The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-01

tam MIN now, Out L Lnlnk we di = eIl-
titled to information properly within
his possession, without any hesitation
or delay"
Senator Poindexter, Republican, OF
Washington, asked Senator Pomerene
why the publication Of the thinner
mann instructions created situation
of great gravity.
81 fail to see very much in the item,'
he said. 1--WE have been reading for
months of alleged activities of this
kind concerning which the thinner
mann note appears to me to he a mere
incident Every senator in this BODY
has read Of the melting of insured
ton in Cuba and various mach1natlons
in Mexico. Reports like this have
been circulating for weeks and months.
Even if this is true, what change is
there in the situation?'
"I have seen rumors and rumors of
rumors," replied Senator Pomerene,
'but this morning, for the first time
we have a concrete statement pur-
porting to be note issued by high
official of the German government
pray to Godi that it is not true, but
at the same time, when confronted by
what seems to be documentary evil
dence and on the statement OF the
senator from Virginia in effect that
the president said that the matter
published was substantially correct,
I think I am within the bounds OF
reason when I say that there is q
grave situation I am not willing to
act until we can have the fullest IN
formation the president can give us
compatible with the public interest"
''Wen that Goes not change our
situation Senator Pondexter con-
| tinued. cit does not alter the fact
that it is impossible for us to send
an army to Mexico or Germany, or
navies either
Senator Hardwick said he did not
! object to referring the Lodge resolu-
ton to the committee, but objected
only to immediate consideration.
Senator Townsend, Republican, de-
plored the objection of the Georgia
senator, putting the resolution over
until tomorrow.
"There may never be any 'tomor-
row., in this session." said Senator
Townsend. ''This new element in
jected has made it very difficult for
the Senate to act on the resolution of
the senator from Missouri Chat en-
towering the president to arm ships).
We are in doubt as to what we ought
to do
Senator Swanson's statement to the
Senate after he had talked with Presi-
dent Wilson regarding the thinner
mann letter was as follows: u
ST will state that I have talked
| with the President about the letter
referred to in the resolution and he
authorized me to state that the letter
therein referred to is substantially
correct. I have no objection to the
consideration and passage of the
resolution
Replying to Senator Hardwick,
who said it was very dangerous to
act Immediately on such a resolution
and that Senator Lodge must under
stand it was "a most touchy PROPOSE
ton" Senator Lodge said:
THAT is the reason / introduced
the resolution. This news appeared
in the Associated Press this morn
ing, not in an individual newspaper,
but in the Associated Press, a great
news gathering association of the
country, the greatest, probably, in the
world. 1t has put forward seriously
and solemnly what purports to be a
for foreign relations in Germany, in
viting Mexico and Japan to unite
with them in war on the United
States. If it is false, the country
ought to know it in or6er to allay
,the popular excitement which this
publication will cause. If it is true,
then the Congress of the United
States and the people ought to know
hi fc ,~1%
so grave as that should be suppressed.
I have been careful to say as to
other information if not incompatible
with the public interests 1 do not
want to ernbarrass the President. I
understand from the statement Of the
senator from Virginia on this floor
that the dispatch is authentic and I
think that we certainly ought to
know it and that the country ought to
know it
have been made to the resolution"
When Senator Pomerene asked
unanimous consent that the Lodge
resolution be referred to the foreign
relation committee, Senator Lodge
said:
IF 1t can be dealt with to-day I
have no objection. But if it is to be
killed. let it be killed here. in pub
lic."
Senator Williams asserted that it
as clearly not the intention Of any
committee membe to kill the resoIu-
ton.
Senator Norris wanted to have the
resolution referred, with instructions
to report tomorrow, but Senator
Ctones objected to any instructions
The text of the Lodge resolution
which was then referred without in
structions, is as follows:
THAT the president be requested to
inform the Senate whether the motel
signed Zimmerman published in the
newspaper of the morning Of March
1. inviting Mexico to unite with Ger
many and Japan in war against the
United States, is authentic and in the
possession Of the government of the
United States, and, if authentic, to
send to the Senate if not incompatible
with the public interest, any further
Information in the possession of the
United States government relative to
the activities Of the imperial German
government in Mexico"
FAVOR 'BLUE SKY" BILL.
Hartford Mar, SENATOR Herman
P. Kopplemann's, 'blue sky" Bill reg