Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-28
Floyd Bill Favorably Re-
ported With Minor
Amendments.
AUTHORITY TO REPEL
UNLAWFUL ATTACKS
Bill Provides $4,000 Bond Issue to
Finance Defense Of Shipping and
Citizens Who, Sail Seas - Officially
Established That American Ship Ly-
man Law Was Not Sunk by Aus.
trian subm marins.

Washington, Feb: 2s.-The house for
eign affairs committee today reporte
the Floyd bill designed to give th
president power to protect the lives o
Americans and American ships afte
striking out the words "other instru
mentalities" and amending the meas
ure to prohibit government war insur.
ance for ships carrying munitions O
war.
AS reported by the house committe'
.he bill would read:
1.-The president OF the United
States be and Is hereby authorized
and is empowered to supply mer-
chant ships, the property Of citi-
Il zens of the United States. and
bearing registry Of the United
States, with defensive arms and
also with the necessary ammuni-
ton and means of making use Of
them in defense against unlawful
attack; and he be and is hereby
authorized and empowered to pro-
tect such ships and citizens of the
United States against unlawful at
tack while in their lawful pursuit
on the high seas"
The bill would provide a 800 900 900
bond issue and authorize the president
to transfer some Of the funds to the
war risk insurance bureau, but contains
this phrase:
said bureau of war risk insur-
ance shall not Insure any arms or
ammunition or. any vessel carrying
arms or ammunition consigned to
belligerent countries or any citi-
rs zen thereof"
Mr.. FLOYD said this provision would
INIT 4 hA Arning and prptection ef
munitio ships hut would not be
granting them insurance. The United
States holds that munitions ships are
>protected by international law.
To Kill Minority Report.
No record of the vote in committee
was kept but Chairman Flood said he
thought it was II to 4. Other members
said seven voted against it. At any rate
five committeeman announced they
would file minority reports. They were
Shackeford, democrat, OF Missouri; i;
Cooper, republican, Wisconsin; Hud-
dleston, democrat, Alabama; Porter,
republican, Pennsylvania, and Thomp-
son, democrat, Oklahoma. Chairman
Flood will report the bill to the house
tomorrow.
Senate Waits House Action.
That the senate will take no action on
i. q.
house has passed the measure. practt-
cally was assured today after,a confer
epce between Senator stone, chairman
of the foreign relations committee. and
Renublican Leader Mann. Of the house.
sh;n .u, sunk bv c.rm.n.
s, u hos been officiallv esta blished that
ne American, sailing schooner 1.vr,on
~ SIaw was not snnk nv an Ans+ro-
I5u,iea rio,, submarine
n had been nres.,med that tho Tow
,vos dasfroved bv an Austr,.n -
noar;na hacanse sha was baltad -, har
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l. was tboneht there wars no narn.a =,
n. .boat. Tha s,,hmar,no .ho,..,a -
marks ~ identity ana Il ;s nou 49,
.n,,,ed that che was German ~ no.-
sih1v Tur,r;.h ~
Amhassafor pent7a,d a. v,.,.
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smnL ancorsina - nrs,c,o, d,snatohes 80
~ hoas,, So q. has
..hau ara pras;dant M;,aoS unus1 es
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e S - tne s.nA
s..s ..s.',, =. .n N, -" as .sesness WHICH
,1' /. - 1Soiee.alio. -IM
@ "ens.
q, ny Solhs'' =. 80, = Ae. .ease 70.
uAy assue1 an appeai 70 tne people OF
tns on,seo states 10 snow every con-
siueration IN the present situation to
ailens resident or this country.
Ine presence mere OF perhaps s.000,-
'O0O aliens, y deeply and soberly to be
weights, not only in~our interests but
their own, says the statement. EN-
phasizing anew our doctrines Of toler-
ance and personal liberty, of holding all
nv their nwn acts thav shNu nroyo tho