Show I BERLIN NOTIFIED 1 LUSITANIA NOTE MEANT MEAl NOTHING r Incidents Leading to Bryans Bryan's Resignation From Cabinet Told by Senator Lodge I B ROCKTON Mass r ass Oct 26 Henry Henry Cabot Lodge rank ing Republican member of the Senate nate committee on foreign relations in iii a speech here tonight asserted that 1 President Wilson Vilson had added a n postscript t to the second Lusitania note of June 9 1915 in which he lie informed the German Gennan government go that the strong phrases of the so so- called strict accountability note of May raY 13 were not to be le taken seriously Senator Lodge said that this postscript postscript post post- script disappeared after members of the cabinet had threatened to resign and to lo let the public know of the post post- script pt I I On May 7 1915 1015 he said the Lusitania was sunk and Americans rightfully on hoard board were sent to their death lentil At t Philadelphia the next day President Wilson i said Sail that there was such a thing as b being ing too proud to fight I think he said it for the purpose of seeing how the count country V liked it He found out and changed his mind over i night On May ray 13 he lie sent his famous strict accountability and omit no word or act note to Gel Germany nany signed by Secretary Sec See I of State Bryan On June 9 1915 a second note was j I sent much milder than the first and it was signed by Lansing Lansing Lan Lan- 1 sing secretary pro tern Mr Ir Bryan having resigned the night before l After r the note had been read to the cabinet and and agreed to by all the members Mr Wilson Vilson added a postscript postscript postscript post post- script which I have not seen because it mysteriously dis dis- dis- dis appeared In this postscript President Wilson Vilson informed the imperial German Gennan that the government words strict ai accountability accountability ac ac- i and the other strong phrases in th the first note were not to be 10 taken seriously and ended by agreeing to 1 refer the thc whole hole matter to arbitration The postscript was removed and Mr Ir Bryan resigned Air Ir Bryan told Dr the Austrian minister that the I note of May l 13 did not mean anything and Dr immediately im im- mediately sent word along to Berlin He later was re re- called It sometimes is a great mistake to tell the truth and it is doubly unfortunate to tell it to a foreign I dor or There has been no reparation and nothing has been done I I |