Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-12-07
Debates in House and Senate
Promise to Be Brief and Ap-
provaI Of Presidents Re-
quest Overwhelming.
u. S. SOON TO SEND BIG
ARMY TO ITALIAN FRONT
Committee Report Gives Rea-
sons in Detail Why America
Should Include Austria as
Active Enemy,

| 'fsY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wiRHt
Washington, Dec ga declaration
o. war with Austria Hungary prom
ised tonight to be voted by congress
within the next twenty-four hours.
| Consideration of the war resolutions
will begin tomorrow in both senate
and house. Developments today vir-
tually made it certain that sentiment
| In favor of including declarations
against Turkey and Bulgaria in spite
OF President Wilson's advice had
been checked.
Administration leaders of both bod
les tonight expressed confidence that
debate would be comparatively brief
and that the declaration would be
approved by overwhelming votes.
| The house, after Chairman Flood
had submitted report stating that 4
| state of war with Austria actually had
existed for some months and that
American troops probably soon would
be fighting on the Italian front, for
fnally agreed to proceed tomorrow
with consideration of the resolution
as unanimously reported by its COM
mittee unanimously approved a reso-
ton the senate foreign relations COM
mittee unanimously approved a reso-
luton in somewhat similar form and
directed Chairman Stone to place it
before the senate when it reconvenes
tomorrow.
Washington, Dec. 6--With the dec
laration that the United States will
probably soon be sending troops to
the aid of Italy as well as sending
money and supplies, the house for
eign affairs committee today formally
reported the resolution for war on
Austria Hungary.
The house gave its unanimous con-
sent for consideration of the war res
olution tomorrow with plans for its
passage here before tomorrow night.
The agitation for including Turkey
and Bulgaria subsidized in the house,
but in the senate foreign relations
committee it gained supporters. The
extent of the movement will not de-
velop until the senate begins debating
the war resolution, probably next
week.
Shten1eHG OI SDnfintJtce.
The report of the committee begins.
by stating the text of the war resolu-
ton as perfected yesterday and then
goes on
"The president has asked for the
declaration that a state of war exists
against Austria Hungary. In his ad-
dress, delivered at the joint session
OF the two houses of congress on De-
cember 4, he uses this language:
Zone very embarrassing obstacle
that stands in our way is that we are
at war with Germany but not with her
allies. / therefore very earnestly rec
ommend that the congress Immediate
ly declare the United States in state
OF war with Austria Hungary
Carries Out Wish.
1.-THE accompanying resolution car
ries out this recommendation of the
president The enactment of this dec
laration involves were little readjust-
ment of the affairs between the Unit
ed States and Austria Hungary, be-
cause a state of war which this dec.
laration declares to exist actually has
been fact for many months. The
depredations on American lives and
rights by Austrian naval forces has
been small compared with that of Ger.
many, but they have been indulged in
to an extent to constitute war upon
this country and this fact, taken in
connection with other acts of Austria
Hungary. has more and more brought
that government into a position where
the American people believe that she
must be included with Germany as ar
enemy.
Dumba Incident.
In September, 1915, 1t was discov-
cred that Ambassador Dumba and
Austrian consuls in st. Louis and else.
where we're implicated In instigating
strikes in American manufacturing
plants engaged in the production OF
munitions of war. An American citi-
zen named Archibald, travelling under
an American passport. had been en-
trusted with dispatches in regard to
this matter from Dumba and Bern
storff to their governments. These
acts were admitted by Dumba. BY