New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-09
Rone Iono Coroor Outliued---19 Years of Political Life
u s. APOSTLE OF PEACE,
BRYANS PROUDEST TITLE
Thrice Defeated Candidate for Presidency a Power If
Councils of Democratic Party Since Cross
of Gold Speech in 1896

speech before the Washington Young
Mems Christian Association. the Sec
rotary Of State described himself as
"a connecting link between the Presi-
dent and the outside world
At a dinner al the Hotel Aston, in
New York. in 1918. MIR Bryan said:
II am believer in peace. am
proud 10 be connected with an admin
istration that is an advocate and an
exponent Of peace. And the President
could not live up 10 the expectations OF
this nation or 20 the demands of this
time if he were not whole-sOuled in
his interest in this great cause.
Several Treaties Signed.
In the summer Of 1913 Mr.. Bryan
sent his peace plan 20 twenty nations,
eight Of which had already signified
their readiness seriously to consider 1t.
Treaties on this basis have now been
c.gned with several nations. The plan
.gas redolent Of Mr.. Bryan's oppor-
tJLism.
Ready 10 take half loaf when the
bread supply was low. Mr.. Bryan did
rot suggest in his peace plan imme-
date and compulsory arbitration of all
differences The policy he proposed
was policy of delay kind Of watch
ful waiting with the idea. apparently,
that If war could be put of for year
he causes for war would die in the
interval
The plan included the appointment
Of an international commission to in
vestigate disputes between nations, and
stipulated that during the period Of
investigation, which should be one
year. neither party TO the dispute
should increase its armament unless to
guard against entertainments by a third
nation.
Those who have sought TO separate
the BRYAN element from the Wilson ele-
ment in the United States foreign
policy have found this peace plan Of
Mr.. Bryan's interesting reading. The
delay which is the mainstay of the
scheme is reminiscent, they say, Of the
policy followed in Mexico. and even in
the notes issued in the present Euro
pean struggle.
Ready to Counsel Delay.
1t was said in Washington last
Thursday, when President Wilson was
preparing the draft of his second note
to Germany to submit to the Cabinet,
that Secretary Bryan would counsel de-
lay. Mr.. Bryan, it was freely stated,
thought that no further action should
be taken by the United States until
Germany had a better understanding
of the sentiment of this nation.
Mr.. Bryan several times has come
to the edge of peace at any price
statements. Speaking at the dinner
Of the Canadian Society IN New YORK
in 1913 he said:
10 aN
there shall be no cause for war be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain. we are determined also that
there shall be no war between the
United States and any other country.
an, proud TO be connected with an
administration whose purpose It is to
remove the causes of war. You can
convince me that anything can be Sc
cured nv war which cannot be secured
by peaceful methods. Only lew
profit by war, and, when we realize
who the few are, We are likely 10 take
the other side"
As recently as September last. when
the Germans and the French had Just
settled down to the vast battle that
is still raging in Northern France, Dir.
BRYAN saw an era OF peace.
l.. s. War Era Ended.
He was speaking as the representa-
tive of President Wilson at the star
Snanpled Banner celebration. in Baltl-
more The development of American
;deals. he said. had brought with it a
wider freedom and a new type Of cour-
age-"a constant growth in the spirit
Of brotherhood ,..
"The war era has ended in the United
States" the Secretary of State an
nounced. land is drawing toward its
close in foreign lands; the convulsions
through which Europe is now passing
are but the death throes Of mill
tarsm."
On the same day Mr.. Bryan spoke
before the Maryland Society OF the