Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-02
Presidents Request for Author.
ity Believed Sure to Stir
Up Fight Backed
by Pacifists.
PREPARATION GOES AHEAD
More Ships Defy Subs, Stand.
ard Oil Steamer Being
Among Those to Sail,
Despite Warning.

Washington, d. c., Feb. 49,
President Wilson is expected to go
before congress this week to set
forth the German situation and tho
German act of invasion of Ameril
can rights, and ask authority to
protect life and property on the
high seas better. A controversy
will be aroused over any attempt
to get such q resolution as is
wanted passed. Bryan men and
p%aciists, and those who think the
president ought not be clothed
with too sweeping powers unless
there is actual war will oppose it.
CANAL ZONE SECRECY ORDERED
Panama, Feb. 2o.-The canal rome
ton OF Information concerning move
ments of traffic through the canal. !,
U. s. Prepares For War.
Washington. ID. c., Feb. 20.-The sub
marine situation seemed at a standstill;
with the government apparently closely
watching developments, steadily pre-,
AS0SsA " SNSbISu1llkkCS dUu dOS
herring to its plans for taking action to-
protect American rights When the mo.
ment arrives.
The s~lackening Of the ruthless cam
paign In the last three or four days is
regarded as decreasing the chance Of
or American lives, but with the COM
ing warmer weather, it is expected to
increase in intensity.
Sailors vii BE Freed.
Through h Spanish embassy the
state department has been informed
that he American sailors taken as
prisoners to Germany on the prize
steamer Yarrowdale will be released
shortly"
The state department., trough the
Swiss minister, forwarded to Berlin
Saturday a request for their immedi-
ate release. A previous message in
quired as to the reason for keeping the
men prisoners and insisting upon their
release.
Because of the slow and uncertain
communication between Washington
and Berlin, state department officials
were unable to decide whether today's
dispatch was in answer to it's last re-.
quest or the previous one. State de-
partment officials are watching the Sit
nation with some Impotence.
Worry About Austria.
9uStIIaS Tedl dIUlluQC DefDleXeS 3u-
thorities. There is hope thai Ambassa-
dor Penfield will find some way to in
fiuence the Vienna government not to
formally sanction the extreme position
taken by Germany. No answer has
been received to a direct inquiry as to
whether Austria intended to follow
Germany.
1t was authoritatively stated at tho
state department today that so far
nothing has been heard from the CEN
trail power as to what course they
would take in the event that the United
States authorized the arYning of Ameri-
can merchant ships.
Standards Ships Sail.
New York. Feb. 19.-1'ive steamers
from war zone ports arrived here to-
day. The British steamers Folia. from
, Bristol and the Sebastian, from Rouen.
both left after Germany's new sub
marine campaign was The
Folia. a Cunard freighter. came by way
of Halifax. The other arrivals were the
Belgian steamer Recaut. from Cardiff:
French steamer. Guyane, from Ror-
deaux n the Dutch steamer Moor
dwyk, from Rotterdam.
The Standard Oil steamer Wyco,
sailed from here today for an unarmei
European port, the first vessel of the
Standard Oil fleet to leave an American
port since the U-boat campaign was
f~naugurated. The Wyco was not armed