Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-09

will be about one thousand words
long.
Il will make it public as soon as !
learn that ! am no longer Secretary or
State" said he.
When Mr.. Bryan started for his Of
flee, Mrs. Bryan walked down the
drive with him to his carriage and at
the approach of the couple the old
State Department coachman, who for
many years has driven the carriages
which are assigned to the Secretary,
got down from his box, and hat In
hand. told them both how much he
had appreciated the Secretary's kind
~nesses.
So far as State Department records
show Mr.. Bryan is the first Secretary
to resign as the direct result of a,
clear issue with the President on for
eign policy.
The nearest approach to Secretary
Bryan's action recalled here was the
resignation in 1898 of James A. Gary,
of Maryland. Postmaster General In
President McKinley's Cabinet. His
resignation was based upon repug-
nance to the approaching war with
Spain.
In the closing hours of his admin
istration. Secretary Bryan babe fare
we'll to his associates in the State De-
partment, looked after some minor
executive questions. received newspa-
per reports, made a tour of the State,
war anu navy pullulnES 10 CAL lHloI-
mally on colleagues. He planned to
turn over the affairs of his office to
Mr.. Lansing at l p. m.
When MIR. Bryan came out of As
sistant Secretary Roosevelt's office he
was surrounded by newspapermen.
We'll. gentlemen" said he. you
see 1 am not late to-day. Sometimes
have been late, particularly so yes
terday. Did you ever see an old hen
trying to gather her chickens beneath
- -.
one.
Doesn't she sometimes seem fussy
and irritable?"
Yes sometimes she picks me" was
the rejoinder.
We'll 1 often have felt like the
old hen in some respects. I have been
trying to KEEP a number of interna-
tional secrets covered up under my
wing. so to speak. II sometimes I
have seemed cross and irritable. 1t is
because ] have been afraid that some
of the secrets would creep out. or
course. you dom question the old
hens good intentions and l hope that
YOU Won't mine. So much for fiction,
AS for news, | have none to give you,
You know il ALL
Tears stood in Secretary Bryan's
eyes while friends commended his
courageous fight for principle and his
determination to eliminate himself
rather than continue in the Cabinet
as a possible embarrassment TO the
President.
Had Resignation Saturday
The story of his fight to SWAY the
Presidents judgment on the method
of dealing with the situation with Ger
many is as yet untold. He made no
effort to align other members of the
Cabinet with him and when he came
TO the parting of the way on an
i~rreconcilable question of principle he
did not tell his colleagues generally,
hoping that his action to the last
would not produce any complications
in the Cabinet.
col three days-from Saturday to
Monday-the President had Mr.. Rry-
ans resignation under consideration
and the secretary did not go to yes
terday's Cabinet meeting until the
Presidents letter of acceptance reached
him. The President had invited him
to attend after letting the Cabinet
know of the situation. Quietly the
consideration of the note continued
and at the end of the meeting the
President n remaining members of
the Cabinet expressed to Mr.. Bryan
their sense of personal regret.
The close personal relationship of
Mr.. Bryan n the President will be
reflected in h former secretary's
future course, it was learned to-day
authoritatively. Mr.. Bryan intends
I ~ tOltlilut q SlduHCn pOllIlCal sup
porter of Mr.. Wilson in Democratic
affairs and believes he can even assist
: him in the sentiment he hopes to build
up for the principle of investigation of
disputes before hostilities are begun.
II was this idea which was embodied
in thirty a treaties negotiated by
Mr.. Bryan with the principal nations
of the world-all but Germany, Aus
tria and Belgium and Japan. the first
three of which had accepted the prin-
ciple.
Explanation Promised
Late to-day, after the note to Ger.
many is on its way to Berlin. Mr..
Bryan plans to issue from his home a
statement outlining his position on thb
questions that have arisen on the re-
lations between the United States and
Germany. Mr.. Bryan contends it
would be better to submit the entire
: question to an investigating commits
sion and. pending its deliberations
: have Americans refrain from taking
) passage on ships carrying contraband
or which venture into danger zones on
the high seas.
President Wilson is said to have
been opposed to that idea, not only
because he believed the United States.
in effect. would thereby be yielding its
? rights under international law, but be-
: cause there was no guarantee that
> lawful American would be
free from dangers during discussion.
Mr.. Bryan in taking leave of State
Department employees told them the
rewards of life are not to be found
either in the money we make or in the
honors we enjoy.
The real honors are affections we
feel for each other" said he.
The best reward is appreciation ac-
companied by good Will. In leading
/, you I wan to assure you, without
reference to distinction or position you
occupy. of my appreciation of your
cooperation and devotion to duty and
that my good will follow you wher-
ever you may be. If I can go out feel
/ ing h a your good will goes with me.
1t will be a precious memory"
Visits President
Promptly at 1890 o'clock Mr.. Bryan
; left the State Department and went to
the White House. where President
:, Wilson received him.
Reports hat Secretary Daniels had
r resigned or would do so were current
, to-day, but were fatty denied on all
s sides. The report, it was said. grew
K out of the well-known friendship and
long intimacy in national politics of
T Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Daniels.
AS a matter of fact. nine members
e of the Cabinet stood solidly for the
5 Presidents position as expressed in
e the notes. Mr.. Daniels was with those