Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-10


declaration of his peace principles is
! 10 be followed UP by popular advocacy.
He says:
AS a private citizen. I am free to
urge both these propositions. and to call
public attention TO these remedies in the
! hope of securing such an expression
! of public sentiment as will support
the President In employing these reme-
| dies IL in the future he finds 1t con-
| sistent with his sense of duty to favor
them
The facetious comment quite gen.
orally made in Washington this even
| ing on the announcement of Mr..
/ Bryan was that Mr.. Bryan intends
to support the President by opposing
| him."
I There is great interest here in spec
ulations as TO the kind of reception
Mr.. Bryan will meet with when he
starts out on his tour.
! Mr.. Bryan said to-day he had not yet
made any definite plans for his speech
| making. He said he thought he would
I remain in Washington for several
| weeks.
| It is possible that by that time the
| issue between the United States and
| Germany may he settled or In a fair
way toward settlement.
Mr.. Bryan on leaving the White
! House to-day appeared to be in rare
good humor. He seemed more cheer
| full and more like the old Bryan to-
day than he has been for many months
past.
| AS he left the White House woman
with two small children were standing
on the steps. Mr.. Bryan shook hands
with all three of them. AS Mr.. Bryan
| walked from the White House he was
met by j. ]. Jusserand. the French
I ambassador. and Colonel Vignal. the
new military attache of the French en-
bassy, who were calling to pay their
! respects to the President.
| WANTS NEWSPAPER MEN
INCLUDED IN PICTURE
While the colonel, in the dress uni
| form of the French army. stood at
, salute, the ambassador advanced quick
| ly and shook hands warmly with Mr..
Bryan y newspaper photographer
was waiting at the executive Offices
and asked Mr.. Bryan to pose for a
| picture with Mr.. Tumulty. He readily
| consented, but insisted that an as
| sembled group of newspaper men be
| included in the picture.
That is, l want them in the picture
| if they are willing to be taken with
me- said Mr. Bryan.
The note 10 Germany was coded at
| the State Department to-day, and was
cabled this evening. AT the same time,
| II was announced that copies would
be furnished the press tomorrow after
noon for publication on Friday morn
ing. There is most hopeful feeling
here tonight as to the outcome of the
. issue which the raises
Mr.. Bryan's statement I'm his letter
| of resignation that he got out of the
| Cabinet SO as to be free to advocate
| the cause nearest to his heart, name
| y, the prevention of war; led to the
general impression that the new note
courtcd war.
| High officials of the administration
endeavored to dissipate that impress
sion to-day. From what was said to-
| day, II need cause no surprise if the
terms of the note. while not abridging
the American demands. are found to
! be couched in even more friendly Ian
guage than that of the first note.
! In his statement to-day, Mr. Bryan
made it clear that the President was
seeking peace as earnestly as he and
| desired it as much as he did-the only
difference between them being the
method of obtaining peace.
This statement was reassuring and
was responsible for the feeling of
| greater optimism.
| Hundreds Of kilograms came to the
| White House to-day bearing upon Mr..
Bryans resignation, and Mr.. Bryan also
, received a great number. But none of
the messages was made public.
VIEWS on RESIGNATION
IN HNASHINGToN DIEEEn
There is a divided opinion in Wash
/ ington as to whether the resignation
| of Mr.. Bryan will tend TO strengthen
or weaken the position of the United
States in the minds of the officials of
the German Foreign Office One view
is that the Foreign Office will see in
Mr.. Bryan's disaffection a serious divi-
I ~ n