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Show VIGOROUS POLICY TO BEADOPTED President's Message Will Outline Out-line the Preparedness Plans of the Administration. WASHINGTON, March 27. With army, navy and industrial prepared-I prepared-I ness measures to meet German aggression aggres-sion going forward as rapidly as possible. pos-sible. President Wilson and his cabinet cabi-net today took up consideration of fur-ther fur-ther Btepa to follow the convening of congress in extra session next Monday, Mon-day, The president htm not yet written the message he will deliver Tuesday or Wednesday and is said lo have reached no final conclusion US to just what recommendations to make. Because Be-cause of possible changes In the situ, ation, he Is not expected to put the address in final shape until the last moment There is no doubt in the minds of administration officials that whatever may be its details, the policy laid before be-fore congress will be both vigorous and comprehensive, The general opinion opin-ion after the cabinet meeting apparently appar-ently was that the program most likely to he followed by congress will include a declaration that a state of war exists between the mited States and Germany, an authorization for the president to use ihe armed forces of the nation to protect its rights, the granting of a large credit to the government gov-ernment to carry out its policv, pas sage of censorship and espionage bills, and provision for the employment of additional secret service agents No final decision has been reached as to whether financial assistance should be given the entente allies, though a strong sentiment for such a step exists among government ofTi- ials. If this is done the government probably will deal directly with the othei governments concerned and not through agents. Colonel E. M. House the president s personal adviser, arrived at the White House tonight from New York. He is . )c . ted to stav s. veral da - Senator Hitchcock, a member of ihe senate foreign relations committee, conferred with the president during tin- day and later said that he believed j Mr. Wilson still had an open mind regarding re-garding recommendations to congress. Personally. Senator Hitchcock thought the passage of a resolution bv congress con-gress indorsing the president's armed neutrality stand would be better than a declaration of war, or a declaration that a state of war exists. Afterward the statement was authorized at the White House that the president had united suggestions, but had not com- i mltted himself. oo |