Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-06
Foreign Affairs Committee a
Unit for Opening HostiIities
Against Austria.
LENGTH OF DEBATE
YET TO BE DECIDED
Unanimous Decision to Act Before
Tomorrow Night-Causes of
War Reviewed.

With a formal report from the
foreign affairs committee the
resolution to declare war on Aus
tria-Hungary was today brought
into the House of Representatives.
There were no dissenting votes
i'll the committee, and, at the re-
quest of Chairman Flood, the
House gave its unanimous con-
sent to take up the resolution to-
morrow at the beginning of the
session and take action before to-
morrow night.
The only question left undecided to-
day was the length of the debate.
Chairman Flood suggested that each
side Of the House take one hour. but
Representative Gil1ett, acting republi-
can leader. objected that that was too
short time for such an important
subject. At the suggestion of Demo-
cratic Leader Kitchin, a decision was
While the House was going through
the preliminaries the Senate foreign
relations committee was in conference
on the war resolution.
The House committees report re-
views at length the causes leading up
to the declaration of war.
Chairman Flood told the House, amid
enthusiastic applause. that the Presi-
dent would ask Congress to declare war
against Turkey and Bulgaria later il he
\
dent and his advisers regarded it un-
wise at this time.
Representative Miller Of Minnesota, the
only member OF the committee who was
disposed to insist on including Turkey
and Bulgaria. told the House he favored
war; on those two countries. but Raa Will
ing to wait. He voted, however, IN favor
Of the resolution when IT was reported
'oe chstSEH a FiSdd ortef,y answering Ren-
resentative Miller, stated that the United
States had not yet broken relations with
Bulgaria: that Bulgarians were not fight
ing against American soldiers, and that
this government had no reason to declare
war on her
The Turks, he stated. had committed
no act of war against the United States
and should not be included in the reso-
luton.
Bulgarians reported in France.
The statement that Bulgarians were
not fighting against Americans was
challenged by Acting Republican Lead
er Gillett, who said he had information
he considered reliable that Bulgarian
officers were fighting with the enemy
on the western front.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Floods
statement the House adjourned until
tomorrow.
Troops Soon to Go to Italy.
The House foreign affairs committees s
report on the war resolution declared
that the United States probably will
soon send troops to Italy.
The report says:
"The depredations on American lives
and rights by Austrian naval forces
have been small compared with those
of Germany, but they have been in
du1ged in to an extent to constitute
war on this country, and this fact,
taken in connection with other acts
of Austria Hungary, has more and
more brought this government into
position where the American people
have realized that she must be includ-
ed with Germany as an enemy"
The report cites the past activities of
the Austrian ambassador and Austrian
consuls. and deals with Austria's posi-
ton as to submarine warfare The
joint declaration is quoted in the re-
port as a declaration of the existence
of state of war between the imperial
and royal Austro- Hungarian govern
ment and the government and people
of the United CfafeSn