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MARCH 28, 1913
ZTVWtrl
to accommodate Secretary Bryan in
his desire to make his personal visit
to Lincoln, Nob. This involved the
abandonment of the reservation
which he had made on a steamer sail
ing for Europe last Tuesday. The
issue of the statement at the "White
House defining the administration's
attitude regarding the Chinese loan
negotiations i3 believed to have been
regarded by Assistant Secretary "Wil
son as sufficient to justify him in re
questing to bo relieved at once from
duty.
After telegraphic notice to Secre
tary Bryan of his intention, Mr. Wil
son late yesterday afternoon dis
patched a note to the White House
terminating his own service and
President Wilson immediately desig
nated Second Assistant Secretary
Adee to act as assistant secretary of
state during Secretary of State
Bryan's absence.
In a thousand-word letter to Presi
dent Wilson, the former acting secre
tary of state set forth that when he
consented to continue for a time with
the new administration he did not
understand there were to be any
radical changes of policy for which
he would be called upon to act as
spokesman. The letter continued in
part:
"It today becomes the duty of the
acting secretary of state in dispatch
ing instructions to the representa
tives of this government abroad and
as the channel of communication a.nd
with the representatives of foreign
governments to be spokesman of the
president in regard to a near far
eastern policy, which was apparently
deducible from your statement issued
to the press last night. Inasmuch as
I find myself entirely out of harmony
with this radical change of policy, as
I understand it, I trust that you will
sympathize with the view that it was
not appropriate that I should longer
retain the responsibilities of the
office which I have now relinquished.
"I had no reason to suppose that
the officials on duty in the depart
ment of state would learn first from
the newspapers of a declaration of
policy which I think shows on its
face the inadequacy of a situation
given" to the facts and theories in
volved and the failure clearly to ap
.prehend the motives leading to and
the purposes of the policy super
seded. I had no reason to suppose
that the fate of negotiations which
so .long had been the study of the
American foreign officers of six great
powers would be abruptly deter
mined with such quite unnecessary
haste and in so unusual a manner.
"These methods, against which I
respectfully protest, are the very
extraordinary circumstances which I
feel vitiate my understanding with
Mr. Bryan and completely relieve me
of any further obligation in the
premises.
"The repeated utterances of the
last administration must have made
it perfectly .clear that the motive and
purpose of the policy now abandoned
were first and primarily the protec
tion of China's Integrity and sover
eignty, the uplift of the Chinese
people, materially arid governmental
ly, the development of China's re
sources and the maintenance of our
traditional policy of the 'open door' of
equality of opportunity for Ameri
can enterprises. Precisely because
of the ultimate possibility of a
measure of foreign control of China's
finances, which may be inferred from
a study of other countries which have
found themselves in a similar situa
tion, it was deemed impracticable
that there should be American parti
cipation In the rehabilitation of
China's finances in order to make
euro of the present potent, friendly
and disinterested influence of the
"United States. The only practical
method of such participation was by
the use of reliable American bankers.
"In the consideration of far east
ern policies I felt that so much had
been promised that the problem of
governments using American bank
ers, while still scrupulously avoiding
any material monopolistic feature,
might now, as before, bo found ono
of the most difficult occupations. I
have always thought that, in the
work of advancing the national in
terests and promoting the welfare of
other nations, the financial force of
the United States could be marshalled
in some manner to present a safely
united front abroad, where it would
be like the upex of a triangle, but
would have at home at its base broad
equality of opportunity, both for citi
zens desiring to engage in theso diffi
cult and relatively rival ventures. It
seems, however, that the conclusions
reached are expressed upon other
grounds."
President Wilson replied:
"My Dear Sir: Allow me to ac
knowledge the receipt of your let
ter of yesterday and to say that I
accept your resignation as you sug
gest, as of the present date."
The correspondence was given out
at the White House today. Mr. Wil
son's letter of resignation was dated
yesterday. The president's accep
tance was dated today.
- MR. BRYAN ON THE
RESIGNATION
Following is an Associated Press
dispatch: Des Moines, la., March
20. Secretary of State William J.
Bryan declared tonight that he was
entirely in sympathy with President
Wilson in the latter's position on the
proposed Chinese loan. Ho declared
also that he was unable to agree with
what Former Assistant Secretary
Huntington Wilson had to say con
cerning the "six-power agreement."
The secretary of state was engaged
in reading the published roports of
Huntington Wilson's resignation and
the reasons therefor when asked by
tho Associated Press if ho had any
comment to make.
"I can not, of course, agreo with
tho former assistant secretary," said
Mr. Bryan, "in what he says con
cerning tho six-power agreement.
The representatives of a group of
bankerB wero heard and tho matter
was considered by tho president.
Tho principles involved wore such
that it did not requiro any great
length of time for the president to
understand and act upon them.
"Tho assistant secretary, Mr.
Huntington Wilson, handed in his
resignation when President Wilson
took tho oath of office, and expected
to sail for Europe last Tuesday. Hav
ing to leave the city for a fow days,
I asked him to delay his departure
until I returned. This ho consented
to do, but he sceniB to have felt that
the change of policy prevented his
remaining. Ho looked at tho Chinese
loan proposition from the same
standpoint as Former President Taft
and Former Secretary Knox did. 1
have no doubt that in the matter of
the Chinese the late president and
retiring secretary and assistant sec
retary did what they thought best
for our country; and China, but I am
entirely in sympathy with the atti
tude of President Wilson and hearti
ly indorse both the position taken
and the language employed by him,
and I may add that I am sure that
the country will approve of the
change In policy. I am equally con
fident that China will 'rejoice at our
nation's attitude.
"My association with the assistant
secretary, Mr. Wilson, has been very
pleasant. I have found him cour
teous and helpful during my ''connec
tion with the department."
Governor Dunne's Speech at the
Nebraska Legislature
Governor Dunne of Illinois ad
dressed the Nebraska legislature
March 19. He spoke as follows:
I am pleased to accept your cour
teous invitation to express a few
words in relation to tho situation
that exists in the Btate of Illinois.
Colonel Bryan this morning very
wisely suggested, in view of the fact
that the legislature of Kansas had
just adjourned, that the governor of
Kansas might speak to you upon
what has been accomplished in the
state of Kansas, leaving me to ad
dress you upon what we are trying
to accomplish in the state of Illinois
and very appropriately reserving to
himself, for I know of no man within
tho limits of the United States who
can handle the subject more ably
than he, what ought to be ac
complished by the legislatures of the
different states.
I congratulate tho governor of
Kansas and tho legislature of that
state upon its efficiency and expedi
tion In being able to report to this
legislature that they have met, ac
complished -what they sought, and
adjourned sine die. I regret to state
that in the great state of Illinois wo
are not In this satisfactory condition.
Tho legislature met upon the eighth
of January. " Owing to an unfair
gerrymander, perpetrated by our re
publican friends eight years ago in
the distribution and apportionment
of legislative districts, wo find the
democrats of Illinois, in November,
1912, although they successfully
elected all their state ticket by majori
ties from 125,000 for the governor
to 80,000 for tho lowest man on the
ticket, have been" unable to secure a
democratic plurality In the legisla
ture. We are now faced with the
following situation, a legislature
composed of ninety-seven democrats,
of seventy-five republicans, twenty
eight progressives and four socialists.
Owing to an archaic and foolish pro
vision of our constitution the vote for
state officers was not canvassed until
three weeks after the legislature met
because, under this provision of the
constitution, the vote had .to be can
vassed by the speaker of the lower
house of the legislature. Now having
a plurality of tho legislature in any
party, it took three weeks to elect a
speaker and the duly elected demo
cratic state officers were kept out of
office, owing to this unfortunate state
of affairs, until the fifth of February.
The first duty, as ,'e all know, of a
legislature is to elect a United States
senator. From the fifth of February
down to the present time we have
been engaged in a regrettable and un
fortunate controversy or deadlock and
down to the present time that dead
lock has not been broken. y"e demo
crats have been pointing out to the
legislature that tho legislature has
already declared in favor of the
direct election of United States sena
tors, and having declared for that
principle they should elect two demo
crats to the United States senate, for
the reason that if the direct election
of United States senators had been
the law of the land last November,
two democrats would have certainly
been chosen from Illinois to the
United States senate. Morally we
claim It is binding upon the legisla
ture, although legally we must admit
that we have no method of enforc
ing the election of these senators.
After waiting three weejw and in
sisting upon the election of two
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