It will give him greater power in this important moment, defeating men who are ready to lower the prestige and honor of the country. _The Tribuna says:_ The United States, the greatest neutral nation, has with this document assumed a special rôle, that is, the defense not of a particular group or interest, but the interest of civil humanity; to guard those principles of common right which above any particular right constitute the sacred patrimony of humanity. She raises her voice, whose firmness is not diminished by the courtesy of the language. We do not know if Germany will be able to understand the significance, but if she does not she will commit a grave error--the gravest perhaps in the immense series made by her in this war. Mr. Wilson seems to persevere in the hope that Germany will listen to the American admonition. Germany must not forget that the longer the hope the more violent will be the reaction. _The Idea Nazionale says:_ The note is not only not a declaration of war or the prelude to a declaration of war, but a species midway of humanitarian sentimentalism and lawyerlike arguments which can have, at least for the present, but one consequence, that of encouraging Germany in intransigentism--that is, the maintenance of her point of view regarding naval warfare. American Comment on Mr. Bryan's Resignation THE NEW YORK TIMES _of June 14, 1915, presented the following condensed quotations condemning unsparingly Mr. Bryan's retirement from the Secretaryship of State, gathered from newspapers throughout the United States, and classified according to their professions of political faith:_ DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPERS. _From The New York World._ Unspeakable treachery, not only to the President, but to the nation. _From The Buffalo Enquirer._ If Mr. Bryan goes on, he will share the detestation of the most despised character in American history. _From The Buffalo Courier._ The new note to Germany puts Emperor William and former Secretary Bryan in the same hole. _From The Utica Observer._ He turns tail in the face of a crisis and seeks refuge by counseling dishonor. _From The Louisville Courier-Journal, (Henry Watterson.)_ Treason to the country, treachery to his party and its official head. _From The Portland (Me.) Eastern Argus._ Bryan's announced campaign has something of the character of submarine warfare. _From The Helena (Mon.) Independent._ As much mistaken in this instance as in years gone by. _From The Lexington (Ky.) Herald._ His propaganda is designed and intended "to defeat the measures of the Government of the United States" in violation of Section 5, [of the law of treason.] _From The Mobile Register._ If Germany is misled into actions still further violative of our rights, the resultant hostility will be very largely attributable to Mr. Bryan. _From The Columbia (S.C.) State._