The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26
GERMANY TO REJECT
BRYAN'S PEACE PACT
Dislikcs Proposal TO Let Year
Elapse Before Any lI0stil-
tiles Start.
"AlWANS READY FOR WAR"
Robert p. Skinner Leaves Ber-
lin for London to Become
Consul-Gcneral.
READY FOR WAR"
ny KARL IT. Won wIEGAND.


Special cable Despatch 10 Tus Sun
BERLIN, July 2j.--The correspondent
of,TuE SUN learns that Germany will
probably not sign Secretary OF State
Bryai's new arbitration peace treaty pro
vidlng for the lapse cr year before tho
beginning OF host,litles in the event OF
disagreement. during which an interna-
tional commission will make efforts to
obtain ar amicable settlement. Germany's
objection IL that the treaty would destroy
her greatest military asset. This Is not
likely to be the ground assigned for not
signing the treaty. but II VIII be the real
reason.
Germans argument IL that she II AL
ways ready for war at an hours notice
40 other European country Is In such q
condition Millions Of dollars have been
spent To- reach this stage, while the entire
strateglcal plans OF the General stan have
been directed 70 the manner OF taking the
quickest offensive move aHd pouring more
men into the field IN less time than any
possible foe could do 30 For this reason.
II IL argued II ~ unreasonable t. ask her
10 surrender an advantage purchaSed at
such cost and at the same time give any
other nation whole year 10 prepare iO'
war
German opinion is that Secretary Bryan
means well but that he does not under
stand European conditions, and least OF
all those in Germany. Serious diinculles
between Germany and the United States
are so improbable that Germany has no
serious objection 10 Mr.. organs proposal
30 far as It concerns America. but to sign
such "A treaty with America would render
the refusal OF similar request by another
country almost an act OF hostility.
Robert l.. skinner. the retiring Ameri-
can Consul General at Berlin, who has
been appointed to a similar post at Lon
don, and Mrs. skinner started for the
British capital Tuesday. The American
Club gave Mr.. skinner a farewell luncn-
con Monday. which was attended by lou
leading members OF the American col
ony here. including James w. Gerard.
the Ambassador the entire stans or the
embassy and consulate and many proml-
nent Berliners and Or. Paul :. Reinsch,
the United States Minister TO China, and
Mrs Reinsch. Or. Reinsch, who Is on a
vacation dined at the embassy Monday.
with Mrs. Relnsch he will make tour OF
south Germany before sailing for New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Trowbrdge Hall
Of New York were at the Hotel Adlon
for two days after motoring from the
Baltic coast. They started later for
Nuremberg. Munich and Paris
Mrs John Slater OF New YORK with
her son. Harold Mrs. Alfred J. Johnson
and the latters daughter Alice. and the
Misses Harriet Hayes. Mabel Murphy and
Alicia McCardle, arrived here Tuesday
from a motoring trip through Belgium
and Holland They viii start for south
Germany Monday.
Julius T.. Meyer. general manager In
New York for the Hamburg American
Steamship Company, and Mrs, Meyer,
with Miss Natalie Young Smith. and Mr..
and Mrs. r. F. Kountze and son arrived
Monday by automobile from Carlsbad.
where they had been taking the cure
They went TO Hamburg Saturday, whore
Mr.. Meyer had conference with the
officials OF the company.
Mr. and Mrs. u. w. Winter, who are
here, will spend three days in motor tours
Of various parts OF Germany, after which
they will go TO Magdeburg and Nurem-
berg.
Bishop Eugene r. Hendrix OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, who
IL located Mt Kansas city, Mo. arrived
here on the way 10 Switzerland. where
he is a delegate 10 the Carnegie peace
conference. lie was n guest OF the
American Embassy Tuesday.