New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-14
WONDER HOW LONG
BRYAN WILL LAST
Continued from hrst pare.

China faux pas which President WIZ
son has punished by taking the entire
matter out OF the hands of the Secre-
tary without even imparting to MI
Bryan the details Of the policy when
| is To govern the course Of this admins
tration in dealing with the recognition
| of Chinese independence.
When President Wilson offered the
mission 10 Great Britain to Richard
Olney it was done without the approval
Of Mr.. Bryan. who has always regarded
| Mr.. Olney as an integral part of the
nti-Bryan faction in the Democracy
and TO which faction he attributed his
defeat in more than one Presidential
election. The offer Of that important
mission TO a Cleveland Democrat, who
| had been Secretary of State in Mr.
Cleveland's Cabinet. was not only UNI
welcome TO Mr. Bryan personally, but
disappointment 10 all the great follow
ing which Mr.. Bryan still has in the
| Democratic party. With admirable
self -pose Mr.. Bryan refrained from
any expression % his displeasure, but
| his friends assert that he was sore,y
hurt by the Presidents course.
! The first important official utterance
of the Wilson administration in con-
declaration of its policy regarding
| the countries of Central and South
| America. This statement was issued
| from the White House. II was given
/ out as an expression Of President Will
sons views and purposes. and ii con-
tanned no reference 20 the distin-
| gushed secretary OF State, even by
| implication. Furthermore. ii is known
TO have been the product of President
! Wilson's own pen. This was the first
important foreign question which
| had come up and President Wilson
/ handled i: himself.
Bryan Simply Ignored.
The next declaration of moment re-
/ gardng foreign relations was the an
| nounccment that the United states
withdrew its moral support from the
six power loan to the new Chinese
/ republic. II is true that Mr.. Bryan
suggested that course. The represen-
! tatives Of the bankers interested, as
| suming that Mr.. Bryan was the proper
authority had called on him with
| their request for information regard
| ing the attitude Of this administration
! toward the enterprise undertaken at
! the instance of the last But even
I the Secretary Il state. but from the
/ White House. Mr.. Bryan Was not in
| Washington when President Wilson
reached his conclusion on this policy
and wrote and made public the state
ment Of his purposes in this regard.
Before MIR Bryan returned from the
West the Ambassadorship 10 Great
| Britain was offered by the President
to Walter H. Page. who ha1 clearly
shown his lack OF confidence in Mr..
/ Rrvans ability To administer the az
/ fairs of state and who had. "a quoted
above. declared his belief that when
/ affairs of moment came up President
Wilson would have TO mold the State
I portfolio himself
/ II is no part Of Mr. Bryan's police
| 10 quarrel with his chief at this time,
and ne has RETAINED from giving any
| expression Of his dissatisfaction at this
appointment. but 1t Is not difficult 10
| imagine how unwclcomc was the con
| fcrring of the most important post IN
| tho diplomatic service on man who
| had publicly expressed his entire lack
of confidence i'm tho ability Of tho man
who thus became his chief
color is given to the belief that Mr..
BRYAN was not consulted regarding the
offer OF the British mission to Mr.. Page
and the lattcr's acceptance by the fact
! that several hours after Mr.. Page had
! informed tho newspaper men who
called at his home that he had &C
ccpted. and twenty four hours after his
partner had admitted in London that
| the offer 10 Mr.. Page had been made,
Mr.. Bryan denied all knowledge OF the
report and intImated that it was an
unfounded newspaper story.
President Wilson has felt for some
time that the United States should take
the initiative in recognizing the new
Republic OF China. II was his purpose
To take this step az an early day and
J without regard 10 the course Of the
other powers. This purpose he con
/ ided 10 MIR Bryan, with tho result that
the Secretary Immediately suggested
/ an invitation TO all the powers TO act
in concert with the United States and
To take the step simultaneously on the
occasion Of the meeting of China's first
congress. on April y. Whether or not
| Mr.. Brvan was In part at least, act
mated by tho belief that the success
Of such "A step would go far TO commit
those powers which might accept this
| invitation 10 recognition Of the ira
ditional interest of the United States
in the affairs OF China is not known,
but il is a fact that such was the inn
nression made OH several of the dip
lomats whom he summoned TO the
| state Department in connection with II.
Found No Takers.
| OF course, no expression of this I'M
| nression WAS conveyed TO Mr.. Bryan.