Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-16
PIQUEO BY
WANING PRESTIGE
WASHINGTON SAYS
Resented Fact He Was Premie
of Cabinet In Name Only
and Used Note as Pre-
text, Claim.
APPEALS TO THE GERMANS
Urges Those In America to B.
Loyal, Condoning Criticism
of U. S. Policies In For
eign Affairs.
APPEALS TO THE GERMANS

Washington, D.. c.. June 14.-Wash
tngton has about come around to thu
belief that the resignation of William
j. Bryan from the cabinet was due
not to the new note to Germany. no
to the belief that this note was really
a warlike ultimatum, but to a feeling
on MIR. Bryan's part. extending over
a period of some months. that he we:
no longer the premier of the cabinet
except in name, n that his influence
on the administration was waning.
Pique and dissatisfaction because ne
felt he was being more and more ig-
nored, and because he believed other
men about the president were domi-
mating the policies of the government,
rather than he; likewise the feeling
that elements in the democratic party
to which he is hostile have lately been
getting into the saddle. These are
among the basic reasons for the course
taken by the recent secretary of state.
ignored; Resented II.
In this connection, it is an interest
ing fact that in diplomatic circles the
trend of inside comment on the res
ignation of Mr.. Bryan is that ii was
due, not to the presidents German pol
considered he was being ignored.
For weeks and months intimates of
Mr.. Bryan a been Whispering in
his ear that men close to the admins
tration were trying to stick a knife
In him and that they were taking pains
to set on DOT gossip, through the news
papers and otherwise, calculated to
get" him.
MIR. Bryan would not believe such
stories at firsts but gradually he is said
to have become convinced. Newspa-
pers' stories telling how he was being
ignored. how h president and Rob-
ert Lansing were conducting the for
eign affairs Of the government. how
his chief part in the correspondence
with foreign powers was to sign his
over c-onditions-all these things and
others akin to them more and more
made Mr.. Bryan FESTIVE and determined
to quit.
That he was casting about for a
plausible reason for making his exit.
dramatic departure. has come to be
the accepted view in we'll informed
quarters here.
Old Friends criticise Him:
In high administration circles. it is
we'll known that this. substance is the
opinion which is held. The affectionate
protestation of Mr.. Bryan that he is out
to help the Wilson administration is
not taken seriously. 1t Is certain that
ington. whether democratic or republic
can. entertains no illusions as to the
purposes of the lately resigned secre-
tary of state to make himself useful in
giving support to the president. Some
of the bitterest men in the capitol with
respect to the course taken by Mr..
Bryan are old Bryan men who have
come to entertai- a feeling of regard
and confidence for the Wilson admins
tration. Many of these men have
switched overnight and casting off
their old friendship for the Nebraskan.
are condemning him more strongly
than those who have never been listed
with his political followers.
Mr.. Bryan last night issued an APP
peal addressed to the German Ameri-
cans urging them to aid in maintain
ing peace between the United States
and the fatherland by exerting their in
fluence with the German government
to persuade 1t not to take steps that
would lead in the direction of war.