Show BRYAN URGES MEDIATION ask congress to assure president of readiness to aid in peace move washington in a statement issued lore sunday night former secretary t state bryan suggests that congress assure the president of its readiness to support him in any effort which he may see fit to make to hasten the restoration to ot peace in europe A of mediation he bays Is not only amply justified on the ground of humanity but it Is demanded abero Is abundant reason to believe that the president either alone or in conjunction with the executives of the other neutral nations can secure from the nations at war a statement of the terms upon which peace Is possible and such a statement would be the beginning of an exchange of views which would lead to a treaty |