Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 291, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 April 1921 — Page 9

DANIELS TELLS OF DARK HOURS PRECEDING WAR (Continntd From Pace One.) relations. It was realized, would create an exceedingly critical situation, and no one tried to deceive himself with the supposition that it was not likely to lead In a few weeks at most to open war. lienee the Importance ot mapping a program for immediate action. From the Cabinet meeting the President went to the Capitol, and discussed the situation with members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and other Senators. He was assured of their support in any steps he considered necessary. I returned to the Navy Department so thoroughly convinced hostilities were imminent that I sent out the following telegram: “Six Alnav. In view of the present International situation take every precaution to protect the Government plans and vessels.” “Alnav" was the code word for “AH the navy." I pass now to the second of the two prewar Cabinet meetings which had to do with big decisions. Much happened between Feb. 2 and March 20 of absorb lng Interest and Importance, but I will reserve tbe telling of It for a subsequent article. MARCH 20 FATEFUL DATE. Tuesday, March 00, has been overlooked in the war chronologies so far as 1 have observed, but the day should be there and underscored as a day fateful for America and mankind. Eleven days earlier the President had called Congress to meet In special session ©n April 10, ‘‘to receive such communication as may be made by the executive.” But events were moving rapidly. Four American vessels had been sunk without warning—the Algonquin. City of Memphis, Illinois and f'igliancla—with the loss of American lives. German Üboats were destroying shipping, neutral as well as belligerent, by the hundred

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thousand tons. On March 12 we had begun arming merchantmen, but It was already evident this defense was insufficient. Shall Congress be called In session at an earlier date? If so, what message should the President send in view of the situation? These were the two vitally Important questions the meeting of March 20 was called to answer. WILSON’ EXPLAINS SITUATION IS CRISIS. With an even greater solemnity than had marked his utterance following the receipt of the U-boat note, the President set forth the serious character of the situation. He told what had been done to protect American lives; he reviewed the failure of these measures to insure absolute security; he seemed disinclined to take the step which would allow of no recall, but, with a sort of detachment from the emotional phases of the problem, he submitted it to the Cabinet and invited an individual expression of opinion. There were those present who had been ready for some months to enter the struggle; there were others who, sharing tbe eagerness of the President to protect American rights, if possible without recourse to war, had come reluctantly to the decision that there was now nothing left to do but to defend those rights with the full power of tbe Nation whatever cost It might involve. It was curious to listen to mgn after man present his views. Every man of the ten was making for the same goal, the same terrible but Inescapable objective, and every man approached It by a different path. ONLY ONE COURSE OPEN. The arguments varied; the measure of emotion varied; but in the end ten men looking into the eyes of the President of the United States snid to him there was only one course open to America—she must throw the weight of her great power against the character of war that was being waged by Germany. Ten men said it to the one man who would bear In heaviest measure the burden of that decision. It was when these matters had been settled that a member of the cabinet read aloud a sheaf of telegrams conveying the

impression that the people of America were clamoring for war, and It was In response to this display of feeling that the President spoke the tvords with which I began my narrative. “I WANT TO DO RIGHT.” “We are not governed by opinion In onr conclusion,” said he. “I want to do right, whether it Is popular or not.” The next morning the President issued his proclamation summoning Congress for April 2, “to receive a communication by the executive on grave questions of national policy which should be taken immediately under consideration.” In the meantime, returning from the Cabinet meeting to the Navy Department, I had ordered the fleet to proceed at once from its maneuvering ground In Cuban waters to Hampton Roads. If war was coming we wanted our ships nearer home. But the details which have to do with the Navy program in these immediately pre-war days belong to another story. The third article by former Secretary Dnnlels, telling of the mobilization of the Nary, will be printed In the Times Tomorrow. Indiana Experience other doctoring had failed. I have recommended this medicine to many ailing women and I have heard them say ‘Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the best medicine I have ever taken.’ ” Mrs. Jennie Dickeruoffj9l7 Stanfield St.

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