Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-12-17
CONGRESS READY
tn CHALLENGE
.. FOREIGN POLICY
Senators Planning Vigorous At
tack Upon Wilson's Atti
tude Toward Teutons.
CITE FAILURE OF
VARIOUS NOTES
Little Accomplished to Prevent
Loss of American Lives
Say Critics.

Washington, Dec. 16.--That the
American people will hold President
Wilson to strict accountability for
the course he has pursued in dealing
with the European belligerents is the
prediction Of number OF senators,
Democrats as well as Republicans,
who are preparing to submit TO the
country an analysis Of the results OF
the administrations foreign policy.
The intention Of these senators be-
came known today in a cloakroom dis
cussion of the Ancona note to Austria
Hungary. The plan is to call the ad.
minstration to book on it's war poll
cies as soon as the Ancona affair is
settled.
The senators who are planning a
vigorous attack on the Presidents for
cign policy include these two counts
in their Indictment:
Mr.. Wilson has failed to stop Brit.
ish deprcdations upon American COM
merce and has tolerated British vio-
lations of international law and Brit
ish breaihes OF American neutrality
TO an extent that brands his admins.
iralion as pro- British.
Although all the belligerents arc
ignoring International law, Mr.. Will
son has singled ont the Teutonic EN-.
pires to hold to "strict accountable
ity" with the result Of impairing pres.
ent and future relations with those
countries, and has pursued a course
which has no. prevented the sacrifices
of $50 american lives up to date.
According to these critics of the adj
ministration, the President. lis entitled
TO no credit for !. Excepting the country
out Of war" for it is evident that the
last thing desired by Germany and
Austria IS trouble with the United
States.' -. - '@-',-- -1 @-
When the war broke out Germany
and the United States were on the
verge tf d clash over Haiti. Germany
demanded participation in the control
of the eHaitien customs revenue for
the protection of German loans to the
negro republic. The United States
refused to accede to the demand on
the ground that such concession
would violate the spirit of the Monroe
doctrine. Germany insisted on it's
contention and informed the United
States that it would understand no
other arrangement"
This was regarded as blunt notice
that Germany intends to take hand
in the affairs of the western hemis-
phere, the American conception of the
withstanding. The outbreak of the
withstanding. The outbreak of the
war. however, averted crisis.
1t is not unlikely that this dispute
will be revived after the war.
The German claim that the United
States has violated neutrality in per-
mitting the expectation Of munitions
to the Allies is not regarded seriosly
by many American statesmen. 1t is
significant, however, that German off,
8cials continue to insist that their gov
ernment will have good ground for
demanding reparation from the Unit
ed States after the war for this alleg-
ed breach of neutrality
0 These Germans have gone so far as
ITO predict that Germany would pre-
sent a bill for 81 s1,OO0,900,O0O against
the United States. They cite numer-
Gus precedents to support their con-
tention.