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After a pay's Debate.

war and bring it 70 a successful ter
mination.
After a Days Debate.
Action in the Senate came just at
ter IL o'clock at the close Of debate
that had lasted continuously since 10
O'Clock this morning.
The climax was reached late in the
afternoon when Senator John Sharp
Williams denounced a speech by Sen
ator La Toilette as more worthy of
Herr Won Bethmann-Hollweg than OF
an American senator.
The passage of the resolution was
not marked by any outburst from the
galleries and on the floor the senators
themselves were unusually grave and
quiet. Many of them answered to
their names in voices that Quiyered
with emotion.
The text of the resolution follows:
Whereas, the imperial German gov
eminent has committed repeated acts
of war against the government and
the people of the United States OF
America; therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United
States of America, in Congress as
sembled, that the state of war be-
tween the United States and imperial
German government, which has thus
| been thrust upon the United States,
is hereby formally declared; and that
the President be, and he is hereby
authorized and directed to employ the
entire naval and military forces of the
| United States and the resources or
the government to carry on war
against the imperial German govern
ment; and to bring the conflict to
successful termination, all of the re-
sources of the country are hereby
pledged by the Congress of the United
| States.
Senator McCumber's substitute to
| declare the existence of a state Of
war upon the sinking of another Amer
| lean ship by Germany was defeated
without a roll call.
Will Wage Bitter War.
Actual and potential resources which,
all told, probably never have been
equalled by any other nation in the
| history of the world are brought into
| the great war under the American
| flag.
Into the balance against Germany
are thrown a navy in strength and eff
| fiency among the foremost aflOat; an
army comparatively small but highly
efficient, backed by a citizenry of up
ward of 100000 capable of military
| duty; industrial resources incompar-
| ably the greatest in the world, al
ready modified for public service;
and the moral force of more than 100,-
! 10000 Americans awakened to their
country's peril and united behind their
President with a patriotic fervor rein
carnating the spirit of '76.
Although much remains to be done,
officials believe the nations destinieS
are secure now, no matter how stub
born or prolonged may be the pressure
of German militarism, or how wide
the scope of German intrigue. The
slowly maturing preparedness senti-
ment has borne fruit in military, naval
and industrial preparations which al
ready have put the United States on
a defense basis not even hoped for
two years ago. What more it will do,
the President believes, can be meas
ured only by what the administration
finds will be necessary.
The Navy Ready.
The navy, always the first line OF
defense, has cleared its decks of anti
quated membranes, has added new
units modernized to meet the German
tactics, and the patriotic cooperation
of ship and material makers is hurry
ing to completion other mighty fight
ing craft that will be the last word in
power and efficiency
Authorized but ten days ago to re
cruit to the full war strength of $1,000
men, the navy already has almost at
tanned the total. To provide addition
al officers a class of midshipmen has
been graduated three months ahead
of its time A newly organized coast
patrol of submarine chasers is on duty
and hundreds of small craft to aug
|