Arizona republican., 1914-04-13
MT. Bryan. a Note Out of Time


 Mir. George Sylvester Viereck is a young but eminent author international fame the asso- ciae editor of Current LiteratureT the editor 'Rundschau Zweier Weten" which we may call concurrent literature" He is the writer of many works plays and poems and we suspect has deeply flowing vein humor which and then breaks out upon the surface. We quite
 Applied Christianity in State Depart ment" is the title of article by Mr. Viereck in the International for April in which he ap pears the defender and panegyrist of MT. Bryan whose New Diplomacy halls back Beth lehem." MT. Niereck dsclaims agreement with the secretary of but he cannot why many orthodox church folk fail in him the embodiment of their cherished convictions" He is. in the opinion of MT VIereck the first who ever tried to square statecraft with Christianity. Says Mr. viereck:
 MT Bryan, the dictator of the foreign pol ces the United States, merely in accord arce with revelations the New Testament. MT. Bryan blundered, say, when he barred OUT bankers from participation in the Chinese loan pe may have blundered by the realities that s"N- ern the world, but he find supreme Justitca- tion for pouring out the changers money and oNerthrowng their tables in St. John, Chapter :. Hundreds of American citizens have been murdered and mutilaed in Mexico, and we have eXacte1 no vengeance Again, the revivalist, of the state de- partment need only St. Matthew, Chapter D. Verse 5. But l say unto you that ye resist not evil: but whosover shall .smite thee on the right cheek turn to him the other also The same verse beautifully illustrates the motive that must have animated Mir. Bryan the Baltimore conNen- tion when he anointed the head of the man whose dearest wish it knock him into cooked hat
 In the Panama controversy the administration once more takes it's inspiration from St. Matthew England was prepared accept our interpretation of the Panama treaty until the chief spokesman 'l ,be Carnegie peace lobby treacherously played into the hands of Downing Street We cannot but believe in the sincerity of MT Bryan He IS wllihs to grant England more than she asks. we heeu only turn to another verse of the scripture to si inc key to MT Bryan's psychology in this n- stance And if any man sue thee at law anu fake away thy coat, let him have thy coah dlS'- And whoever shall compel thee to go mlie' go with him twain" Are ambassadorsnlps gwen away as rewards for political services Is the CIVIL setNlce law practically suspended in the department oi state? Is every democrat who asks for It the re cipient of job? True but is it not written Oi,e tS him that asketh thee and rom nm ti"' "' borrow of thee turn not away!
 Mir Bryan's Christianity is even more severe than that of it's founder. There is no record ol HIS having filled water pots with anytnms suon7e- than crape-juce I say this in not spirit or IT. reverence.
 If Nr viereck has not been serious so far ne descends to seriousness in describing President
 
 Wilson as the protege of MT Bryan as MT. i"i' WAS the protege of Colonel Roosevelt Ihe p'o- tore Inf the latter was a disappointment to hiin as Mr Viereck predicts, MT. Brrans protege VIII oe when he will make peace with the conserNa'i>e' and break bread with the forces pehihu ohoei wood and Clark" Mir Viereck is thus lea pv easy stages to the following interesting comparisoh oi Roosevelt and Bryan:
 Roosevelt owes his strength to the s"ht u" ,,,i,ive judgment of his tremendous braih biA "i vres his power to the fanatic intensity or us io' convictions Bryan is primarily an ethcd loi'| Roosevelt is primarily dynamic cyclone i'oose wolf is a man of the world. His god IS the gou oi things as they are. Bryan is a man ol tue '"pei nacle His god is the god of Methodlst freSos tarian theology. Roosevelt is as much Hietzschean as he d Christian Bryan has ih- herited the spirit the early dweefs Tn the ca'"- ,,,,hs Bryan is an idealist. Roosevelt Is d lTdc- ,ical dealis Bryan often advocates the rsh, tiii7 at the wrong time Roosevelt advocates the riSn' thing at the right time a
 If the two could join forces the "ol'o ,,oud hehod miracle of good government put any such hope fantastic. Each must reVoNe III bs own circuit The destiny of the nation VIII De safer in Roosevets hands than in Bryan s. foi Bryan is out of joint with his own time We are living in a Christian era: