The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-06-25

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u State. He said there never wei
any material differences on que'
tions of policy between himself an
the President until the foreign sui
! marine controversy arose.
} 81 am glad to make REPUTATION,
said Mr.. Bryan, land to say tina
the President has done me the homo
to confer with me about everything
done in connection with the Stat
Department. Not a single statemen
has been issued by the President, O.
prepared by him about which 1 hav,
not had the privilege of conferrinl
with him beforehand and the oppor
tunity to offer suggestions after il
was prepared.
Il may add that we have never
had any material difference on any
question of policy until the sub
marine controversy arose, and our
uotes-my note of resignation and
his note to me accepting it-have
clearly and distinctly set forth the
only difference that existed on this
matter"
| Tomorrow Mr.. Bryan goes to New
York to deliver a peace address in
Carnegie Hall. He will return here
Sunday morning and in the evening
will leave, with Mrs. Bryan, for
Asheville, N. c.
Mr. Bryan spent to-day in prepa-
ration for his first public speech
since his resignation. He said to-
night he expected to discuss subjects
about which he could not talk while
serving in the Cabinet.
Mr.. Bryan, in the third and Con-
Guiding section of his statement on
THE Causeless War" issued to-day,
suggests meditation as "the way
out" AS preventative of war, Mr..
Bryan proposes universal extension
of his Investigation commission
peace treaty plan.
Meditation" the former Secre-
tary of State says, sis the means,
provided by international agree
ment, thru which the belligerent ma
lions can be brought into confer
ence; time for investigation of all
disputes is the means by which the
future war can be averted and the
cultivation of international friend
ship is the means by which the de-
sire of war can be rooted out"
In celebrating his plan for resto-
ration of peace, Mr.. Bryan urges:
That neutral nations in advo-
eating peace crystallizes sentiment |
in favor of peace coercive force and
offer meditation jointly or severally;
that the warning nations join in
treaty to provide for investigation
by a permanent international COM
of every dispute that may
arise, no matter what it's character,
or nature" and that a worldwide
movement to cultivate a
spirit of brotherhood among the ma
tons be undertaken as the final task
of the advocates of peace.
Great nations cannot be extermi-
mated" says Mr.. Bryan. "Predic-
tons made at the beginning of the
war have not been fulfilled. The
British did not destroy the German
fleet in month; Germany did not
take Paris in two months, and the
Russian army did not eat Christmas
Inner at Berlin. But even if ex-
were possible, it would
'e a crime against civilization which
10 nation or group of nations could .
lfford to commit.
Mr.. Bryan continues:
When can peace be restored?
Any time now, if the participants
re really weary of this war and
eady for, it to end If any nation
S not ready, let it's rulers state in
lear, distinct and definite terms the
onditions upon which it is willing I
o agree to peace; then if an agree 4
lent is not reached, blame for con- Z
luance of the war will be upon l
hose who make unusual demands" ,
In proposing meditation, the form
r Secretary points out that The
Lague Convention. expressly declares
n offer of meditation shall not be e
onsidered an unfriendly act, and
dds: I
The duty of Offering meditation r
lay seem to rest primarily upon the q
nited States, the largest of the b
eutral nations, and the one most Ii