,
far in con-id-
; w v r, ()j
it
Jm (( (tV) n(((i
,,,..,(,, ,,,. (...jck-hcc
tlial she
e attack
(M (lo-m bv
; propo-
; with
; Fnile
Mexico
and J:
pan upon the
I Slate
I'l iMrf of Miipticii.! .
To American official- the -lartling
iliselo-nre throw- new li-.'ht on Ger-auiny'-
real attitude P.ward the I'nii
cd State-. It -bow- thai while Ihe
administration ha- been joiug to ut-nto-l
lengths lo avoid an aru'ed cla-h
j with Geitnany. een to the extent of
t repeatedly enduring flagrant viida
I tions of AuiciicMU liglil- on the sea
and bieai'hc- of neutrality on Ameri
can -oil, Germany, with the diplom
acy so -uddenlv revealed bv tli out
break id' Ihe Kuiopcan war, ha- been
n umbel iii the 'nited Stale- unioni:
her eneme-- ami making roi-ion to
nuet -neb a situation.
The document jirv proof of Ger
main's plot to unite Japan ami Mex
ico u'-'ain-t the I nited Slate has
10 DISCUSS PLOT
MDMCii ) I V. Mnivh I. M..-I ..I
Ihe Mivi.-.-iii '..n i.iii I- h.-i - .l.'.liiM-.l
loiliiv lo ili-.-ii-- I Ik- rl Ioi I i.l' (mi -ic.'lnv
to llivohr M.-ii'ii in ji w.ir
Ihe I niliil Shite- exeei lo n v lliiil
th'V itlOllMhl vin-1) fll'orl Wl'rl1 '!lill
iillil lllill Mi'NIi'o vvoillti In' lielllllll.
WEATHER
l ii xim 11 m Ye-iertl:ty -:t;
Minimum Today I I.
no. 'm
REVEALED IN
in I lie liinuls nf the I'nilcil Stales
vcnunciil while
'vei'niiieiil while lieniiau stnU'Hinen
jtiiivo heen iileadimj that. I'lvsideut
j Wilson's aeiinn in lirtwikinsr olT (li
lomatie relaliuns wa.s "hrusn.uo" ami
1,11,1 111111 1111 wm uuormeci or
invaiuneniie ren-otis tor lus net ion,
While the (lerman eliaueellor. Dr. Von
Uelhnmun-llollwet:, was making his
eelehrated speech in the reiehstaj; in
which lie deplored the hrenk and pro
tested that (ierinany had promoted
and cherished tin- friendship f t lit
I'nited States "as Hisiiini'ck pnt it -
irluom from Fiederiek the
'"" ';'
umeiilarv evideneo in
the hands id' oile-inls here sliowod
"'i er nnn, as ilommr an uiiii.-k
'nil I ii I in Ni, s; ,i ii.' in t ii-nt ..ll.
anee.
fleet of Disclosures.
merienh idfieiali- wonder how, in
ihe liglil of these disclo-ures, GenmiLi
ticials will reconcile their (ilea that;
the Failed Stales put an interpreta
tion on the new submarine orders
"no intended by Germany,' with the
organized disabling of German mer-
hant ships in American ports, at a
I
prearranged signal lioni Ihe Gormnn
embassy here some of them even be
fore the break was an accomplished
fact.
American officials are equally in-,
lore-led in knowing what reception
the startling disclosures nu.,.t ju
Germany and what will he Ihe ol'foet
on ihe Gcrumn people if they are per
mitted lo know about them.
The evidences at hniid are that if
' Me
a- Gerinanv snge-ted, com
muuicatcd to Japan the proposal lor
j tlai-k on Ihe l.'niled States, il
' nict wilh a reception in Tokio whioli
' was quite ( irary to what Merlin had .
; .vn,M-icd. ll i- tlion-li! here Hint
'ocean, but of -ctlliiig Ihe long-stand-.
iug friction with the Fnited Stales.
Japan efn-es Itait.
()b-crvcls here believe (hat the
brcakilown of (he srheme, so 1'ar us
Japan wa- concerned, was signalized
when the Mexican government sud
denly reversed it- nllihide am an
nounced that il bad no intention of
! cutting olf the Mriti-h supply of nu
! val fui'l oil, a- had plainly been in
, dicat im! in Oeiterat 1 'a n an.u's pro-'po-,ii
to make peace in F.urope hv
cutting oil export- of food and m un
it ion- from ticul ral-.
A-ide Mom the plan to nlietiate J
pan from ihe entenle and turu that
icounlry a-jain-l tho Fnited States, (he
plot to embroil Mexico in it war
again-l the Fnited States, which wa
.to h;ic jeiieral fiiiiiiieial support
from Germany, commands chief Tit
j tcntioa hecati-c il is regarded as
' proof of long -mouldering suspicious
I of German activilic- lo stir up trou-
( Continued on Pug Six.)
FOR F
'A.-?IIINi;TII, Munll I'rovln.
Ion for Inn, nun tor (In- federal irailti
roiiitulssinn's Invi'stluittion of the food
n-l.-ds wurt ytriel.en fnnn the sundry
civil hill h' the seiiiiti; npiiroiirinllons
' eoiiitnlltee todn'. Ah ordered report
ed, Ihe hill C'llllli'H $1.111, ous.r,!:!.