Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-30

cal effect and home consumption only
He said that in all essential details
| had stated the matter correctly,
which led him, of his own accord, to
tell me the following--this is not, OF
course, verbatim report. but simply
a brief outline of the story as told
me by Mr.. Breckenridge:
"'He stated that following the
completion of the omit no word or
no act" note to the satisfaction OF
the cabinet, Mr.. Wilson, without the
knowledge of any member of the
cabinet, except Secretary Bryan him
self, wrote postscript, which he sent
with the note to the State department
for codification. Mr.. Breckenridge
stated that both Mr.. Garrison and
he had seen this postscript and he
told me what he claimed were its ex-
act words, which, however, cannot
repeat exactly, but the substance was
that the imperial German government
was not to put too serious an inter-
probation on the words omit no word
or act"
signed py Bryan.
"'On the contrary he would be in
clined, provided the German govern
ment did not see fit to yield to the
demands of the United States to use
his efforts toward submitting the en-
tire matter to an impartial interna-
tional tribunal, the decision to be
made only after the war. Both note
and postscript was submitted to and
signed by Secretary Bryan. This, &C
cording to Mr.. Breckenridge, was too
good for Mr.. Bryan to keep to him
self, with the result that 1t reached
Secretary Garrison's ears, who imme-
diately, with two or three Il do not
remember which, other members Of
the cabinet, called upon Mr.. Wilson
and demanded that he withdraw the
postscript under the threat that other.
wise they would resign and make the
matter public. Mr.. Wilson imme-
diately yielded and Secretary Gar
rison and the others left
Immediately after this, President
Wilson summoned Secretary Bryan
to the White House, and when the
latter left President Wilson had the
assurance of his resignation; whether
at Mr.. Wilson's request, because
Secretary Bryan had been responsible
for the matter reaching Secretary
Garrison's ears, or whether presented
by Secretary Bryan because there had
been a previous misunderstanding
between Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Bryan,
that the latter would sign the note
proper only with the understanding
that such multiplying postscript
should be sent and the president was
now unable to fulfill the agreement,
Mr.. Breckenridge was unable to
state.
az asked Mr.. Breckenridge if he
would be willing to bring such
knowledge as he possessed to the
active support of Mr.. Hughes. He
said that he was still at heart a
democrat, but that neither he nor any
other patriotic American could sup
port Wilson. Whether, however, he
would be willing actively to support
Hughes, he said he could not say at
that early date.
"With best wishes for the success
OF your campaign, am,
Sincerely yours,
(Signed)
CHARLES HARVEY BAILEY
This continued Senator Lodge,
simply throws an additional light on
the shifty character OF this admins
tration in its foreign policies. 1t is
also of interest in another way, for
it apparently shows that Mr.. Bryan
reason for resigning was the highly
creditable ono OF Directing to having
his signature go out appended to a
document differing in an essential
point from the one which he had
signed"