St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 10, 1917
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1 2 1 2 * a. an = tf * 3 . * ‘> INE MAKES PLANATION lying French Flag From DETAI W ARMED NEUTRALITY BILL 1 LED OF STAND ON York Was Due in Havre Today. nent to Party Organ Here Says He De- 'gired Vate on Measure—Regards Sink- OR... March 10.—A revort 4 shipping circles that the . Ne.“ steamship Ohio, flying tne 4 3 ing of Ships by Mine or Torpedo % as Equally Lawless . but had 4 information. The Ohio, one of freighters in the allied gery. _ ell armed. 4 ts Sinking of 12 Ship, — Mediterranean. 9 March 10, by wireless to Say. ollowing account of subma.- A * ons was given out today b y: 23 editerranean there have beey : steamship and three Salling an aggregate tonnage t Ml oa g the ships sunk were: 0 armed Italian steamer, 4158 with cotton: Feb. 14. dian transport steamer, 4237 ammunition and oats, New iki; Feb. 14. armed British steamer, 2012 4500 tons of magnesium tor ob. 21. tea mer of about 1000 tons: — right. ml VEU been requested by two of ‘ press associations and by sev- jmportant newspapers in Chi- d New York to make a state- eof this kind. I have not thought Seer to avail myself of this courtesy. ‘explain’ merely because some- ske me and asks an explana- in this instance, as in others I encountered in my experience, I preferred to let my utterances on snate floor stand as my justifica- an The speech I made in opposition eon you refer to, and which it is Prince, armed British steam. wD at an early day to scatter ; cargo of feed; Feb. 23. | weh the State, is and will be my armed British steamer, 364% nation.’ ons coal from Cardiff for Shave presumed that all sensbile D. 28. Bia fair-minded Missourlans would wait stile transport steamer of ip know the exact facts before either tons, with cargo of coal; . ing or condemning. After hav- : i worked with the President for four wars in close alliance, supporting him smetimes when we were not in entire et it is not to be presumed that I “Mould not have supported him in this of the Rosalie, Trojan | insta without some reason of the Wothtield has been an- bundest import. This is not a ques- viously by Lloyds. — — 1 f ' oe x + 2 3 Pane 3 2 Amendment Reducing on Total Output to 31-3 Per Cent. BON CITY March 10.~—The by a vote of 88 to W, en- munitions tax measure. An Was adopted reducing the | output from 10 per cent to Fee gies d Greqk steamship, 1388 tons; bran, armed British steamer, 4 rch 3.“ 5 — — — — * Safety First. At the first sign of a cold take 4 sills GASCARA pe QUININE 3 old family remed: in tablet to take, No after effects. Top ' picture on it—25 cents. At Any Drug Store rj Pal rovides that the tax shall ap- _ munitions except those sold — ed States or the Missouri — nt. The tax will be used | the national guard. Ine drawn at the direction of „ after officials of the na- u ald the guard could not the new Federal law unless opriation is made by the etree SUES BOND COMPANY @ ‘nt for Alleged Stortage Former Employe. „ Pacific Railway Co, fle“? Circuit Court today against and Deposit Co. of Mary. 1.35 to cover an alleged the accounts of Edward J. mer assistant cashier of theses english was bonded by the pany for $15,000, It is al- e shortage occurred between and Nov. 30, 1915. English ~ trial. a — CH rd Secretary Renamed, = Wspy. secretary of the Board Pommissioners, last evening igsioned for four years. The announced by President Mansur. Eepy was original.y ~ the first Major beard ia oni be discouraged y face th rs eae, tesinol Soap le ars pimply skins Jost wash your face with Resinol Soap id hot water, dry and apply gently a Mie Resinol Ointment. Let this stay r ten minutes, then wash off with f Resinol Soap. In a few days mples, redness and roughness simply ash! I know that sounds too good einne but it 7s true.’ Try it and see! ‘Re Soap and Ointment are sold by al! drug- Sample free, Dept. 5-N, Resinol, Baltimore. patch te . ; 5 * 3 of 200 Glass Workers, = » March 10.~Three hundred” the Schramm Glass Works City struck today following lon of the girl and boy — >a union and e demand for day and 10 per t in- pay. One hundred ine Went out. Manager A, lh © gone to St. Louis for a con- a i stockholders, + the only renne that receives pub the Associated 4 3 vis : i oo 4 ery Night oy * #F f ; 83 * N * XS * 4 ** U 1 . ‘ 7 „ „„ 6 6 „ 66 „0 n a en ts A ct | re Dangerous Kill Them By Using m=O ELECTRIC PASTE U. s. Government Buys It ee EVERY WHERE—a5c and 81.00 folutely Removes gestion. One package it Scat all druggists. Th g Louis Republic, local Democratic organ, today publishes, under ton date, an extended copyrighted statement in which Senator gam J. Stone sets forth his reasons for his actions, which have been ay criticised, with reference to the “armed neutrality bill,’ which was 1 4 by a filibuster in the Senate last Sunday. The statement is longer * comprehensive than the one which Stone sent to the New York 1 early this week. It is as follows: By SENATOR W. J. STONE. 1917, Publishers: George Knapp 4 Co. (The St. Louis Republic. unkriendly to me for many years. tion of personal difference between the President and myself, for there is no such difference; it is a question of dif- ference on fundamental things. When the people of the State have an opportunity to read my speech, which will be given them at an early day, they will be able to understand and appreci- ate my attitude with full knowledge of the facts. So far, what they have heard has come chiefly through news sources, originating in St. Louis and Kansas City, which, it is well known, have been My wish and my belief is that at least the great body of the people of the State will hold their judgment in reserve until they have been fully advised as to the facts from all angles. Took No Part in Filibuster. IT took no part in any filibuster. These are the facts: On the morning of the day the President addressed the joint session of Congress, Feb. 26, I was called to the White House for consultation with the President, and was then in- formed of the President’s intention to address the Congress that afternoon and to recommend the passage of the statute which has been the subject of this con- troversy. According to our invariable custom, the President and I discussed the sub- ject with absolute frankness. I told him that, in my opinion, it would be a seri- ous blunder to take that step, and gave him my reasons, but evidently without convincing him. I felt convinced that such a law, if enacted and enforced, would lead inevitably to war, and I was opposed to plunging this country into that ‘horror of horrors’ without great- er provocation than we had so far expe- rienced, and in addition I was of the opinion that such a law would be in di- rect conflict with the plain letter of the Constitution of the United States, which Senators, as well as the President, are sworn zealously to support and de- fend. I parted from the President, weight- ed with ominous apprehension, but without any change in my personal setiments for him. He came, as you know, to the Capitol that afternoon and delivered his address. I was given sug- gestions for a bill, drawn in the Execu- tive Department, intended to crystallize in statutory form what the. President had recommended in his address. With- in two hours after the President had spoken I assembled the Committee on Foreign Relations to consider the mes- sage and the proposed bill. When the ccmmittee assembled, I laid before them the legislative suggestions to which I have referred. After some discussion it was unani- mously decided by the committee that before proceeding further the suggest- en bill should be printed for the use of the committee, so that each member might have a copy. for his personal study. Moreover, it was said that, in- esmuch as the same bill had been sent to the House for the consideration of the House committee, and inasmuch as the bill carried an appropriation of $190,000,000 to be expended at the discre- tion of the President, and since it was known that the House has for years in- sicted that appropriation bills, as well as revenue bills, should originate in that body, it was deemed best by the Committee on Foreign Relations that the bill should first be considered and acted upon in the House in order to avoid friction between the two houses. Accordingly, the committee recessed until the following morning. I had the suggested bill printed as speedily as possible and caused it to be distributed individually to the members of the com- mittee within a few hours after this recess was taken. When the committee met the nexe morning, the bill, then in print, was taken up and considered. Various amendments were offered. Some of these amendments, for the matt part of minor importance, were agreed to. I offered an amendment providing in sub- stance and effect that no American ship armed or convoyed by the United Statos should be permitted to transport mu- nitions of war destined for delivery to the armed. forces of a belligerent Gov- ernment at war with another Govern- ment with which the United States is at peace. The United States was then, and still is; at peace with all the Powers at war, even with Germany. Diplo- matic relations have been severed with Germany, but the relations of the two Governments are those of peace, not of war. Practically all men, even the President. agree to that. The transportation of war sup- plies to the Entente Powers by or through the aid of any Governmental agency would be indisputably a most offensive, unneutral act on-our part, and would in law be of itself an act of war. To transport such supplies, directly or indirectly, through any public agency of the Government would be offensive in the highest de- gree, not only to Germany, but to all the other Central Powers with whom our relations of amity have not been broken or disturbed. This would be true because munitions so transport- ed and delivered to the allies would be used in common against the armed forees of all the opposing Pow- ers. It was to guard against this situation that 1 proposed my amend- ment, “The amendment was disagreed o by | ae ee. u tuajority vote in the committee. And t“.ereafter the committee directed that the bill as finally formulated should be irtroduced into the Senate as the com- mittee bill, to be referred back to the committee as a matter of torm, but vith instructions to report the bill im- rocdiately to the Senate for action. I Stated to members of the committee that I could not support the bill in the form agreed upon by the committee. Nevertheless, as chairman of the com- mittee, I immediately presented it to the Senate for reference, and at the Cry earliest possible moment under the rules had it read the first and second tiines by title, and had it referred back o committee in accordance with the tues of the Senate. Immediately, un- Cer the authority and on veHalf of the cummittee, I reported the bill back to the Senate for action. “Thereafter, at the very earliest pos- sible moment, I had the bill taid before the Senate and moved that the Senate proceed to its consideration, which mo- tion was agreed to on a vote of the Sen- ate. That made the bill the unfinished business of the Senate and gave it pre- cedence over all other business. At this point I stated to the Senate that candor compelled .ne .o say what [ had said in the committee room, that I could not support the bill in its pres ent form, and that I expected to pro- pose a material and very important amendment to it. I ~roceeded further to say that in the circumstances I felt that it would be unjust to myself, as well as to those who favored the bill as it was, for me to further manage it on the floor, and that I desired to turn over the management of the bill to the next ranking member of the committee, Mr. Hitchcock, who had stated that he would support it as it was. I have heard no criticism of Mr., Hitchcock's efficiency in the management of the measure and none could be made. At the time I made this statement and turned the bill over to Mr. Hitch- cock I proposed my amendment, to be ti ken up in due time in the course of the consideration of the bill. A few hours later I took the floor and deliv- ered an address of practically four Fours in length, in which I discussed the constitutionality of the bill, and also discussed it as a matter of public pol- icy. I felt it my duty in the circum- stances to make a complete exposition of my views and my attitude. At the cjose of my speech there remained 19 to 20 hours of the session before the hour of adjournment arrived. Stated Desire for Vote. Before beginning my speech I stated that when I had completed what I had py ty ta ~ 3ATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1917. — — —— — — — — —äu— — a— — — — — — a ty say | woyld be ready to bring the bill cre amendments tv a conclusion by 4a vote, A few hours later, when it seemed ec. dent that a filibuster was on, I stat- cd on the flour my desire and entire w Hingness to have the bill voted upon at once. So far as I can recall, this covers m. connection with the business. I did not at any time, by an objéction or otherwise, obstruct the legitimate consideration of the bill or stand in the way of a vote upon it. still, opposed to into this horrible entire plunging this country war if we can honor ably keep out of it. Both sides have ruthlessly violated tne rules of mari- time warfare, as heretofore understood and practiced. Unhappily, it is a truth of history that in great wars the bel- ligerents treat international law more as a fiction than as an authority, ac- cording to their interests and necessities. The so-called blockade prescribed by Germany, to be enforced through sub- marines, is at most only a paper block- ade, not an actual one, and the Ger- man Government is without right under international law to fire without warn- ing upon a merchant vessel and destroy her, and especially so without giving the passengers and crew every reason- able opportunity for safeguarding their lives. On the other hand, England has defined, by metes and bounds, an even larger area of the high seas than that covered by the German submarine dan- ger zone, and has lined this great area reaching far out into the open sea, with submerged mines, which are as danger- ous to passing vessels and human lives as the submarine. | Criticism for England. Germany notified this Government of the sea covered by her edict, and En- gland notified this Government of the area covered by her submerged mines, and that is all we have in the way of notice from either side. Ships have been shot down by submarines and ships have been blown up by mines. We hear much about one and little about the other. But I confess myself unable to draw a logical line of differentiation between destroying a vessel without warning by a torpedo and destroying a vessel without warning by a sub- merged mine. I would as soon be killed in one way as the other, and one way would be just as lawless as the other. Again we hear much now about the freedom of the seas, with which, gen- erally spéaking, I am in hearty accord, and it is asserted with great vehemence that American citizens must not be dis- turbed in their God-given rights to sail n seas anywhere at pleasure. In the — — — ‘ 1 was, and am] circumstances of this perilous hour, I do not hesitate ‘to say that, while an American citizen has an wundoubfed technical right to go freely upon the seas, he would better serve his country if he should avoid putting himself in a | position calculated to embroil his coun- try in a costly and bloody war. With the approval of the British Government, the Colonial Government of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa prohibit the embarkation of their noncombatant people on ships desitned for Europe at this time. Only! a few days since I read a dispatch from Halifax, Nova Scotia—which, by the way, was not given prominence in the newspapers—that a ship en route from Boston to Liverpool called at Halifax for examination, pursuant to the orders in council of the British Government. The examining officials at Halifax found a number of British subjects, as well as a number of American citizens, aboard. The officials compelled the British subjects to disembark with their baggage and they were not permitted to proceed because of the danger to their lives, but the Americans went on and took the cliance. Our policy is to encourage that kind of foolhardiness, but the British Government takes bet- ter care of its own people. THREE MOVIE MEN ARRESTED Man Whe Was Covering Twe Others With Revolver Says They Had Threatened Him. Harry Koplar and William Bold- man, picture theater proprietors, liv- ing at the American Annex, and Sam- uel Lears, head of a movie theater supply house, residing at 4019 Lin- dell boulevard, were arrested as they were staging a “thriller” in front of the Odd Fellows’ Building at 11 o'clock last night. Policemen at- tracted by two shots found Koplar and Goldman backed against a wall and Lears covering them with a re- volver. At Central Police Station two ver- sions of what had transpired were re- lated. Koplar and Goldman said that they were walking along Olive street in a peaceful manner when Lears “stuck ‘em up” and shot at them without provocation. Lears said that Koplar, Goldman and three companions surrounded him, and that Goldman said let's get him now.” He said that he fired in the air to attract police. The men had been in business quarrels. They I have stated my position very fully | were released on bond. in my speech and [ shall place that be- fore my constituents. You can print what I have now said to you, if you wish, but if | have anything more to sy on this subject I will say it on the floor of the Senate, provided a suitable occasion arises. Including imperfect complexion, rt- warts, moles, superfiuous on al ’ to 6; Sanday, 11 to 12. Phone, Olive 5753. . Suite 503, Mermod-Jaccard Bailding, Bevo With Cottage Cheese. Broadway at Locust, St. Louis, Mo. 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