"We are needed on the battle line of Europe," the Missouri Senator continued. "There must be no halting at home. The President thinks the time is past for experiment. I agree with him. It is imperative that we are at peace and get ready with the least possible delay. I am for that plan which will most certainly, speedily, and efficiently meet the demands of the hour. Pass this bill and win forth with enter upon a plan that will not be experimental; its success is assured from the beginning."
At midnight, the House met with members debating for and against the conscription tax of the army bill, and prospects were that this session would continue into the early hours of Friday, as at midnight many members had indicated their desire to speak before adjournment.
GERMAN PREDICTS LONG AGAINST GERMANY
Former American Ambassador to Berlin Is Confident There Will Be Revolution.
In Speech Before American Newspaper Publishers' Association, He Says That Teutonic Military Cast Has the Very Name, "America."
NEW YORK, April.?"The German military caste hates the very name. 'America.' I know that if we had remained out of this war,  We would have been attacked by Germany if the war had then ended in either a draw or a German victory." This emphatic statement was made tonight by James W. Gerard, former American ambassador to Germany, at the annual banquet of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association in the Waldorf-Astoria. Continuing, Mr. Gerard said: 