Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-01

war insurance to ships which carry
munitions.
Attacks Pacilists
At the outset of the House debate
Chairman Flood aroused intense en-
thusiasm on both sides. Every refer
ence to Americas Willingness to pro-
tect the rights of citizens wherever
they had right to travel, was met
with volley of applause.
He cited that authority for the
| President to act as suggested in the
bill had been granted to other execu-
tives in 1894, 1898, 1906, 1915, 1893
and 1855, and incidentally attacked the
pacif1sts protesting against the bill.
! The House BILL which contains nc
authorization for the President to use
other instrumentalities" in defense
! of neutral rights, and would prohibit
government, war insurance for ships
carrying ammunition, might reach 8
vote by o'clock this afternoon under
a special rule which Chairman Flood
OF the Foreign Affairs Committee, eX-
pected to express to-day.
1T became known to-day that the
President endorses the Senate bill
which includes the "other instrumen.
talities' clause and carries no insur,
ance prohibition for ammunition yes.
sells. The administration plan is tC
substitute the Senate bill for the
House bill, and try to force the lower
body TO accept the change.
Senator LaFollette's attitude is the
principal cause of uncertainty over the
bills fate. He started a flibuster wher
an effort was made to bring up the
measure at / o'clock this morning
after the long night session on the
revenue bill, and finally desisted wher
II was agreed to put off action unit
tomorrow. He has not indicated
whether he intends to filibuster then
Demand ConsuIs' Release
The State Department last nigh
sent to the Berlin government a re
quest for immediate release of foul
American ,copsuls, held there pending
receipt of word that German consul.
in the United States have been per
mitted to go to other posts in Soutl
and Central America
| AS result of the increasing grav.
ity of the German situation, the ad
mlnistration is known to be giving eX
| Itraordinary attention to preparedness.
measures, particularly to the question
OF universal military training, ever
though passage of bill providing thi!
seems unlikely at the present session
While the policy of armed neutral.
fty announced in the Presidents las
address to Congress is to be continued
If possible, the administration is talkine
into account the possibility of further
aggressions necessitating the mos
thorough preparedness.
Congress to-day faced the enormous
task of disposing of a quantity of i'm
portant legislation, notably the army
and navy bills and other appropria.
ton measures, in the four remaining
days of its life, with q special session
of the siXty-fifth Congress threatened
| If it fails. Administration leaders
were most apprehensive over possible
! filibusters, particularly by Senator La.
Toilette who has exhibited opposition
to the naval measure and the bill tC
empower the President to arm mer-
chant ships.
The naval bill was taken up wher
the Senate convened to-day after its
long night session ending at 1880 this
morning, and it was planned to work
continuously until that is passed. The
army and sundry civil appropriation
bills remain to be acted on and to.
morrow the armed neutrality bill
probably will be taken up. Mann
minor but important supply measure.
are now in conference and must bt
disposed of also.