Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-01-05 | Page 3 | Senator Works Assails Wilson

00 ; SENATOR WORKS I Holds Administration Respon- sible for Loss of Lines on ; Liner Lusitania. V i ! Washington. Jan. 5. Discussion in the senate of tho international situa- tion developed into an exchange of iows between Senator Works of Call- , fornia and Senator Reed of Missouri, ,' ' in which the former assailed the ad- ministration for failing to warn Amerl- cans to refrain from sailing on bellig- ' ; erent ships and for permitting tho sale ; i of munitions to the allies. Senator ; Reed defended tho course of the ad- I ministration. : In the case of the Lusitania, Mr 1 Works said, the government itself, in full knowledge that the ship carried I ; explosives, is "morally responsible for the deaths" of passengers who were ' . permitted to sail without government- : nl warning. : ! Senator Borah charged that by the i failure of the government to warn !i passengers they had the same right to ' expect safety on a belligerent merch-i merch-i . ant vessel as on a neutral ship. Sen- v a tor Robinson, Arkansas, asserted that ' such a warning would be relinqulsh- R ment of neutral principles. t