Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-06-08

President Says Message
Will Probably Go to
Berlin Tomorrow.
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SECRETARY OF STATES
OPPOSITION A SURPRISE
Said to Have Called Firm Tone
of Reply MOckery on U. S.
Germany Treaty.


WASHINGTON, June S.-President
Wilson caused tho announcement at
LOS this afternoon that the German
note was complete. Through Scores
tary Tumulty he let it be known that
'he hoped" that 1t would go forward
tomorrow. But his cabinet was not
unanimous in its approval of the doc,
ument. And the man whose name Il
will bear. If the presidents plans are
completed, Secretary of State Bryan.
left the cabinet meeting determined
to fight right up to the very minute
that the note is placed on the cables
for a modification.
Bryan believes the United States is
on record for arbitration, so much 50
as to make it mockery to send to
Germany a document which he con-
siders savors of an utimatum. And al
though the majority of the cabinet
was against him today he carried his
persuasive powers from the cabinet
meeting to the University Club, where
he and his fellow members had lunch.
When the cabinet meeting broke
up at 1905 p. m. today, Secretary
Tumulty announced to the news.
papermen the following:
THE president asked me to saw
that the note was gone over and dis
cussed and put in final shape and
1t Is hoped that it will go tomorrow.
The Bryan position came as a COM
pete surprise to the president IN
the notes that have preceded the one
under discussion the secretary has
taken the position that the United
States should invite arbitration. He
mas called attention to the fact that
} lhls counry was on record as unal-
terably opposed to war and pledged 10
/ every honorable means to prevent IT.
But in every instance he has STONED
short of any further fight when thc
note had been approved by the mas
Jority' of the cabinet. And the presf-
q dent expected that he would do this
, todaY In fact, prior to the cabinet
, meeting II was understood from the
, president that the ca binet would be
unanimous, and that the note would.
: nave the approval of all of the mem-
ners. An announcement to this ef-
feet was forthcoming.
Bryan An Hour Late. ZEE
The first intimation that ANYTHING
was wrong came when the secretary
did not show up at the executive
offices with the other members. His
absence was not at first commented
on because II was known that Count
Won Bernstorff the German ambas-
sador, was at the department. How-
ever. 1t was soon ascertained that
the business the ambassador was
concerning himself with had to do
with Counselor Lansing.
Ihen rumors that the secretary had
sent word to the president that he
would not stand for the note az
framed, began to gain currency. In-
curry at the White House revealed
the fact that Secretary Bryan had
sent word that he would be in his
office working on an important paper.
and would be late. At the state de.
partment Eddie" Savoy, the secre-
3 tarys colored messenger, refused To
: take any cards in to Bryan. He said
a that he did not know whether his
, chief actually intended attending tbs
meeting.
He is very busy and I cannot dis.
turb him." was the only statement
8 Eddie would make.
: When the cabinet met TO discuss tho
I note Secretary Bryan was not among
the number. He remained at his Office
at the state department, closeted with
g Counselor Lansing, and sent word to
the president that he was detained BY
Q important work. Mr.. Bryan, however.
y has conferred frequently with tbs
n president while the note has been
e under construction.
Bryan Sorry He's Late.
q At noon, after the cabinet meeting
had been under way an hour, Secre-
n tary Bryan arrived
b I'm sorry I am late.n he said an
he entered the executive Office. 4
sent word to the president I would
be detained by important Work"
There were some indications that
the discussion OF the note might have
h been delayed until Mr.. Bryan's ar
rival
President Wilson before the cabi-
net meeting had explained to callers
that there had been no delay
of any kind in the preparation
r of the note that he had brought
only rough draft of it to
the cabinet meeting Friday. and that
that there had been al sorts of sug-
: gestions since the cabinet last met.
a The general character of the docu-
a ment, however, he said, had not been
!. modified, and he believed 1t had the
approval of the entire cabinet. No
: one has held up the note, the presi-
@ dent emphasized, work on 1t being as
= expeditions as was consistent with
carefulness.
The president today gave no inSlina
I of its contents, believing that fore
Q casts might set up a misconception
S abroad of the American position. The
arrival of the note from Germany
offering to pay for the attack on the
Gulfiight and asking for further in
}. formation concerning the dropping OF
a bombs IN the Cushing was referred
g to by the president as not unsatis-
f factory.
y Those two cases, however. do not
affect the main principle for which
the United States is contending--thaf
: Americans on unarmed merchant
: ships of every nationality shall he
K transferred to place of safety be-
: fore any prize is destroyed
t Learns of Geidemeester's Mission.
n The president said he had learned
e only through the newspapers of the
Y mission of Van Ghell Geldemeester
! who arrived here in the interest q
[ neutral mediation in the Europey
' war. The president added, howey
t he believed individual officials NJ