The Washington herald., 1917-09-07
EXPECT WAR With AUSTRIA;
Federal Agents in RAIDS
Formal Declaration Likely
as Result of Department
of Justice Raid Against
|. w. W.-Germany' S
Allies Receiving Aid from
Agents in U. S.

Formal declarations of war against
Austria and the other Teuton allies is
expected as the result of Wednesday
raids against the l. w. W. and other
trouble-breeding headquarters. 1t was
learned yesterday that the Department
OF Justice has been informed through
Italian sources of the flow of Teuton
| money into the organizations rounded
UP yesterday. This money flowed
through the agents of the German
allies against whom the United States
| has not yet declared war, and who
are permitted the free run of this
| country.
Department of Justice officials char
acterized the raids as successful in
every particular.
I'VE got every scrap of evidence
| that we expected to get" said one
official of the Department.
This Is taken to mean that the De-
| partment has clinched the stories
which have been held by the repre-
| sentatives of the allies.
Dares Austria to Act.
The declaration of war with Aus
tria is a move that the United States
| has hesitated to make. 1t has, how
ever, fairly dared Austria TO take
I such a step. After chasing the Aus
trian Ambassador from this country
in the most brusque fashion the Unit
| ed States proceeded to lend money
and furnish supplies to Italy in the
| most open manner.
This support has been even more
| free in the last few weeks and Off
| cials of the State Department do not
endeavor to conceal their desire that
! Austria might be provoked into a
| declaration of war. Austria, how
! ever, has consistently refused to
move. She has, it is believed. un-
der German influence, counted too
valuable the services of the agents
which she and Bulgaria and Turkey
have been able to maintain in this
country.
With the evelations that are ex-
pected to follow the indictment of
the l. w. w. and other leaders at
| Chicago and the display of the evil
dence of financial support gathered
Wednesday, it is firmly expected that
the United States will take the initia-
tive and declare war against all of
the countries allied with Germany.
To Indict individuals.
That the government has ceased to
deal mildly with the anti-war propa-
gandists was revealed at the White
House itself yesterday. There Prof.
H. w. L. Dana, of New York, repre-
senting the Peoples Peace Council.
was promptly refused permission to
see the President. Prof. Dana had
been a supporter of the President in
the last campaign and the peremptory
refusal to see him today indicated the
position the administration has now
taken.
1t was stated at the Department of
Justice that all of the evidence gath
cred will be submitted to the Federal
grand jury in Chicago. The indictment
of individuals will be sought.
The Presidents own personal inter
est in the situation has been aroused
by reports from the War Department
and from the special investigator
whom he sent to look over the labor
troubles there, Judge ]. Harry Cow
ington, of the District of Columbia
Supreme Court.
Neither Judge Covington nor the
President would discuss the report
submitted 70 the White House yester-
da