Arizona republican., 1916-03-03
Administration Forces Se- cure Pledges to Kill Plan to Warn Americans Off Armed Ships of European : Belligerents
SENATOR LODGE
 LENDS SUPPORT
Approves Determination of President to Secure to ! Americans Rights on High Seas; Williams Denounces Wilson's Opponents
Republican A. P. Leased Wirel

WASHINGTON, March 2-Out of a days developments in President Will sons fight with congress. crowded to the utmost with elements of sensa = tional and dramatic, the administra- tion forces in the senate tonight emerged with pledges of enough votes to kill, once and for all Senator Cores resolution to warn Americans off armed ships of the European bellig- erents, and demonstrate that congress stands behind the president in his nego- tiations with Germany.
 Action in the senate, it is believed. will be followed promptly by stiflins of sentiment in the house against the presidents foreign policy.
 In one of tke greatest non partisan debates the senate has seen in years. Chairman Stone of the foreign rela- tions committee declared he was not in accord with the president; Senator Lodge, the ranking republican. pledged his support to the presidents deter . imitation to secure to Americans their rights on the high seas, and Senator John Sharp Williams, just from sick bed, delivered a whitening denuncia- tion of the presidents opponents.
 The senate adjourned until tomor- row at il o'clock, when the adminis- tration leaders plan to bring up the Gore resolution and table it. disposing of it finally. as an embarrassment to the president in his conduct of diplO- matic negotiations with Germany They have found that not more than them.
 In the house where the president was faced with further delay. the promise of administration victory in the senate gave signs of breaking up the opposition, and the leaders were confident tonight of similar action there.
 While the senate debated, there came news to the state department from Berlin which convinced officials that the dissension in congress was being used deliberately to weaken the presi- dents hand in Germany.
 Confidential advices state that re- ports circulated in the German capital as having come from Washington, de- dared that congress stood five to one against the president
 Out of the senate debate came a turn which for the moment threatened tC cVershadow the real features of the contest and probably disclose the basis for the agitation at the capitol
 Senator Gore, while the senate sat 1T amaZement related a story that Pres ldent Wilson, at his conference witt congressional leaders c week ago, has heen declared that Germanys insist ence on her position in the submarine controversy probably would result 1T a breach of diplomatic relations; tha a breach probably would be followed by war. and that "a state of war nigh not be of itself and of necessity ar evil to this republic. but that the United States by entering upon war now nigh be able to bring it to a conclusion bJ midsummer and thus render a grea service to civilization"
 Senator Gore claimed he did no say the story was true, but that i came to him with such a concurrence of testimony and such marks of truti that he did not feel that he could dis