The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-02
Says Certain Senators and
Members of Received War
IntimatiOnS from Wilson.
STATE OF WAR LIKELY
Wilson Makes Declaration that
Entrance into War Might
Not Be UngratefuI.
tay Gsaoet1TFp PBEsE,

WASHINGTON. March president
Wilson and Representative Mann Of
the House. will discuss the attitude OF
the Republicans on the armed ships
issue Mt O'clock this afternoon at the
presidents request. The president In
tends to place the Issue Slnarely be-
fore the Republicans in nm effort TO
gain their support.
News of the conference aroused
much discussion over whether the ad-
MinistraHOn forces had lost some
ground in the House, which they hoped
to overcome with Republican votes,
or whether the president, considering
the question entirely a nOn.partisan
one. wanted to inform the leaders on
all sides. The latter view was pre-.
dominant.
Senator Gore declared the impell-
ing reason for his course was re-
port that President Wilson had told
certain congressman that a war be-
tween the United States and Ger
many might not be ungr&teful and
nigh result in advancing civilization
by bringing about the end of the
European war"
Senator Stone vehemently denied
1t.
Senator Gore declared -Rtsthe-p peF-
er time he would put squarely before
the Senate whether the sinking Of an
armed merchant vessel by subma-
rine would be considered sufficient
cause for war.
II introduced my resolution be-
cause / was apprehensive we were
heading towards war;" said he. My
act was based on report, which
seemed to me to come from the high
est authority that certain senators
ard members of the House in a con-
ference with the president received
from him the intimatIon, II not the
declaration, that IL Germany insisted
on its position, the United States
would insist upon its and that this
would result PROBABLY IN a breach OF
/. diplomatic relations. and that q
breach of diplomatic relations would
probably be followed by state of
war and that state or war might
not be an evil. might not be migrate
full, might end the war by mid-sum-
lner, and thus might render great
service to civilization. I cannot GER
tify to the truth OF the report. tell
the tale as 1t was told to me. There
were much eXernal and internal
marks OF truth that feared 1t might
be the truth.
IF the senator from Missouri. the
chairman of the foreign relations
committee. will deny 1t that will sat
isfy me. If the senator from Indiana
says 1t is not true will accept that. "
~ do not know why the senator
quoted me-" replied Senator Stone.
i did not quote the senator" said
81 think L should state
that the president never stated
to me nor stated in my hearing that
lie believed or in any way entertained
the thought that war between the
United States and the central powers
would be desirable or would result in
any good or would not be migrate
full"
II have no passion FOR peace, "
Senator Gore responded. II do not
believe all peace honorable or. all
war Is dishonorable, but repat that
what l heard OF the reported CONVEX
sation between the president and the
senator from Missouri was believed
to be founded on fact. because of the
source from which it came to me. ]
was convinced that there must be