The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-05
AGGRESSIVE ACTION is EX-
PECTED, HOWEVER, AS
THE RESULT OF THE LOSS
OF ONE AMERICAN LIFE.
INVESTIGATION IS NOW ON
Senator Stone Says Members
of the Senate Are Planning to
Speak on the Cubject-A!!
Facts Not Yet Kno m.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-0ffical an
nOuncement that the goverl nent will
act in the newest phase o. the sub
marine crisis brought on by he sink
ing of the Persia was made ioday at
the White House
After brief conference with
President Wilson, Secrtary LE-mnlty
issued the following statement:
"The president and the sec 1tary
of state are taking every mean aos-
sible to obtain the cold facts ir his
grave matter and will act just as
soon as the information is obtained
In the absence of detailed and
specific information on which to base
the next step, President Wilson can
celed the cabinet meeting which was
TO have been held today, but con-
ferred with Chairman Stone and
some members of the senate foreign
relations committee
Chairman Stone told the president
there were intimations that some
senators were preparing to make
speeches on the sinking of ships with
loss of American life. The president
is understood to have simply replied
that the administration was doing all
it could to protect American rights.
The president instructed Secretary
Lansing to bring Immediately to the
White House any new information
which came to hand and then buried
himself reading official dispatches so
far received and getting in touch
generally with the situation.
The administration is depending
largely on the inquiries Ambassador
Penfield has been instructed to make
at Vienna and that which consu's are
gathering elsewhere, to establish the
nationality of the submarine which is
said to have sunk the Persia and to
develop other facts.
Consul General Skinner at London
today advised the state department
that lists of Persia survivors received
there from Alexandria did not in
clude the name of Robert N Nc
Neely, American consul at Alden
Eleven survivors, including Lord Mon
tague, have been landed at Malta, ac-
cording to advices to the state depart
ment from American Consul Keblin-
ger. His dispatch said seven Indians
of the Persias crew had been found
clinging to damaged open boat by
the steamship Hingchow. All the men
said the Persia had ben torpedoed
without warning.
Senator Stone told the President
that when the foreign relations COM
mittee met tomorrow he wanted to
be prepared to meet any situation
that might arise. The senator said aft
er his talk with the president that
until the facts regarding the Persia
were obtained nothing could be done.
ANY nation, he declared, that out
ragged the United States should be
&ealt with severely.
Later Chairman Flood of the house
foreign affairs committee called at
the White House and conferred with
the president.
White House officials said both the
senate and the house would be kept
informed of all important develop
ments in the foreign situation proba-
bly, through conferences between the
president and senate and house lead
ers. although if any drastic action is
taken it is possible that the president
may send a message to congress.
There was no indication today OF
what the prospects were sor the
United States formally acquainting
Bulgaria and Turkey of its position on
submarine warfare. 1t has been pro-
posed that should be done SO that
none of the central powers belliger.
ent could plead lack of official in
formation as Austria did at first in
the Ancona case. The course of the
United States in that regard will be