The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-06-17

chance to win the war is thru her sub
marines; that submarine warfare does
non n-combatants to get oil and they
should not sail on ships known to be
carrying arms and other munitions of
war. Mr. Bryan mas also held to the
position that America should notify
those VINO contemplate sailing, il yes
sells carry arms and munitions of war
and should tell them they sail at their
own risk But greatest of all Mr. Bry-
an has favored arbitration of all mat
ters in dispute. He stands as the great
est advocate Of peace in the world to-
day. Directly opposite at this time are
the views of the president. Both men
are of the iirmest convictions, hence
altho the American people hoped they
would agree ii was impossible
The views of the two men are large
ly represented in the daily and country
weekly press of the nation and we VEN
ture the suggestion that each support
ed his convictions from those two sour
ces. The daily press has been almost
to unit with the preident 1t sup
, ported his note to Germany and criti-
cised the German reply. The country
weekly press has been against the
presidents policy. 1t has support,G d
the theory that England should have
protected the Lusitania and that A
mericans on the boat placed themselv-
es under the protection of the British
flag because it carried munitions of
war. The country weekly press is OPP
posed to the strong position taken by
the president
/ The division OF opinion between the
president and Mr.. Bryan is the dfyis-
ion between the leaders and the mass
es. MIR. Wilson is rejecting the senti-
.i-ment OF those 8bo are classel as leaA-
ers while Mr. Bryan is rejecting the
sentiment of many of those who would
war comes.
The division between the two lead
ers is to be deplorcd because it will
make the division between the two
/ classes OF Americans more pronounce
ed. Now that MIR. Bryan has had the
stamina to say, your policy is wrong"
/ to the president, thousands who felt
the same way but dared not protest
against what appeared to be public sen
! timent, will come out boldly against
| the vigorous manner in which the
/ president has assailed the faults of
Germany without demanding of the al
| lies that they show some reason why
| the Lusitania was not protected
! 1t is too early al this time to discuss
! the resignation from Il purely political
view. 1t certainly means that Democ-
/ racy will be divided in the next cam
paign, for the fundamental differences
are too great to be smoothcd over by
mere convention resolutions Mr.. Bry
ans position will focus the American
| thought on the great subject of arbitra-
ton for which principle America has
, stood for the last ten years and it will
/ have a temporzing effect on the Amer
| lean mind that was demanding "A hur-
ried entrance into war.
/ To be sure the American people will
! fight as one man for America if war
! rfr1 hnt hr tn
it, war is farther away now than ever
1 The division between the president
| and Mr.. Bryan demonstrates one 9TH
er thing and that is that Democracy
is. not capable Of working together in
| harmony when a crisis in government
al affairs exist.
| President Cleveland and his con-
crosses differed so widely on national
money matters that "A nation wide pam
ic followed.
! Now comes President Wilson. the
next Democratic president, and he and
Mr.. Bryan are so divided on the man
ner of handling an international ques-
tion that they cannot work in harmony
even over the settlement with q for
cien country for the destruction of ov
er one hundred American lives.
The division will necessary divide
congress and OF course the dcmocra-
tic party of America. Nothing could
have happened that is to be more re
GREETED. 1t means a divided public o.
pinion on matters relating to our for
cign relations. Never before were we
in position where there was greater
need of a united public opinion. which
would have resulted had the president