RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF ! ? 1 BREAK WITH GERMHY IN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS DOES NOT MEAN WAR BUT MAY EASILY LEAD TO SUCH EVENT ARMY MAKES PLANS FOR ANY EMERGENCY President Seeks Only To Vindicate Our Right To Liberty and Justice and An Unmolested Life. Western Ne-wsputicr Union Nowu 8crlcc. Washington. The severances of diplomatic relations with Gcimany waa formally announced to the country and the world by President Wilton at a Joint session of congress Saturday at 2 o'clock. The United States now stands on the verge of war with all the hictoric precedent of centuries pressing It forward. Fervently invoking the guidance of Almighty God In tho Btcp he has taken President Wilson detailed to tne congress why the United States could not continue relations with a warring power which repeatedly Invades its sacred rights and takes the lives of Its citizens. Calm, with n sense of right In which may prove the most sombre moment of American history, the president stood in the historic hall of the house of representatives and with senators and representatives before him spoke tho words which may carry the country Into the world conflict, not for aggression and not for power, only for law and humanity. Silent and attentive, the grim company of the nation's law-makers llctened with rapt attention while President Wilson told of America's course in the now unsuccessful diplomatic struggle to dissuade Germany from her cam paign of ruthlcssncss. In concluding his address, President Wilson declared that he could not even now believe that Germany Intends any overt act3 against American citizens but that If overt acts are forthcoming he will again come before congress to ask authority to use any means that may be necessary for the protection of our seamen and our people. All neutral governments, he believes, will take the same course. "We wish to serve no sclflsn ends," the president stated. "We ccek merely to stand true alike in thought and action to the immemorial prin ciples of our people. Seok merely to vindicate our right to liberty and justice and an unmolested life. Those are the basis of peace not war. God grant that we may not be challenged to defend them by acts of wilful Injustice on the part of Germany." This statement of the president left no doubt in anyone's mind who hoard him that he meant that he would ask for sanction of declaration of war if he is compelled to again visit the capitol on the subject. When the president closed he was met with a tremendous outbreak of cheering and applause from both sides of the chamber and from the galleries republicans and democrats alike. Washington. Dreaklng off diplomatic relations with Germany does not mean war but easily may lead to war. It is an act of protest characterized In the usage of nations as a "measure short of war." The clanger that war may follow Is accentuated by the diplomatic history of the world. Modern times show no Instance of a diplomatic break between two first class powers that has not been followed by hostilities. The rights of Germans In the United States and of Americans in Germany are practically unaffected by the severance of diplomatic relations. No treaties arc termi nated or suspended but remain In full force and effect unless either govern ment decides to denounce them, which under international practice generally calls for a notice of one year. Army Plans In Case of War WashliiBton. Four plans of Iinmccll nto action In caso of war with Ger many linvo been worked out by tho netieral staff of tho army. Thoy involve: U81iib tho ruRulur army and national Kuard as a nucleus to train an army of two million a year, sendliiB no troopa to Kuropo durliiB that period. OlitalninB Immcdlato passage of a unlvornal military service law and calling out tho first threo classes un der It. Rxtensivo establishment of training camps In ovory stnto. Putting American munition plants and other factories to work furnishing supplies and munitions for au army of two million men and converting other factories for this work. No Trops Soon to Europe It would be futile, army men say, to send any of tho present army to Europe. Russia lost eighty thousand olllcors in tho first ten mouths of the war, thoy say moro than tho total strength of tho United States army. General staff plans call for one hun dred army divisions of twenty thou sand each. Fifty thousand olllcors would bo needed. At present there aio six thousand olllcors available. Youths reaching tho yeais of elgli toon, nineteen and twenty tho first yoar would bo called. Knelt year ono million boys reach each of those ages. One-third of them, It Is estimated, aro unfit physically for military sorvlce loaving about GGG.000 In each class. Thoso would bo available at once, and staff oxperts bellovo thoy would In Buro an army of two million In a year and four million in two years. Many Perish In Explosion Chicago. While moro than a bun drod men worked over tho smoulder lng, Icocovorod ruins of tho west side tenoniont houso hero which was wrecked by on o.ploslon Friday, thoso results had been established: Tho known dead numbered 10. Injured 21, missing 24, nnd tho rescued uninjured 22. The tenement, located in tho heart of tho west sldo Ghotto district, con tained at tho ttmo of the explosion Bleeping men, women and children, variously estimated at between olghty And ninety. To Take Any Steps Necessary Washington. No ono other than of xfflclals and employes of naval yards and stations is to bo admitted to such government reservations. Orders to this effect, Secretary Daniels an nounced, had been issued and would bo offectivo immediately. No special order for Increasing the fuard at tho stations, arsenals, wire less plants, naval magazines or other reservation habo boon issued, but each commanding ofllcor haa authority to take t'iiy stopB necessary. Dramatic Scene in Nebraska House Lincoln, Neb. All differences of na tionality and party wero forgotten and swept aside when the members of tho Nebraska house, acting from a com mon Impulso of patriotism, pledged hemselves unanimously, by rising .ote, to tho support of President WIN on In the new situation which has irlaen between tho United States .and lormany. Upon tho Joint motion of ftepreson atl - Hoffmelster. himself a native of ho kaiser's reulm, and Representative 'eterson, tho leader of tho republican nlnorlty, tho houso Saturday forenoon 'oclared Itself unreservedly behind ho government of tho United States ti any mensures necessary to protect ie rights and interests of American UUgiih and tho honor of tho Amor "an Hag. Led by Mr. Peterson, tho legislators ang "America" and, upon h's motion, ho chief clerk of tho houso was In ructod to telegraph President Wilson if the action that had been taken. Ex-President Taft on the Subject Washington. -- Former President "aft prefaced a prepaied speech on ho Leaguo to Knforce Peace here with a reference to the new German i crisis, deelailng that if tho United I States were drawn Into wnr Germany vould force It by "her defiance of the I Main principles of Justice and huinan- ty whlh sli'uild obtain betwen civil '.oil nations." "The responsibility which now rests n tho president and congress Is very leavy" said Mr Taft. "They should 'enow nnd do know that the American n'ople will hack them to the end In 'heir decision. May God give them :ood deliverance." Legislature Pledges Support Lincoln. Neb. With evory member .landing on his feet mid Joining in ilio singing or "My Country "Pis or rheo," the Nebraska houso of lepre lentatlves adopted a resolution empha sizing an earnest desire for peace, nit pledging to tho president the un llvlded anil loyal bupport of every Itlzon of Nebraska, regaidlcss of his llrth, In whatever measures may bo ounil necessary to maintain the rights )f Amorlcuns the dignity of the na tion and tho honor of tho flag. Now York Upon tho recolpt of special instructions from Washington, ludley Field Malono, collector of tho port, has conferied with representa tives of the department of justlco and he Now York police. Nono of thoso who attended the con foronco would discuss what was cou riered beyond saying that questions relating to a posslblo emorgoncy wero allied over. Mr. Malono has increased his forco of dock guards and apodal inspectors until ho now has more than 1,200 mora under his Command. ON DRINK OF ACTUAL WAR Not 8lnco Spanish War Has Nation Deen oo Worked Up WtiBhlnBton. Tho United States 1b nearer actual war today tliun at any tiiuo hIiico pencil wiih HlRiied between t HiIh nation and Hpain. Slnklni; of the HoiiHatitoulc-, au i American hIiIji, with an American crew, off the Scllly IhIiuhIh. by u Teu tonic Hiihiniirlne, late .Saturday eve nliiK, wan the Htep that brought tho nation to war's vciko. Sik h au act. iih oi em rod in tin1 sink- iiiR of tne MoiiHiitonic, according to j President Wilson's own declaration to congress would i cstiil In his appear mice before a Joint session to ask for means with which to Insure future s.ifety of Ainerlcnn lives and property on the IiIkIi mus. The piesldent did not ueo the word "war" in his veiled threat. Neverthe less he conveyed the dlst.net Imprea slon that this Kovernnient will go to any extreme to defend Its rlshtB and keep allvo the "Immemorial princi ples' upon which It was founded. While "tiwiiitlni; the fact" liefoie ex piecing themselves, olllclals were nevertheless deeply concerned at the developments which followed so close ly upon I'resilent Wilsoifs frank wamliiB today. One thliiB Is certain, however, If of ficial facts bear out tho Bloomy out look (-an led In pi ess dlspat' lies. Pres ident Wilton undoubtedly will ko he fore coiiBHf' Germany Begins Naval Campaign. London The sinking of nine ves sels., costing the death of eight men and the Injury of one, Is announcod b Lloyds. The announcement says: "Hrltlsh stvamer Tievean, IJ.OSl tons gross, and the lielgiun steamer Kuphiates, L'.SO'J tons gross. Mink. SN'Siiucr Dundee of Hamilton, Out., U.-'TS tons gross, siilnntii Ined. Ono man killed, one Injured. Tug Ida sunk, piesumubly by striking a mint) while towing Inrge Fle men lost. Two trawlers and three smacko sunk with the los ot two men. New Vol It (lre.it ilrltaln and hpr allies are preparing to niceet Ger man.v's moves In her hubnmrlno campaign It Is asseited In shipping circles hvie. The entente powers wero convinced weeks ago that war faro with undersea boats would bo decreed sooner or later and have known for days that the decision had liven reached. Tho ports of Liverpool and Hordeaux will bo kept open at all hazards Hrltlsh steam ship representatives asserted, even If It becomes necessary to convoy vvery merchantshtp which crosses the Atlantic. Berlin Is Silent London. Router's Amsterdam cor respondent snys that while Berlin Is preserving silence In regard to tho rupture or relations between Gormany and tiro United States, the German government has issued tho following statement: "It Is stated that negotiations aro afoot between the authorities Interest ed concerning how Germany, by re moving cornln transport dllllculttes, j can take Into account the require , nietit of some neutral stateB In rela tion to essential raw material, espo daily coal nnd iron." Says Housantonlc Was Warned London. The crew of the American steamship Housantonlc has been landed at Pensance, Knglund. Tho Housantonlc wus warned by tho Ger man submarine which sank her, ac cording to John G. Stevens, American consul at Plymouth. Mr. Stevens has sont the following telegrgam to tho Associated press: "Total crew of thirty-seven of Hon satonlc landed at Pensance Saturday. Vessel torpedoed by a Gertnnti sub marine 12: III) Saturday Warned. Ciew towed ninety minutes toward land." Washington. IJeyond saying that various precautionary measures weio taken, Secretaries Maker and Daniels lefused to make any statement, after t i (inference with the piesidont. Threo American naval vessels in the Medi terranean, one at Alexandria, will nor bo moved, it was said. Asked to Support President Columbus. (). -l!y a uinnlinoin ote the lower house of the Ohio leg islature adopted a i evolution calling upon cltleus oT Ohio to stand hcluml .'resident Wilson during the pieseut titeriiational eiisls. Col. Roosevelt Proffers Services Oyster Hay, L. 1. Colonel Theodoie ilooMJelt has pledged himself in sup port of Piesidont Wilson In uplio. Mug iho honor of the United States and of lered his own and tho lhes of Ins tour sons to the country in case hostilities iro not averted. Colonel Roosevelt said ho had tuked poi mission from the war depaitmeut to raise an army division, to bo unaei his command His tr.cuds, It wjj stated, have worktd on this plan mir I'uce the Lmltunlu was Mink. Philadelphia, Pa The German auv lllary cruisers Kronprliu Wllhelin and Prlnz Kltel Frledrlch, interned nt the Philadelphia navy yard, wore seized by order of tho navy department and their crows imprisoned In an isolated barracks. lloston, Mass. Unltod States Mar shal Mitchell has taken physical pos session of tho North Germun Lloyd liner Kronprltress In Cecolle, which has been nominally In his custody since tho litigation Instituted against tho ownors by tho National City bank of New York. W OF TO President Tells Congress of Sev erance of Diplomatic Relations. RECiTES KAISER'S PROMISES Says He Refuces to Delieve Subma rines Will Commit Overt Acts Against American Lives and Ships. Washington. Feb. !!. President Wil son this ufteiniiiiu iiddressiMl n .joint cssnu ol cniiii'ss. outlining the eVents Hint led up to the diplomatic break with (ioiiiiini.v. lie said: "To the congress. February It. I!M7. Gentlemen of the Congress-: "The Imperial Geniiau government nu the .'list of .Janiiiiij iinuoiiuced to this government n ml to the govern ments of the other neiitial nation Hint on nnd after the lt dn.v of Febru ary, the present month. It would adopt n policy with regard to the use of submarines ngnlnst nil shipping seek ing to puss through ceituiti designated ureas of the high seas to which it l clearly my duty to call your intention. "Let me remind the congie.s that on the 18th of April Inst. In view of the sinking on the IMtli of March of the cross Channel pussengci sieuiner Sussev by n (rmnti submarine, with out summons or warning, and the con sequent loss of the lives of several eitlens of the United States, who were passengers aboard her. this gov ernment addressed n not1 to the Im perial Gorinuti government In which It made the following declarations: " 'If It .still he the purpose of the Im perial government to prosecute relent less and Indiscriminate warfare against vessels of commeice by the use of submarines without regard to what the government of the United States must consider the Microti and lndlsputuhlorulcK of International law and the universally recognized dic tates of Immunity, the government of the United States Is at last forced to the conclusion that there Is hut one course It can pursue. Unless the im perial government should now and Im mediately declare nnd effect un aban donment of Its present methods of submarine warfare against passenger and freight carrying vessels, the gov ernment of the United States can have no choice hut to sever diplomatic re lations with the Gorman empire alto gether.' Recalls Assurances Given By Germany. "In reply to this declaration the Im perial German government gave this government the following assurance: " 'The Germun government Is pre pared to do Its utmost to confine the operations of the war for the rest of Its duration to the lighting forces of the belligerents, thereby also assuring the freedom of the seas, a principle upon which the German government believes, now as before, to be In agree ment with the government of the United States. " The German government, guided by this Idea, notifies the government of the United States that the German naval forces have received the follow ing orders; In accordance with the general principles of visit and search and destruction of merchant ves.sels recognized by International law. such vessels, both within and without the area declared as naval war zone, declared as naval war zone, shull not be sunk without warning and without saving human lives, unless these ships attempt to escape or oiler resistance. "'Hut.' It added, neutrals cannot expect that Germany, forced to tight for her existence, shall, for the -like ot neutral Interests, ietrlet the iim of an effective weapon If her encnij Is per mitted to continue to uppl.v at will methods of warfare violating the rules of International law. Such a demand would he iucoinpatilile with the char acter of neutrality, and the Gorman government Is convinced that the gov ernment of the United States does not think of making such a demand, knowing that the government of the United States bus repeatedly declared that It is determined to restore the principle of the freedom of the seas, from whatever quarter it ha been vio lated.' I Refused To Be Bound By Any Conditions. "To tills the government of the Unit ed States replied on the eighth of May, ucceptlng, of cour-e, the assurance giv en, hut adding: "The government of the United States feels It necessary to state that It takes It for granted that the Im perial German government does not Intend It to Imply that the maintenance of Its newly announced pulley is In any way contingent upon the course of re sults of diplomatic negotiations be tween the government of the United Ftute.s and other belligerent govern ments, notwithstanding the fact that certain passages In the liupeiial gov ernment's note of tho fourth Instant ws II might appear to bo susceptible of thnt construction. In order, however, to avoid any possible misunderstanding, the government of the United States notifies the Imperial government that It cannot for a moment entertain, much less discuss, u suggestion that respect by German naval authorities for the rights of citizens of the United States upon the high seas should In any way In the slightest degree he made contingent upon the conduct of any other government affecting the rights of neutrals and iioiicombatunts. Responsibility In such matters Is single, not Joint; absolute, not relit live.' "To this note or the eighth of May tho Imperial German government iiuide no reply. On the thirty-first of .Iiinii ur.v, the Wednesday of the present week, the German ambassador banded to the secretary of state, along with n formal note, a memoiaudum which contains the lollowltig statements; "The Imperial government, there fore, does not doubt that the govern ment or the United States will under stand the Munition thus forced upon Germany b.v the entente nllles' brutal methods of war and b.v their determina tion to destroy the central powers, nnd that the government of the United state-, will further reitllze that the now openl.v disclosed Intentions of the entente' allies give back to Germany the freedom of action which she re served In her note addressed to the government of the United States on Mn.v I. HMO. '"Under these circumstances Ger many will meet the Illegal measures of her enemies b.v forcibly preventing nfter relniinr.v I, 11)17. in u zone nrouiiil Great 1'rltiiln. France. Italy nnd In the eastern Mediterranean all navigation, that of neutrals Included, from and to Ungluml and from ami to France, etc.. etc. All ships met within the zone will he sunk.' No Alternative Consistent With Country's Honor. "I think Hint you will agree with me that, in view of this declaration, which suddenly and without prior Intimation of tiny kind deliberately withdraws the solemn assurance given In the lin- j perlnl government's note of the fourth of May. 101(5, this government has no nlternatlve consistent with the dignity ami honor of the United Stntes, but to take the course which. In Its note or the eighteenth or April, 11)10. It an noiinceil that It would take In the event that the German government did not declare and effect an abandonment of the methods of submarine warfare which It was then employing and to which It now pin poses again to re sort. "I have, therefore, directed the sec retary of state to announce to his ex cellency the German ambassador that all diplomatic relations between the United States and the German empire are severed and that the American am bassador at Rcrlln will bo Immediately withdrawn, and In accordance with this decision to hand to his excellency his passports. Cr.nnot Believe Germany Will Carry Out Threats. "Notwithstanding this unexpected notion of the German government, this sudden and deeply deplored re--nuticlutlon of Its,, assurances, given this government nt one of the most critical moments of tension In the re lations of the two governments, 1 re fuse to believe that It Is the Intention of the German authorities to do In fact what they have warned us they will feel at liberty to do. I cannot bring myself to believe that they will Indeed pay no regard to the ancient friendship between their people and our own or to the .solemn obligations which have been exchanged between them and destroy American ships and take the lives of American citizens In the willful prosecution of the ruth less naval program they have an nounced their Intention to adopt. Only actual overt acts on their part can make me believe It even now. "If this Inveterate confidence on my part In the sobriety and prudent fore sight of their purpose should unhappily prove unfounded; If American ships and American lives should In fact be sacilllced b.v their naval commanders In heedless contravention of the Just and reasonable understandings of In ternational law and the obvious die tates of Immunity, I shall take the lib erty of coining again before the con gress, to ask that authority bo given me to use any menus that may be nec essary for protection of our seamen mid our people In the prosecution of their peaceful nnd legitimate errands on the high seas. I can do nothing less. I take It for granted that all neutral governments will take the same course. Purpose Only Defenso Of American Rinnts. "We do not desire any hostile con diet with the Imperial German govern ment. Wo are the sincere friends of tho German people and earnestly de sltv to remain at peace with the gov ernment which speaks for them. 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