The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-04
THE SENATE ADOPTS RESOLU. TION GIVING THE PRESIDENT
 WIDE LATITUDE.
ID PREVENT ARRANGEMENTS
Has Power Under Resolution to With hold Clearance to Any Vessel Sus- pected Of Carrying Supplies to Ship of a Beligerent Nation.

Washington, March 3.-By unani- nous vote the senate a opted a sub sttue for the joint resolution passed earlier in the house enlarging the power of the president to prevent in- Judgements Of American neutrality by vessels leaving ports of the United States with men or supplies for bel Iigerent warships.
 The substitute, framed after con ference at the White House between the president and memebrs of the for eign relations committee, is as fol- lows:
 Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assem- b ed, that, from and after the passage of this resolution and during the ex- istence of a war to which the United States is not party and in ored to prevent the neutrality of the United States is not party and in order to or it's territory, it's ports or it's terrAr torlal waters as the base of operations for the armed forces of belligerent country to the obligations imposed by the law of nations, the treaties to
 which the United States is a party, | or contrary to the statutes of the United States, the president be, and
 he Is hereby outhorized and empow-
 cred to direct the collector of GUS
 toms under the jurisdiction of the | united States to withhold clearance from any vessel of American or for
 eign register or license which he has 1 reasonable ca' to be about to car
 ry fuel, arms, an punltion men or SUD- | plies to any warship or tender or SUD- | ply ship of beligerent nation in vio- alton of the obligations of the United States as neutra natic~. The senate substitute later was agreed to in the house. The resolu- tion now goes to President Wilson for his signature
 Tn case any such vessel of Ameri can register or license shall depart or attempt to depart from the iuris. Uctl0n Of the United States without clearance or any of the purposes above set forth the owner or master or person or persons having charge or command of sucn vessel, shall sever. ally be liable to fine of not less than $2,O0O nor more than $l0.00O or to imprisonment not to exceed two years or both, and in addition such vessel shall be forfeited to the Unit ed States.
 That the president of the United States be, and he is hereby author lzed and empowered to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States as shall be neces. sary to carry out the purposes of ths resolution.
 That the provisions of this resolu- ton shall be deemed to extend to all lands and water, continental or insp- lar within the jurisdiction Of the Unit ed States.
 The substitute eliminates a provis- ion Of the house resolution that would permit suspected vessels to sail under bond with sureties equal to double the value of ship and cargo and rend- ering the owners and master liable to fine and imprisonment for viola. tions Of neutrality 1t also eliminates the provision em- powering the president to direct fed era authorities, to accord the treat ment of vessel of a belligerent in- cluding internment to any vessel of foreign register in or hereafter arriv- ing in port or any territorial wat CTS of the United States when such vessel is acting or preparing to act or attempting to act or intending upon the U. S. to act as a tender to the armed forces of a belligerent or oth- erwise to act in aid of the prosecu- ton of hostilities"