The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-09
Bryan Arrives Late

About minutes before the Cabinet session had begun, MT. Bryan tele- phoned to Presidential Secretary Tu- mu1ty that he was engaged on some | important mattter,'' but that he would | be over to attend the Cabinet later. The meeting began at II. At 12 min utes after noon the Secretary of State 1 came suddenly into the Executive Of l fees, his face severe of expression, his manner brusQue toward the newspaper I scouts assembled in the reception room. Also MT. Bryan was perspirtng& What developed in the Cabinet room, of course, is something that a good many men would pay the price of | a new motor car to find out. Beyond l the fact that it began at Il o'clock and | continued for 122 minutes, plus an in
 definite announcement made by MT. | Tumulty later, there are no facts at hand to justify a, full and accurate re- | port of the proceedings.
 1 MT. Tumulty's announcement was that he had been directed by the Pres
 ident "to state that the note to Ger
 many had been gone over and dis cussed at the meeting and that it was 1 hoped that it will go to Germany to-
 morrow that it would be put into code 1 during the course of today
 As the members of the Cabinet 1 emerged from the meeting, they shook 1 their heads negatively in answer to all questions. One of them said after ward that the President had made an 1 individual request that there be no dis cussion of the proceedings of the Cab inet or of any future of note until it has been formally released for publica- ton.
 MT Bryan Joined five of his Cabf- net associates at luncheon at the Shoreham. He is usually the life of the party which assemblies in the 1 public dining room of that public hostelry on Tuesdays and Fridays. Yesterday he appeared distraught, preoccupied, less serene tempered Leaving the hotel, he went imne- diately to the State Department and l locked himself in his private office. He sent word to all callers, newspa- pers, with whom he usually parries and thrusts at 4 o'clock in the after noon, that he could not be seen- He conferred with Counsellor Lan- sing for more than an hour, presum- ably regarding the transmission of the note, which custom requires the Sec retary of State to sign.
 To all requests for 8 word with him the Secretary sent through a messenger a positive refusal to see anyone or make any statement. Mr. Lansing, upon whose shoulders much consequent upon the troubles in Flu rope has fallen for the last six months, also secluded himself
 Lansing Silent Too
 At o'clock MT. Bryan requested MT Lansing to come to his office, which is about a hunderd feet away from the southwest corner on the same floor of the building. The Coun- sellor of the department, with a much more serious expression than usually rests on his face, was absolutely un-5 communicative. He did not even acknowledge the greetings extended by reporters, with whom he is very popular because of his frankness even when he cannot supply any informa- ton.
 During the seventy minutes that Mr. Lansing remained with his chief the atmosphere around the White House and State Department which are paraIleIed by less than 200 feet of drive was filled with rumors which soon invaded all of the departments.
 The President secluded himself fol- lowing the Cabinet meeting until shortly before o'clock, when he went for a drive with his daughter Miss Margaret Wilson. Secretary Tumu1ty was also unavailable, and it was not until o'clock that anything like an official confirmation of the report that MT. Bryan had resigned could be obtained.
 Even after the announcement had become whispered about that the Secretary's resignation had been re- ceived and accepted by the President the Nebraska. statesman remained in his office and refused to see callers.
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