The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-07-13
EUROPE UNAPPRECIATIvE OF MR..
BRYAN

i
BRYAN
The dramatic resignation of the
American Secretary Of State has ex-
cited much comment in the foreign
press, and it is curious to note that in
Germany, where the ex-Secretary
might naturally look for sympathetic
understanding, his action has been en-
tirely misinterpreted German publ
cists persist in holding him responsible
for Americas trade in war-munitions,
and, while recognizing his pacifist SEN
timents, are convinced that he has an
anti-German bias. Indeed, one Berlin
paper, the Catholic Germania, now
cy in Germany's favor, and the Berlin
er Zeitung -Mittag actually assumed
that Mr.. Bryan wanted sharper
note" to Germany than the President
was willing to sanction. The Berlin
Vossische Zeitung says:
"The moment of the resignation
course it is only too apparent land
everybody in America knew it long
ago. that in time which demands
as much expert knowledge of diplo-
mats as it imposes responsibilities on
them, man like Bryan had to go
from the post of directing foreign af-
fairs I" q
Perhaps from now on Americas
foreign policy will be less English,
though on that account it will not
become German or German American,
but let us hope American That will
be more important than the form of
any note"
The Berliner Tageblatt suggests
that Mr.. Bryan was "too practical"
and continues:
1T is no secret that Mr.. Bryan,
whose pacifist inclinations are we'll
known, did not belong among those
in the American government who
wanted to bring about break in
diplomatic relations as a result of the
Lusitania case. Although one can not
accuse him of pro-German tendencies,
and on the contrary although he has
appeared a more unfriendly figure
than the philosophical president, it
nevertheless appears that his practi-
cal experience in craftsmanship caus-
ed him to take his stand against that
policy, consequences of which are
hardly to be estimated"
Nor does Mr.. Bryan seem to have
any too many friends in the other
European countries. For example
the influential Paris Journal des De-
bats sums him up in this pointed para
graph:
"Mr. Bryan is incompetent as a
statesman He is rather an orator
or propagandist He has talked more
than he has thought and is more cap.
able of leading the multitudes thar
directing great state"
Another widely read Paris organ
lie Journal, writes:
"Mr. Bryan is Utopia-mad, always
following chimeras from bimetalism tt
pacifism. Rarely has there been {
man less suited for the position o
foreign secretary. The results have
been most unsatisfactory AT the be
ginning Mr.. Bryan nearly lighted thu
latent conflict with Japan. Then HI
unsettled the Latin republics. Mex
he threw America into the Mexican
wasps nest In the present crisis h
preferred soothing combinations to &C
ton. He is gone, bag and baggage
the energetic policy has triumphed
Perhaps the most lenient of Frencl
comments is found in the Paris Temps
which says:
"Mr. Bryan, bedecked with pacifis
formulas, regards duty from purel,
!, doctrinal viewpoint and has peculia
conception of what is considered one
, obligation to ones country. His great
est desire was the avoidance of rup