Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-19
SCORED
At CONFERENCE
Of ARBITRATION
Speaker Declares CommonerS S.
Presence in Cabinet Less
ened Worlds Respect for
America.
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Mohonk Lake, The Lake Mohonk
conference on international arbitra-
tion today called to order George Ha-
ven Putnam of New York, who Is an
ardent advocate of preparedness for
an attack upon w. j. Bryan. Mr..
Bryan appeared later and replied 10
Mr.. Putnam.
MIR. Putnam declared that among
other things which lessened respect
for the United States throughout the
world was the presence in the cabi-
net of man like william j. Bryan,
who shamefully misrepresented our
country in his interviews with Dunn
bs"
Mr.. Bryan reached the conference
hall Il few minutes after Mr.. Putnam
had finished.
Not Surprised, lie Says.
II am not surprised that the peo-
pie should be misled, he said Those
who have nothing hun the eastern
metropolitan press 10 rely upon are
fortunate If they get the truth.
Ambassador Dumba called at the
state department, >he explained, "at
time when the president was in New
York
Immediately after the interview,
Mr.. Bryan said, he wrote out re-
port OF what had taken place and
sent IL to the president and received
the approval of what he had said 10
the Austrian ambassador. When l
heard that my interview was criti-
cized.' he continued, II called in Mr..
Dumba and read over the report and
il was approved by him. The thing
mislnterpreted was this: | said to
Dumba the fact that lives were lost in
sinking ships made the controversy
different from the controversy with
England, which concerned only loss
of trade. That was the distinction
made and 1t is the one that L. made
very properly by every one that has
taken part In the controversy since"
Disagrccs with Taft.
Mr.. Bryan dissented emphatically
from the views expressed here by
former President Taft favoring the
League to Enforce Peace.
If we join with Europe in enforc-
ing peace" he said, then We can
hardly refuse to let them join in en-
forcing peace over here. And If
know the American people, there Is
no disposition here to abandon the
Monroe doctrine.
His fundamental objection to the
league was expressed as follows:
"When we turn from moral sua-
sion to force we step down and not
up. | don't care to have this nation
n policeman"
Mr. Bryan stated that prepared
ness such as is generally suggested
will not prevent war but will provoke
war IF we had been as well pre-
pared as some now ask us to be, we
would be in the war now shouting for
blood"
other noted speakers tonight were
Eugene Wambaugh, professor of law
at Harvard university; Edward II.
Krehbiel, professor of history at Le-
land Stanford, Jr. university, Rich
ara Bartholdt, formerly congressman
from Missouri and Prof. Edward y.
Steiner, of Grinnell college, Ia
Francis Case student at Dakota
Wesleyan university, won the elev-
enih annual national oratorical con
test of the intercollegiate Peace asso'
citation today. Five college UNDER
graduates took part in the competi-
ton, each being the winner successive
ly in three preliminary contests
college. state and geographical group.
The orations were judged the best
of about $50 representing 1870 colleges
and universities.