The President proposed no line of action or retaliation to Congress. Apparently, he chose the vehicle of a special message so that he could couch his protest in the most forceful language at his command.
Nor was there any disclosure of what steps the Government might be contemplating to protect Ameri-ran merchantmen on the high seas. Tt is, in fact, doubtful whether y information would be given on this point, in order not to tip off Germany as to what to expect either in the field of arming cargo,
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