Likes Bryan's Peace Plans.

New York Times 100 years ago today, May 4, 1913:
National Review Says if Properly Backed They Meet Requirements.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
    LONDON, May 3.— The National Review, in discussing Secretary of State Bryan's peace proposals, says: "We believe Mr. Bryan's proposals, if backed by the full support of the American Government, represent just that measure of advance along the path of peace for which the limited intelligence and conscience of nations are ripe. To a nation contemplating using force for the committal of a crime they furnish an interval for reflection and possible repentance, and will supply to other nations a fund of information that will enable them to form a judgment which must carry weight with the contesting parties, and, finally, they will make it increasingly difficult for disputants to refuse an invitation to submit their case to arbitration.
    "We make no doubt that Mr. Bryan's valuable proposals will be thoroughly canvassed by the important British delegates who are now crossing the Atlantic in order to make concerted arrangements with representatives of the United States and Canada for celebrating the hundred years' peace between Great Britain and America. The omens are favorable; our people and our Government should warmly co-operate with the United States and urge this measure upon the other powers."