Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-03-30
WAR , RESOLUTION
BEING DRAFTED
House Committee Is Preparing
Resolution for Congress.
QUICK ACTION is EXPECTED
Measure viii Be Presented on Tues
day Following Presidents Address
to the Joint Session-WiIl In.
crease Armed Forces.

Washington, March 2S.-The resolu-
ton to be introduced in congress on
April 3 Immediately after President
Wilson concludes his address to the
joint session will declare that the time
has come when the United States must
vindicate decisively its honor and its
rights.
1t will declare that, by the acts of
Germany, state of war exists, and
that congress places at the disposition
Of the president the means of vigor-
0usly prosecuting the war, and there
by Fastening the restoration of peace.
Congress viii meet April ,. The
president expects one day sufficient for
organization, and will address the body
the following day, Tuesday.
Draw War Resolution.
While President Wilson is comp1et-
ing his indictment of Germany this
week, the house foreign affairs com
mittee is preparing the war resolution.
Anticipating the tread of the presi-
dents indictment, the committee, ac-
cordiag 10 present plans, will draw the
resolution along the following lines.
That want0n violation of the rights
Of persons and property of American
citizens, committed by Germany; her
repeated acts of bad faith and utter
disregard of solemn treaties have con-
stituted ample cause for war on our
part.
Extreme Move Justified.
That Germany's acts have been such
as to justify the United States before
the whole world In resorung TO rem
edies however extreme.
That, with an anxious desire to avoid
rupture, we forebore for months to
assert our rights by force and contin-
ued by amicable negotiations to seek
redress for wrongs suffered, In the
hope that Germany might yield TO pa
cific counsel and demands of justice
That in this hope the United States
was disappointed.
That the time has come when this
country must vlndicate decisively her
honor, right and interest
That solely by the acts of Germany
q state of war exists between that gov
eminent and the United States; and
that the congress of the United States
places at the disposition of the presi-
dent the means of prosecuting the war
vigorously and thereby Fastening the
restoration of peace.
increases Army, Navy.
eral provision for sustaining and in
creasing the army and navy.
Meetings will be held by the commit
tee throughout the week and all emer-
gency legislation for immediate intro
ductiOn into congress will be drawn
Spy bills, a censorship bill and the
measure authorizing the state depart
ment to employ men not under civil
service in the District of Columbia for
intelligence work are among the legiS-
lative plans slated. There is no in
dication yet that the president will
desire any embargo legislation at first
Paves Way for lnternment.
Secretary of State Lansing's state
ment that Germany has disregarded
the provisions of the PrusSian treaty
with the United States is expected to
pave the way for the internment in
this country in case of war of all Ger
mans who are inimical to the nations
welfare.
Senate leaders predict that the SEN
ate will quickly declare the PrussIan
treaty as not binding, in view of the
secretary's statement. made in his
note to Germany. When the senate
takes this action the way win be open
to intern any Germans the government
may want guarded.
Officials expressed the belief thar
there would not be wholesale intern
ment. Simply those whom the records
of the state, justice and treasury de-
partments show to be enemies of the
nation will be rounded up.