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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
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GEJSMAN SUBMARJWS
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(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,'
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"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.
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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 ;
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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. ]!
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
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| 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.