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Show Bp's Views on Press Comment t I Declares That Editorial Remarks On I German Reply Represent Extremes Ex-tremes of Sentiment Los Angeles, Cal., July 11. William Willi-am J. llryan, former secretary of stnto declared In a statement Issued tonight that editorial comment on Germany's reply to tho American Lu-'sltffnU' Lu-'sltffnU' note represented tho extremes of sentiment but that ho believed tho majority 6f the peoplo were.intcrested solely in' protecting American' lives, and that ho would heartily npprovo of any steps tho president may seo fit to take tot keep Amorlcans out ofuthe danger zono or separate passengers from contraband and especially nnv munition va i . "It Is not a sacrifice 6f rights to avoid unnecessary risks' liq declared. declar-ed. ' ifr. llryan arrived with Mrs. Dry-nn Dry-nn from San Francisco for a brief stay, with their son, William J. Uryan Jr., and his family nt Hermosa Beach. Bryan's Statement Mr. Urynn's statement follows: "I havo not had nn opportunity to rend many editorials ln full, but I havo read extracts from n number of cd.torials as thoy have been reproduced repro-duced In San Francisco nnd Los Angeles An-geles papers. Inflecting edltorinls for reproduction, everything depends on tho judgment exercised In making tho selection. "It Is improper to Judge- from tho fow which havo been reproduced what tho general sentiment Is, nnd I nm nfrnld that thoso which I havo read represent tho two extremes rnthor thnn tho nverngo sentiment. Tho b ns. of tho editor or publisher must always bo borno ln mind when ono rends an editorial, becauso tho bias largely determines de-termines tho tono of tho comment. "Wo havo In this country a number of papers which strongly sympathize; with Germany but the great majority major-ity of tho peoplo aro noutral In feeling feel-ing as well ns in expression, nnd do not tnke the extreme views represented repre-sented by either of tho groups nhovo mentioned. "To Illustrnto whnt I mean If you will rend the papers which strongly sympathize with tho allies you will find n courso which would ho helpful to tho nllles nnd Injurious to Gor-ninny; Gor-ninny; tho papers' that strongly sympathize sym-pathize with Gcrninny on tho other hnnd. urgo n courso which would be. helpful to Germany nnd hurtful to tho aires. Each sldo, Influenced qulto naturally nat-urally by its sympathies so defies nn-tlonal nn-tlonal honor ns to carry out its views. Tho mass of tho American peoplo, however If I know their sentiments, nro interested solely In protecting Amorlcnn rights nnd In preserving neutrality. It Is Just as unneutral for tho pro-nlly pnpors to Ins'st upon our hotplng tho nllles as It unneutral for tho pro-German papers to insist upon our helping Gormnny. Tho pronlly papers pa-pers want this government to stou tho submarine wnrfnre, and tho pro-Gorman pro-Gorman papers want us to put nn embargo em-bargo on arms nnd nmmunltlon; hut, as n neutral nation wo.hnvo no moro right to Interfero In tho interests of tho nllles than wo havo to interfere in tho Interests of Grmnny. "Each Individual may havo his opinion opin-ion nt tho Inhumanity of drowning or stnrvlng noncomhntauts, but It Is not our huslnoss, ns n neutral nation, to attempt, to rcgulnto tho methods cm-ployed cm-ployed by tho belligerents In denting with each other, except In so far as wo find it necossarv to do so to protect pro-tect Amorlcnn rights, or enn, by our good olllces, lnllucnco thorn to other. "I believe that n Inrgo majority of tho peoplo will heartily npprovo of nny stops thnt tho president mny seo lt to tnke to keep Amorlcans out oft tho danger 7ono or sopnrnto passengers passeng-ers from nmmunltlon. It Is not n- sncrlflco of r ghts to avoid unnecessary unneces-sary risks, i ' j Mr. nnd Mrs. Uryan arrived early todny. They went to tho summer cot-tngo cot-tngo whero Wllllnm J. Hrynn, Jr., n deputy United Stntcs district attorney at Tucson, Arizona, had lnstnlled his family a short tlmo' ngo. Mr. Urynn's two older granddaughters, granddaugh-ters, Mnry, nged G 1-2 years, nnd Helen, Hel-en, ngod 4, woro first to greet tho former sccretnry. N'oxt came baby Elizabeth Urynn, nged C months, in tho nrms of n nurso. It was tho first timo that Mr. and Mrs. Urynn had seen this grandchild. |