Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-12-06
WAR DECLARATION
AGAINST AUSTRIA
EP0STPONED
United States Not Expected
Formally 10 Declare War
Against Austria Hungary
Early Next Week.
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
Washington, Dec. 5.-Postpone-
ment of the Austrian war declara-
tion by congress until next week ap-
peared probable today after confer
ences between the chairmen of the
senate and house foreign commit
tees.
Chairman Flood of the house COM
mittee said he hoped to get the res
olution before the house tomorrow,
but postponement until Friday ap-
peared probable and in such an event
it was believed that the senate could
not act before next week unless 81
multaneous consideration in both
houses could be arranged.
The official text of the resolution
reads:
Whereas, the imperial and royal
|Austro-Hungarian government has
shown its hostility to the govern
ment and people of the United
States by severing diplomatic rela-
tions and has formally adhered to a
ruthless policy Of submarine war
fare adopted by its, ally, the imperial
German government, with which the
United States is at war and has CIV
en- to her ally every support and aid
on both land and seas in the prose-
cution of the war against the gov
ernment and people of the United
States of America. fherefore be it,
Resolved by the senate and house
of representatives of the United
States of America in congress as
sem bled, that state of war be and
is hereby declared to exist and to
have existed since noon of the 5th
day Of December, 1917 between the
United States Of America and the
imperial and observation-disclosures
ian government and that the presi-
dent be and he is hereby authorized
and directed to employ the entire
naval and military forces of the
United States and resources of the
government to carry on the war
against the imperial and royal Aus
government and to
bring the conflict to successful ter
mination all the resources of the
country are hereby pledged by the
congress of the United States"
Washington, Dec. 5.-Congress
took up the work of declaring war
ON Austria-Hungary today with the
expectation of having the formal war
resolution passed by Friday. The
senate was not in session, but its for
eign relations committee, which will
handle the resolution, was in con-
Iference. In the house, the war reso-
Hutton was brought out by Chairman
Flood Of the foreign affairs. commit
tee. The committee itself had been
called to meet this afternoon to for
mally act upon the resolution and re.
turn it to the house for passage.
The sentiment for including Tur-
tkey and Bulgaria in the list Of recog.
nized enemies persisted, and there
was promise of some attempt to
amend the resolution.
The committee of both houses.
however, will be guided by the state
department in the language Of the
resolution, and If the administration
has it's way, as it probably will. Tur.
key and Bulgaria will be left for the
time when they come directly in the
path OF Americas action against
Germany, as the president expressed
| It in his address yesterday.
While congress is working on the
actual declaration Of war, the execu-
| tive department of the government
are setting in motion the machinery
which will make the declaration eff
| fective. &.
The department Of justice began
taking steps for disposition Of the
ltgreat number of new alien enemies
the war declaration will create, The
| job is much more difficult than 1t was
I'm the case of Germany. There are
In the United States many subjects
OF Austria-Hungary who are opposed
| to- that government and sympathize
with the cause of the United States.
|'NALI.A PIED NOT GUILTY y
4 # sBy the Associated Prsss,