Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-21
FEAR ATTACK UPON
 SHIPS IN INTERIM
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q regard to the case of the Sussex. Press dispatches have declared the supplementary note contained the
 statements of Weiss and American passengers that a mine and not tor pedo was responsible for the acci-
 dent Washington was deluged with ltelegrams during the day. Great mum
 bers which arrived at the White
 House congratulated President Wilson for his stand. Congressmen represent ! ing districts with large German popu-
 lations received hundreds of messa- ges from. individuals and organiza- tions protesting against any action by ! Congress which might lead to Wa
 between the United States and Ger many.
 | Senators and congressman were re tluctant to enter into any discussion of the situation. The address by
 President Wilson reposes in the re- spective committees dealing with tol egn affars. It was sent to the commit tees for their information. No for nal action on it is possible. | ". J. Bryan. former secretary of state, came to Washington today. Rep
 resentatives Bailey and Galway of { Texas. met him at the station and had l luncheon with him. He decided not to disclose his plans, but said he had come render any aid possible to pre- vent trouble between the United , States and Germany.
 'I was on my way to New Orleans to deliver an address" he said, when | the news reached me that crisis in the submarine controversy with Ger many had arisen, l cancelled all en- agreements and hurried to Washington, not with any definite plan but with 1 the hope that I could be of some assistance in preserving peace.
 Since my arrival today. have had several conferences with prominent Democrats. I expect to have morei conferences within the next two days. Beyond that time my plans are indef- | mite.
 q am hoping for two things in this present grave situaton-irst- that Germany will .accede to the position of the United States; second that {, if she does not that diplomatic rela- lions will continue with view to reaching an amicable settlement of the trouble
 We must remember that there is nothing final between friends. A rup , ture between this country and Ger
 many would be unfortunate, indeed | If this dispute should end in war i. would be unspeakable.
 We are going to work to preserve peace if possible. Our plans are ten tative and I cannot discuss them a this time"
 Tonight MT. Bryan attended a tes iimonial dinner, given to the widow i founder ia fund fo rthe promotion of the sinsle~taX doctrine. He wa so hoarse that he spoke with difficulty and explainedthat he had caught cold as result of having his hair cut while i in the west.
 The responsibility for declaring
 war is on Congress, not upon tho 1 President" said Mir. Bryan, in his statement, and it is fair to assume that when the duty of acting falls uH on Congress. the President will be will { ling to refrain from embarrassing congress as he was anxious that he should not be embarrassed
 In a speech at the dinner tonight.
 MT. Bryan declared it would be q crime for the United States to enter the present war under any circum- stances. He insisted that harm done America by any of the belligerents has been incidental to the war It was false diplomacy, he declared, that waa leading this country toward war. ana miltarists and munitions manufactur CTS were responsible for it.
 Recalling that Germany had agreed 10 the principles of the peace trea ties, which he, as Secretary of State. negotiated with many nations. and un- der which the parties pledged them selves not to go to war pending an in vestigation of the dispute, MT Bryan urged that settlement of any quarrel which the United States might have with a European nation should be de layed until after the end of the year
 MT Bryan spoke of the measures Of success obtained by the Ford peace mission, which he said was reflected in the Nebraska primaries. A dozen Jmemhers of congress attended tho. dinner. and the speakers included rep resentatives Slayden of Texas, and Heating of Colorado, who denounced
 war.