The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-29
MOBILIZATION OF
RESOURCES GOES ON
American Wealth viii Probe.
bly, Be Thrown Into Scale lla'
Tremendous Amount In Or
der to Bring Struggle to End
(By +. r. SARTWEI.L, Inter-
national News Service Staff
CORRESPONDENT.


Washington, March .s.s
With every agency of governs
ment rolling resistlesSly To-
ward complete preparedness
for impending war, President
/ Wilson and his advisers to-
night devoted themselves t0a
the task of fixing the admin
istration policy to be submitted
10 congress in extraordinary
session next week. While the
White House was slrouded inc
secrecy, and the presidentl
made no announcement, nd
ministration officials tieclarSyf
that Immediate and deeissN
action has been decided ulioKs
The sole question now remain
ing. is, what form that action
shall take, and how it shall be
taken.
The exact form of the recum-
.mendations which the president
will make to congress I'm his
war address were consi.lered
today as Colonel +. M. House,
the presidents closest adviser.
went over the International
situation in detail with the
chief executive. Tonight there
was general feeling in adj
ministration circles, that the
German crisis will he disposed
of by a join. resolution of con,
greSs rcriting tn German vio-
lation> Of American rights,
and declarln" that these viola
tons have brought about the
existence of a state Of war be-
tween the two nations. There
after the activities of the con-
gress will he devoted te placing
at the presidents disposal all
OF the means and authoritv
necessary to the succcssfuI
prosecution of hostilities.
! War Resolution Framed
/ Active steps to meet the presideut.A5s
recommendations when they ARE
made were taken by conferences az
congressional leaders today Chair &
man Flood. Of the house foreign ~.
fairs committee. and other Democra-
tic members of the committee mada@
an exhaustive digest of former war
declarations, and framed tentatty4s
resolution declaring tbs existence ~
state of war. The Congressional
lead RS declared that when the presi-
dents views are expounded. action
by congress will be prompt and aY-ses
fective. They took up in conferences
today the problem of furnishing t;,t,s
! "sinews of war The first Routine
/ business to he taken up will be tisMA
passage or the army appropriaftons
| bill, which failed in the closing davsss11
OF the last session. 1t would proytdNS
s1e.oo0,o0o. as framed in the laSt@
session. but emergency addfitton3
made necessary by the events Of 5tIil
past few weeks and dire posi- btit303#
of the future will bring the total SAn3
! to probably double that amount ssS
Mobilize Financial Resources. IN IN
The mobilization Of the fnanctaf#
resources OF the nation to prepare fox
! impending war will be taken I'm h121
the house ways and means commftt6GN
as soon as the house Is organi1A6e%5
President Wilson and his advisers ASx9
at work on financial program whialSS|
has not been definitely liked hueH
which may finally include the exterl
sion of American credit to the enten@(s
allies, while the United States In nlaft s
ing ready for actual pArticipatiAsisa5 lf n
the war If 1t becomes . beliigsreuSsSs
Treasury department ofl1ciaIe A1>fe&
financial experts In congress siectare6&
tonight that the country 10 fnanctxllS
more prosperous than ever before t
its history and that the only pFOblo0
! before the administrators II tlx
fectlve use Of the great money ~ W.
sources Of the nasion.
The attitude OF the adntinistrntt
toward the present state Of afFaire II
tween this country and Cf@rnn&nxx
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