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Show , IDOL OF DEMOCRACY QUITS WILSON CABINET I Secretary Wm, J, Bryan Sends Letter Let-ter of Resignation Which President Pres-ident Wilson Accepts with Regrets and Sorrow LANSING TO SERVE AS SECRETARY Bryan's Withdrawal Regarded as Significant Signifi-cant of Fos reful Course on Lusitania Affair Washington Juno 8. William Jennings Jen-nings Bryan, Ihroo times Democrat! I candidate for the presidency ot the United States, and author ot nearly thirty peace treaties with the principal princi-pal nations of the world, resigned today to-day as secretary of state as a dramatic dram-atic sequel to his disagreement with President Wilson over tho government's govern-ment's policy toward Germany. Tho resignation was accepted by the President. Tho cabinet then approved ap-proved tho response which had been prepared to tho German reply to tho Lusitania note Acting Secretary Robert Rob-ert Lansing will sign tho document V" nnd tomorrow It will be cabled to --' jv Berlin. .mJ i... Secretary Bryan will return to private pri-vate llfo tomorrow, when his resignation resig-nation takes etfoit.i It was learned that ho Intends to continue his political polit-ical support of tho President. , Itathcr than sign tho document which ho belloved might possibly draw the United States Into war. Mr. Bryan submitted his resignation In a letter declaring that. "tho Jbsuo Involved In-volved la of such ,niomont tl)at to remain re-main a member of 'tho cablnot would bo to tho cause which Is nearest my heart namely tho proventlonof war." President Expresses Personal Regret " Tho President accepted Iho resignation resig-nation In a letter of rogrot, tinged with deop personal feeling of affection. affec-tion. Tho letters constituting tho official of-ficial announcement of Mr. Bryan's departure from tho cabinet to private pri-vate life wore made to public at the Whlto House at C o'llock tonight. Dramatically tho ofllclal relation of Mr. Bryan with tho administration ot tho man whoso nomination ho assisted as-sisted so materially In bringing about nt the Balttmoro convention of 1912 came to nn end. It caused a sensation sensa-tion In tho national capital, scarcely paralleled In recent years. Ambassadors, Ambassa-dors, mlnlstors and diplomatists from foreign lands, officials of every rank and station, heard tho news as It was flashed by nowspapor oxtras tonight. They lntorprotcd variously Its affect af-fect on tho dellcato situation that had arUcn between Germany and tho United Uni-ted States. Staunehest Advocate of Peace The resignation of tho Btaunchost ndvocato of peaio In tho President's official family spread broadcast tho belief that tho policy of tho United States, as definitely determined upon would assort and defend tho rights of tho United States in any eventuality that might arise. Originally It was tho Intention ot tho President and Mr. Brynn to havo 3T tho announcement of tho resignation H ," 't! made simultaneously with tho dis patch of tho noto to Germany, but when Mr. Bryan did not attend tho tho cablnot meeting today until President Pres-ident Wilson sont for him, rumors that tho Prcsldont had boon unable I to bring the secretary ot Btate to his point of view filled the air. Finally, 1 shortly before G o'clock, tho nows j " leaked out and was confirmed. i Just whon tho subject was first broached between tho President and Mr. Bryan Is not known definitely, ! but the fact that Mr. Bryan would resign was known to a email clrclo of oflUIals as early as last Sunday, When tho principles on which the noto to Germany should bo based wero discussed at tho cablnot meeting meet-ing of Friday, Mr. Bryan found that ho could not reconcllo his own position posi-tion with that of tho administration. Work on tho noto went forward, how-over, how-over, Mr. Bryan keoplng hla Becret, as did other officials, awaiting tho hour when tho communication would bo ready to. bo cabled. Cabinet Assembles Without Bryan Today the cabinet assembled for a final reading of tho note. Mr. Bryan Bry-an was absent. Ho declined to ro-coIvq ro-coIvq nowspapqr mon or.callqrs and sent out word that ho had been 'delayed 'de-layed onxaceount ot Important business. busi-ness. ' At tho Whlto House nb word as to tho reasons for his failure to oypear at tho meeting wore given, but after tho cabinet had been discussing dis-cussing tho noto for an hour Mr. Bryan arrived, tolling tho nowspapor mon at tho White Houso that ho re-grotted re-grotted being late. It was learned tonight that with, tho knowledge that his resignation had already been accepted by tho President, Mr. Bryan felt It would be Indollcato to attend today's session ses-sion unless his presonco was desired by tho President. When Mr. Wilson Wil-son telephoned an invitation, tho secretary hurried to the White Houso his face somowhat drawn and pale J Whon tho cabinet adjourned shortly after 1 o'clock, Mr. Bryan entertained entertain-ed sovon of his colleagues, all who could attond at luncheon at tho University Uni-versity club. Tho luncheon was In the nature of a farewell. That thoro had been frlttlon bo-tween bo-tween tho President nnd Mr. Bryan Iibb been tho undercurrent ot comment com-ment for several weeks, but as tho President heretofore had always been nblo to secure tho acqulesccnco of tho secretnry In h's fiolnt of vlow, talk of resignation was discounted generally. Colleagues Threaten Resignation It came to light today that the position po-sition of Mr. Bryan In tho cabinet recently has bocomo very embarrassing embarrass-ing his advocacy of peaco being so pronounced that other raombors of tho cabinet who folt tlint4he Unltod States should assert itself, Irrespoet-lvo Irrespoet-lvo of tho consequences wero understood under-stood to havo on one occasion declared declar-ed their Intention of resigning, If a policy of firmness nnd vigor woro nat adopted. Tho real disagreement dates buck to tho famous session of tho cablnot when tho noto of May 13, following the sinking of tho Lusitania wad drafted, Informing Germany that tho United States would not omit "any word or any act" to protect Its rights. At that timo Mr. Bryan mado a speech counseling pcacoful measures and cautious action. Ho gavo his consent to signing tho uoto only after it was tentatively arranged arrang-ed that n statement at tho Whlto Houso should bo Issued and transmitted transmit-ted to tho German government, announcing an-nouncing that inasmuih as Germany had accepted tho principle of tho peace treaties negotiated between United States and other countries, differences between tho two nations might be adjusted by a commission of investigation. Washington, June 8. rtobort Lan- sing, successor to John Bassett Mooro as counsolor ot tho state department, de-partment, becomes secretary of Btato and lnterlmitomorrow whon Secretary Bryan's resignation takes effect. He is n lifo long Democrat and a son In law of John W. Foster, Beiretary of stato undor President Harrison. Ho has been nn International lawyer for many years. While there la much gossip already as to President Wilson's probable selection se-lection for tho secretaryship, it la tho President's plan to mako no immediate im-mediate appointment. It would not be surprising If he mado no ango In tho present status of tho department's depart-ment's personnel for two or throo months. Secretnry Franklin K. Lano of tho "ntorlor department hns been frequently fre-quently mentioned ns a posslblo successor suc-cessor to Secretary Bryan, but tho belief exists that ho will not ho chosen on account ot his Canadian birth and tho fact that tho Prosldont would find considerable difficulty in finding a man to tako over Mr. Lano's Important work on tho Alaskan Alas-kan rallwny and other projects of tho interior department. Must Obierve Neutral Rights Washington, Juno 8. Tho policy of tho Unltod States toward Germanyan Ger-manyan Insistence, on thd ohsorv-nmo ohsorv-nmo ot noutrnl rights and tho Bafo guarding of tho lives of Americans on tho high seas was determined finally fin-ally today at a cabinet session. Secretary Bryan's resignation had been submitted and accepted when tho meeting convened and ho took llttlo part in tho discussion. Tho note, which Is to bo sent to Germany Ger-many tomorrow, was read ovor for tho last timo to tho cabinet by President Presi-dent Wilson. Suggestions ot some minor changes wero noted by tho President. Tho resignation of Mr. Bryan, who advocated n course that under no circumstances cir-cumstances would lnvolvo tho Unltod Unl-tod States In war, spread tho Impression Im-pression that tho President and his cabinet had decided firmly that tho rights of tbe United States must be uphold In any eventuality that may nrlso. While no Inkling as to tho lontentB of tho noto was given, It is understood that an unfavorable reply re-ply will mean tho severance of diplomatic diplo-matic relations with Germany, and that attacks on Americans thereat'' tor might load to oven graver complications. |