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MR, BBYAN'S PEAOB PLANS
Following are Associated Press
dispatches: Washington, D. C, April
23. Secretary Bryan's preliminary
outline of his proposed international
agreement for peace which ho laid
before the senate foreign relations
committee today developed wide dif
ferences of opinion. Nevertheless it
-was understood that with tho in
dorsement of President Wilson tho
secretary of state would soon under
take to open negotiations with lead
ing powers for such treaties as his
proposal contemplates.
At the end of a two-hour con1
ferenco today with the senators,
Secretary Bryan left tho capitol say
ing ho had an idea the committee
would consider favorably an elabora
tion of his plan. The developments,
however, indicate that some members
of the committee, democrats and re
publicans, were opposed to tho idea
of the United States binding itself
by international agreement not to
prepare for war during a specified
time while a dispute was in progress,
which is the feature of Mr. Bryants
plan.
The secretary said ho would con
fer with President Wilson and later
make a public statement.
Briefly, Secretary Bryan's plan as
he outlined it is that tho United
States should make treaties under
which disputes, even those involving
"national honor or .vital interests,"
would be submitted to an inter
national board for inquiry and that
the disputing countries should agree
to take no stops whatever toward
preparation for war within a speci
fied time, within six months or a
year.
The extent to which other nations
may have been "sounded" on the
proposition was "not fully disclosed
to the committee. Secretary Bryan
intimated, however, that one or two
foreign powers viewed the plan with
favor.
Argument advanced against Sec
retary Bryan's plan in the com
mittee meetirig today was that the
United States, if it had such a treaty
as he proposed with ono power,
would be prevented from making
preparations to meet the attack of
another with which it might have
no treaty. Furthermore, some sena
tors insisted that the United States
could not afford to submit any ques
tion of national honor dr vital in
terest to a joint commission of in
vestigation or to refrain for any
stated time from making prepara
tions to defend itself.
The majority of the committee ex
pressed general approval, however,
of the idea of making some form of
agreements with other countries for
the greater development of peaceful
relations. The details of Secretary
Bryan's plans were not passed upon,
and memberB of the committee indi
cated that the senate would reserve
its full authority to pass on every
feature of the. international agree
ments if any were perfected by the
Wilson administration. ,,
Several of the senators were skep
tical as to the success of the Bryan
plan with European powers. They
argued that few of tho great powers
were likely to bind themselves with
the United States not to increase
their armaments for any definite
time when in that period they might
find themselves involved in a diffi
culty with another European power.
Washington D. C, April 24. Sec
rotary Bryan today laid before the
diplomatic corps his plans for an in
ternational agreement for peace.
Almost every ambassador and
minister in Washington met at the
secretary's office at noon in response
to his invitation and heard his ex
planation of the plan which soon will
be the basis of treaty negotiations.
Mr. Bryan later said the outline
ho presented to the diplomats did
not t?o Into detail because details are
a d ttor of agreement between th
contracting nations and might bo
different in different cases.
"Tho statement presented to the
diplomatic representatives," said
Secretary Bryan, "is only Intended to
set forth the main proposition,
namely that tho president desires to
enter into an agreement with each
nation for investigation of all ques
tions of every nature whatever. Tho
agreement is intended to supple
ment the arbitration treaties now in
existenco and those that may bo
mado hereafter. Arbitration treaties
already except some questions from
arbitration. Tho agreement pro
posed by the president is intended to
closo the gap and leavo no dispute
that can become a cause for war
without investigation.
"Tho time for tho report to bo
made is left to bo agreed upon, and
it may be that the time will differ in
different cases, but any time, how
ever short, furnishes an opportunity
for investigation and deliberation,
and it is hoped that tho period pro
vided for investigation and delibera
tion will bo sufficient to securo a
settlement without resort to war.
"Each party Is to reserve the right
to act independently after a report
is submitted, but it is not likely that
a nation will declare war after it has
had an opportunity to confer during)
the investigation with the opposing
nation.
"But whether tho proposed agree
ment accomplishes as much as is
hoped for it is at least a .step in tho
direction of universal peace, and I
am pleased to bo the agent through
whom the president presents this
proposition to the powers repre
sented here."
WOODROW WIIiSON, HUMAN
BEIN
Ho ain't no marble statue that is
hard and stiff and cold,
He' ain't no Buperman nor no
Colossus;
He ain't no new Apolla with a chariot
of gold
Who's come to give us sunshine
or to boss us;
He don't make no pretensions that
he needn't eat or drink,
He has a nose to smell and eyes
for seein';
He ain't no 'proud archangel and he
ain't no missln' link,
For he's told us that he's just a
human bein'.
He has to do his breathin' just the
same as you and I,
He puts on trousers and a shirt
and collar;
He eats when ho gets hungry and he
drinks when he is dry,
If he sat down on a tack I guess
he'd holler:
He ain't no royal creature that gets
drowsy on a throne,
He likes to look at things that are
worth seein';
He sharpens up his razor and he
shaves himself alone,
And he eats like any other human
bein'.
He ain't no highfalutin' decorated
figure-head
That folks can talk to only when
they're kneelin';
At night he takes his clo's off and,
like us, he sleeps in bed,
And he laughs sometimes and has
the sense of feelin';
I s'pose he sometimes sneezes and
must use his teeth to chew,
And when his vittlos get to dis
agreein' I guess he lias his gloomy thoughts,
the same as me and you,
For he's told us that he's just a
human bein'.
Chicago Hecord-Herald.
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