The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-19
WILSON TO DELIVER
A BLAST AT BRYAN
Will Answer eX-Secrctary's
Peace at Any Price Out
burst in ~"COmmOncr."
GARRISON ALSO TO REPLY

WASHINGTON. oct. lS.--Presjdent WI.
son and members Of his Cabinet will an
swer the peace { n price propaga >,
launched by ex-Secsc,ary william J.
Bryan in n bitterly worded signed let.
ter printed in the current !ssue of The
commoner.
Neither the President nor Secretary
Garrison will mention Mr.. Bryan by
name in the speeches 10 which they will
analyze his arguments. although Mr..
Garrison Is said to be keen for an open
attack on what he considers the lllogi-
cal n sentimental utter1nces of the
former Secretary of State.
Mr., Bryan's arguments will be fol-
no uncertainty as to the identity Of the
propagandist against whom the guns OF
the administration are to he turned
Both the President and MIR, Garrison.
according to an authoritive outline OF
their statements. will insist upon A con-
siderat!on of the problem OF national
defence from a practical standpoint.
They will demand that facts instead OF
sentimental theories be considered.
They VIII declare that the issue be-
tween me advocates of adequate national
defence and the supporters OF Mr.. Bryan
IS whether the american people snail put
heir trus; IN theories which have no
justin alton in the history Of civilization.
or profit By the lessons of the past.
Disaster or safety.
The facts are. as the President Will
point ou;. that there always have been
wars and that preparation for war al
ways has been necessary to prevent ma
tionll disaster. The Bryan propaganda
is based on the prediction that no more
wars Will develop and that preparation
therefore Is unnecessary.
TIE American people will BE- invited
H. effect to choose between the predic-
lions that there will be no more wars
and the reasoning Of students OF history
who do not believe the world will be
changed completely by the present strug-
gle.
President Wilson will not permit his
opponents to limit the issue. as Mr.
Bryan il believed to have attempted In
his Commoner letter, by regarding the
plan for army and navy development ms
one for aggression instead OF defence.
The President will insist that IL more
wars are to he expected the only sane
and cautious policy IL for a nation 70
prepare to defend itself.
As for the charge OF Mr.. Bryan that
the national defence propaganda Is a
propaganda OF the armor plate and NUM-
ton interests to all their pockets from
the national expenditures. the President
does moi intend 10 dignity It by an an
swer. The Presidents friends declare
that the temper OF the American people
is such at this time that they will dis
credit any spellbinder who makes this
charge against the character of Mr..
Wilson and his official colleagues.
BITTER Campaign Expected.
Political observers here are convinced
that the publication Of the Bryan letter
marks the opening OF a campaign of
great bitterness etween him and Presi-
dent Wilson. For some tim such an
eyentuali,y has been regarded as un-
avoidable. although Il had been hoped
that the contest would be void OF such
invective as IL embodied in Bryan's
latest utterance.
II IL by no means certain that the
officials OF the Wilson Administrator
may not eventually throw of the thin
veil which now cloaks their answers 10
the Bryan propaganda and call a spade
a spade. Here are excerpts from the
Bryan letter:
Now, q new power has arisen in the
land and demands control OF the taxing
lower. 1t is the preparers OF pre-
paredness-the battleship builders and
the manufacturers of munitions. They
have been making enormous profits In
supplying the b~elligerent nations with
aehting material. but the European war
must end some time-not as long as
these human vultures Fan keep 1t going
hut some time, and what will these
concerns do for watermelonlike divi-
dends then"
There Is only one way to insure
their continued prosperity--they must
ASH this country into a state of chronic
fear and then coin the fear into dol
lars. They already have their sub
sidized organizers setting up "A false
standard OF national honor. the duel
lists standard they are clarifying brute
force. They are transplanting upon
hatred, which is bearing its bloody
fruit across the Atlantic.
mo time IL to be lost immediate ac-
ton Is necessary. Congress viii soon
meet. and when 1t meets this Issue will
confront IL. Write to your Congress
man: write, to both your Senators.
Tell them that this nation does not need
burglars tools unless II intends to make
burglary it's business II should not be
a pistol toting nation unless II Is going
to adopt a pistol toter's IDEAS"