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The True Story of : » Woodrow Wilson By DAVID LAWRENCE. CHAPTER XXIV. The Famous Bryam “Postacrip Sensational Seeret Hitherto ained and the True Cause of the Hryan Resignaglon. | Perhaps thegmost dramatic episode ©of that entire pre-war period in America, if not, indeed, in Mr. Wil- son's first administration, occurred when the first note.was sent to Ger- many denouncing the destruction of the Lusitania, with more than 100 American lives aboard. Mr. Bryan had not given up hope that moral | force could or would prevail. Presi- dent Wilson read the note to the cabinet. It was strong in tone, stat- ing that “the imperial German gov- ernment will not expect the govern- ment of the United States to omit any word or action” in obtaining a satis- faction of its demands. The cabinet approved, ference between the Sec ) Stat Mr. Bryan, and the President afterward there was renewed discus- sion of the effect of the note. Mr. Bryan thought the note might pro- voke war, and could not bring him- self to believe that he should sign a note which would cause war, ase he had committed himself to the pacifist position. Mr. Bryan reasoned with ihe President thai the American pe ple did not want war, that it was not in keeping with Christian doctrines for America to threaten war, and that | ilmost all the world was engaged in conflict, anyw and some nation should ' keep its head and remain aloof, especially a nation like Amer- ica, composed of many races and able 10 understand the racial complexities | of the Huropean conflict. | "—A | Peace Treaties in Mind. Mr. Bryan had been negotiating | treaties with thirty nations whereby disputes would be resolved by a com- | mission of inquiry, during the ses- sions of which the disputants would agree for at least nine months not to | engage in hostilities, All the impor-} tant nations of the world, with the | exception of Germany, Japan and . Turkey, hadeither accepted the prin- ciple-of such treaties or had ratified pacts of that kind with the United States. Mr. Bryan pleaded with the Presi- | dent to give Germany another chante to accept the principle of an investi- gation treaty. Mr. Bryan was con- | vinced that the Germans did not want war with America, and that they would look upon the sugEestions as a loophole and a way out of an ewmbar- rassing situation.” For even if they | had intended to send instructions to | torpedo the Lusitania, he could not Lring himself to believe that they | would repeat such an act when once the effect_on American opinion was knowh in Berlir President Wilson yielded to M. Bryan's persuasive arguments and permitted him to draft an instruction | to Ambassador Gerard., to be sent simultaneously with the Lusitania note, advising the German govern- ment of the willingness of the United | States to submit the questions at ue to a commission of investiga- tion on the principle of the Bryan treaties. “Postscript” Never Sent. i to Am "dor been variously or a “supple- was never sent trom It was under the cir-| exciting as it was si would have made a| sation ut the time, but | events sinee | This Gerard, « ed @ mentary Washington. cumstances nificant. 1t world-wide s the swift passage o dramatic days has o some ex- tent robbed the incident of its true e In the history of the deu- The supplementary Amb: ador Gerard rtment from | u about to! to Berlin except th instruction which has “postseript” note, of truction 10 I hed the Sta the Whjte Hous be put into code and cable No e knew about it President and the Secre Mr. Robert Lansing of the State Departi natural that he should supplementary instruction. not understand it and comrmunicated with P Tumulty in an effort to learn i E nificance. M1, Tumulty communicated | with his ciose friend. the Secretary of War, Mr. Garrison, who said he knew nothing about the supple- mentary instruction it had not | Lecn d u the cabinet meet- | ing. M. sing made it clear that the supplementary instruction was a recession in his judgment from the & words contained in the note Waord was passed to other f the cabinet, and soon Mr. s besieged With a*request Meanwhile, the note itself was hel up at the State De- partment_until the n could be cany & further. Private Secretary Turm: v made an eloquent speech to his chief, pointing out the danger of such # step. that possible misunder- tandings might grow from it. that| Germany might ge. the. impression the United States would not fight for her rights, and that it was essen- tial “Germany be told she must re- €pect American rights without equiv- veation, Sent in Origin: direct nt, and it was learn of the He could Form. threats of resignation made to Mr. Wilson by members of his cabinet. but the! President saw fire in the eves of his | advisers. He finally ordered the sup- piementary instruction suppressed and the mote went forth to Berlin Vith the strong words undiluted by uny suggestion of weakness. Later on in the campaign of 1916 the secret leaked out in garbled fashion and was never clearly ex- plained. Senator Lodge of Massachu- Setts made a speech in Boston read- ing from a letter sent him by Prof. Charles H. Bailey of the Tufts Medi- cal School, repeating a conversation whien Mr. Bailey had had with Henry Breckinridge, who was asistant Secretary of war under Secretafy Gar- on ut the time/of the sd-called SPECIAL NOTICES. There were no | rights becan | to “postscript” chusetts senator prove that Mr. W] were tempered were not meant Germany was dest}oying erican she Knew or believed the United States would not under ras endeavoring to 's strong words ts that they y, and that the Wilson thosé rights. President Wilson issued from his headquarters at Long Branch, N. J., a statement in reply to an Inquiring telegram from Waiter Lippman, then ; one of the editors of the New Re- public. Mr. Wilson said: Denfal by Mr. Wilson. “In reply to the telegram, let me say that the statement made by Sen- ator Lodge is untrue. No postscript or amendment of the Lusitania note | was ever written or contemplated by me, except such changes that I myself inserted which strengthened and em- phasized the protest. -It was sug- gested after the note was ready lurl transmission that an intimation be conveyed to the German government [ that a proposal for arbitration Wollld' be acceptable, and one member of the cabinet spoke to me about it, but it was never discussed in cabinet meeting and no threat of any resig- nation was ever made, for the very £ood reason that I rejected the sug- gestion after giving it such con- sideration as I thought every pro- posal de d which touched 8o § grave a matter. It was inconsistent with the purpose of the note. The public is in possession of everything that was said to the German govern- ment.” The foregoing statement is one of the most remarkable pieces of adroit fencing which came from W ¥ pen. He had a theory matic denial was absolutely essential | many cases because the end jus ed the means. In this case "\\‘f)l of Mr. Wilson’s statement is true literally taken. Within Limit of Facts. adminlstration | episode. The Massa- defend i i 1 In the first place, Mr. Wilson was rikht in saying that there was no postscript to the Lusitania note itself nor was there any amendment of the note. Mr. Wilson was right when he said that he never wrote or contem- plated writing any postscript or amendment. Mr. Bryan composed the pplementary instruction for Ambas. Gerard, and it was not a part .original note, but a separate communication. Mr. Wilson also re- vealed that “it was suggested after the note was ready for transmission that an intimation be conveyed to the German government that a propo: for arbitration will accept He usess the word “intimation to cover the instruction which was to be sent to Ambassador Gerard. It was true, that only one member, of the cabinet spoke to Mr. Wilson about it; that was Mr. Bryan. When the Presi- dent stated that the suggestion was “inconsistent with the purpose of the note’ he reveals the conclusion he reached at the time. To his mind the po: amendment or supple- men struction did not exist of- ficiall use it was never sent to Germany, and he spoke the real truth when he said “the public is in pos- session of evervthing that was said to the German government.” Senator Lodge did, however, have n his possession during that cam- paign the elements of one of the big- est secrets of the administration, and if he had worded his accusation in a slightly different fashion it would have been impossible to deny the ex- istence of a supplementar nstrue- tion. On the other hand, since the instruction was not sent to the Ger- man government, Mr. Wilson regarded the affair as of no impoetance exter- nally. 1t was of vital importance in- ternally, however, because it was the basic cause a month later of the res- ignation of Mr. Bryan as Secretary of State. . - 4 Why Bryan Got Out. { What interested Mr. Bryan was not the strong language used in the dip- Jomatic notes to Germany, but the, actual intention of the American gov- | ernment:: When he discovered mml Mr. Wilson was prepared to develop the correspondence with Germany to a climax which might result in war, Mr. Bryan declined té be a party to it. The ieneral public wondered when Mr, Bryan resigned why he declined to sign the second. Lusitania note to Germany, which in tone was cerlninlyl not as threatening as its predecessor. The truth is Secrétary Bryan learned of President Wilson's readiness to go war if Germany persisted in her violations of American rights. Mr. Bryan was sincerely convinced that war would be unpopular, and he left the cabinet with the hope of persuad- ing Mr. Wilson, through public opin- ion, that & war poticy was inadvisable. Some of the best speeches made in defense of Mr. Wilson's administra-'{ tion were those of William Jennings | Bryan during the campaign of 1916. | He traveled from one end of the west to the other. His plea was for peace. It was he who emphasized that Wood- row Wilson had kept us out of war. In his heart was a hope that the| speeches of the campaign would con- stitute a commitment and that Mr. Wilson would listen no longer to the | clamor for war. When war did come, William Jennings Bryan was a loyal supporter of the government. His record against a_ policy of involve- ment that would lead.to war is clear. | His_was the theory of moral force. | So long as Mr. Wilson agreed with him the union of these two demo- cratic leaders was indissoluble; the | moment physical force was contem- ! plated by Mr. Wilson, the two men separated. It was a conflict of prin- ciple, not of personality, and the part- ing of the two statesmen was truly an affecting one. Each stood by his conviction. | (Copyright, 1924, by the George H. Doran Com- pany in the United States, Canada, South America. World publication rights reserved by Current News Features, Inc.) (Tomeorrow’s chupter tells of 1.![ marriage of President Wilson to Mra. Edith It.) SPECIAL NOTICES. {OT OF WHITE OAK OR CHESTNUT ~ul L‘l?-l'; for making trolley tics. Address Box 14-8, Star office. WANTED—PARTY WITH PORTABLE SAW- mill to_contract sawing trolley ties. Address | Box 3158, Star office. 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