New Britain herald., 1917-03-02
Eliators Now Realize Presi-
 llent Wilson Did Not Say EHe Received Knowledge of
 Zimmerman Letter With
 in Past Week. X,

in Past Week. ;. ,s Washington, March 2.-The next move in the program of putting the &4njted States in 8 state of armed e3aeutrality" to deal with Germany was Ele1ayed in the senate today by ob- |3ections of some members. based on Inc exigencies of parliamentary E6ltnation, until 4 o'clock.
 ES A4 that hour an effort will be made e1 substitute for the armed neutral SIS" bill which last night passed the house the senate bill which confers
 the president the additional au- l4Gqfaty.
 Tie notice of the Berlin admiralty !tliat all consideration for shipping 111ed on March 1 and that the cam nv of ruthlessqess now is in full & lhas not changed the situation
 Sehators who have been curious to
 Etw when the United States govern 6ent came into possession Of Zimmer- ann'ss astounding dispatch to German Administer Won Eckhardt in Mexico 4Rlixed today, that the president last 4xlft, in transmitting Secretary Lan- 61g's certiflcatton of its authenticity, q not say, as was supposed at first, 3Eot the government had come into
 sessiOn of the document within the ss1t week, but, without disclosing hen the government got 1t, in fmed the senate that the s'ev1dence"
 its authenticity" was procured by a government during the present
 Hhla seemed to confirm the belief e 4n4ny that the prestdent probably hsW of tho existence of the doc
 fnt when he decided to delay no
 er in breaking off diplomatic re-
 bns and that he certainly knew of
 thAn, urging the senate to ratify
 treaty with Colombia, he wrote pator Stone that the United States \ ght soon have need of all the
 ends 1t could get in Latin-Amerfca.
 Members of congress who have een hoping to force an extra session
 March. acknowledged today it's inn, j&r6bAbility at least until June. # La Toilette Outvoted. x When. the senate convened today Senator Stone asked 1t to displace the naval bill and take up the armed ,neiffrality'' bill. Senator La Toilette dekyed the procedure by demanding ae tote.
 eknator stones motion passed by a vote of 64 to 15.
 s "A parliamentary situation however, prevented consideration of the bill and Senator Stone gave notice that he would move to take it up at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The vote on the mo- ton could not be construed as test :vote on the bill inasmuch as some sen- ators opposed it's consideration then 0n the ground that 1t was violation o(kthe spirit of the unanimous consent aGfeement covering the naval bill. Nose who voted no were Senators BSTan, Clapp. Cummins. Curtis, Gren- n& Jones. Kirby. La Follett, Myers. Ntris, Page. Sherman, Townsend, WStson and Works.
 3n view of the situation there was nQ discussion of the bill as only fif- teNh minutes remained before the n4ral bill came up automatically.
 gSenator Stone then askedy unani- o'clock when the naval bill is out of
 
 Dakota, republican, objected and senator Stone gave notice he would move to take up the neutrality bill again at that hour.
 Safety in Preparedness.
 Passing of the first shock of yes- t&day's authenticated disclosure that grmany plotted to incite Mexico and 2pan to war against the United s4&es, found government agencies lay more closely united in spirit 1Sainst threatened danger and await g with keen interest official state ents from Mexico and Japan defin- 8g their. attitudes.
 Officials confidently looked for ex- pfesstons of friendship from both nd consequential rejection of the Herman intrigue.
 Nevertheless, preparations were hnrried along for whatever may lQnfront the nation. The bill au-
 fizing the president to arm ships kd providing a bond issue of $1OO,-
 0,O0O passed by the house late last Ighe by vote of 4O3 to 13. after n hours debate was in the hands of De senate, and action was expected te today or tonight.
 The senate in response to it's form
 inquiry had President Wilson's of- eial assurance of the authenticity of he information concerning the in fgue and action was expected very
 President Reports t0 Senate. 3The president discloskd that the
 nnnicattons came into possession
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