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TTTE MORNING OREfiOXIAX, TUESDAY, DECE3IBEK 9, 1919.
PRESIDENT'S FAVOR
LOST BY MR. HOUSE
Apparent Break Dates From
Peace Conference.
ACTS OFTEN EMBARRASS
Preference in- Choice of Place for
Treaty Meeting Is Cause of
i Ilrst Difference.
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formulating: a programme and devel
oping the organization of the league
of nations and instructed 'him to re
main in London.
These are established facts in the
case. Strung together with circum
stances logically interpreted they are
held to provide sufficient reasons for
the widespread belief that air. House
no longer enjoys the personal friend
ship of President Wilson, and the
tremendous prestige both at home and
abroad which resulted from that in
timacy. Mot I vra Never Questioned.
Persons who are in position to I
know view the latest chapters of the
career of Mr. House, as more "mys
terious" than any that puzzled the
politicians in this country for seven
years regarding the causes and ex
tent of the extraordinary friendship
that existed between him and the
president of the United States. The
public estimate of that friendship was
based on the belief that the presi
dent discovered in Mr. House a con
genial companion and loyal and
trusted adviser.
None of the criticism directed at
the colonel ever credited him with
sordid or personally selfish motives.
He is known to be a man of inde
pendent means and of modest habits.
To most men he seemed a physically
small, quiet, discreet man of keen in
telligence, a great inquisitor and a
most eloquent listener.
Vanity Blamed for Break.
The president never seeks an open
quarrel with persons who have lost
his confidence and has even restored
one or two to favor. Kver since he
entered public life It has been his
custom quietly to eliminate such per
sons from his future plans and permit
his critcis to speculate as to the cause
or causes.
It is the opinion and hope of the
friends of Mr House that when the
president has sufficiently recovered
in health he will summon his former
adviser and restore him to the very
great favor he enjoyed for many
years.
In accounting for the break alleged
to have occurred between President
Wilson and Mr. House, the officials of
half a dozen governments generally
credit It to vanity and to excess of
authority born of opportunity and
re.sultir.g in acts which caused very
great embarassment to the president
fighting for the principles he urged
in the negotiations of the peace
treaty and league of nations.
House Pleases French.
The first of these embarrassments
grew out of discussion relating to the
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conference. The French leaders made
no attempt to conceal their satisfac
tion in securing the support of Mr.
House for their ambition to have
1'ari designated as the headquarters
of the peace conference. British, Bel
gian and Italian leaders who con
ferred with President Wilson during
the fir-M month of hl uta 1 Pa riu
somehow obtained the idea that the
President was under the impression,
from the reports received by him from
his advisers in Kurope, chiefly Mr.
House, that the French capital had
been selected as the home of the
peace conference, in accord with
unanimous sentiment among the rep
resentatives of all the other partici
pating nations.
News Surprlfiea WilNon.
The Belgian and Italian representa
tives to the peace conference came
away from their first interview with
the president with the distinct im
pression that he was surprised to
learn that sentiment in favor of the
selection of Paris had not by any
means been a- unanimous as had been
represented.
This discovery opened the way for
them to give him information to the
contrary.
The spokesmen for Great Britain,
Belgium, Italy, Japan and the other
allied and associate nations enlight
ened the president by informing him
that Geneva was most generally fa
vored by the European powers at war
with Germany and that Brussels was
very largely favored as an alterna
tive. They are understood to have
Informed him bluntly that Paris was
considered as wholly unsuitable for
the location of the peace conference.
The chief reasons advanced in sup
port of their objections to the French
capital was that France would nat
urally take advantage of the oppor
tunity to promote its own national
interests to the exclusion of all others,
that the fullest latitude for unprej
udiced discussion entirely free from
the influence of environment would
be practically impossible by reason
of the perfection of the French sys
tem of espionage, subtle Intrigue and
the effect of flattering personal at
tentions that would be showered
upon the delegates to the peace con
ference. Mr. Hone I. owes Influence.
The president made no open move
to correct the impression prevailing
among the representatives of the ma
jority of allied powers that he had
not sanctioned the selection of Paris.
But he did not succeed in removing
the doubt from the mfnds of the
statesmen with whom he conferred
that his supposed support of Paris
had influenced the location of the
peace conference. From that minute
they bfrgan to suspect that Mr. House
did not accurately reflect the opin
ions of his chief.
Another incident that the observers
of Great Britain. France and the
other powers interpreted as indicat
ing the loss of prestige on the part
of Colonel House grew out of the
continental lew as to the status of
Secretary of. State Lansing. in the
eyes of Kuiopean statesmen Mr.
Lansing was. to all intents and pur
poses, the foreign minister of the
American Government. It was as
sumed by the European officials who
scrupulously observe official eti
quette and conventions that upon the
arrival of Secretary Lansing the
functions hitherto performed by
Mr. House would be taken over by the
American secretary of state.
House llanica on to Place.
Mr. Lansing had not been in Paris
K4 hourw, however, before he and
other persons attendant on the
American mission were convinced
that Mr. House intended to con
tinue to represent the foreign office
of the United States government. It
was quite apparent to close observ
ers that British, French. Italian and
other European diplomats were em
barrsssed by the apparent conflict of
autnority.
Mr. Lansing has denied that he
contemplated resigning as secretary
of state as a result of this embarrass
ment. There is substantial authority,
however, to warrant the statement
that Mr'. Lansing did prepare his
resignation and that he indicated to
Mr. White, one of his associates on
the peace mission, that he intended
to offer it to the president and in
sist upon its acceptance. There is
further excellent reason to justify
the statement that Mr. Lansing's de
cision was communicatee! to the pres
ident by Mr. White.
On the very next day this was in
February the president called a con
ference of the American mission at
the Crillon hotel, and in the presence
of the American newspaper corre
spondents and attaches of the mission
singled out Mr. Lansing for special
attention and eloquent and effusive
praise. Following this incident Mr.
Lansing denied that he had resigned.
After the Lansing resignation inci
dent the secretary of state, and not
Colonel House, became the medium
through which most of the engage
ments made by the American presi
dent with the representatives of other
countries were negotiated.
Another event that marked a
change in the status of Mr. House in
the eyes of the European statesmen re.
lated to the extraordinary abandon
ment by the American representatives
on the inter-allied conference that ne
gotiated the armistice with Germany
of that feature of the 14 points deal
ing with "the freedom of the .?eas."
" Lanslna; Is Ignored.
For a year before Mr. House went
abroad, in September, 1918, to arrange
the preliminaries for the participation
of the United States in the peace con
ference, he had been on intimate
terms with some of the most capable
of trained British diplomats. Not the
least resourceful of these charming
agents was Sir William Wiseman, an
adept in the diplomatic maneuver, a
student in human psychology devel
oped to the maximum dimension, a
good "mixer" and a most agreeable
companion under any and all circumstances.
After a while officials there began
to sense the fact that Sir William
paid rather more attention to Mr.
House in New York than he did to
Secretary Lansing at Washington.
Officials have told the writer that Mr.
House frequently made extensive use
of the privileges conferred upon him
by President Wilson to secure con
cessions sought by Sir William Wiseman.
Lloyd Georsc Rebukes Agent,
There is a story in London that
Premier Lloyd George thought at
times that Sir William was rather
more of an American than an English
man. He was reputed to have re
buked Sir William once by saying,
'"See here, Wiseman, you and Wilson
and all of you other fellows over
there are going too far."
Appreciating the importance of Mr.
House as a factor in the ambitions of
Great Britain,- Sir William Wiseman
naturally cultivated the most trusted
friend and adviser of President Wil
son. To facilitate convenience of con
tact. Sir William acquired an apart
ment in the same apartment house
where Mr. House was domiciled.
Mr. House was unquestionably flat
tered by the attentions paid him and
persons in position to know have al
ways held this friendly relation be
tween Mr. House and the British of
ficials to be largely responsible for
the surrender by the United States on
the "freedom of the seas" issue.
Instructions Not Heeded.
In spite of the fact that Mr. House,
as the representative of Wilson, had
all the cards in his hand and had been
instructed to play them to the limit,
he is said to have yielded to the Brit
ish influence in the matter.
The view is generally held among
British and French statesmen that
Mr. House receded from the position
he had been instructed to fight for
because he was afraid that if Lloyd
George were beaten in the British
election it would be difficult to ne
gotiate a satisfactory peace treaty.
There was and is every reason to
believe that when President Wilson
started for Paris he was determined
to insist upon the incorporation of
the "freedom of the seas" issue in the
permanent peace treaty. The British
diplomats who appeared to be greatly
alarmed over the prospects of having
the issue revived by the American
president, prepared to convert him to
their way of thinking with charac
teristic finesse and political intelli
gence. President Is Circumvented.
Having accomplished the capitula
tion of Mr. House in the armistice ne
gotiations. British officials set out to
win President Wilson to their way
of thinking. They did not openly op
pose the president's proposal to in
corporate the "freedom of the seas"
issue in the permanent peace treaty.
Instead of so doing, they centered
their attention on the league of na
tions and became the most ardent
champions of that project.
In British .official circles Lord Rob
ert Cecil is credited with having ac
complished a tremendous national
victory. President Wilson was proba
bly greatly disappointed over the fail
ure of Mr. House to insist upon the
incorporation of the "freedom of the
seas" issue in the armistice, but as
the damage was done, he is presumed
to have refrained from criticising his
representative..
At any rate he assented to the con
tention of Lord Robert Cecil that the
whole subject relating to true future
control of the seas should be intro
duced into the league of nations.
Illness Is Excuse.
When Mr. House was asked at Lon
don late in August if there had been
a break between himself and the pres
ident he said that there had not been,
but his manner was not convincing.
The circumstances pointed otherwise.
GERMANY GETS LUST
WORD FROM COUNCIL
Signature of Protocol Await
ed by Allies.
PRETENDED RIGHT DENIED
Denunciation of Armistice, Says
Xote, Will Give Allied Armies
All Latitude Possible.
PARIS. Dec. 8. (By the Associated
Press.) The supreme council's notes
dealing with the peace treaty were
delivered to Baron von. Lersner, head
of .the German delegation, this even
ing. The first note denies the German
demands for modification of the
treaty on the surrender of Germans
charged with crimes aga-inst inter
national warfare and the return of
prisoners. It agrees to consider the
economic effects of the indemnities
required for the sinking of the war
ships in Sea pa Flow on Germany
in "a spirit of equity, after a hear
ing by the reparations commission."
Warning; Is Issued.
The note warns Germany "for the
last time" that the denunciation of
the armistice would give the allied
armies all latitude for necessary
military measures, and adds:
"In this spirit we await without
delay signature of the -protocol and
the exchange of ratifications."
Regarding the coercion clause of
the protocol, the supreme council con
siders that signature of the protocol
and ratification will make the treaty
effective and that the protocol's exe
cution will be guaranteed by the gen
eral terms of the treaty and by ordi
narily recognized methods. It rejects
the Germans' "pretended right" to
modification of th treaty clauses as
compensation for the absence of
Americans from the commissions.
It declares that it is "vain for Ger
many to seek to delay" the treaty's
effectiveness because of the position
of the Americans with regard to the
commissions.
Responsibility Is Fixed.
The second note deals entirely with
the Scapa Flow incident. It places
the responsibility upon the Germans
for the sinkings and sees in the pro
test only "an attempt, difficult to ex
plain, to delay the treaty."
The note cites the secret message
of the etiief of the German admiralty
(Admiral von Trotha) to Admiral
von Reuter, in command of the Ger
man crews of the Scapa Flow ships,
dated in May, telling him that the
fleet's disposition "can not be decid
ed without us, it will be finished by
us and delivery to the enemy avoided."
CARRAIVZA IS ACCUSED
(Continued From First Pace.)
Phone your want ads to the Orego
nian. Main 7070,. A 6096.
ument in possession of the committee
states that "the treaty with Japan is
coming along" and that the writer is
convinced of the "great advantages
it would bring Mexico for its national
integrity." Rererence is contained in
another document to the support the
Mexican government proposes to give
German commercial initiative in Mex
ico. Senator Fall's comment on plan of
revolution disclosed in the minutes
of the Lodge meeting is that it would
appear "preposterous, ridiculous and
bo fantastic as of itself to deserve
little attention, were it not first, for
the fact that it is similar in all es
sentials to the plan of San Diego,
which the only judicial tribunal pass
ing upon the question declared was to
have been backed or supported by
armed forces through a state of war
by V. Carranza in 1915, and, second,
were it not for the fact that the plan
of San Diego, itself antedating, and
this present plan following, were and
are in exact line with the note of
June 19, 1917, from Zimmermann to
Von Eckhart, then ambassador from
Germany to Mexico.
German Part Is Revealed.
"The Zimmermann note contained
the paragraph: 'We (Germany) shall
give general financial support (to
(Mexico) and it is understood that
Mexico is to reconquer the lost ter
ritory in New Mexico, Texas and Ari
zona." In this connection, the memoran
dum called attention to the suggestion
in the Zimmermann note that Mexico
communicate with Japan, suggesting
adherence to the plan and offer her
mediation between Japan and Ger
many. The evidence in possession of the
committee, Senator Fall informed the
president, indicates that conditions
now along the border are "rapidly
taking on the same character which
had been assumed in our relations
with Mexico prior and subsequent to"
the date fixed for the uprisings under
the plan of San Diego.
Crraa "Blue Book" Obtained.
The New Mexico senator supported
his recent charges that radical liter
ature advocating the soviet form of
government was being distributed by
the Mexican embassy and the con-
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sulates of Mexico in the United States
by an account of the manner In
which the information was secured:
A copy of the booklet was procured
from the embassy by mailing a re
quest to the embassy, he said, adding
that admission by the author, Arthur
Thomson, that the Mexican govern
ment was aiding him in the distribu
tion of his article and that it had se
cured from him several thousand
copies, iseontained in a letter writ
ten in reply to one signed by a Ger
man name.
The committee, the memorandum
said, has obtained possession of what
President Carranza called his "blue
book." At various places in this book
attention is called to the "oppres
sive policy" of the United States to
ward Mexico and stress is laid upon
the assertion that President Carranza
has resisted every such encroachment
and in every instance "from the first
proposed Niagara conference, down
to and including the American pro
tests as to nationalization of lands
and other properties," that he has been
successful by "refusing absolutely"
to yield in any respect to the demands
of this government.
Propaganda Is Instigated.
The memorandum also contained a
copy of a letter said to have been
written by Carranza to Miss Hermlla
Galindo. who had written a book en
titled, "The Carranza Doctrine." The
Mexican president's note to her con
cerned a second book which he
said he wished her to write and with
this in view he was sending her a
copy of the "blue book" which he
said would Justify the attitude of his
government in its "systematic hostil
ity towards foreign speculators, espe
cially Americans and English.' shrdlu
"Do not forget my injunction," Car
ranza wrote, "to describe in lively col
ors the tortuosity of the American
policy with relation to our country,
causing the figure of Wilson to stand
well out as the director of that
policy."
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8. E. L. Do
heny, president of the Mexican Pe
troleum company, tonight asserted
that he had well authenticated
.knowledge that two departments of
the United States government have
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ipation of Mexican representatives
residing in this country In revolu
tionary propaganda.
Mr. Doheny's declaration was made
in connection with a statement re
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States as affected by the recent stop
page of the drilling of 18 wells by
American companies in the oil region
south of Tampico and the stoppage
of the shipment of oil from wells
drilled by these companies by the
Carranza government after the com
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he called ''confiscatory decrees" of
the Mexican government.
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cuts off all hope of a fuel and oil
supply for the shipping board's fleet
of commercial vessels; that no com
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that time will be taken up.
Salem Pastor Resigns.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 8. (Special.)
Dr. G. V. Holt, pastor of the Firot
Baptist church here for four years,
has resigned to accept the position at
promotional director of the state oC
Washington. His resignation came as
a complete surprise, none of the con
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