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WAR RESOLUTION
IS PRESENTED
Measure Aimed at Austria Laid
Before the House.
WILL TAKE IT Up TOMORROW
Declares Hostilities Began With vi
emma Government at Noon Yester-
day-EcIay Possible in Senate.

Washington. Dec. 6.-The resolution
for wa 3@aiust Austria-Hungary was
int-o'gc.d Il IN the house of rspresen-
talEes by Representative Flood, Dem
ccIal VI g;nia, chairman Of the for
ei~n s.ajIs committee
The resolution was reported to the
house la-er rom the committee. slight
ly amended from the form as intro
duced earlier by Mr. Flood, who will
bring it up tomorrow.
AS originally introduced this reso-
luton provides a declaration that be
cause of Austria -Hungary's warIike
acts gainst the United States in sup
p0rt Of her ally. Germany. a state
of war exists at and after noon yes
terday. Il pledges the full resources
of the United States to bring the
war to a successful conclusion.
Administration leaders are hoping
to expedite action by having an iden-
tic resolution reported to the senate
tomorrow. and seek immediate consd-
Grafton. Unanimous consent would he
necessary for the plan to succeed, but
1t is possible that both bodies Of cor
gress might be debating similar reso-
lutions the same day
Senator Stone. Democrat, Missouri,
is chairman of the senate foreign re-
lations committee. Although he was
one Of the original "wilful twelve"
and a stout opponent Of the govern
ment's war plans until war actually
was declared, he will pilot the reso-
luton in t5e senate, as spokesman
for the administration.
Since war was declared on Germany
Senator Stone repeatedly has an
, nounced that the government has his
full and un"quivocal support Sena-
tor Hitchcock, Democrat, Nebraska,
handled the German war resolution
In the senate.
The sentiment to include Turkey
and Bulgaria in the list Of recognized
enemies persists. There is promise
of some attempt to amend the resolu-
ton.
If the administration has its way,
as it probably will, Turkey and Bu7-
garia will be left until they come di-
rectly in the path of Americas action
against Germany, as the president e---
pressed it in his address.
While congress Is working on the
actual declaration of war the execu-
tive departments Of the government
are setting in motion machinery to
make the declaration effective.
The department of commerce, the
war trade board and other agencies
charged with enforcement Of the trad
/ g-with-the-enemy act, face new
task. but as they already have created
the machinery to deal with such a
situation, a new war declaration in
wolves only extension of steps already
/ taken.
To official Washington, declaration
of war on Austria is secondary in in
terest to the presidents statement Of
Americas war aims. It is considered
at once a reply to the peace Ideas Of
the Marques of Lansd0wne. and an
announcement to the world that peace
can come only with the destruction Of
Prussian autocracy and reparation for
the havoc it has wrought.
Declaration of war on Austria is re-
garded as the signal for the extension
Of American help to hard-pressed
Italy Officials and diplomats believe
1t will hearten and strengthen the
Italian people. and that it forecasts
the sending of substantial help to
them. With war declared, the United
States can aid Italy as an ally in the
fullest sense.