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During Vacation Let The T-D. Keep You Posted on Richmond's Home News. jHidrtncnft STimcS-i During the Summer Remember lo Have The T-D Sent to Your Resort Address. 65th YEAR VOLUME OA. XTMHEa 160 RICHMOND, VA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1915.?FOURTEEN PAGES. HPAGEEn. -FAIR PRICE, 2 CENTS BRYAN QUITS AS SECRETARY OF STATE; CLIMAX TO CRISIS OVER GERMAN NOTE , n UNFAIR TO WILSON TO REMAIN MEMBER OF OFFICIAL FAMILY Resignation Tendered, to Take Effect When Note to Germany Is Sent, on Account of Irreconcilable Differences as to Methods. CORDIAL LETTERS EXCHANGED BY PRESIDENT AND RETIRING PREMIER Bryan Says Ho Considers It His Duty to Endeavor as a Private Citizen to Promote End in View by Means Which His Chief Does Not Feel at Liberty to Use in Furtherance of Cause Nearest His Heart, Namely, Prevention of War?Chief Executive's Acceptance, in Letter of Regret Tinged With Deep Personal Feel ing of Affection, Pays Tribute to His Loyalty and Unselfish Service. WASHINGTON, June 8.?Secretary Bryan's letter of resignation was as follows: "My Dear Mr. President: "It is with sincere regret that I have reached the conclusion that I should return to you the commission of Secretary of State, with which you honored me at the beginning of your administration. * "Obedient to your sense of duty and actuated by the highest motives, you have prepared for transmission to the German government a communication in which I cannot join. What I deem to be an obligation to my country and the issue involved i? of such moment that to remain a member of the Cabinet would be as unfair to you as it would be to the cause which is nearest my heart, namely, the prevention of war. "I therefore respectfully tender my resignation, to take effect when the note is sent, unless you prefer an earlier hour. Alike desirous of reaching a peaceful solution of the problems arising out of thp use of submarines against merchantmen, we find ourselves differing irreconcilably as to the methods which should bf1 employed. "It falls to your lot to speak officially for the nation; I consider it to be none the less my duty to endeavor as a private citizen to promotf the end which you have in view by means vhich you do not feel at liberty to use. "In severing the intimate and pleasant relations which have existed between us during the past two years, permit me to acknowledge the profound satisfaction which it has given me to be associated with you in the important work which has come beforf the State Department, and to thank you for the courtesies extended. "With the heartiest good wishes for your personal welfare and for the sticcess of your administration, T am, my dear Mr. President. "Yerv trulv vours, (Signed) "W. J. BRYAN." PRESIDENT'S LETTER TO RETIRING OFFICIAL. The President's letter to Mr. Bryan was as follows: "My Dear Mr. Bryan: "I accept your resignation only because you insist upon its ' acceptance, and I accept it with much more than deep regret, with a feeling of personal sorrow. Our two years of close association have been very delightful to me. Our judgments have accorded in practically every matter of official duty and of public policy until now; your support of the work and purposes of administration has been generous and loyal beyond praise: your devotion to the duties of your great office and your eagerness to take advantage of every great opportunity for service it offered have been an example to the rest of us; you have earned our affectionate admiration and friendship. Even now we are not separated in the object we seek, but only in the method by which we seek it. "It is for these reasons that my feelings about your :etirement from the secretaryship of State go so much deeper than regret. I sincerely deplore it. Our objects are the same, ;.nd we ought to pursue them together. I yield to your desire only because I must, and 'wish to bid you God-speed in the parting. We shall continue to work for the same causes, even when we do not work in the same way. "With affectionate regard. "Sincerelv yours, "WOODROW WILSON." TO INVENT NEW DANCE Demonstration by Dancing MnnterH "Will lie filvtn on Thursdny. SAN* FRANCISCO, June 8.?The Inter national Association of Dancing Mas ters. in convention here, has decided to invent :omething to take the place of the so-called "zoo" dances, now de clared taboo. Tho new step, it was announced to day, is to be a medium between the fox trot, canter waltz and the one-step on!the one hand, an?l the old-fashioned vj'.tz and two-step on the other. A ri/^ionstration will be given next Tf rsday. '/VARENFORD DECORATED ! pn ng Canadian Aviator In Given the - Victoria Cro*H. LONDON, June 8.?Reginald A. J. War<srt5?-?'?1. the young Canadian sub lieutenant in the royal navy who yes terday in an aeroplane attacked and wrecked a Zeppelin dirigible over Rel glum. was given the Victoria Cross to day. Ji Warenford's exploit marks the flrst time a Zeppelin has been brought to; earth by a monoplane. i DERNBURG SOON TO LEAVE Expected to Depart From United States on Saturday. [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] NEW YORK. June S?Dr. Bernhard Dernburg, who has been frequently re ferred to as the unofficial representa tive of the Kaiser here, will leave the United States next Saturday on the steamer Bernsfjord. according to infor mation given by the Norwegian-Ameri can T.,ine, whose ships ply between New York and Norwegian ports. Dr. Dernburg came to this country as a special commissioner of the Ger man Red Cross. Despite the fact that he was most active in spreading a Ger man propaganda here, he continued his Red Cross work. As an official of the organization, he cannot, under the rules of modern warfare, be seized by the enemies of Germany. The only official statement hearing on the situation came from Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador at Washington, several days ago. He said: "Dr. Dernburg has decided of his own free will and volition to leave the United States. His decision was with out suggestion from the embassy or the German government." Wi/1ie?m <J&n njng-5 23rycxri E Life Devoted to Political Campaign ing, Lecture Platform and Cause of Universal Peace. BRYAN LONG IX PUBLIC EYE Switch of Support From Clark to Wilson Gave Latter Nomination at Baltimore and Caused Personal Break With Speaker. WASHINGTON, June S.?William Jenning Bryan's resignation as Secre tary of State because of a question of principle at a critical moment in the nation's history, added another sensa tion to a spectacular career?a life de voted to arduous political campaigning, the lecture platform, and the cause of universal peace. Attracting attention when he \vent to Congress in 1S91, he leaped into prominence at once with a speech that electrified his audience. The tall, lanky Westerner had early earned the name of "Boy Orator of the Platte." His famous "Cross of Gold and Crown of Thorns" speech in 1S96 at the psycho logical moment at the Democratic con vention won him the nomination for the presidency. When the Spanish-American War broke out he enlisted and went to thej front as colonel of a regiment he j helped to form. On his return he again came into prominence at the Demo cratic convention of 100^, and in his campaign against McKlnley advocated the granting of independence to the1 Philippines and a policy of "anti lmperlaliem." Notwithstanding his political defeats he was acclaimed as the "Peerless Leader" of Democracy, and was sup ported by a large personal following. He made speeches in nearly every city and town In the country, and his bitter political fights with factions in many States kept him in the forefront of public attention. STIRS t'P SENSATION' IX DOMESTIC CinCI.ES When Mr. Bryan returned from a trip around the world in 1010, and was greeted by a great crowd in Madison Square Garden, his speech advocating government ownership of railways stirred up a sensation In domestic poll tics. It was shortly after this that Woodrow Wilson, the President of Princeton University, wrote the famous letter to Adrian Jollno declaring that the speech made him feel that Mi Bryan "ought to be knocked iato a cocked hat." The record of Mr. Wilson as Governor of New Jersey in advocating progres sive legislation attracted Mr Bryan to him, and he visited the Governor at his Princeton home. Although instructed (Continued on Second Page.) FIRM NOTE TO GERIIIiANf ! WILL GO FORWARD TD-OAT Unfavorable Reply Almost Certain to Mean Severance of Diplomatic Relations. j FINAL APPROVAL BY CABINET j Acceptance of Bryan's Resignation Spreads Impression That Wilson Is Determined Rights of I". S. Must Be Upheld in Any Eventuality. WASHINGTON, June S.?The policy | of the United States toward Germany? ! an insistence on the observance of neu | tral rights and the safeguardinB of the lives of Americans on the high seas? was determined finally to-day at a Cabinet discussion. Secretary Bryan's resignation had beer, submitted and accepted when the meeting convened, and he took little | part in the discussion. The note, which is to be sent to Germany to-morrow, was read over to-day for the last time to the Cabinet by President Wilson. Suggestions of some minor changes j | were noted by the President. The resignation of Mr. Bryan, who' advocated a course that under no! | circumstances would involve the United States in war, spread the im pression that the President and his I Cabinet had decided firmly that the rights of the United States must he j upheld in any eventuality that may arise. While no intimation of the con tents of the rote was given, it is un derstood an unfavorable reply will mean the severance of diplomatic re lations with Germany, and that at tacks on Americans thereafter might lead even to greater complications. FORECG.N DIPLOMATS The effect of the general situation of I Secretary Bryan's withdrawal from the | Cabinet was a subject of comment I everywhere. Foreign diplomatists in terpreted it as significant of a force l ful course on the part of the United | States. They were busy with their j code hooks and cablegrams to-night I advising their respective governments j of the Cabinet change and Its signifi | cance. | In Austro-German quarters, where, j there has been some confidence that Secretary Bryan's stand for peace would make Impossible a rupture be tween the United States and-Germany, the resignation of the secretary caused much uneasiness. In other official and diplomatic quar ters the view was held that by accept ing the resignation of Mr. Bryan the President had demonstrated to Ger many his earnest intention of securing reparation for the loss of American lives on the Liusitania and a guarantee against other violations of American (Continued on Second Pago.) ADVISK GOVEHXMKXTS PROBABLE SUCCESSOR Names of Secretary of War and j Counselor of State Department j Most Frequently -Mentioned. CLIMAX TO CABINET CRISIS i News of Bryan's Resignation Creates j (?enuino Sensation in Washington ; and Causes Belief That He Expects j Note Decided On Will Cause War. I BY JUSTIN McGRATII. WASHINGTON, June S.?Secretary of State Bryan handed his resignation to President Wilson immediately after the Cabinet meeting to-day. ^t was ac cepted. Mr. Bryan's resignation came as a climax to the Cabinet crisis over the German note. Immediately upon the acceptance of Mr. Bryan's resignation by the Presi dent, Counselor Robert Lansing be came the acting Secretary of State. It will be Mr. Lansing's name which will be signed to the American note to Germany which was put in its final j form at the Cabinet meeting to-day, j and which the President said this j evening, through his secretary, Mr. | Tumulty, he hoped would go forward i to-morrow. It was the decision of the President j and the majority of the Cabinet on the j form and language of this note which i Induced Mr. Bryan to tender his resig nation. MITCH SPKCULATIOX AS TO HIS SlTCESSOR There is much speculation here to night as to who will permanently suc ceed Mr. Bryan as head of the State Department, and as to whether the friction In the Cabinet would end with his resignation. The choice for Mr. Bryan's successor most probably lies between Secretary of War Garrison and Mr. Lansing. The name of Secretary Lane was quite generally mentioned In this connection, hut the fact that Mr. Lane was born in Canada is thought to preclude his selection In the present international crisis. Secretary Bryan's letter of resigna tion and the President's letter of ac ceptance were given out this evening. The first definite news of Secretary Bryan's resignation was obtained about 5:30. It created a genuine sen sation. Within fifteen minutes every one In Washington was discussing It and what It portended. The reason as cribed by Mr. Bryan for his reslKnation caused as much if not greater interest than the resignation Itself. In the second paragraph of his letter to the President he said: "The issue Involved Is of such mo (Continued on Third Page.) HANDS RESIGNATION TO WILSON AFTER CABINET MEETING Retirement Comes as Dramatic Sequel to Disagreement With President and His Other Advisers Over Government's Policy Toward Germany. COUNSELOR LANSING TO SIGN NOTE WHICH WILL BE SENT TO BERLIN TO-DAY Head of State Department Gives Up Office, Rather Than Put Namr- to Document Which He Thinks Might Draw United States Into War?Retires to Private Life To-Day, but Will Continue His Political Support of Present Administration?Action Is Outcome of Differences, Constantly Growing Larger During Con sideration of Reply to Berlin, Until Finally They Be come Irreconcilable. WASHINGTON. June 8.?William Jennings Bryan, three times Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States, and author of nearly thirty peace treaties with the principal nations of the world, resigned to-day as Secretary of State as a dramatic sequel to his disagreement with President Wilson over the government's policy toward Germany. The resignation was accepted by the President. The, Cabinet then approved the response which had been prepared to the German reply to the Lusitania note. Acting Secretary Robert Lansing will sign the document, and to-morrow it will be cabled to Berlin. Secretary Bryan will return to private life to-morrow, when his resignation takes effect. It was learned that he intends to continue his political support of the President Rather than sign the document, which he believed might possibly draw the United States into war, Mr. Bryan submitted his resignation in a letter, declaring that "the issue involved is of such moment that to remain a member of the Cabinet would be as unfair to you as it would be to the cause which is nearest ray heart, namely, the prevention of war." The President accepted the resignation in a letter of regret, tinged with deep personal feeling of affection. The letters constituting the official announcement of Mr. Bryan's departure from the Cabinet to private life were made public at the White I House at 6 o'clock to-night. DRAMATIC END TO CABINET CAREER. Dramatically the official relation of Mr. Bryan with the administration and with the man whose nomination he assisted so materially in bringing about at the Baltimore convention of 1912 came to an end. It caused a sensation In the national capital scarcely paralleled in recent years. Ambassadors, ministers and diplomatists from foreign lands, officials of every rank and station, heard the news as it was flashed by newspaper extras to-night. They interpreted variously its effect on the delicate situation that has arisen between Germany and the United States. The resignation of the stanchest advocate of peace in the President's official family spread broadcast the belief that the policy of the United States aB definitely determined upon would assert and defend the rights of the United StateB in any eventuality that might arise. Originally, it was the intention of the President and Mr. Bryan to have the announcement of the resignation made simultaneously with the dispatch of the note to Germany, but when Mr. Bryan did not attend the Cabinet meeting to-day until President Wilson sent for him rumors that the President had been unable to bring the Secretary of State to his point of view filled the air. Finally, shortly before 6 o'clock, the news leaked out, and was confirmed. Just when the subject was first broached between the President and Mr. Bryan is not known definitely, but the fact that Mr. Bryan would resign was known to a small circle of officials as early as last Sunday. When the principles on which the note to Germany should be based were discussed at the Cabinet meeting on Friday Mr. Bryan found that ho could not reconcile his own position with that of the administration. Work on the note went forward, however. Mr. Bryan keeping his secret, as did other officials, awaiting the hour when the communication would be ready to be cabled. CABINET MEETS FOR FINAL READING OF NOTE. To-day the Cabinet assembled for a final reading of the note. Mr. Bryan was absent. He declined to receive newspaper men or callers, and sent out word that he had been delayed on account of important business. At the White House no word as to the reasons for his failure to appear at the meeting were given, but after the Cabinet had been discussing the note for an hour Mr. Bryan arrived, telling the newspaper men at the White House that he regretted being late. It was learned to-night that, with the knowledge that his resignation had already been accepted by the President, Mr. Bryan felt it would be indelicate to attend to-day's session unless his presence was desired by the President. WThen Mr. Wilson telephoned an invitation the secretary hurried to the White House, his face somewhat drawn and pale. When the Cabinet adjourned shortly after 1 o'clock Mr. Bryan entertained seven of his colleagues, all who could attend, at luncheon at the University Club. The luncheon was In the nature of a farewell. That there had been friction between the President and Mr. Bryan has been the undercurrent of comment for several weeks, but as the President heretofore always had been able to secure the acquiescence of the secretary in his point of view, talk of resignation was discounted generally. It came to light to-day that the position of Mr. Bryan in the Cabinet recently had become very embarrassing?his advocacy of peace being'so pronounced that other members of the Cabinet who felt that the United States should assert its policy, iriespective of the consequences, were understood to have on one occasion declared their intention of resigning if a policy of firmness and vigor were not adopted. The real disagreement dates back to the famous session of the Cabinet when tho note of May 13, following the sinking of the Lusitania. was drafted, informing Germany that the United States would not "omit" any word or "act" to protect its rights. At that time Mr. Bryan made a speech counseling peaceful measures and cautious action. He gave his consent to signing tho note only after it was tentatively arranged that a statement should be issued at the White House and transmitted to the German government announcing that, inasmuch as Germany had accepted the principle of the peace treaties negotiated between tho United States and other countries, differences between the two nations might be adjusted by a committee of investigation. Opposition to this course was moat vehement in some Cabinet quarters, and the President, after having considered at length Mr. Bryan's suggestion, finally disapproved it at the hour tho note was sent. Some Cabinet officers argued that such an appendix to the note of May 13 would be corstrued abroad as a weakening of the American position, and their counsol prevailed. SINCE THEN OFFICIAL RELATION'S STRAINED. Since then the official relations of Mr. Bryan with the President and the other Cabinet officers have been somewhat strained, although tho closest personal friendship has been maintained. Officials of the administration were unanimous to-night in their expressions of personal regret. Secretary Tumulty issued a statement to i