Arizona republican., 1916-03-02

meeting that the controlling element was anxious to prevent the reporting of any resolution. Chairman Flood went to the meeting with at least three resolutions bearing on the sub lect but he offered none of them.
 All of the members except two democrats were present and discus sion was indulged in freely by demo- crats and republicans alike. Some members said they thought they should have more detailed informa- tion regarding the international situ- ation than had been given them. They said they wanted a clearer exposition of the presidents position; all infor- nation that Secretary Lansing could give them, and whatever documents the executive department had at hand bearing upon the submarine contro- versy, particularly photographic cop ies of the British orders, regarding armed merchantmen. Mir Flood will make an attempt tomorrow. as he has previously done, to obtain these cop ies. In this connection some commit teemen expressed a desire to have Secretary Lansing appear before them
 While the leaders who conferred with President Wilson reported that the president did not ask for an of ficial endorsement of his course but expressly declared that he wished a straight vote on a warning resolution but growing tendency throughout the day seemed to be to do almost any thing else but comply strictly with his request. The most persistent sug- gestiOn, which had the un-q qualified approval of most of those who urged the original warning legislation. was for a resolution combining an expres- sion of faith in the president with a warning to Americans not to endang- CT the government by remaining off armed belligerent ships pending a settlement of the submarine contro- Versy. One of these proposals was widely circulated and had the en- dorsement of Senator Gore and Rep resentative Shaclleford leaders in the agitation in the two houses.
 Staunch champions of the presi- dents course asserted that such a resolution would so confuse the issue as to be wholly unsatisfactory to the administrations that it would in one breath endorse the presidents policy and in the next say that his course was not altogether to the liking of congress.
 During the day a suggestion was considered by senate and house lead ore hot ating a joint committee of the house and senate to confer officially with the president on the issue. Speaker Clark was one of those who made this suggestions in a conference with several representatives and senators.
 Trying to Bluff Wilson?
 LONDON, March Recommending on the new German submarine campaign. the Daily Chronicle remarks that it is certain to create fresh complications between Germany and the United States.
 Germany" says the Chronicle, lis moving heaven and earth to bluff or cajole PBresident Wilson into changing his ground. What Germany hopes to gain by it's propaganda in the United States is not the disarming of allied ships, but the disarming of American opinion whenever an allied ship with Americans aboard is sunk
 Tn congress prO-Germans are lobby ing hard, trying to put their contention in the most favorable light. So far as can be judged, their supporters in con- gress are few, but so long as division | is known to exist and the numerica proportion of. the two camps is unas- certained, the administration cannot conduct its negotiations with unim-
 paired authority. Hence the letter o1 i President Wilson to MT Pou. Presiden
 Wilson has acted wisely, insisting tha
 he must know where he and his coun-
 try stand"