| Show PRESIDENT BREAKS WITH GERMANY diplomatic RELATIONS ARE SEVERED AND KAISER GIVEN WAR WARNING amic american 0 ambassador recalled and teete s given gien to understand that r sacrifice or ties of am american e in lives mean atil t as Wull washington bullington ington president wilson bia broken off relations rela tlona wa with h germany and ad warned d the tha icem that ruthless sacrifice of american lives and ad rights meana T war similar action la Is orli waiting orbiting ting tor far austria when elie bhe notifies this government that she joins in the campaign of un on restricted submarine w warfare afro the pres president dent made termini formal tin a no of his action to the man coon try and to the ill world on february I 1 at a joint session deal of isag co neresa B passports tittle hale been ceen handed count von van B bernstorff Berni ff ambassador gerard with his bib staff and it all 11 american re con bula aide have been ordered out ot of ger many all german consuls console 1 in the united states are expected to with draw that the severance of relations may he be complete Anar american loom diplomatic interests in berlin have been turned over to spain german diplo matic all inte reata I 1 in the united states have been taken over by switzerland zerla it foreign diplomatic interests which hi h tho the united states had bad in charge in germany have been ben turned 0 11 er to various 1 cout neutrals rale at 10 30 0 clock saturday morning it became known that Amb ambassador madr gerard had teen all ordered home and that lia passports storto had b been eon sent to count von en Bom bernstorff although there was no an of official daal mah confirmation ri nation ot of the preal dent delta a decision until he be formally on an bounced it ham himself if to ta congress the it knowledge an wl ad I 1 spread pro oil rapidly count von Berna bernstorff heard it un on officially while talking with till a press o correspondent W hill apparently der deeply ly moved he was not surprised hla drat act was to ask int dr paul bit ter th the swiss minister to come to the german gaan embassy and prepare to take we over its then than he be in formed his wife ail american born been woman of the development and like ilke the otibe is told the he embassy staff his pump passports arts were since not actually delivered until 2 a 0 clock in the aft afternoon can president preside t wilson kept himself I 1 li Re cloann during during the inc morning except tor for a brief conference with secretary leasing lansing until he left the white house haina tor for the capitol shortly before 2 0 bloc clock A As usual net a comi committee of ren congress ea men met t the li a president and escorted him to the a speakers p eakers dais the whole body rose a and cheered h ld as the proof dent deal ack acknowledging their greeting without his ha usual I 1 smile but gemi faced and ad wlm solemn took his place at the fork clerk s desk old and beg began reading ding the h document which I 1 la being heard round a nd the world briefly he reviewed bow last april the ute united it status states warned ad germany after the d destruction ot of the sussex sumer that unless the lp Orl government declared and c effected acted an abandonment t of f th that at sort on ot of submarine warfare the united tied states would hav have no choice h ba but to beever or retail rela Aiona al together then he quoted from the german reply which save gave assurances that no ships would be sunk without ifould w warning g and provision rien sion for safety of passengers and crew HP he recounted tile the provision the gem german government bunched attached which in effect reserved to itself the right 1 I 1 to recent recant its to aronal pr promises onal it if the united states did not secure relaxation lexa tion ot of the british restraints on commerce am merce and ad t then he quoted from the reply a of f the united states state which re aply ahe fused it to consider asid a conditional illonal pledge em suit and gave germany final file a warning am m that it could not entertain or di discuss any such ch digges suggestion t in th the president did not refer to the long list of sub submarine marace operations pO tB which have been conducted I 1 in viola slide tion of the sussex pledge but p pro re craded at once to the now new war scene a me order der ar which h ich b became BO effective fob feb auary a I 1 when he told how the german pron proc lavation la Is mation left nothing tor for the honor and dign ty of 0 the united states but a break I 1 in relations clat ions and that he had ordered passports sent to va von som bern and a recall to mr gerard leard the inar oo broke into I 1 n a cheer in I 1 which republicans Republic all old and DO democrats felike alike joined more applause greeted his d declaration ecla raton rill only an overt act could convince him that germany in tended to violate american lives and rights and there was pe prolonged a rig a ap P and ad cheering when he a n im con eluded by an announcing mg thet should american america ships and ad if lives a be sacrificed in heedless coat ven kimn ot at the lust t and ad 1 reasonable bl under banding of in tor national law and it the obvious b mas din die fates of humanity he w would old again appear ap pp ar before congress to disk ask author ity by 70 to use any means mean that may be icema necessary ry for the protection of our at seamen com and our people |
