Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-31 | Page 6 | Bryan's Proposal

BRYAN'S PROPOSAL. Friend Bryan is out again with his proposal of a referendum on the cpies-tion cpies-tion of war. The American people should vote before congress acts, he says. If the referendum were bad some who ought to vote would not be in a position to do so. They are at the bottom of the sea, sent there by German torpedoes. And many who still sail the seas in defiance de-fiance of Teutonic submarines should vote, but they will not vote for several reasons. First, there will be no referendum refer-endum and the other reasons are unimportant. un-important. Why did not Mr. Bryan propose a referendum in Germany. That was and is the place to hold a referendum. We did not begin the war. A declaration of w-ar seldom marks the inception of a war. If v.c declare war it will be he-cause he-cause a state of war has existed for two months, during which period German I submarines have been' killing American citizens and destroying their ships. There is still an opportunity for Bryan. Bry-an. He should set sail for Germany and utile the German people to vote on the ruestion of keeping up the war : against the United state. If Germany keeps up the war a referendum on this ! side of tho water would be upon this ; question: "Shall we surrender unconditionally?"