The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-04-22
BRYAN HAS A new
WORLD PEACE PLAN
chief Feature Is Temporary
Limitation Of Armament
Of Disputing Nations.
k\O\ Project IMPRON ED
Secretary Of state Careful to
Avoid Pitfalls Of the
Taft Scheme.
k\O\ PROJECT IMPROVED


WAsnINUroN. April 81. William j.
ury.n Secretary of state, is about TO
,..a,, ,,,, or,, dis,irc,h,o ,ol;,v or in
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promotion OF Wo'id Pea'' ""''" '""''"
plates the negotiation OF treaties oe-
tween the United states and all the civ
,ii,o,, ro,iors of III. .ar,h /, will have
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hih''"t'"h upon 'he '''''''''n' MI" "''
preparations of disputing nations.
Mr.. Bryan already has discussed his
ul.n informally with members OF the
s,nst. Committee on Foreign Relations
and has asked for "A herring before that
COMMITTEES on next "Wednesday to pre-
sent the project in detail.
Democratic members of tine senate
who have heard of this important move
an m. mart ,f th. ,'om;nonrr frs, re-
plrded the scheme as more or less vi
sionprv and imprac,icabl.. but az they
h,y. talked il over with him they have
conn. I, look with greater favor on his
views and ar. prepared now to civ.
s.riut,s consideration To them.
that the Taft scheme yf general arb,
tration treaties had In fact. Mr.. VIII
sons Secretary Of State seems to be I'M
buad with tn, d.sir. To pick the Tai,
movement nm wh.r, il was wrecked and
by avoiding the features to- which the
s,na,. obiected and by .ddin, a feu
new ones of his own to carry II through
To a successfu conclusion
Members ~ the Senat. hsye learned
AZ vet only a general outline of the
Brvan plan. bu, tha, is suficient 10 in.
d,c.,. that Nr Brvan IKE Secretary
Knox Of the Taf, administration homes
,o prnmot. world p.sc. throuph s.ttinv
IN International machinery which viii
, omen IN. way for nations 70 cool ofy in
times when passions ar. running HIGH
md will afford an onnor,upi,v for , 200,
and Thought In sac, m. Rrvup ,o,ic,
already is being r,f,rr,d IN ,s tha, a,
"the sober second Thought"
Mr.. Bryan's plan. il il undsrstood
coutemplates the negotiation of .rbi,rs
tion treaties which viii provid. for In,
reference of all questions of d,snu,e in.
cludinx those Of vital interes, ara M
tional honor IN nm interna,iora, cour,
| of inouiry. The findinss of ,his court
| as rnembers ~ the S.n.t. und.r.,ap pr
| the plan arr, I, he p,ereIy andipya a,
| fact and are pot IN h,. hipai,y ~, ai,h.,
nation.
But pending the arbitration the dis
puting nations. under ,hs terms ~ n.
proposed treaties. will b.. hound n MAY.
no change i'm their military strspyth N,
| s,atus-uo, To increase their armamsn,
|
military policy as il existed a, tbe M.
ginning Of the controversy
| The entire groundwork NJ IN. p,v.,
plan seems to consist i'm ths ,des ,ba, 4
contes,iux nstions only h.y. ,h. ,nn,,
I tuuit> for a calm second ,houvb, an,
are relieved from Tn. ircident.I ,rri,a
tion that comes from war pren,ratinns
th,. chances ar. tb,t .,p,.J c,nt,c, ,I
bc avoided.
In som. of IT'S details IN. Rrvsn n,a,
clearly resembles ,b,u o,,tl,n.J hv Soc
retary Knox and .mhodiei in ,h,. fra,
meutary remains of IN. genera, ,r,itra
tiou treaties rat,ned hv IN. s.ns,.
Tn. Knox ulan ur,vi,i..d fo, m. a,
uuintnent of "A ,oiut hiph commiss,,, :,
h. comnos.d of nnti,n,ls from each -
IN. disnutinr pov,,um.nts wh, sh,,I,
investigate controversies and rsnor, n,
them with Recommendations tn. Ard
inus az Tins cnmmiss,nn v.,. nn, 10 n
regarded however assn .rhi,ra, au. ,t
The Knox plan provided th., in Gaze
where ,h. dsnu,ine n,ti,ns w.r. uroh,
10 agree as 10 whether or M, a CON
troyersy WAS arbitrahIe the ouas,in
should n. r.serrsd to , Tain, bish Gov,
mission who's. d.c,sion shonId ~, hird
ing II was This feature NJ IN. "a,
Knox propramm. that the I,ni,sd s,sts
SENATE resented Th.y con,.nd.a ,,s
th. n,onos.d tr.atics ,ool fro,,, ,,. a.,,
ato IN. nover of d.cid,nr v,he,h.r ,, ,a
questions wsr. ,rbi,rnh,. and Ioaao
,h,t nowrr in - commission ~ h. rnsd
~, nar,Iy -, ,r,.ric.rs .r,I ,a,,,,'
fnreiyn.rs
AIR Hrvan snnareniv ;n,.na. fro,
,b. ou,sa, ,o avoid ,ha nit,au, ~.
wr.cted IN. sfyor,s or ths RAJ, ,a,,ir
I a Inns lii l.,