The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-16


Resolutions indorsing the action OF
President Wilson in severing diplo-
matte relations with Germany and
piedging its loyalty 10 the United
States We're adoptedwby the German
American National Alliance at a
meeting at Philadelphia.
Sailing of the American line steam
ships ST. Louis and St Paul. now In
the port OF New York, has been in.
definitely postponed.
More than 900 persons OF Teutonio t
birth renounced allegiance TO the EN- |
perors OF Germany and Austria in |
New York City on Tuesday and took |
out first papers emitting them 10 be |
come citizens OF the United States.
WASHINGTON.
The federal reserve board has TAX
en- steps TO safeguard any member
bank threatened by a run OF foreign.
born depositors and win aid any bank
/ in the country whose stability is thus
threatened
By vote of Is TO s the senate ex.
pressed confidence in the presidents
course. adopting a resolution submit
led by Chairman Stone of the foreign
relations committee endorsing the
withdrawal of American Ambassador
Gerard from Berlin and giving 10 Ger
man Ambassador Bernstorff his pass.
ports.
Sweeping provisions for eomman.
deering vessels and other shipping IA
cilities in case of war or threatened
war are contained in bin introduced
In both senate and house.
What promises TO be the initial step
coward enforced military service In
Utah in times OF peace was proposed
n the military bill introduced in the
upper house last week by the joint
committee on military affairs.
There will be no further prosecu-
ton of the case against Karl Arm
gard Graves, self-styled International
spy, arrested at Washington recently
charged with attempting TO extort So
900 from Countess Won BernstorfI.
Official notice OF the release by Ger.
many of the sixty.four Americans held
prisoner in Germany for having taken
pay on board British armed merchant
men captured by the German sea
raider. has been received at the state
: department.
FOREIGN.
The Swedish government rejects
: President Wilson's sugges ion that
other neutral countries join with the
United States in severing diplomatic
relations with Germany and declares
its intention TO foley the strictcst
neutrality as long as II is possible
France and England have formally
! granted safe passage through the al.
a fled blockade for Count Won Bernstorii
! and his suite
:, Petrograd newspapers fear that the
. welfare of the entente allies might be
' menaeed seriously II small neutral
countries adopt President Wilson's
, suggestion and follow the example of
: the United States.
The British troops have captured
Sailly-Saillisel. on the Somme front
in France, according to an official
commun cation at London.
4 an american HtEIb iEtilhn bl luf
Turino. George Washington, was
killed, according to report received
by the American embassy at London
One of the survivors is Calvin Ray
: an American citizen Of Salt Lake
The British passenger steamer Call.
forn.a of the Anchor line, bound from
: New York for Glasgow. was torpedoed
at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning on
: the Irish coast and sank In nine min
utes with the loss OF forty-one lives
The Germon foreign office has asked
james w. Gerard. the American am
: bassador to sign a proposal reaffirm
: ing the treaties of 1893 and 1928. Tho
:. ambassador referred the government
: officials to Spanish and Swiss inter
mediaries
The Netherlands government
: through the American tegation al The
= Hague. has formally declined to &C
cept Pres dent Wilson's suggestion
that II follow the course OF the Unit
: I'd States and break diplomatic rela
ons with Germany.
- King George, in opening the BRITISH
"A parliament on February Z. said that
the response OF the allies to the inyi
~, tat on OF the president OF the United
!. States outlined their aims as far al
! could be done at present
IA The Peruvian press Is unanimous
I. in coBdemning the action Of Germany
in respect 10 naval warfare. Seyera
-, newspapers demand that Peru declare
- Itself on the side Of the United States
q The Argentine noe declares the gov
< eminent regrets that the German EN-
peror has thought az 10 adopt mca
, sures so extreme and that Argentina
!. will conform is conduct as always
= 20 the pr nc'ples and fundsmenta
y rules OF international law.
i, II Is announced that the Britsl
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