. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. ^ Story of the V/ar United States Declares a State of War. Events leading to war followed in the next twomonths. The steamer Laconia was sunk off theIrish coast Feb. 25, and two American women weredrowned. The next day President Wilson askedpower to provide merchant vessels with guns to de-fend themselves against submarine attacks. Thisauthority was held up by a filibuster in the senate,but after congress had adjourned it was announcedthat congressional action was unnecessary, and the?^ guns and gun crews were placed aboard America
. A story of the war and family war service record, 1914-1919. ^ Story of the V/ar United States Declares a State of War. Events leading to war followed in the next twomonths. The steamer Laconia was sunk off theIrish coast Feb. 25, and two American women weredrowned. The next day President Wilson askedpower to provide merchant vessels with guns to de-fend themselves against submarine attacks. Thisauthority was held up by a filibuster in the senate,but after congress had adjourned it was announcedthat congressional action was unnecessary, and the?^ guns and gun crews were placed aboard Americantrading vessels. Fuel was added to the fire of American indig-nation when the state department gave out, Feb. 28,some intercepted messages from the German for-eign office to the German minister in Mexico. VonEckhardt, the minister, was instructed to inviteMexico into an alliance with Germany and suggestan alliance with Japan, for an attack on the UnitedStates. Mexico was promised as a reward the recov-ery of New Mexico, Texas and Arizona, which hadbeen lost
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