The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-06
Then President May Ask Decla-
ration on Turkey, Bulgaria.
This Is Brought Out in RepOrs
in House Today
REVIEW AUSTRIAN TREaCHERY
Reasons for Wilson's Latest Ac-
ton Toward Vienna.
Austrian COnsuIs Aided in ID-
stigating Big Strikes.

WASHINGTON, Dec 6.@The house
foreign affairs committees report on
the war resolution declares that the
United States probably soon will send
troops to Italy.
With a formal report from the
foreign affairs COMMITTEES, the resolt-
tion to declare war on Austria Hur-
gary was today brought into the house
oe representatives.
There were no dissenting totes In
the committee and at the request of
Chairman Flood the house gave it's
unanimous consent to take up the
resolution tomorrow at the beginning
of the session and pass it before to-
morrow night.
The only question left undecided
today was the length of the debate.
At the suggestion of Democratic
Leader Kitchin, a decision was ipnt
over until tomorrow morning.
While the house was going thru tie
preliminaries the senate foreign relft-
tions committee was in conference en-
the war resolution.
The house committees report re-
views at length the causes leading UP
to the declaration of war.
Against Turkey and Bulgaria.
Chairman Flood told the house amid
enthusiastic applause that the press
dent would ask congress to1zGeclafe
war against Turkey and Bulgaria later
if he deemed it. expedient bat that the
president and his advisers regarded It
unwise at this time.
The report of the committee be-
gins by stating the text of the war
resolution as perfected yesterday and
then goes on:
THE president has asked for the
declaration that a state of war exists
dress delivered at the joint session of
the two houses of congress on Decers-
ber he used this language:
"'One very embarrassing obstacle
that stands in our way is that we are
at war with Germany but not with
her allies. 1 therefore very earnestly
recommend that the congress imnne-
diately declare the United States in
state of war with Austria Hungary
THE accompanying resolution car
ries out this recommendation of the
president. The enactment of this de-
claration involves very little readjust-
ment of the affairs between the United
States and Austria Hungary becafHe
a state of war which this declaration
declares to exist, actually has been a
fact for many months. The depre-
dations on American lives and rights
by Austrian naval forces has been
small compared with those of Ger
many but they have been INDUCED in
to an extent to constitute war upon
this country and this fact, taken in
connection with other acts of Austria
that government into a position where
the American people have realized
that she must be included with Ger
many as an enemy.
Work of Austrian Agents
I'm September, 1915, it was discov-
cred that Ambassador Dumba and
Austrian consuls in st. Louis and else
where were implicated in instigating
strikes in American manufacturing
plants engaged in the production OF
munitions of war. An American citf-
zen named Archibald, travelling under
an American passport, had been en-
trusted with dispatches in regard to
this matter from Dumba and Bern@
s.orff to their governments. Thess
is were admitted by Dumba. BY
reason of the adI- lifted purpose ana
intent OF Dumba to conspire to cripple
business industries in the United
States and by reason of the flagrant
violation of diplomatic propriety in
employing an American citizen pro-
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