New Britain herald., 1915-11-05

DGclareS I1an IS "A DepartS 5 Our Traditions; a Reverss
 National Policy; a Mcnac
 Peace and Safety, and a
 to the Spirit of Christianit
 Preparedness False PhiIod ~ Washington, Nov. 5.--For retary Bryan came out
 against President Wilson's defense plan today in a forn ment.
 "A departure from our tl a reversal of our national menace to our peace and sal a challenge to the spirit of Ch| which teaches us to infiuen( by example rather than by| fear" is MT. Bryan's view oi tional defense plans, as set the president in his speech I at the dinner of the Manha| of New York.
 Opening Gun of FigI 
 The former secretary of statement, which reiterates
 has previously expressed on ject of preparedness for war garded as the opening gun in which administration leaders congress against adoption of
 MT. Bryan's statement says:
 read the presidents speech
 York with sorrow and conce is doing what he believes t duty, and so long as a mad his conscience and judgment| not criticise his motives, butt be compelled to dissent from clusions. I feel it my duty q and, as he has given his vid clearness and emphasis, tho| differ from him are under al ligation to express themsel1 equal clearness.
 He says that his positio1 ferent from that of the privi vidual in that the individual to speak his own thoughts \ his own opinion. This sentencd tie obscure. In so far as he q his own opinion, he does ni from the private citizen except speaks under a sense of offI sponsibility; but where a nah( is involved in a policy everyI citizen who loves his country s to serve it is conscious of Il bility. The president will not that he is more deeply inter- the welfare of his country Il who elected him to the time being, their spokesmd if, as he evidently believes, h4 ing voice to the opinions of hI trymen, he is, of course, anz have them as frank with hin has been with them--how od can he know whether he rel or misrepresents their views?
 Policy Never Adopted.
 "He has announced a polici has never before been adopted and never endorsed H party in the country, and he way of knowing, until he heal the people, whether he has q the will of the pull appeal is not to any party, bu| says. to me of all shades of d He asks for the hearty support meaning, of course, wants the support, provided | ole favor the policy which he I ined. He could not, of couf hem to support a policy whil lid not endorse, especially if the policy dangerou country. ...
 From my view of the sub. ,lan which he proposes is not from our traditions of our national polio g not only a menace to our pel afety but 8 challenge to the S christianity, which teaches us luence others by example rathI " exciting fear.
 False Philosophy.
 The president says that vel ,e prepared mot for aggressi| or defense That is the grouf which all preparation Tor made. What nation has cyl ,ared for war on the theory vas preparing for aggression ,nly fair to assume that the Eu .ulers who are involved in tn mt war thought that they wel rihuting toward the maintens ,eace when they were making lte preparations for defense. alse philosophy, and being [ inevitably leads into difficulties
 The spirit that makes the ind .arry a revolver-and whoev' ies a revolver except for dei eads him not only to use 1t or but to use Ia , hich Drovokes trouble.
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