v CASH ACCOUNT. MARCH. 



Rtcyvod. 



Paid. 



War between the United States and Ger- 

 many has begun. President Wilson today 

 signed the resolution directing him to use 

 the armed forces and all the resources of 

 the United States against the Imperial Ger- 

 man Government. Both houses of Congress 

 had previously passed the resolution, the 

 Senate on Wednesday night by a vote of S2 

 to (i, and the House this morning at three 

 o'clock by a vote of :!7:i to 30. This coun- 

 try today stands beside the Entente Allies. 

 Appeals for American expert advice and 

 other assistance in prosecuting the war 

 are coming from some of the present Eu- 

 ropean belligerents. Reports from Russia 

 Indicate that an American commission of 

 national character would be welcomed there 

 to cooperate in financing munitions and 

 transportation operations. Italy likewise 



hopes expressed there of help from tho 

 United Slates in the way of credit, food and 

 increase in means of ocean transportation. 

 Germans have the faculty of always doing 

 the wrong thing at the wrong time. The 



'operation, and the 



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