THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. POR TLAND, .FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1920.
GREY'S COMMENT
VERY DISTASTEFUL
I TO WHITE HOUSE
British Interference in U. S.
Domestic Affairs Is Strongly
Resented by President Wilson
By Davfd Lawrence
Washington, Fb. . President
Wilson resents British Interference
in the domestic affairs of the United
States, and. while In the interest of
good relations and the passage of
the treaty no formal incident has as
yet been made of Lord Grey's letter,
- there is no question of the displea
sure of the Incumbent of the White
House.
In these columns Wednesday it was
pointed out that while the letter of Lord
Orey had pleased the Republican leaders,
ti had offended the true frlenls of Pres
ident Wilson and strensthet.ed the hand
of tnt irreconcilable ef the senate, who
were thankful for the phrase, "a plunge
Into the unknown," contributed by the
distinguished British envoy as a com
ment on the League of Nations.
Wn.BO-W HOf CONSULTED
But It was not evident untl. two days
more passed that the suspicion of White
Mouse resentment aratnat the Grey let
ter was well founded. The confirmation
came in one of those subtle ways which
President Wilson has of expressing his
thoughts by implication
The president's secretary permitted
f the correspondents to quote his answer
te a question they had aaked him con
cerning, a report that the prealdenit had
been consulted by Lord Orey before pub
lishing his famous letter In the London
Times commenting on the conflict be
tween the executive and legialative
branches of our government.
t The answer was an emphatic state
ment that the president bad not been
eon suited.
To the criticism that President Wilson
eras Inaccessible and could not he seen
by Lord Orey, it was, moreover, official
ly stated that matters of this kind could
W pot In writing and that it was cus
tomary for diplomats to communicate by
writing rather than by oral correspondence.
ji In fact, ambassadors or ministers
rsrsly see the president end do most of
their business by informal note or mem
orandum There were plenty of ways
by which Lord Grey might have reached
the president, and moreover the secre
tary was ready at a); times to talk with
the British envoy and In fact receive
him and communicate In writing to Pres
ident Wilson exactly what Lord Grey
said on each occasion.
(IIM' A VOI OKI WILSON
5 But the point of the White House pro
nouncement seems to be that a British
ambassador to the United States, who
till holds that rank as far as the Unit
ed States is officially advised but who
Is absent from his post, has expressed
himself quite fully on American do
mestic affairs at a moment of intense
feeling between rival political branches
of the American government.
Lord Grey Is at home and probably
has not intend- to return to the United
twatea anyway, so there l no question
that he felt himself about to be relieved
of official duties and free to speak, but
It was being recalled today what Presi
dent Cleveland said In his annual mes
sage to congress in December, ItSS.
in referring to the dismissal of Lord
Sackville. the, British minister to the
United States, "The correspondence In
relation to this Incident wilt In due
course be laid before you and will
disclose the unpardonable conduct of
the official referred to In his Interfer
ence by advice and counsel with the suff
rages of American citizens In the very
crisis of the presidential election, then
near at hand, and also tn his subsequent
public declaration to Justify his actions
superadding Impugnment of the' execu
tive and the senate of the United States
In reflection with the important question
now pending between the two govern
ments." BREACH OF FBIVILEGE
"The offense thus committed was most
grave. Involving disastrous possibilities
to the good relations of the United States
and Great Britain, constituting a grrss
breach of diplomatic privilege and an In
vasion of purely domestic affairs and
essential sovereignty of the government
to which the envoy was accredited" -
Mr. Cleveland said he had instructed
the secretary ef state to decline "to fur
ther recognize the diplomatic character
of the person," and had fell It his "Im
perative duty to obtain with as little de
lay as possible a new personal channel
of diplomatic intercourse In bis country
with the government of Great Britain."
The Incident arose over the public ac
tion by an American citizen of British
ancestry in a letter asking the British
ambassador's advice as to which party
to support in the presidential election
and which candidate would help the
"motherland" most. The British am
bassador answered th letter and while
it was apparently favorable to Mr. Cleve
land's candidacy it was used and pub
lished by anti-British elements to show
that Cleveland and the British government
were working too closely together; any
way the notion was promptly dissipated
r.'taen Mr. Cleveland sent Lord Sackville
home.
I5CIDEHT ITOT CL08ED
The political circumstances in connec
tion with the Lord Orey incident are
not altogether dissimilar. The Irish In
America-, have been accusing the presi
dent of fostering a British Wilson League
of Nations in the United States. They
have been appealing to Senator Lodge
to nullify Article X because they alleged
it might some day interfere with a revo
lutionary movement by Ireland against
Great Britain. To the extent that Lord
Grey's letter strengthened the hand o
Republicans and made them bestir them
selves when an American president
couldn't move the treaty out of its dead
lock, there were Democrats of Irish
proclivities getting ready to taunt the
Republicans with the cry that Lord
Grey's leadership seemed more prefer
able to them than that of President Wil
son. We have not heard the end of the
Lord Orey incident Great Britain will
know both through the press and prob
ably through the American ambassador
In London just how the United States
government feels about the untimely
comment of Lord Grey.
It would not be surprising to find
Prime Minister Lloyd George explaining
informally that Lord Grey wrote as a
private citizen and not as an official of
the 'British government and to ask the
United States to take that into con
sideration, which would be a polite and
diplomatic way of trying to save the
British government from any ill effects
of Mr. Wilson's displeasure.
If the president's f ardor for Europe
should be cooled, there are many people
who believe It would not take much to
swing the United States back to a policy
of Isolation as the end ef his term ap-'
proaeitee and another president, lea In
terested In European affairs takes bold
of the American ship of state. England
will be watchful not to offend President
Wilson, and It will be interesting to
watch the effect In Great Britain and
Europe) generally of the cablegrams go
ing abroad today telling of the way the
White House received the Grey letter.
Foreigner Slashes,
Throat With Knife;
Dies in Graveyard
Lying in an old deserted bouse at
East Stark and Twenty-fourth streets,
the body of an ' unidentified man with
bis throat cut was found Thursday af
ternoon by Motorcycle Officer Schad.
The body was in the woodshed be
hind the house formerly occupied by the
sexton of St. Marys cemetery. A coat
found In the bouse, lying on a couch,
la thought by the police to have be
longed to tbe man.
Cards In the pocket of the coat bear
the name "Pete" and the address of the
Clayton hotel. 82 North Sixth street.
The man had cut his throat with a
pocket knife, seconding to Chief Dep
uty Coroner Leo Goetsch, who pro
nounced it a case of suicide.
The man was about 40 years old and
dressed in overalls, according to the
coroner, who thinks be was either a
Mexican or an Italian. H. Tennant,
sexton of the Lone Fir cemetery, just
across the street, etated that he had
seen the man sitting in the cemetery
last Monday. He inquired If the man
was ill, but only received the answer,
"No."
AMERICA
II DOLLAR
VALUE CLIMBS AT
EUROPE'S EXPENSE
E. G. Crawford Entertains Strong
Hope That Foreign Coin Will
Go Back to Par in Due Time.
France's Attitude
Toward Treaty Is
Similar to Grey's
Paris. Feb. 6 (U. P.) J. J. Jusser
and. theF'rench ambassador to the
United States, already has carried out
prudently instructions given him to ad
vise the American government that
France's attitude toward the American
senate's position on the peace treaty is
similar to that expressed in Viscount
Grey's letter to the London Times, ac
cording to the Echo de Paris.
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Foreign eich&ng e the inter
change between countries of money
or credits representing money is
rapidly making the American dol
lar more and more valuable because
the American people are tightening
up on their loans to Europe. They
are beginning to feel that Europe's
ability to repay existing, loans is
gradually lessening, and that while
the European nations are not bank
rupt, they may become so.
U. 8. APPREHENSIVE
This is the explanation of E. G.
Crawford, first vice president of the
United States National bank. The rapid
decline of the German mark, the French
franc and the English pound he regards
only as proof that the American peo
ple are more and more concerned
about Europe's ability to repay any
money that may further be loaned -it.
"The present situation tn foreign ex
change Is simply a case of supply and
demand. declares Crawford. "Europe
ays to Asnarica. 1 want to buy so ran
dollars.' America replies to Europe,
Well, you owe me ten or twelve bil
lion dollars already. If I loan you some
more what premium will you give rasT"
"The American people are not anxious
to loan any more money, so they de
mand more pounds, mar kg or., francs
for their dollar. They are esTrtaor oa
getting their money back, Iseesusse as
Europe more and more piles up- her
debt. It lessens ltd ability to repay."
M05ET TO CO UP
And in "the rapid decline of foreign
exchange. Crawford believes he sees
the beginning of the end of high prices.
Credit of Europeans vanished, a great
flood of American goods will force
prices down in this country.
The banker does not believe in spec
ulation. Wealth is' created by hard
work, he declares, and not by dabbling
In finance.
But he says the purchase of foreign
money now while it is at very low
levels should help the European coun
tries. It gives them some American
credit to buy needed goods and start
building anew. Then as their countries
grow and increase In prosperity, the
value of their money will go up, be
cause by gradually paying off their
debts, their credit will become better
Their credit once at higher level, they
will not have to pay such a high
premium for the American dollar the
kingpin of all money.
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