Show New Corro Corroborates borates Lodge Charge Wilsons Wilson's S Secretary Credited Wi With l Holding Up Weakening Weakening Weak ening euing Order to Gerard S Sp pI I to Te nt onI oiti o Oct t 30 deor pc C. C l V NE LN 4 Warren jr ir of or Jersey JerseY City one of ot tho the Republican can candidates for presidential elector In New Jersey Jerse declares that he Is In position positively ely to confirm confirm con con- firm the tho statement nt b by Senator Lod Lodge e regarding regarding- tho s called so-called po postscript to tile the Lusitania note note Mr Ir Warren says sas that he has lias his hla Information directly from a member o of Mr Wilsons Wilson's official family whose namo name for obvious obvious' reasons reasons rea rca sons SOIlS lie le Is not at liberty to give gle The Tho story aton as Mr lr Warren Warron has It Is that the postscript was not In the form of ot an addition to the note for transmission trans mission to the German government but butIn butIn butIn In the form torm of ot a 0 supplemental Instruction Instruction Instruction tion to Ambassador Gerard who was to con c convey to the German government o the Information that tho the note noto had been written for foi 01 American consumption I Mr Warrens Warren's story Is that tho the man who prevented pro this Instruction being sent to Ambassador or Gerard was waH Joseph secretary to tho President According to Mr lr Warrens Warren's Informant Mr Tumult realized the he POlitiCS political danger danger dan dan- ger to his chief of sending such a a. message message mes mes- mes-I mes sage and went to Mr Garrison then I secretary of war and ur urged ed Mr lr Garrison Garrison Garri Garri- son to exert his hi Influence to prevent this Instruction being sent Mr lr Garrison Garrison Garrison Gar Gar- rison replied that ho he had no Influence with the President nn and that It was not worth while for tor him to attempt to Interfere that Postmaster General Burleson was the tho man whom Mr Tumult should hould endeavor to Interest Mr Ir Tumult an and Mr Ir Burleson thereupon thereupon thereupon there there- upon went to the tho President and an laid the case caso before him The Thu President nt did not agree with their presentation of ot the matter He lie argued arg that the tho AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican people did not want war were opposed to getting setting Into war and that tho the course courso laid d down wn In his Instructions I to Ambassador Gerard was In accordI accordance accord accord- I an ance anco co with the feeling of or the country Mr Ir however continued to object vcr very strenuously strenuous upon the tho ground bround that to send s such uch instruction would bo ho a fatal political error Mr TUmult then sought Mr Ir Lansing who at it that time was wa counsellor of or tho the state department Mr r Lansing saw Mr point at once and Lansing and ind Tumult went toi lol the President nn and succeeded In convincing con him of or tho the Importance Importance Im Im- of or withdrawing the supplemental supplemental supplemental supple supple- mental Instruction to Ambas Ambassador ador Gerard |