The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-03-01
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the emergency.
wait until members of congress
hear from the country" declared Ma
3ority Leader Kern to several of his
colleagues, land think we shall see
2 rallying Of members Of both houses"
Extra Ssssior.
A few minutes before he heard Of
the action Of the Michigan delegation
one Republican, insisted that an extra
session Of congress would be held.
When informed of the attitude Of the
Michigan Republicans he expressed
surprised and added: Perhaps that
may be catchingyr
Senate leaders determined today not
to attempt tosreach n vote on the bill
until the house bill has been passed.
but they expect that the house will
vote before tomorrow night. In the
meantime the senate bill may be form
ally acted upon and reported in from
the foreign relations committee and
discussion may proceed.
A minority report signed by six
members of the foreign affairs COM
mittee and filed with the house to-
night declared the proposed arming Of
ships carrying ammunition to bellig-
erents would be "unneutral' and "an
act of war" The signers are Repre-
sentatives Cooper OF Wisconsin and
Porter of Pennsylvania, Republicans,
and Shackelford Of Missouri. Smith of
New York Huddleston of Alabama ard
Thompson Of Oklahoma, Democrats.
In a note almost insolent in tone.
Foreign Minister Aguilar replied to the
charge that, in effect it was the bust
ness of the allies to keep German sub
marines out of western waters, and
that ii they were not kept out. Mexico
would adopt whatever course the cir
cumstances might commend.
Forcing Loans.
To German influences also have
been attributed in some quarters the
vigorous steps taken by the de facto
minister to force loans from the Banco
J Nacional and tho Bank of London and
Mexico owned by French and British
capital. The institutions were closed
! by the Mexican authorities and some
Of their officers imprisoned and held
for weeks despite repeated protests by
! France, Great Britain and the United
| States.
| Reports of German machine guns
and German gunners in the Carranza
army also have been persistent, al
though the relative Importance of that
to the proposed alliance is not fully
established. 1t was recalled tonight,
too, that last November, when the
Mexican-Ame Joint commission
was making its futile effort to adjust
the difficulties between the two coun-
tries, the Austro- Hungarian ambassa-
dor at Mexocio City. County Kalman
KAMA Valkanya, made a trip to the
United States on what he described
Us 'secret mission"
Germany's Approaches.
l A suggestion interpreted by some Of
ficials as an indication that Germany
might have approaches to Mexico at
that time was made by Cabrera in an
address at Philadelphia on November
10.
"The foes of the Naited States will
certainly assume to be friends Of
Mexico" said Mr.. Cabrera. and will
try to take advantage of any sort of
resentment Mexico may have against
the United States. Mexico. neverthe-
less, understands that in case of a
conflict between the United states and
any other nation outside America her
attitude must be one of continental
solidarity"
1t has been an open secret that de-
partment Of justice agents in their in
vestigations of plots to violate Amcri-
can neutrality by setting on foot
armed expeditions in Mexico moro
than once have uncovered what ap-
peared to be trails OF the German Sc
cret service. A few days ago Fred
Kaiser. suspected OF being a German
agent, was arrested at Nogales on
charges brought under the neutrality
statutes department. of justice agents
declaring he had attempted to obtain
military information on the American
side of the border and had cultivated
|
with an apparent intention of promot-
ing those efforts.
Last July. when w. II. schweibz
who claimed to be former German
army officer, escaped into Mexico al
Nogales after arrest on similar charges
the deputy marshal who tried to fol-
10y him was stopped by Mexican au-
thorities.
Evidence to Come.
The full extent of the evidence al
Eormany's plotting against the United
States gathered by the American SC.
cret service, may become known onl,
according to the course Of the futur,
relations between the two countries
IT is known that much evidence of tn,
operations of the German embass,
and persons who were responsible Il
II never has been permitted to com,
out, because officials preferred I,