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Show : 5RYAN CALLS UPON PRESIDENT WILSON WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. President ij: ATilson aud former Secretary of State Jryan met at the "White House today I foi the first time since the latter re-j re-j j igned from the cabinet three months i igo. Mr. Bryan sought the interview Ij' 'to pay respects." For nearly an hour ly he two were alone together iu the green Ivjloom. They parted smiling. . What the president had said Mr. j pryan declined to reveal, nor would he ntimate what subjects were discussed. Che White House gave out no inform a j ' pon beyond the statement that there ' lad been "a general talk, pleasant and II r-ordial. " 1 From the fact that Mr. Bryan is con-j con-j . teraplatiug a trip to Europe, in the in-ereet in-ereet of pence, and from the opposition ie already has expressed to large ex-icnditures ex-icnditures for national defense, official Washington assumed that he had i louched on both subjects in his conver-lation conver-lation with the president. It is understood, however, that the president is not disposed to approve or li.sapprove the idea of the trip to Europe and that he has not yet formed )is own conclusions as to the national 1e tense programme. Mr. Bryan told friends later that he himself was undecided as to whether he would go to Europe, and that he had freaking engagements up to November 1, so that it was unlikely he would t, reach n decision before then. He left today to continue his lectures for peae and also will make a number of speeches itv national defense. ; Mr. Bryan's visit to the White House attracted wide attention. In an electric automobile, which he drove himself, he appoared at noon. A few minutes before be-fore Secretary Daniels had presented Henry Ford, the automobile manufacturer, manufactur-er, to the president. Later in the dav Mr. Ford and Mr. Bryan conferred at the latter 's home concerning the forwarding for-warding of tho peace movement as against national preparedness. |