The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-07
Declaration Against Austria
Hungary VIII Be Taken Up
by Both Houses l oday
FIERY SPEECH MADE
BY MINNESOTA MAN
Chairman Flood Replies That
Administration Does Not
Deem Prostitutes Again, t
Cermany's Allies Is / timely

I Washington. Dec. 6.--Prediction
chat President wilson viii soon ASK
! fos declaration o. war upon Bull
garia and Turkey as well as upon Aus
tria-Hungary was made today in the
house by Clarence T. Miller, Of Min
aesota. member OF tbs foreign af-
fairs committee
Representative Ailiers speech,
while not an attack upon the presi.
dents policy in delaying declara-
ton against the minor allies of Ger
many. was construed as an effort to
force Mr. Wilson's hand for the ad-
yaucement OF the allied cause.
Coinoident with his prediction. the
Minnesota representative minated
that plans are alrea dy under way for
American aid In the allied Balkan
cam paign.
IA believed that by tomorrow
night the declaration of war upon the
dual monarchy will have been pass
ed by both houses OF congress The
house today received the formal reso-
luton of war submitted ny Chairman
Flood of the foreign affairs com
nittee II will be taken up tomor-
row with perhaps an hours debate
by each side OF the house
During the day the senate commit
tee on foreign relations held two
meetings. and evidently produced q
similar resolution to the Flood
measure. save that the date of the
beginning OF the war was eliminated.
This resolution, too. will be taken UP
tomorrow simultaneously with the
house procedure.
Chairman Flood told the house to-
day that the administration did not
VIsra / xfTAey asa Bulgaria .1ciadeSI
In the resolution at this time. But
before this statement Mr.. Miller took
the floor 10 discuss the resolution.
! Military necessity demands that
= rnerica declare against all the Teu-
tonic allies" he asserted, backing up
his statement with facts he cleaned
/ in his recent trip to France and Eng
land.
There Ia no secret In Europe" he
declared, that italy has been beg
ging the United States these many
months, not for men. or for money.
but for guns and war material. We
failed to answer her request. Why
Because we were not at war with
Austria Hungary"
/ Mr. Miller !ntimated that he under
stood plans call for tho use OF Aneri-
can forces against Bulgaria and Tur-
key soon He concluded by predicting
that President Wilson viii soon ask
! for declaration against Bulgaria and
Turkey.
An of Us realize that to a great ex
tent. the burden Of the European war
IL upon this country" Chairman Flood
replied THE time has come. In the
| opinion of the president and those who
are in closest touch with the sitna-
ton. to declare war on Austria Hun
gary. But the time has not come, In
/ the opinion of the president and mill
tary experts to declare war upon bul-
garia and Turkey. And there are
strong reasons here now why we
should not do II,
Bulgaria has not even broken diplo-
matte relations. Mr. Flood said. and has
maintained very friendly relations
There are no Turkish consuls or diplo-
mats In the country. he added. 1t is
Impossible for the Teutonic allies TO
get military and political information
through the Bulgarians and Turks In
the United States, he declared. because
all their messages are censored by the
state department..
He asked the house to remember that
America has millions of dollars IN
vested in Turkey, and that the many
Americans in the country would CONS
4 to harm IL war were declared.
Senator Borah tonight gave out q
statement defining his views upon the
subject of Turkey. He said:
II should like to see declaration of
war against Turkey and Bulgaria. The
Teutonic forces are unit. and all or
ders, all directions. all movements pro
coed from Berlin, Turkey has been
the most hideous and brutal force
which Germany has thus far used
Aside from that she stands before ths
nArAhpntnr of ThriStianA
therefore OF civilization; the incarna-
ton Of massacre and the enemy OF
every principle of humanity. In the
war for humanity and for democracy
I am not in favor of excepting the
Turks even by inference"