Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-09
.BRYAN's NOTE TO Wilson
and PRESIDENTS REPLY

Washington, June o. Secretar!
letter of resignation was as fol
ows:
my Dear Mr.. President: 1t is
with sincere regret that l nave
reached the conclusion that l
should return to you the commits
sion of secretary of state with
which you honored me at the be-
ginning of your administration.
"Obedient to your sense of duty
and actuated by the highest motives
you have prepared for transmission
to the German government note
in which 1 can not join without
violating what deem to be an obli-
cation to my country. and the issue
involved Is of such moment that to
remain q member of the cabinet
would be ,as unfair to you as it
would be to the cause which is
nearest my heart, namely, the pre-
vention Of war.
II therefore respectfully tender
my resignation, to take effect when
the note is sent, unless You prefer
an earlier hour. Alike desirous of
reaching peaceful solution of the
problems arising out of the use of
submarines against merchantmen,
we find ourselves differing ire
concilably as to the methods which
should be employed.
"It falls to your lot to speak Of
ficially for the nation. consider 1t
to be none the less my duty to en-
deavor as a private citizen to pro-
vry1i io1, n
view by means which you do not
feel at liberty to use.
TN severing the intimate and
pleasant relations which have ex-
listed between US during the past
two years, permit me to acknowl-
edge the profound satisfaction
which it has given me to be asso-
ciated with you in the important
work which has come before the
state department and to thank you
for the courtesies extended.
with the heartiest good wishes
for your personal welfare and for
the success Of your administration,
1 am, my dear Mr.. President,
''Very truly yours.
wv. j. BRYAN.
WdSnlnSLOI, y unc o, 1910.
The presidents reply to Mr.. Bryan
8 as follows:
my Dear Bryan: 1 accept your
resignation only because you insist
upon it. And accept it with much
more than deep regret; with a feel
ing Of personal sorrow. Our two
years of close association have
been very delightful to me. Our
judgments have accorded in prac-
tically every matter of official duty
and Of public policy until now;
your support of the work and pur-
/. poses of the administration has
been generous and loyal and beyond
praise; your devotion to the duties
of your great office and your eager
ness to take advantage of every
great opportunity for service it
offered has been an example to the
rest of US; you have earned our
affectionate admiration and friend
ship. Even now we are not separ-
ated in the object we seek but only
in the method by which we seek it.
"It is for these reasons my feeling
about your retirement from the
secretaryship of state goes SO much
deeper than regret. l sincerely de-
plore it. Our objects are the same,
and we ought to pursue them to-
gether. I yield to your desire only
because must, and wish to bid you
God speed in the parting. We shall
continue to work for the same
causes even when we do not work
in the same way.
with affectionate regard, sim
cerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON,"
It became known that Secretar!
Bryan's resignation was arranged will
he president yesterday.