El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-10

| ton Of the American presidents policy
/ OF the past few months" is praised by
/ the Daily Chronicle, in an editorial The
] paper declares that while Mr. Bryan Is
I great political and party organizer,
! president Wilson is a far more com
| handing figure in craftsmanship
! Ever since the war began, says the
I Chronicle, president Wilson has had
I in ever increasing degree to take the
I burden Of the department Of state on
I his own shoulders. He will really be
I eased rather than hampered by Alr.
I Bryan's resignation"
Great Is Power Of Z. s.
1T would be premature to assume, .
I says the Express editorially, that
: there viii be any formal breach be-
| tween Germany and the United States.
/ Nobody here will attempt 10 instruct
| the United States how 10 mind its own
| business. We know America must al
ways be on the side Of liberty and
| progress and that he power to defend
I her dignity and her rights is as great
I as her love Of peace"
The Post expresses the belief that
war between the United States and
| Germany is not inevitable and adds:
"On the contrary, it IS not imprOb-
! able war still may be avoided A
strong and self-respecting attitude Is
more likely to avert war than conces-
sion and surrender"
The Post thinks the incident must
! bring home afresh to America the
! necessity for some broader form OF mill
! tary training, for war, being sometimes
unavoidable even to the most innocent
and harmless, it is incumbent upon q
nation to train its youth to meet a
/ calamity which it may not be possible
to avoid"
Bryan Was Neutral.
Remarking that it was a legend of
the German press that Mr.. Bryan was
a bitter enemy Of Germany and a strong
wffgnm n the allies he has -
I rather than sign a document he fears
may lead to war with Germany, the
daily News says:
THE truth is, OF course. he never
was anti-German or pro-English, but
always a good American and a con-
firmed pacificist. That the American
press should assail Bryan so merci-
lessly suggests that the order in
America which avoided European en-
tanglements is vanishing. No CONT
nent can isolate itself and live out
its political life without heed to what
is passing elsewhere.
L. $. Is Formidable Enemy.
THE United States has the greatest
manufacturing plants in the world, the
largest population Of first class re-
cruiting material the most inventive
brains-it is, in fact a formida bic
enemy. Germany trifled with the
United States because il had two Illus
ions one was that under no circum-
stances would America fight, and the
other was that the German-American
element would prevent the United
States from taking strong action by
the menace Of civil war. There no
longer is room for either Of these il
lusiOns and, under the circumstances
It is reasonable to conclude that most
serious efforts viii be made to avert
a rupture. Settlement is hardly prac-
ticable. however. unless tactics OF pro-
crastinatiOn are abandoned by Ger
many and American ships and Ameri-
can lies made secure
Those who are not parties to the
dispute can safely leave it to president
Wilson and the American people, who
need neither advice nor enhortation
from without This duty Of reticence
is particularly obligatory on belliger-
ents, whose Judgment hardly can be
impartial and whose counsel might con-
fuse rather than illuminate"
Presidents Position strengthened
The Standard says editoriany the re-
tirement OF Mr.. Bryan seems unlikely
20 produce any serious effect upon
American opinion. nor viii il weaken
president Wilson's position, which in
deed, viii be stronger without the pres
ence Of this subordinate who says the
cause nearest his heart is the proven
ton Of war"
THE same cause" the paper con-
tinues. lis close TO the hearts Of mil
lions Of other Americans, including the
president, who is no more in sympathy
with militarism than Mr.. Bryan him
self"
Decisive Event in History.
zone OF the most decisive events in
the world conflict" is what the Even
ing Star calls the resignation OF Mr..
Bryan.
Continuing. the Evening Star says:
HE president WILSON, did not pro-
test against the awful crime Of Belgian !
fnva sion with its uunamable butcherieg !
and its uuspeakable denominations He |
waited with a noble patience which 10 !
nations in agony seemed TO border on
perfidy- He strOve 10 the last against I
the cruel applicability OF kaiserism ]
and kultur He labored to save Ger
persuade her to retraee her blood |
stained steps. ,
History will bear witness to the pu-
rity Of his motives, and humanity TO his 4
aims"
Commenting on the statement that I
secretary Bryan differed with presi- /
dent Wilson regarding methods, the /
Evening star says that Mr.. Bryan's 4
methods ARE those which enabled i
Germany to pursue her policy Of fright
fitness for 10 months" and that pres
dent Wilson's methods involve deeds
rs well as words. action as well as
talk"
Germany Must Decide.
In conclusion the paper says:
THE issue is now clear and clean
American fixity Of purpose If she
Dursues her submarine policy America
viii make good her warning. Germany I
must choose and choose at once. There
s still a bare chance Of peace II Ger
many viii bow before the law Of ma
.ioflj which America has slowly and re-
uctantly sworn TO uphold II she stiff
TENS her neck and hardens her heart