Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-13

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edly and grossly violated it's treaty OBJ
legations to us, and wantonly broken
solemn assurances"
''The issue is not peace or war;" Sen
ator Swanson continued. "War has al.
ready been declared upon us. The is
sue is whether we shall accept war or
abject and cowardly submission"
Reciting the sinking of American
ships, German plots, and outrages in
this country, Senator Swanson said the
Zimmerman plot to incite Mexico
against this country REACHES the low
est depths of national turpitude."
Many other senators took part in the
debate, Gronna, Stone, Vardaman,
Norris and LaFollette, all opposing the
resolution.
Senator Smoot made the last speech
"a short prayer that God would
''hasten the day when liberty will be
enjoyed by all the peoples of the
earth.'
The roll call was taken while the
senators and spectators sat solemn. A
few cheers greeted the result and then
all filed quietly out of the chamber.
House Vote, s7s to so.
The. house, after debate lasting
about seventeen hours, adopted the
joint resolution by a vote of 1913 to so.
Nearly hundred representatives made
speeches.
In offering the senate resolution as
a substitute for its own, the house for
eign affairs committee submitted a
long report reviewing the history of
submarine warfare and Americas fu-
tile protests against it, German in
trigues and bomb plots in this country,
the effort to ally Japan and Mexico
against the United States and the mis-
| treatment of American officials and
citizens in Germany.
''It Is with the deepest sense of re-
sponsibility for the momentous results
which will follow the passage of this
committee reports 1t to the house, with
the recommendation that 1t be passed
"The conduct of the imperial Ger.
man government toward this govern
ment, its citizens and its interests, has
been so discourteOus, unjust, cruel
and practice that 1t has constituted G
violation of the course of conduct
which should obtain between friendly
nations.
'In addition to this the German gov
ernment is actually making war upor
the people and commerce of this coun
try, and leaves no course open to thi.
government but to accept its gage ot
battle and declare that a state Of wal
exists"
Flood Opens the Debate.
Under the unanimous consent rul,
by which the resolution was considered
Representative Flood could move tn,
previous question at any time after on,
hour and, If sustained, bring the meas
ure to a vote. He was disposed, how
ever, to give members every opportu
nifty to speak throughout the day. TIL,
debate began without any limitation.
"War is being made upon our coun
try and its people," Representativ,
Flood said in opening. "Our ships ar
being sunk. Our noncombatant citi
zens, including men; women and chill
dren, are being murdered, our mer
chantmen are denied the freedom o
the seas.
} 1.-THE time for argument has passed
the time for heroic action is here, an
our people will rally to the support o
their government in this high and pa
triotIc hour and meet wars sacrifice
! and wars perils as a brave and patr
} otic people should.
} 1--WE should take our stand by tn
! side of the allied nations who hav
been fighting humanity's battles fo
: two and one-half years, determine
that our power shall be so employe
that complete victory shall crown the
efforts and that Prussian militarisl
: shall be crushed and the world shall b
] delivered from the threat and dangt
: of the Hohenzollern dynasty"