Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-12


arguments which the advocates of peace
advance against the submarine. the
aeroplane and the Zeppelin arc adj
vanced I'm favor OF them by those who
! conduct war. The more fatal a weapon
Is. the more it is In demand, and it is
not an unusual thing to see new in
strument OF destruction denounced as
inhuman by those against whom II Is
employed. only to he employed later
by those who. only Il little before. de-
nounced Il.
SUGGESTIONS SUBMITTED
TO NATuRAl.IZED CITIZENS
The above suggestions are respect
fuliy submitted to those of German
birth or descent. and they are sub
united in the same spirit to naturaliZed
citizens from other countries To the
nnturaiiZed citizen this Is the IL nd of
i adoption. but in one sense II NAV bc
nearer to him than II is to us who are
native born. for those who come here
are citizens by voluntary choice while
we are here by accident OF birth. They
may be said to have paid higher
compliment to the United States than
we who first saw the light under the
stars and Stripes. But more than that
| II Is the land of their children and their
chiidren's children. no matter for what
reason they crossed the ocean. They
d
/ our nations destiny, hut their do.
sctndants have part with ours i'm
! All the blessings which the present
generation can. by wise and patriotic
actioh' beGueaih to the generations that
are TO follow"
! MAY Make STATEMENT
REGARDING HIS FUTURE
Mr.. bryan said that tomorrow he
miRht nave some announcement to
| make regarding his future course He
| hiSpiaEed a huge pile Of congratulatory
! teiesrarns from societies and ind-
Fidnals. More than "a thousand such
messages have been received. he said
Late to-day Mr.. Bryan visited the
| STATE Department. He called upon his
successor. Mr.. Lansing. and stated that
ne would visit the department from
! time to time
GRATsFIED OVER CHANGE
IN TONE OF THE PRESS
Former Secretary Bryan to-day
issued statement expressing his
eratihcation over what he termed a
chanGe IN the tone OF the press re-
earoine the American note to Ger
| many The statement follows:
] Il am glad to note the change in
the tone of the press in regard to the
| note to Germany From the time the
papers began to publish forecasts down
, TO yesterday. the lingo editors have
been predicting that the matter would
he dealt with with great frmness.'
mat Germany would he told that there
! must be no more delay in the accept
ance OF this countrys demands etc.
instead of waiting until the note
was issued, they put their own con-
| struction upon ii in advance, and col
ored 1t to suit their own purposes. II
! is relief to find the papers now EN-
phasizing the friendly tone of the note
| and pointing out that il does not neces
sarily mean war.
something has been gained IL the
warrior journalists at last realize that
| the country does not want war. hu,
| that. on the contrary, il will sunport
the President in his efforts to find n
peaceful solution OF the difficult nroh.
lem raised by the use OF the submarine
| against merchantmen"
| The former secretary. in giving ont
ms formal statement, supplemented IL
/ with the following anecdote:
| a Congressman. replying to a lingo
| speech. recently said:
I While am personally against war
! am In favor Of the country having
what II wants. II the country wants
war. let II have war. but let il first
ma out II the country does want war
J III II becomes necessary 10 ascertain
/ the sentiment OF the country. I suggest
/ mat ballot be taken: let those who
want war vote for war and those on
posed TO war vote against IL. and let
! the vote be taken with the under
standing thai those who vote for war
VIII enlist for war. and that those who
vote against war Will not be called
upon until after those who want war
have exhausted their efforts
still believe" added Mr.. Bryan.
in the right of the people to rule, and
think the Congressman's suggestion
might insure deliberate action on the
part of the voters"
Mr.. Bryan was reminded OF the sue
gestion OF some of his friends that in