The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-03-02
.FAVORS A
WARNING
TELLS PRESIDENT RESOLUTION
WOULD PASS BY MAJORITY
OF TWO TO ONE.
IF OFFERED At THIS Time
GERMANY HAS SENT No FURTH-
Err ADVICES.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Feb. Do
As Secretary Sansing went to the
cabinet meeting he said absolutely
nothing had been received from Ger
many.
Speaker Clark told the president
that if a resolution of warning such
as the president opposes were forced
to vote in the house now it would
pass by majority of two to one.
A resolution to express the sense
of the senate that any issue affect
ing national honor should be referred
before decision to congress, and that
no ultimatum should be sent to a
foreign power nor severance of dip
lomatic relations be permitted with
out reference to congress, was intro
duced today by Senator Jones, re-
publican, of Washington.
kilograms to congressman from
William Jennings Bryan, supporting
the movement Jfor warning Ameri
cans off armed ships, began arriving
today. Representative Bailey, of
Pennsylvania, received one and plan
ned to read it from the floor
member of the foreign relations COM
mittee, declared in a statement today
that he was in full accord with Pres
ident Wilson's views on the subma'
rine issue as expressed in his letter
to Senator Stone, and that he would
stand by the president.
Senator Stone said today that he
would continue to do all in his
power to prevent open discussion. 1t
was probable that he would confer
with Secretary Lansing.
The report that Germany might
postpone action Senator Stone said
he had heard indirectly. He was in
formed, he said, that it had come tC
house leaders from an official source
but he knew nothing of it person
ally.
II am not going to permit precip.
itation of debate today on this issue
if l can help it," said Senator Stone
The time is not opportune for such
discussion. l see nothing that should
give anybody the jimjams in this
situation
Bryan's Telegram.
Representative Bailey, after con
ference with Majority Leader Kitch
in, however, simply made public the
telegram from w. J. Bryan, which
follows:
81 honestly hope that congress
will speedily pass legislation refus
ing passports to Americans travelling
on belligerent ships; or, still better
refusing clearance to belligerent
ships carrying American passengers
mo owner Of belligerent ships viii
claim that he has the right to safe
guard a contraband cargo with Amer
lean lives and no citizen should bt
permitted to endanger the peace o.
the nation at a time like this. Our;
is the. greatest of the neutral nations
and will probably be the mediator
when the time for mediation comes
It would be crime against civiliza
ton, as well as against our owl
people, to become involved in thi
war and thus loan our army and ma
ny to European monarch to use il
settling his quarrels.
"If congress has the right to de
clare war it certainly has the righ
to promote peace by restraining cit
izens from taking unnecessary risks
A mayor keeps the people of his cit
out of the danger zone during riot
Can our government afford to do les
when the world is in riot?"
THAT is right" Representativ
Bailey quoted Mr.. Kitchin as sayin
when he read the telegram.
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