Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-02
SENATE REPUBLICANS
ABANDON FIL|BUSTER
AVID BACK PRESIDENT
Democratic Leaders Are As
Sured of Their Support of the
Nations Chief Executive in
National Emergency
Rr Arsnci.tnd Prar..N

WASHINGTON, March L-ShockeC
and amazed by the revelation Of Ger
many's attempt 10 unite Japan anC
Mexico to war upon the United States
congress today forgot its differences Of
opinion and began swinging into line
behind the president
Senate Republicans abandoned theil
general dIibuster and gave Democratic
leaders assurances OF their support tC
the president in a national emergency.
In the house. without > roll call. and
under special provision Tor its immedi
ate consideration. Representative Floods
bill TO cIothe the president with author
it, 20 deal with the German submarine
Hcenace by arming ships, was taken w
ender an agreement for a vote after
three hours Of debate.
The magnitude and astounding char
acter Of Germany's proposal complete
" overshadowed all other considerations
in the government today
Full official confirmation of Germany's
intrigue TO ally Mexico and japan with
;.Sr 10 make war on the United States, as
s-rvezled last night by the Associated
Press. was given today at the White
House. the state department and in the
senate
on the floor OF the senate it was an
nouaced that Democratic senators had
been authorized to state that the reve-
lations. including the text CT the in
structions from German Foreign Minis
ter Zimmerman to German Minister Won
Eckhardt at Mexico City. were correct.
On motion OF Senator Lodge the .en-
ate at once took up a proposal TO ask
the president to communicate the facts
10 congress officially.
Chairman Stones request to have the
Lodge resolution referred TO the for
eign relations committee without any in
structions as to when it should report.
was adopted by the senate BY unanimous
consent
Senator Stone then called a meeting Of
Tn committee to considr the resolution
The text of the Lodge resolution fol-
lows:
That The president be requested &c
inform the senate whether the note
newspapers o fthe morning of March L
inviting Mexico TO unite with Germany
and Japan in war against the United
States, is authentic and in the posses
sion Of the United States. and il anthem
tic, to send TO the senate. IL not incom-
patible with the public interest, any
further information in the possession OF
the United States government relativs
10 the activities Of the imperial Ger
man government in Mexico"
Senator LaFolls:te. OF Wisconsin, said
he would not object TO passage of the
Lodge resolution. provided IT was
amended 20 ask the president to state
when the Zimmerman note had gotten
into possession OF the United States
government
The committee ordered a favorable
report on the Lodge resolution after
- changing only q few words
The committee amended by striking
out the provision asking the president
for information as to when the ''Zim-
hermann" letter came into possession
Of the United States.
Senator Lodge added to his resolution
a clause requesting that the senate be
supplied with all other information re-
garding this matter IL not incompatible
with the public interest
senator l<0uEG ucIAdEcu NElE&N NUcn
great news gathering association like
the Associated Press put forward Sc.
riously and solemnly what purports 70
be a dispatch from the secretary for for.
eign affairs of Germany inviting MexicS
and Japan to unite to make war on Jhs
United States" IL was time the congress
and the people should be informed of the
matter.
While Senator Swanson was assuring
Mr.. Lodge that he was authorized 70
state that the announcement by the AS
sOciated Press was correct, full confirma-
tion was being given officially at the
White House and state department
Senator Hardwick, OF Georgia. Demo
crat. objected 20 immediate considera-
ton OF the Lodge resolution and other
senators urged him TO withdraw IL. Sen
ator Works. Republican. OF California,
argued that IL should be adopted
at is exceedingly important" said
he. that we have explicit information
whether the president. at the time he
asked congress to confer extraordinary
powers upon him knew OF these eondi-
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