The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-25
Seeks to Prove That All
charges of Infa.rness Are
Not Well Founded.
CIVIL WAR ACTS CITED
rs \ PARTInL GUIDE
He Declares That in No Case
Has strict Neutrality
Been Departed ""om.

W,,uiSoroS. Jan. 2i.--The most un-
u,ua' document yet issued by this Gov
eminent as result of the war was
made public tonight by Secretary
Bryan
!, b, r tho form Of a 5000 word letter
10 Senator Stone of Missouri, chairman
Of the Committee on Foreign Relations.
qad les a detailed defence OF the Al
un.strat.on against charges repeatedly
made ny Germans and other sympa-
thzcrs tina, this Government is favor
Ing the Allies.
The letter amounts to a statement OF
tbs Governments policy on virtually
all ISSUES growing out OF the war and
Involving the United States. The action
Of tho Administration at every point Of
contact with the war has been con-
s,rlel 10y German sympathizers as I'M
i'vuliy 10 their cause and the letter -
on attempt to answer specifically all the
charge Of unfairness.
Ping CUES lions. purchase OF war sup
pies control Of communications and
!, Other features are discussed in the docu-
' mn aud statements are made to prove
II, absolute neutrality and impartiality
Of this Government under the accepted
ra,o7 Of International law.
J. an quarters here tonight Socre-
tai! BryAas letter is regarded as q
POI teal document intended not only for
the general purpose of informing the
puzzle concerning the relation OF this
Government to questions growing out
OF the war; but more particularly to
check the growing hostility of the pro-
German and Austrian elements in the
country toward the Wilson Admnlstra-
ton.
It's compilation and issuance is inter-
b.. p.ctod as a significant recognition OF the
political power OF this single element OF
Oh. IUtcd States.
Nmus, since the outbreak of the war
the Sttto Department has had 10 con
tend With charges made IN pro-Gcrman
quarter 10 the effect that this Govern
'' 700 va" liN'AlllN Alt NllltS On All NufH-
tons SIoWing out Of tho war in regard
to VU,eu action at Washington was nee
essdry
y Tow of these charges were formally
o. INFO mally answered as they arose.
bur B. was fully realized by those high
~ Administration circles that more was
needed II the hostility OF the pro-German
element Was to he subdued. II is known
that for nearly two months 1t has been
urged upon Secretary Bryan and the
President that some steps be taken TO
pllD" the administration in a more fa-
NOIIulo light
Vt first IL was felt that the natural
pla'" for the Issuance of such "A defence
o. American neutrality with respect 10
particular country was the floor OF the
United states Senate. II developed, how
, ever that hardly "A Senator was available
on IN, Administration side for making
the Kind OF answer to the charges of Ger
man sympathlIers that the situation re-
CURED
Mr.. stones Attitude.
The natural spokesman. of course, was
h'nIiui stone, but the Senator has him
teI eNen utterance to remarks in the
senate indicating that he did not propose
10 forget or let the country forget THAI
he was interested in German American,
ana dt the same time exhibited a some
what unsy Inpathetic attitude toward the
hLl.Nh Government in It's war policies.
Inc letter made public tonight is IN
answer TO one from Senator stone IN
Nh'ch the senator voiced the twenty
Sprvhedtlons in the general charge
hstInst the Administration of favoring tn,
A'"es a. against Germany. Conse
'l'nty the Senator could hardly b.
counted upon to defend the Administra
Ton against these charges, and as thu
matters Involved are quite technical 4
was ret that the State Department itsel
must undertake its own defence. The re
run was the letter from Secretary Bryan
. 70 Senator Stone, in which twenty
charges are taken up and denied in de
I'N II IS understood that the letter il
tn' work chiefly of Robert Lansing
counsellor Of the state Department
IN" administrations answer TO tn
l's. specliicatiOu--an unfriendly attltud
coward Germany and Austria--is one o
inc most important and significant state
.',NH IN the entire document 1t Is a
.oloWs.
" any American citizens. partisans
OF Germany and Austria Hungary
lee that this Administration is acting
~ IN 70 way Injurious to the cause OF
4 nose countries, this feeling results
nom the fact that ON the high seas
t' German and Austro-H Hungarian
m-ra' mower is thus far inferior to the
iHi,sh 1t is the business Of a bel
SrT"nt operating on the high seas.
u'' tho duty of "A neutral. to prevent
'"tl tband from reaching an enemy.
nose IN this country who sympa-
ne with Germany and Austria
hungary appear to assume that some
r.. "'"Etuou rests upon this Govern
lu'ni IN the performance IF its neutral
GUY ~ prevent all trade in contra
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