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RICHMOND, VA,, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1915. ?TWELVE PAGES
WErJ"?Ro ?FAIR
PRICE, 2 CENTS
BRYAN WILL LAY VIEWS BEFORE PEOPLE
IN HOPE OF SECURING THEIR SUPPORT
; f 7 * 7 ?
NOTE GOES FORTH
COUCHED IN TERMS
OF'NO SURRENDER'
Tone of Message to Ger
many Is Friendly, but Its
Meaning Unmistakable.
NO DISSENTING VOICE
IS RAISED IN CABINET,
Only Man Who Opposed It, Re
signed at Moment of Its
Dispatch.
j
WTLSO.Vs STAND UNALTERABLE I
Determined Country Shall Yield No
Hijjht Which American People
Fought For.
WASHINGTON*. j,Jne r..?Tho United
State* to-flay snnl fo Germany a note
reiterating its demand for reparation
'or the Iosf of American lives in tho!
sinklrie of th.- i-usftanla. and petting
for'.h clearly the earnest desire of thei
American government that Germany!
.-iifiiifv her early adherence to the prin-i
riples of international law?that neU-i
tralss he permitted to travel on unarmed'
ships without being subject to the!
danpers of submarine warfare.
Couch'd In much more friendly terms'
thar it was believed would be used!
ivhen the unsatisfactory answer to the,
American note of May 13 arrived from
Germany. the communication v-as j
cabled to Ambassador Gerard for pre-j
n ntation to the German Foreicn Office
It wjll be Riven out to-morrow nicrht!
for publication in the morning papers'
of Friday.
As the all-important document, on
which President Wilson and his ad
visers have worked for ten days went
forth, it had behind it the united sup
port of the Cabinet. The one man w!.o
had opposed its terms because he be
lieved it might precipitate war?Wil
liam J'-nning:. Bryan?had resigned the
portfolio of Secretary of State at the
moment the note was dispatched.
SfGfiESTIONS OF BRYAN
REJECTED BY WILSON \
A statement Issued by Mr. Bryan1
revealed that President Wilson had j
rejected his suggestions for an inves-1
ligation by a commission for a year's
time of the legal phase of the dispute I
with Germany, during which Americans)
should, according to Mr. Bryan's view, |
be warned against tnklnp passage on 1
any belligerent ships or any American
vessels carrying ammunition.
President Wilson made no comment
on the statement, but the text of the
note, it was stated, would outline fully
the position of the President and the
Cabinet.
The President stands unalterably, it
was stated, on the principle that the
1'nited States at this stage In Its his
tory cannot afford to surrender any of
its rights; that the American people
/ had fought in 1812 for their rights on
th* high seas and could not sacrifice
these rights with the nation's rise and
growth to a position of oommand as a
world power.
WOUI,D BE SURRENDER
OF AMERICAN RIOHTS
High officials generally held the view
that Mr. Bryan's statement constituted
a virtual surrender of American rights
guaranteed not only bv international
law, but by specific treaties between
the United States and Germany. Mr.
Bryan's suggestion that Americans do
not take passage on American ships
c.irrylng ammunition was in direct con
flict, it was pointed out, with the treaty
of 1R2S. between Prussia and the United
States, wherein either party !n time
of war Is given the right of free access
to helllgerent ports for commerce in
arms and ammunition and other con
traband. Moreover, the right of an
American citizen to sail on an unarmed
and unresisting merchant ship of any
nationality In time of war Is held by
the President and his advisers to be
ar. inalienable privilege founded on the
international law of centuries.
The President's view is understood
to be that a new weapon of offense in
warfare can bo introduced only If It is
made to conform with the generally es
tablished rules of international law
existing. The conditions of war may
change, he has said, but not the rules
of war, unless there is a general agree
ment among the nations which con
tributed to the making of International
law.
Mr. Wilson. It became known. Is not
opposed to the Idea of an investigation
o- diplomatic discussion of cases in
d':<pute between Germany and the
United States, but faels that before
s :rh a step can be taken some guar
anty must be given that In the interim
of discussion the lives of American
citizens will not be Jeopardized and that
the United States will not be required
to yield any of its rights while the dis
cussion la under way.
GERMANY'S ACQUIESCENCE
MUST FIRST BE SECURED
It is the repetition of attacks on
American vessels or lives which the
' (Continued on Fifth Pago.)
JUNE 1BTH IS THE DAY.
Oreat low fare Mountain Excursion via
Southern Rwy., Ashovllle, Lake Toxaway,
eta, suad display advertisement, par* ft.
Losses of British
Are 258,069 Men
Premier Asquith Tells Commons
What War Already Has
Cost in Blood.
LONDON, June 9.?Premier Asquith j
announced In the House of Commons ;
to-day that the total British casualty ?
list from the beginning of the war to :
May 31 was 258,06D men In killed, !
wounded and missing. The list shows
the following:
Officers?killed, 3,327; wounded, 6,
49f>; missing, 1,130.
Other ranks?killed, 47,015; wounded, i
147,4S2; missing, 52,617.
Totals?killed, 50,342; wounded, 153,- j
9S0; missing, 53.747.
Lossee In the naval division are not j
Included In this list, nor does It In- !
elude the forces of Great Britain en- \
gaged In the various smaller wars In
Africa and the Near East.
BECKER HAS NO HOPE
.Neither Has He Fear of Death, Except (
a* Condemned Mnrderer.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch ]
NEW YORK. June 9.?The brlet ap- j
plying for a reargument in the Becker i
case will lie served on District At- j
torney Perkins to-morrow and at the [
same time will be sent to the State j
Court of Appeals at Albany. The mo- j
tion will come up before the court |
on Monday morning. Mr. Perkins will j
have three days In which to prepare j
his answer to the motion.
"There is not the slightest doubt of
what will be the result," Mr. Perkins j
said to-day. "There Is no record of a t
rear?jument evftf being granted In a
capital case and very seldom in minor j
cases. Monday is the last motion day j
of th<- court, but they will conetder
the cases before them for at least an
other month, and undoubtedly tho
Becker decision will be their first."
Becker has no hope that Governor j
Whitman will commute his sentence,
according to the Rev. James B. Curry,
pastor of St. James Church, who ,
visited Becker at Sing Sing on Tuesday, j
"Becker told me," Father Curry eald, i
"that the only thing that can save '
him }s the recantation of Rose. Schepps, j
Vallon, Webber and others who testl- I
fled against him.
"Becker is not a raving aethist. He
fears his Maker, and says he trusts
to God to right the Injustice he claims
has been done to him. He is no cow
ard, and has no fear of death. He said j
to me:
" 'A few years of life makes no dif
ference. Wo all havo to die. But what i
terrifies me Is the thought that X must !
die as a murderer, when I am not a !
murderer.'" ,
WOMEN STAND FOR PEACE
nut Organised Labor Will Prevent '
War by Laying Down Tools.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
NEW YORK. June 9.?Miss Leonora
O'Reilly made a verbal report to-day
to the delegates to the National s
Woman's Trades Union League at its
fifth bl-ennlal convention on the work
performed by delegates at The Hague
last April, when an international peace
convention was held.
"We women say there must be no
war," said Miss O'Reilly. "It is the
children who suffer, and it Is the or
ganized workers who will bring about
peace by laying down their tools.
"Among the demands we made were
those for the neutrality of rivers,
lakes and canals, for disarmament, and
that the profits of ammunition produc
tion go to the people, together with
the right of foreign investment for
aliens."
Miss O'Reilly said there were 1.32S
?women delegates to the convention at
The Hague.
ITALY GRANTS REQUEST i
Will Forward to Spain Merchandlnf >
Held Tp by War.
[Special Cable to Tht? Times-Dispatch.]
MADRID, June 9.?Great quantities
of merchandise from Germany and Aus
tria bound for Spain, having been held
up in the customhouses of Italy, the
Spanish government requested the
Italian government to have the mer
chandise forwarded. The Italian gov
ernment to-day acceeded to the re
quest.
Representatives of the press to-day I
wero called into conference by the
government and urged to avoid the
publication of anything that might im
pair Spanish neutrality. The news
paper publishers were warned to
maintain absolute silence regarding
military and naval measures taken by
the government. Failure to observe
this request, the government declared,
would necessitate the establishment of
a censorship. /
DEATH?NOT EMPLOYMENT
Young Machinist Dies In Effort to Be
come "Movie" Actor.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
NTCW YORK, June 9.?The body of
Harry Clark, of Philadelphia, the
young machinist who jumped from the
Brooklyn Bridge a week Rgo Sunday, in
an effort to establish a diving record
that would Insure him employment
with a moving picture concern, was
recovered to-day floating In the East
River, off North First Street, Brooklyn.
The body was Identified by Martin J.
Mitchell, a brother of Mrs. Clark. The
latter and othor relatives witnessed
Clark's fatal plunge, believing, as ho
did, that It would prove a triumph thM
would open th? gates of employment to 1
jhira. i
Situation in United States Has
First Place in Interest
of Europe.
FRENCH ACHIEVE VICTORY
Even Berlin Admits That They
Have Become Masters of
of Neuville.
Interest of World
Centered on Note
WITH the Amrrlrnn note on its
wn.r to CrrmnDjr, but not yet
made public, the Interest of the
"orlil In centered on the document,
which 1m believed to be so phrnsed
on to mnke absolutely clear Wash
iDKtou'N views on Germnny's
methods of luhmarlne warfare.
determined flshtlDK In in progress
on nil the battle front*, while on
the ?ea a Turkish ccnnhoat, n Turk
ish tronnport and n French trans
port have been acnt to the bottomi
a German submarine has been sunk,
her crew being rescued, and sev
ernl small Ilrltlsh vessels have been
torpedoed.
i'?e Turkish gunboat and trans
port were sunk by the Ilrltlsh forces
operating; in the Persian Gulf. The
French transport was sank by the
Torks in the waters ott Galltpoll
Peninsula.
On the western front the French
have reported their occupation of
-"Veilvllie-St. Vnnst, north of Arrass
they have made additional progress
In the Intricate mare of trenches
known as the 'labyrinth," and have
beaten hack n strong counterattack
by the Germans at the Quennevleres
farm.
Losses of pronad and the captore
or Russian prisoners south of the
Dniester are recorded hy Vienna,
while the Austrian War Office as
serts that on the Italian front the
Italians have been repulsed with
severe losses in men and gun*.
LONDON, June 3.?The resignation of
William J. Bryan and the nature of the
American note to Germany which
brought it about transcend in interest
news hearing on the war.
London papers give Mr. Bryan's
letter of resignation and President
Wilson's reply the most prominent
place. These are followed by long
dispatches from American correspon
dents and articles on Mr. Bryan's career
which emphasize his advocacy of set
tlement of international disputes by
arbitration, and drew the conclusion
that the note must he strong to have
brought about his retirement.
"America Stands Firm" or similar
phrases are the most favored headings,
and also the text of editorials, com
menting on the latest developments In
the American-German relations.
CHANGE IN BRITISH POLICY
ANNOUNCED BY BALFOUR
Even the news that another German
submarine had been sunk and the an
nouncement by Mr. Balfour. First Lord
of the Admiralty, of a change in the
British policy respecting the treatment
of German submarine prisoners has had
to take second place in the day's
events. Submarine prisoners in the
future are to be treated as other pris
oners, it was announced.
This change in policy has been ex
pected for some time. When Winston
Spencer Churchill, the former First
Lord, announced on March S that pris
oners rescued from German subma
rines would not be accorded the "hon
orable treatment" extended to other
prisoners, a number of the members
of the House of Commons expressed
meir disapproval, ami anticipated that
the Germans would not treat British
officers well in Germany. Steps were
taken through the American embassy
to inform the German government of
this change in the British policy, in
the hope that British officers suffering
solitary confinement will be given the
same treatment as other prisoners.
Another Important announcement In
the House of Commons was that of the
Premier, who stated that the casualties
among the British expeditionary forces
on the Continent and on the Mediter
renian amounted to more than a quar
ter of a million of men.
In Eastern Gallcia and along the rest
of the lino which follows the upper
Dniester and thence eastward from
Przemysl to the lower San the Rus
sians appear to be holding their own,
and are counterattacking.
FIGHTING CONTINUES
WITH VARYING SUCCESS
In the Baltic provinces the fighting
continues with varying success, first
the Russians and then the Germans
gaining the advantage.
The French, according to the Ger
man admission, have become entire
masters of Neuvllle, and are continuing
their attacks In this region, as well as
to the southwest of Arras and in the
Woevre.
German submarines have torpedoed
another steamer, the British collier
Lady Salisbury, which was sent down
near the Harwich lightship. Tho chief
(Continued on Second Page.) ,
Prison Commission Refuses to
Recommend Commutation of
Frank's Death Sentence.
|
NOW TO GOVERNOR SLATON
Last Desperate Fight Will Be
Made to Save Alleged Mur- i
derer's "Life.
ATLANTA. OA., June 9.?The State
Prison Commission, by a vote of 2
to 1, to-day recommended to Gov
ernor Slaton that Leo M. Frank s death
sentence be not commuted to life im
prisonment. A further hearing on the
case, however, will be held by the Gov
ernor, with whom rests the flnal de
cision.
Governor Slaton ahnounced to-night
that he would confer to-morrow with
counsel for the prisoner and the State
as to the hearing. Frank's counsel
will ask that an immediate date be
fixed. The appeal to the Governor is
Frank's last fight against his cxecu
ticm. which is set for June 22 next.
Former Congressman Howard will
conduct Frank's case before the Gov
ernor, and Solicitor-General Dorsey
will oppose clemency. Mr. Howard
said to-night he proposed to argue
that the record in the case shows the
evidence against the prisoner was cir
cumstantial. and that this, together
with the trial Judge's doubt of Frank's
guilt, was sufficient to warrant the
executive in extending clemency. Mr.
Dorsey declined to outline the points
he planned to emphasize In his argu
ment.
NO NEW EVIDENCE FOUND
TO JUSTIFY LIGHTER SENTENCE
The majority report of the prison
commission opposing commutation held
that neither the grand Jurors, who In
dicted Frank, the trial Jury nor the
prosecutors had asked for commuta
tion; that all the courts. State and Fed
eral. which reviewed the case had up
held the verdict; that no new evidence
or facts bearing upon the prisoner's
guilt or Innocence had been shown,
nnd that they saw no reason to Inter
fere with the court's Judgment.
The dissenting report held that the
evidence against Frank was circum
stantial; that the trial judge enter
] talned doubt of the prisoner's guilt, I
? and that the record in the case Justi- !
I fled the Governor in commuting the,
; sentence.
j The majority report of the commis- j
. sion was as follows:
"N'one of th'e grand jurors who found 1
the Indictment, none of the trial Jurors
who heard the evidence under oath,
nor the prosecuting attorneys have
asked that the sentence be commuted.
The Judge who presided at the trial,
. and who had the right to exercise the
discretion of fixing the penalty at
either life imprisonment or death, im
posed the latter sentence nnd over
ruled a motion for a. new trial.
SEVERAL, APPEALS TAKEN AND
LOWER COURTS UPHELD
"Several appeals were taken to both
the Appellate Court of the State and
the Supreme Court of the United States,
all of which were denied and the
Judgments of the lower courts affirmed,
thus assuring th? defendant of his
legal rights under the laws of the
land. It further appears that there
has been no technical proposition of
law or of procedure that has pre
vented the petitioner from having his
guilt or Innocence passed upon by r
Jury of his peers and by the highest
constituted appellate authorities, and
i no new evidence or facts bearing upon
| his guilt or Innocence having been
shown, we see no reason for taking
this case out of the ordinary rules of
law and Justice, and feel constrained
not to Interfere with the enforcement
of the ordinary Judgment of the
court."
Commissioner Patterson, in his dis
senting report, said that consideration
of the nature of the evidence against
1-rank left the mind open to uncer
tainty as to whether there is room to
doubt the story told by James Conley,
the negro who was one of the prin
cipal witnesses against Frank. "If we
take this evidence outside that of Con
ley and Frank," Mr. Patterson's report
says, "we find Frank and Conley had
equal opportunity and motive for com
muting the crime, with the possible
added motive of robbery on the part
of Conley; that Conley wrote the notes
found by the body; that Conley made
several conflicting affidavits as to his
connection with the crime, nnd that
Conley, In making these statements,
was trying to protect himself."
QUOTES JUDGE CUTTER
IJOUBTINCi FRANK'S Gt'll.T ]
Mr. Patterson Also snys "that the
trial judge, the late Judge L. S. Roan,
In a letter which he authorized to be
used in this hearing, concerning Con
ley's testimony, snys:
" 'After months of continued delib
eration, I am still uncertain of Frank's
guilt. This state of uncertainty is
largely due to the character of the
negro Conley's testimony, by which the
verdict was evidently reached.' In the
language of the Supreme Court, this
case depends largely upon circum
stantial evidence. In my investigation
I cannot find where the executive, has
allowed a man to be hanged when the
trial Judge was not satisfied as to his
guilt, and so communicated to tho Gov
(Contlnued on Second Page.)
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Secretary of State, Ad Interim
ROBERT LANSING.
WILSON BIDS FAREWELL
TO HIS FORMER PREMIER!
Both Men Are Deeply Moved Wlien
Final Scene in While House
Is Enucted.
THEIR EMOTION* IS MANIFEST
Formal Leave-Taking Occurs in Blue
Room, and Secretary Tumulty Is
Sole Witness?Washington Divided
on Effect of Resignation.
HY JUSTIN McGRATTI.
WASHINGTON, Juno 9.?With a
fervent and sincere "God bless you"
from each. President Woodrow Wilson
and William Jennings Bryan, his Pre
mier up to yesterday, took formal leave
of each other at high noon to-day In
the historic Blue Room of the White
House.
Secretary to the President Tumulty,
who was the sole witness to the part
ing, says It was an affecting scene.
Mr. Tumulty, in describing the scene
late this afternoon to the correspon
dents, said that both the President and
Mr. Bryan were much moved by the
farewell, and that the depths of their
emotion was manifest in their speech
and action.
It was natural that both men should
be much affected in severing their of
ficial relations, quite aside from any
consideration of the effect Mr. Bryan's
resignation and his announced inten
tion to advocate his peace program be
fore the people, might possibly have
upon the international relations of tho
United States.
EACH HAS GOOD REASON
TO HE DEEPLY MOVED
Mr. Wilson and Mr. Bryan had good
reason in purely personal considera
tions to be deeply moved In exchang
ing their adieux.
Mr. Wilson became President through
Mr. Bryan's support, after he had ex
pressed the hope that Mr. Bryan might
be "knocked into a cocked hat," and
to Mr. Bryan's influence largely he
owes the passage of many of the im
portant measures of domestic policy
on which he had set his heart, and by
which his administration will bo
judged. And on Mr. Bryan's side ho
has reason to feel grateful to Presi
dent Wilson for appointing him to tho
highest office In his gift, despite a
clamor of opposition.
Mr. Tumulty said that Mr. Bryan
went over again with the President
the views he holds as to a proper for
eign policy, and restated his reasons
for his views. While their differences,
he realized, were Irreconcilable, he as
sured the President of his conviction
that the President was doing his duty
as God gave lilm the Itght to see it,
and asked the President if he did not
accord to him the same sincerity in
standing for his convictions.
Tho President assured him he did, un
qualifiedly, giving hint credit for un
questionable conscientiousness.
HIS FIRST GOOD SLEEP
IX MANY NIGHTS
Mr. Bryan told the President of his
great relief In casting aside the burden
of the secretaryship, saying:
"I had the first good sleep last night
I have had In many nights."
Just before tho two men took final
leave of each other; the President
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
ALL EUROPE IS STIRRED
BY "AMERICAN CRISIS"
Newspapers of Old World Capitals
Thus View Resignation of
Secretary Bryan.
THINK IT "DECISIVE EVENT"
| London and Paris Press Believes
Wilson Prepared to Hold Germany
I to Strict Account for Her "Viola
lations of Human Sanctities."
LONDOX. Juno 9.?Surfeited rb the
British public has been with war sensa
tions. Secretary Bryan's resignation has
created unusual interest and discussion
hecause it has given a wholly unex
pected turn to political events In
America.
The British press has shown a strong
Inclination recently to refrain from
comment on the nffatrs of all neoitraJa
which might seem In the nature of
advice v or dictation. Nevertheless,
President Wilson's policy has been
watched with the greatest eagerness.
All the afternoon newspapers give
their largest headlines to Mr. Bryan,
and the placards on the streets call
the event "American crisis."
"One of the most decisive events of
the world conflict," Is what the Evening
Star onlls the resignation of Secretary
I of State Bryan.
MEAN'S DEATH M.OW
TO (iERMAMC POWKRS
"Coming after the heroic decision of
Ttaly to draw her sword in defense of
llhorty and the public law of Europe."
the Star says, "It is a death blow to the
Germanic powers. It means that
America has crossed the Rubicon. It
means that the greatest democracy on
earth has resolved to ho true to itself
and to its Ideals. It means that Ger
many will he held to a strict accounta
bility for her violations of human
scantities. It means that American
people will defend civilization against
barbarism, international law against
submarine practice, and right against
conscienceless might. It means that
| Germany must choose between obedi
ence to the ancient code of sacred Jus
tice and the now code of satanlc devil
try. It means that America will omit
no act which is necessary to cleanse
the sens of the Prussian wolves and
tlgors who prey upon women and chil
dren.
"We have always proclaimed our be
lief that President Wilson would find
a way, and that it would bo a great
way. He has given Germany ample
time to relent and to refrain. He has
for ten long months watched Germany
marching from horror to horror and
from hell to hell.
"Ho did not protest against tho awful
crime of Belgian Invasion with its un
namable hutcherios and its unspeakable
abominations. He waited with a noble
patience, which, to nations in agony,
steemed to border on perfidy. He strive
to the last against the cruel Implacl
blllty of Kaiserlsm and Kultur. He
labored to save Germany from her
helmeted tyrants and to persuade her to
retrace her bloodstained steps.
"History will bear witness to the
(Continued on Sccond Page.)
GOES TO COUNTRY
FOR ITS JUDGMENT
ON HIS ATTITUDE
O ff i c i a 1 Washington Re
ceives His Statement With
Undisguised Amazement.
NO^COMMENT IS MADE
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
High Officials Think It Most
Unfortunate Just at This
Critical Time.
RETIRING SECRETARY EXPLAINS
First. Act as Private Citizen Is to
Tell Why He Left Wil
son's Cabinet.
WASHINGTON. June 0.?William Jen
nings Bryan retired to-day as Secre
tary of State. His first act as a privato
citizen was to issue a statement ex
plaining his reasons for leaving the
Cabinet, and announcing that he in
tended to lay hiB view of what
the American policy toward Germany
should be before the public for Judg
ment.
Tho statement came as a sensational
climax to a day of farewell speeches
and good wishes from President Wil
son and executive colleagues of the re
tiring secretary.
In his explanation Mr. Bryan re
vealed that the President had not felt
justified in adopting two suggestions
made by his Socretar'y of State?that an
offer should be made to Germany to
submit the questions in dispute with
the United States to an international
commission for investigation during a
year's time, and that, meanwhile.
Americans should by proclamation be
warned not to take, passage on any
belligerent ships or on American ves
sels carrying ammunition. These propo
sitions Mr. Bryan expects to urge upon
the people "In hope of seeing such an
expression of public sentiment as will
support the President in employing
these remedies if in the future he finds
it consistent with his sense of duty to
favor them."
BRYAN'S NOTE RECEIVED WITH
UNDISGUISED AMAZEMENT
Mr. Bryan's statement was received
with undisguised .amazement in official
quarters. No comment was made at
the White House, but some high of
ficials Indicated that they believed it
most unfortunate that so profound an
expression of opinion should be made
public while the discussion with Ger
many was In progress. It became
known, too, that Mr. Bryan told his
colleagues in a general way of the con
tents of his statement, and some had
advised against it.
The principle advocated by Mr.
Bryan is embodied in treaties of peace
negotiated by the United States with
thirty nations, and was accepted by
Germany, although no treaty was ever
drafted. The statement la a condensa
tion of the argument which Secretary
Bryan has been making repeatedly to
President Wilson in the last few weeks,
and upon which he hopes to build up
a public sentiment In the United States
that will make war with Germany im
possible.
TELLS WHY IIE COULD NOT
CONTINUE IN CABINET
The text of the statement follows:
"My reason for resigning is clearly
stated in my letter of resignation,
namely, that I may employ, as a private
citizen, the means which the President
does not feel at liberty to employ. I
honor him for doing what he helievea
to be right, and I am sure that he
desires, as I do, to find a peaceful solu
tion of the problem which has been
created by the action of the subma
rines.
"Two of the points on which we
differ, each conscientious In convic
tion, are: first, as to the suggestion of
investigation by an international com
mission. and. second, as to warning
Americans against traveling on bellig
erent vessels or with cargoes of am
munition. I believe that this nation
should frankly state to Germany that
we are willing to apply in this caso
the principle which we are bound by
treaty to apply to disputes between the
United States and the thirty countries
with which we have made treaties pro
viding for investigation of all disputes
of every character and nature. These
treaties, negotiated under this adminis
tration. makes war practically impos
sible between this country and these
thirty governments, representing nearly
threo-fourths of all the people of the
world.
COXFIOENT TIT AT OFFER
SHOULD RE 'MADE TO GERMANY
"Amon? the nations with which we
have these treaties are Great Britain,
France and Russia. No matter what
disputes may arise between us and
these treaty nations, we agree that
there shall be no declaration of war and
no commencement of hostilities until
the matters in dispute have been in
vestigated by an international commis
sion and a year's timo is allowed for
Investigation and report. This plan
was offered to all the nations without
any expressions whatever, and Germany
was one of the nations that accepted
the principle, being the twelfth, I think,
to accept. No treaty was actually en
tered into with Germany, but I canr.ot
aee that that should stand tn the way