rxT R A!! ■ EXTP9J! EXTRA EXTRA!] HARRISBURG ®IEP TELEGRAPH LXXXVI— No. 30 Washington Feb. 3-Diplouatic relations with Germany have been broken. Count Von Bernstorff has been handed his passport and Ambassador Gerard has bee ordered from Berlin Notice o£ the breaking will be outlined in detail in an address President Wilson will deliver to a joint session of Congress at 2 ociock this afternoon. WILSON SPEAKS BEFORE CONGRESS THIS AFTERNOON Decision to Sever Diplomat ic Relations Reached After Conference With the Cabinet and Members of the Senate; President Believes Whole Country Will Stand Solidly Behind Him IIMILAR BREAK WITH AUSTRIA IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW SOON iistory Shows War Always Follows Breaking of Relations Between Two First Class Powers; Gerard Told to Ask For Passports; Von Bernstorff Already Given His WASHINGTON, D. C., FEB. 3.—DIPLOMATIC DELATIONS WITH GERMANY HAVE BEEN BROKEN. COUNT VON BERNSTORFF HAS BEEN LANDED HIS PASSPORT AND AMBASSADOR 3ERARD HAS BEEN ORDERED FROM BERLIN. IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THIS BECAME KNOWN DEFINITELY, OFFICIALS AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND STATE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT DISCUSS THE SITUATION IN ANY ?ORM. THE PRESIDENT COMPLETED HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS EARLY THIS MORNING AND AR RANGEMENTS FOR HIS APPEARANCE WERE IM MEDIATELY MADE. EXPECTS COUNTRY TO STAND SOLID WHETHER THE BREAK WITH GERMANY WOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SIMILAR BREAK WITH AUSTRIA-HUNGARY COULD NOT BE LEARNED DEFINITELY. INASMUCH AS AUS TRIA IS UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE ENDORSED THE ACTION OF GERMANY, HOWEVER, THIS AC TION IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN TAKEN. THE STATE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED AM BASSADOR GERARD TO ASK FOR HIS PASS PORTS. THE DECISION TO BREAK WAS REACHED AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S CONFERENCE WITH THE CABINET AND MEMBERS OF THE SENATE. THE PRESIDENT BY THESE CONFERENCES 3AME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE COUN TRY WOULD STAND SOLIDLY BEHIND HIM IN BREAKING OFF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH GERMANY. NOTICE OF THE BREAKING WILL BE OUT LINED IN DETAIL IN AN ADDRESS PRESIDENT VTLSON WILL DELIVER TO A JOINT SESSION OF HARRISBURG, PA. t SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1917. Diplomatic Relations Are Severed With Germany i The seevrancc of diplomatic relations with the Gej-man government came as a result of the resumption of ruthless warfare by the Central Powers. Secretary of State t-.ansinK, the man who handed Bernstorff, his passports. James W. Gerard, United States Ambassador to Germany, will be recalled. CONGRESS AT 2 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. No Other Course Than Break Xo one other officials and employes of naval yards and I stations is to be admitted to such government reservations. Orders to this effect, Secretary al)niels announced to-day had been issued and would be effective immediately. I he President's address to Congress while guarded closely, re views the negotiations with Germany, climaxed by the note giving' warning that the Berlin government had removed restrictions 011 submarine warfare. I he decision to break was taken for granted by many Senators, with whom he talked late yesterday and by members of his cabinet. \lthough he did not give his decision in those conferences his out line of the situation gave such a serious picture that it was generally believed that he had come to the conclusion that he could follow tio course but breaek relations with German} - . Wilson in Seclusion -Mi. \\ ilson remained in his study in the \\ liite House through out the morning and saw 110 callers ]t was learned he .began the preparation of his address to Congress shortly after his return from the Capital last night. \\ hilc the steps leading up to the break were being taken ap p.m nt calm pi e\ailed at the White llouse and State Department. May Lead to War Breaking off of diplomatic rela tions with Germany does not mean war but easily may lead to war. it is j an act of protest characterized in the A NEST OF GERMAN -r nrnrrnr-r- irr win mmm MWIIWI.H .LI.II.HWI>. J. J.UJ ~,1 i'l-. ! N : ' : ' GEJSMAN SUBMARJWS '° cp<,r ''.,l' lc Q r" ,an f urc Prepared for tha resumption of ruthless submarine warfare with several M! V . h„ ! This picture shows a Herman submarine base near KieL These prXbly arc onW a (he \ast number ol Ll-boats which the Germans now have reudy for their war on allied shipping. j usage of nations as a "'measure short ; of war." , The danger that, war may follow i. j accentuated by the diplomatic history lof the world. Modern times show r.o ■ instance of a diplomatic break Ve-1 I tween two lirst-class powers that has ■ not been fololwed by hostilities. The rights of Germans in the United ; States and of Americans in Germany ; I are practically unaffected by the sever- I a nee of diplomatic relations. No ]\ treaties are terminated or suspended i but remain in full force and effect un less either government later decides I to denounce them, which under inter- ! national practice generally calls for a j notice of one year. German consuls in the I'nited States ] and American consuls in Germany ! holding their places by virtue of j treaties continue to perform their | usual functions, but they no longer work under supervision of diplomatic j officers. 1,425,000 Teutonic Aliens in America; Protected For Nine Months by Treaty Washington, Feb. a. There are In j the United .States approximately I! 0,- 000 unnaturalized Germans and 1,- 075,000 Austrian* and Hungarians who still are aliens. These are the residents of the country who would Jje subjected to the rules of war in the j event of developments more serious j than a break in diplomatic relations. But the treaty with Prussia would ex empt the German citizens from mo- j lestation for nine months after war ; is declared, and German merchants j may depart without restriction. The same applies to America in Prussia. The foregoing ligures arc based upon the numebr of unnaturalized im migrants from the Central Powers In the United States at the time of the last official census and on immigra- i tlon from those countries up to Janu- I ary 1. Note Makes Germany Outlaw, Hall Caine Says London, Feb. 3. "Such a com bination of cant and criminally as is contained in the German note to neu tral nations and the German Chancel lor's exposition of it, is not to be found elsewhere in printed words. Germany is the Uriah Heep of na tions, but she has out-Heped herself. To talk about attaining peace by | methods of murder is like trying to 1 force the gates of heaven with skele j ton keys that have been forged in hell." I These were the phrases in which I al Caine described the German threat to America in a speech delivered to an audience of American businessmen ! in London at their weekly luncheon at ! the Savoy. j Assorts I T . s. Know It Was Cumins Hall Caine said Englishmen had not j been surprised by the latest German threat, except by its barefaced bar- I barity. The United States also knew it was coming, and its imminence was j the true cause of rPesident Wilson's i latest note and speeches. Experts Warn Against Motors in Warships Xew York, Feb. lnstallation i of electric drives on the four great | battle cruisers proposed in the naval 1 bill now before oCngress is being op j posed vigorously by prominent electri- I cal engineers who have written to i Secretary Daniels. Chairman Padgett, of the Mouse Naval Affairs Comniit- I lee, and others in authority, asking ! that the Navy Department refrain 1 1 from committing itself to this form of drive until its merits have been passed 11 upon by a board of experts. EXTRA EDITION Single Copy, 2 Cents CITY GUARDSMEN 1 MAY NOT RETURN v AT NEW CRISIS Mfiy Stay Indefinitely at Bor-j der, Quell Disorder, or Be Used in Fighting,' I "I'KXMSVI.VANIA'S NATIONAL Cil AHUSMEN WII.I, lIK HEADY | I'OK WIIATKVKK CAM. MAY j (d.Mi: I'HOM 'l'll 15 NATIONAL GOV ERNMENT." SAID ADJUTANT (iEN- I'IEAL STEW AIIT TO-DAY WHEN INIOKMED OE TIIE SI]VEItANCE OE IHI'I.OM \ l'l< IIELATIONS. "TH EOR(AN I/i AT IONS WHICH II \\ i: .lI'ST RETI'ItNED I'KOM Till': DOKDI It MtE IXJUII'I'EI) AND TItAINED AND IN SIM.EN DID SIIM'K AND TIIE OTHERS IN A I STATE Ol' ACTIVE SERVICE. WE ARE READY EOR WHAT MAY ISE I ASKED OE US." HE CONTINUED. Harrisburg's guardsmen may not. i come back to Pennsylvania from the j Mexican border, as under present or ders. in view of the breaking of diplo- 1 mafic relations with the Imperial Ger man Government. 11" - ij j j . - - i: j |t jl GUAI l 11E K YAMACKAW HAS GONE ALONG jj ! | SIDE RHE GERMAN PRIZE SHIP APPAM, AND IT j! :j IJ THC GUT THE GERMAN PRIZE CREW WILL ]) BI RAKLIN OFF IMMEDIATELY. TWO TORPEDC ij )YEI S JOINED TUT SUPERDREAD- || 1 I NOUGHT ARKANSAS OFF THE VIRGINIA CAPES j| JI ON E RGENCY DUTY. v jj ST. LOUIS'SAILING POSTPONED jl ork, Feb. 3.—The International Mci J ! : ed to-day tha.t postponement ot life sailing ol j! ; ship St. Louis ifom noon to-day ji - -v on account of a "shortage ; :! jj' v. HEA I PRICES 1 ALL I Ml / | | j! ' Chicago, Feb. J News of the severing of diplomatic j ;! Germany was flashed on the Boat !' |! v minutes after the opening and wheat price imme j| ji ■. . cenjts to $1.55 for May. Within Wn jS j ]| the quotations had worked upward to $1.59 Othi ;! || rt n ;icatly disturbed DEMAND RELEASE OF PRISONERS Ij JJ Washington, Feb. 3. TIK United States has formally || !][ demandi d>f Germany the immediate 'release of, the Ameri- ij ;! cans who were taken prisoners on prize ships by the raiders j! j | in the South' Atlantic. ]! !> i ! j j | ' * 11 MARRIAGE LICENSES ! tkrlitovkcr Uwltr ni Cftlwrlßc Mallrii, WlllliHalonu. M, <[ (barlca <npcr Hart nnil llMttle llllKkc Campbell, Hnrrlburg. i > •/ | Orders have been issued from tho I War Department at Washington un j der which the Eighth Pennsylvania j Infantry would have started homo within several weeks, probably ar | riving in Harrisburg early in March. Now that war with Germany is a ■ grave likelihood, it is pointed out by | local military men that the Pennsyl vania troops may receive new orders within the next few days. There are a number of possibilities . relating to the possible disposition of | the local troops. They may be kept |at the Mexican border indelinitely to guard against any Mexican trouble that may arise in view of the trouble , with Germany: they may be used to | prevent any possible Germun-Amer j ican movement; and they might pos ■ sibly be used by the War Department I for any possible lighting against the j Germans themselves. News of the breaking of diplomatic relations caused excitement through | the city such as has not been seen since the stirring days of the Hpanish- I American war. Newspaper tele i phones kept ringing throughout tho morning, hundreds of people wanting Io know the latest developments; ! bulletin boards were the mecca of j scores of pedestrians who stood de spite the bitter weather to learn the • news hot off the wire; mothers, wives i and sweethearts of the men at tho j border waited anxiously to learn if the orders of the homecoming of the [troops had been, changed; and already talk of possible raising of volunteers was heard on all sides.
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