SENSATION AT WASHINGTON.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13791, 11 June 1915, Page 5

SENSATION AT WASHINGTON.

PRESS COMMENTS ON THE

SITUATION

PRESIDENT CANNOT TURN BACK

New York, June 9

Mr' Bryan's resignation caused a- S';Vsation in Washington unparalleled in recent years. The majority of the newspapers '■- usider the resignation ill-timed, and that .Mr. Bryan's action is due to his i.assionateand oftentimes quixotic .devo_ tion to peace'idealsV Germany is likely to regard it as a sign of a division, ol | sentiment in the country. t The "Herald" says the resignation tells the whole story. It is momentous news which everyone can understand President Wilson .intends to pursue the course'made'obligatory by the February Note and imperative by the Note ol May 13th, The "World* says President. "Wilson has put his hand to the plough and cannot, turn back. The public do not desire that he should turn back.