The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-24
While Germany Sleeps liz
Hands In Blood. America
Will Make Ready to Halt Il
NAVY ORDERS ALL
! SPEED In RECRUITING
Men Will Be Enlisted For Pres
cnt Emergency. Subject to.
Release When Normal Com
ditions Prevail
tB, +. II, SARTWtII Inter- atiOnal
News service Correspondent

News service Correspondent ~
Washington. March 23.--Prt sident
w son and his cabinet today decided
to wait for congress before making
AIRY definite move against Germany.4s
lnicSs further submarine aggressions
absolutely force the United states to
act Preparedness was made the chief
! 1uty OF every department of the gov
eminent after the president and hia
advisers reviewed the tangled inter-
national situation, and looked over
. the preparations already ordered. IL
was decided to make every en- ieavor
I, 10 mobilize all OF the resources. men,
money and industry, behind the prcsi-
Tent. and TO have these resources
'eady for instant use when congress-
convenes
Meantime the attitude OF the ad-
ADMINISTRATION Will wait upon the ue-s
velopments in the zone of DEATH and
, destruc ion where ship afte- ship Of
tho American merchant marine sanH
gone down unwa,ned Unless Ger
many's submarine activities foccs this
'orntry into active warfare, NJ mpgcT
win he made until the dires.. rep-a
resentatives of the american peoptaaa
in congress assembled after ApIsi .YM
! decide on the course which The na-S
ttoH must take.
Tonight the congre ssional leaders. II
with Speaker Cha;ap Clark, Of tito
house, at their heal began TO arrive II
in Washington fo' the most mo-
meutous session u more than 49,
century, and they were prepared to \
go to any lengths to hack up the \
president in his fight for American
rights at sea,
Calmly and in grim silence the adj
ts,4 s.E.
. fetal detailed report Of the death OF
t:enty- one men % the crew OF the
American tanker Eealdtoa. The
Healdton was SUNK without warning
/ almost within sighr of the raL.rAl 4
tshCre:s of Holland. ty r. submarines
hat made no effort to aid the crew
- escape dealt, Officially the only
effect OF the Heailton report was "a
acrentuate the wholesale drive for
complete preparedness which the ads
jn!tistrstion has begun. There was
I no Npression Of formal regrets thcra
q was no expression of surprise. But
! rom the White House To Capitol hill,
6 fficial Washington sets It's jaw with
grim determination to make readyS
FOR the apparently inevitable struggles
+ 10 aVepge the men who went down to Il
heir death in the peaceful pursuit Of
! = mericen commercial life.
Reports Results Achieved.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels lafda
before the cabinet meeting today his
report of what has been accomplishing
and what has been planned to makes
the nations first line of defense ready.
for the impending struggle. 1t waas
| brief and to the point, and 1t placc4#
squarely before the president and his
advisers the need for speed in nava1s
construction and In the enlistment Of
I -
Secretary Daniels left the White HOUSE,
with all of the authority that the ex@s
ecutive branch Of the government cam
give him, to hasten naval prepareAS3
ness. When congress convenes ~
week from next Monday il will md
the navy ready to move at a momentsus
notice. S
Secretary of War Baker likewiloss
submitted his plans for army actiyttyH
and the whole cabinet went over llks
detail the need for men to guard th&@
cities of the Atlantic coast, and o.
the whole country, not only from IT.
lacks from without but from CON-
spiracies which might endanger the
vital points of the nations life Other
members of he cabinet. particularly
Secretary of Commerce Redfield and
Secretary of Labor Wilson, went Ov4y
1.-THE matters in their departments
which will aid in mobilizing the WHOM
power OF the nation for instant U.S.
All of the presidents advisers MN
begin work at once on estimates o&&
needed appropriations, and neceasaY
legislative enactments. which will A(&
asked for when the extraordinary s11
sion of congress convenes. *&
Pcnfield Ready to Leave.
The cabinet went over the ,AustriA1fS
situation in detail, hut no announces
ment was forthcoming as to wh4l
action was contemplated. Tonigl&Ia
| h viewer there was a general feelinf
that Ambassador Penfield at vienn1
and his staff, We're prepared to leav1
the dual monarchy at a moments net
tice. The situation of the thousan
or more American refugees held III
at Beirut in Asia Minor also agitak42
the administration. and 1t was statu
that peremptory demand for the E0
lief OF these refugees would be fo3
warded to Turkey within short tin1
The state department has exerted Nvae3
effort to relieve these refugees IN
the Turkish government has 70 ri
failed to secure safe conducts throUu
the Mediterranean barred zone for
cruiser Des Moines and the c0Ilt
Caesar. loaded with supplies and 49,
Ito remove the refugees. q
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