New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
U.S.GOVERNMENT WILL ACT IN PERSIA CASE AS SOON Aa
 FULL FACTS ARE OBTAINE|
Wilson Back in Washington Cancels Cabil Meeting and Holds Conference With Mem
 bers of Foreign Relations Committee
AMERICAN CONSUL McNEELY NOT
 AMONG SURVIVORS AT ALEXANDER

Advises State Department Tha
 the Men Who Were Rescued
 uI-fated British Ship Claim
 Persia Was Torpedoed wig
 Warning.
 Washington, Jan. 4.-Pres8 Wilson arrived here at 7:50 aS today from Hot Springs, Va went immediately to the White to take personal charge of the ton brought about by the sinkiA the British steamer Persia.
 A small crowd had collected aA railroad station to see the presa but he walked quickly by vii noticing greetings.
 Acquainted With Details.
 The White House staff was al at work and the president was! mediately acquainted with deta the crisis which developed whiI vas away on his honeymoon. Al from Secretary Lansing was awsI him.
 Official announcement that theI ernment will act in the newest I of the submarine crisis brought 1 the sinking of the Persia was today at the White House.
 Secretary Tumulty issued this \ ment for the president: "The \ dent and the secretary of statd taking every means possible to o| the full facts in this grave matted will act just as soon as the info| ton is obtained" Cancels Cabinet Meeting.
 In the absence of detailed specific information on which to| the next step, President Wilson celled the cabinet meeting which I to have been held today, but conf with Chairman Stone and some I bers of the senate foreign rela | committee.
 Chairman Stone told the pres I there were intimations that
 senators were preparing to | speeches on the sinking of ships loss of American life. The pres is understood to have simply re that the administration was doiH | it could to protect American Fl Senator Stone told the pres that when the foreign relations
 mittee meets tomorrow he want1 be. prepared to meet any sltu| | that might arise. The senatorI after his talk with the president| until the facts regarding the n were obtained nothing could pc Any nation, he declared, Whlch ~aeed the United States shoull dealt with severely.
 Reads Official Despatches.
 The president instructed Secfl Lansing to bring to the White n any information which came to and then busted himself reading official despatches so far received getting in touch generally witff situation.
 The administration is depeII largely on the inquiries which | bassador Penfield has been instr to make at Vienna and that NI consuls are gathering elsewhera establish the nationality of the marine which is said to have sun Persia and to develop the facts case generally.
 Later Chairman Flood Of the foreign affairs committee, can the White House and conIeFreu President Wilson on the sltuaOio
 Congress Kept Informed.
 White House officials said poti1 senate and the house Woulo p
 informed of all important
 ments in the foreign sltuatloh'
 ab1v through conferences betWeeI 1rasidn,,+ and senate and house
 CTS.
 There was no indication todd H what the prospects were for the
 formally acouainting Bulgaria of it's position on the queE of submarine warfare.
 It was disclosed, however, that
 time ago the complete submarine respondence with Germany was to the American diplomatic repreE tatives in Turkey and Bulgaria also was delivered to the dlploiiS of those two couh in Washington.
 Overshadows Other Matters
 The new crisis resulting from destruction of the Persia shadowed in interest today all oA rhases of the international sltua Not only in official and diplohI circles. but in congressional eirciea well. the latest developments m foreign situation were discussed most to the exclusion of all oI questions. B
 Officials were making every e3 tCday to obtain all the facts beaI
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