New-York tribune., 1918-04-24
u. S. Dawdli1,g;
Force Needed Now,
Brandegee Asserts
Senator Declares President
Will Coordinate With
No One but Himself
[Stuf Correspondence


WASHINGTON, April %. - "The
President will not coordinate with
anybody but himself"
"We want realization that this
country is in this war to fight, and not
to conduct a Bolshevik Chautauqua
circuit tea party, to talk and drivel
and snivel about humanity You are
up against Won Hindenburg. There is
but one thing to talk to that man, and
that is power, and we have dawdled
and hesitated and talked about year"
These are two sample sentences
from rapid fire attack by Senator
Brandegce, of Connecticut. to-day on
the hesitation by the Administration to
declare war on Turkey and Bulgaria.
Mr.. Brandegee is a member of the For
eign Relations Committee, but he OBJ
jected to the President being his own
retary of State" The Senator re-
ferred sarcastically to the President
sitting alone, weaving himself into
a cocoon of mystery, secret and silent
in the top floor of the White House."
while nobody but Colonel House tip
toes up and down stairs"
Senator Brandegee made his speech
when his own resolution on the sub
ject was called up tor consideration.
This resolution calls upon the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee to give
early consideration to a resolution of
Senator King, of Utah. providing for
the two war declarations.
Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, pro-
POSED a resolution asking that the
President be requested "if not incom-
, patible with the public interest, to in
form the Senate if there now exists
any reason why the United States
ist between the United States and
Turkey and Bulgaria" He referred to
published reports that Bulgarian and
Turkish troops mad been in action
against American troops in France.
"The country, l can imagine, Won
ders why we should continue to enter
tain Bulgarian minister" said Sena-
tor Knox. "Why should he have ac-
cess to the Department of State? Why
should he be received in the homes of
American citizens, to pick up informa-
ton that may be of great value to the
Teutonic allies, with Bulgaria standing
in the relation to the Kaiser that she
does to-day? The people have a right
to know why we maintain minister
from Bulgaria under such circum-
stances. We should have this informa-
| ton, and have it direct"
President Wilson, he said, when he
asked Congress to declare war on Aus
tria-Hungary, had declared there were
reasons of eXpediency why the United
States should not declare war on Trr
key and Bulgaria. The President had
admitted, he said, that it was logical
that We should declare war on all OF
Germany's allies.
"This is all camoufiage," said Sena-
tor Brandegee. "We may as we'll look
right through this thing down to the
bottom of it. Bulgaria cannot be friend
ly TO the United States and to Germany
ut the same time. That is all there
is to it. They are absolutely under the
cloven hoof of Germany. They are
dominated. Their life and death de-
pend upon the favor with which the
Kaiser looks upon Gear Ferdinand, ane
it is travesty and tragedy for u:
to be declaring war against one OF
several allied powers who are wagine
war against us and maintaining friend
ly relations with the Others"
The Knox resolution, which Senator
Brandegce accepted as a substitute fo1
his own, finally went over to to-mor
row, as did also the King resolution
Senator Brandegee, however, said hi
would not renew his effort