The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-10-31
Never Even Considered Such a
Postscript TO Lusltania Note
As Was Attributed TO Him m
Quotation From Breckenridge
LODGE QUOTES MORE
FROM FORMER OFFICIAL
Bryan Points Out That His Re-
siunatlOu Could Not Have Been
As Suggested, As Second Note
Came After He Stepped Out


rITCHBURd, Massachusetts 0c.
tober Ex-senator Lodge, IN. his
address here last night, repeated
his assertion that Former Asnstant
Secretary Of War Breckenridge had
told number Of his friends that The
President Ind weakened thee whole
stand Of the American government in
the submarine controsersy BY statire
in a postscript to the sseoad Ipsitania
note that the direct and warning
words u the Original strict account.
ability note were not to be taken too
seriously. s.
The senator read a lettcr from John
Temple Lloyd Jehries, Of Boston,
which stated that Mr., Breekenridge
had ON several occasions made remarks
p him similar to those quoted BY the
.eaker a. having been made 70 pr.
nerles H. Bailey OF the Tufts Medi-
al Collage. The former aasiatant
secretary Of war. said the letter. had
riticized the President FOR the post.
,ript which eliminated the strength
4 the original I.naitanin note and
weakened the whole position of the
United States in the eyes of Germany.
President Denies n tsfg
Yesterday, Mt shadow Lawn, the
President gave out q statement in
which he denied the truth Of the state
ment attributed by senator Lodge to
Mr.. Breckearidge, while from Omaha,
william jennings Bryan also dehied
that the President had penned sneh a
postscript as had been described. The
President stated that he had not even
gone 10 far as considering the adding
OF such postscript. IN ~
y Adding 90 his denial, the President
last night telegraphed to the editor Of
The New Republic authority to state
in hia name that ssany statement that
4 appended such postscript 20 any
note addressed 10 Germany, as stated
by senator Lodge Of Massachusetts, a
untrue. u t
Not Even Considered
The President added that no such a
postscript as described by Senator
lodge was ever written BY him 70 any
document and no postscript was even
considered in relation to the second
Lnsitania note, except that Il was sug.
gested that the prcteAt might be
strengthened ep
One member Of the cnbinet, before
the second Isusitania note was under
jdiseussion in cabinet Meeting, inti-
mated that proposal might be added
stating that arbitration Of the claims
Of the United States against Germany
In connection with the Lusitania incl
dent wonld be accepted by the United
States. This suggestion was not &c.
cepted by the President anc the mat
ter was not even disepssed when the
cabinet took the text Of the note up
for consideration.
No Resignation Threat
"Thert was no thfeat OF designations
over any section Of the Lusitania note
by any member Of the cabinet, !, said
the President in his telegram, ''qnd the
suggestion was dropped. 1 took the
suggestion uuder consideration but de.
cidsd to reject il, as II appeared to me
that to embody II IN the note, either
ms portion Of the note itself or az
q postscript, would be 10 advance some.
thing inconsistent with the purpose Of
the note.
In his statement given out yesterday
at Omaha, William Jennings Bryan
points out that he could not have re.
signed because Of any differences with
the President over the second Lusitania
note, inasmuch as that note was penned
after he had ceased 10. be secretary Of
state. The second note followed the
first with lapse Of month, Mr. Bryan
having resigned in the meanwhile