PAGE EIGHT. Essro- THE CAPITAL JOURNAL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY U 1920 j
Lane Declares That Secretary
Lansing Not All to Blame
(Continued from Page One.)
Break Brought Closer.
Mr. Lansing, obviously In vry
difficult position, did not repudiate
Bullltt'i BtatemenU although it wa
momentarily expected In Washington
that he either would repudiate them or
iftign hl office. President Wilson
wan at the time on his speaking lour
ii. the west. To say that he was up
set by Hullltt's story and his quota
ticns of the secretary of state puts K
r.'.ildly. Officials In th? present's
party who knew the workings of the
president's mind expected to s'e the
secretary's resignation asked tur when
the president returned to Washington,
lnese same officials believe now that
the breakdown which sent the presl
tier it home a very sick mag was the
inly thing which prevented It.
Mr. Iansing, however, never saw
tfc president again, and did ail hip
1-ufciness with the chief executive In
writing. The relations between the
men remained very much strained, and
then Mr. Landing's action !n calling th1'
iMhlnet together brought them to the
breaking point.
Those who were present at the first
rubiitet meeting describe a rather tonne
and dramatic scene. Congress was
ful of rumors that the president wns
so disabled as to be consMtutloniillr
unable to discharge the functions ol
hU office. There was talk of what
iniylrt be done to place Vice-President
Marsliull at the head of the govern
ment and how rongress might go abou.
doing tf.. Nobody knew the full extent
of t lie president's Illness. It had not
then become known that he had par
Uu'ly lost the use of his left arm an
lea; through an accumulation of brood
in one of the arteries In his brain.
There were even ugly rumors that the
president might not be in posse.!, .
.f all his faculties. Sum 1 senators
were even contemplating some action
Islon. for none of the members knew
reading from a diary. Quoted Secretary J th extent of the president's Illness,
lousing as having told him he i it expected to be Informed of It.
cut of sympathy with the league of n-( secretary Tumulty has Informed the
ticns covenant and as predicting that president that Mr. Lansing had called
the treaty would fall If the American ( tne cabinet together, and the presl
people ever learned of Its full import j aeni, somewhat disturbed, gave hU
personal physician a message to de
liver to the secretaries.
The secretaries assembled at their
usual places that day and Mr. Lans
ing sent for Dr. Grayson. The presi
dent's chair at the head of the table
was left vacant until the physician ar
rived and he was asked to occupy It
Meeting Caused Tilt.
"Dr. Grayson," Secretary Lansing Is
reported to have said by those who
were present, "we wlshto know the na
ture and extent of the president s Al
ness and whether he Is able to per
form the duties of his office, o that
we may determine what shall be done
to carry on the business of the government."
The president's physician Is quoted
by some of the other secreturirs as
having replied In substance:
"The president is doing as well aa
could be expected; he is in full pos
session of all his faculties, and he has
directed me to Inquire of you by wnai
authority this cabinet was called, what
business is before it and what business
1: Is expected might be transacted at a
cabinet meeting without hia participa
tion."
According to the story told at tho
time. Secretary Lansing had no oppor
tunity to reply because some of the
other members . stepped into the
breach and aHked Dr. Grayson to say
to the president that the only purp-jm.
of the meeting was to Inquire the state
ot his health and to send him a mes
sage of loyalty and encouragement. At
that point the meeting broke up with
out having transacted any business,
but It did not end the so-called cabi
net conferences.
It has not been made plain whether
President Wilson knew since then that
the cabinet members had been assem
bling and talking over lntcr-depart-
the-secretary of state and the presi
dent differed In matters of policy.
Quite aside from the differences at the
peace conference, there were other dif
ferences In foreign policy, and some ot
Mr. Lansing's friends say he would
have left his office some time ago
but for the fact that he wished to
spare the president an upheaval in his
official family at a time when Europe
was watching the fight ovir the treaty
ia American and especially when the
president was ill and unable to looK
after the affairs of the suae depart
ment himself.
Mr. Lansing became head of the
state department when William J. Bry
an and the president had their differ
ences over the Lusitania notes. Mr.
Lansing was counsellor, an office In
which he bad succeeded John Bassett
Moore. It has been common Knowl
edge that while Mr. Lansing's name
was signed to the succeeding notes to
Germany and the notes which preced
ed the armistice, Mr. Wilson wrote
them himself, in fact, he pract'cally
acted as secretary of state In all im
portant business. It was the presl- j
dent's conception of his relation to the
foreign policy of the nation. I
Mexican Differences Unknown,
(low much Mr. Lansing and the
president differed on the Mexican pol
icy has never been fully revealed, but
officials who sympathize with Mr.
Lansing's views say that they differed
a great deal. It has generally been
believed in official circles here that
the sharp notes which Mr. Lansing
sent to Carranza In connection with
the Jenkins case are what the presi
dent referred to In his lotter to the
secretary when he spoke of the secre
tary of state having taken action to
forestall his judgment. It is known,
however, that Henry Prather Fletcher,
foimer ambassador to Mexico, who re
cently resigned wrote a letter to the
president in which he excoriated the
administration's Mexican policy, and
the general belief in the state depart
ment is that Mr. Lansing and Mr. I
Fletcher agreed pretty generally. Mr.
Fletcher's letter of resignation never
has been given out at the htte House.
Put aside from his difficulties with the
president, It has been common knowl
edge in Washington that Mr. Lansing
has not been on good terms with Sec
retary Tumulty and from time to i.ms
there hav been apparently well ground
ing-WUson controversy the letters
speak for themesleves." Secretary Tu
multy said.
Successors Discussed,
GIRLS GLEE
ments today ay i. nuer .-i
It was said at the state department
that Mr. Polk would serve aa acting
stcretary for a period of thirty daya
i,,nii a successor to Mr. Lansing rs
There was no information availablejchosen sooner,
at the White House as to a probable i
successor to Mr. Lansing, but the ap
pointment is expected to be made soon.
John W. Davis, ambassador at London
and Under Secretary Polk, are being
discussed.
Cabinet meetings will be resumed
'Very soon" and as announced a few
days ago President Wilson will pre
side. White House officials reiterated
today he wa making rapid strides to
ward regaining his health.
Chairman Porter of the house for
eign affairs committee, commenting
today on Secretary Lansing's resign
tlon said:
"I am not Inclined to accept this
new and novel interpretation of or
ganic law.
There is nothing In the constitu
tion which prohibits members or tne
president's cabinet from meeting and
discussing any departmental matter.
It we accept the president's construc
tion of the constitution, it would be a
violation thereof for two of the secre
taries to hold a conference in the ab
sence of the president.
President Criticized.
"Mr. Lansing has faithfully ser. i.
Mr. Wilson during both of his terms
as president, and in due consideration
for his rights I think the president
should have asked for his resignation
on the ground that they did not agree
on the policies to be pursued by the
state department and not to have dis
missed him In this harsh way."
Notification of Mr. Lansing's retire
ment was sent to all foreign govern-
The ladies' glee club of Willamette
university will depart from Its usual
custom of having only one concert
that in Salem, and will make a trip
similar to that taken by the men's or
ganization. A two-weeks' tour of
Washington and eastern Oregon is be
ing planned by the manager, Miss
Mildred Garrett The dates and towns
vtisted have not been fully set as yet
The club is making faithful prepara
tion, and their finished concert wfll
rival In Interest that of the men s
club. There will be a ladles quartet,
and several solos and duets will be fea
tured. The club will aso make several
week-end excursions to nearby cities
before starting on the long tour.
Members of the club are Misses Lor
lel Blatchford, Loa Briggs, Margaret
Bowen, Marie Corner, Marguerite
Ccok. Mildred Garrett, Mary Elizabeth
Hunt, Faye McKlnnis, Helen Mcln
turff, Vivian Isham, Sadie Pratt, Gene
Sevy, Mildred Strevey, Emma Shane
felt, Mary Spaulding, Laura. Shipley,
Vera Wise and Evelyn DeLong.
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Wednesday, February 18
ONE
NIGHT
REV. SMITH TO HEAD
ENDOWMENT DRIVE
The committee from the board ot
trustees of the Kimball School of The
ology has selected Rev. Clarence D.
Smith as their field secretary for the
Kimball endowment fund. A cam
paign will be launched to raise $200,
000. Mrs. Henry D. Kimball o'f Cali
fornia has already donated $25,000 for
the Dunlap chair of exegetlcal theol
ogy, and several hundreds of dollars
are in hand to endow the John Fllnn
chair of ystematic theology.
Leon Berartt, former minister of in
struction, was elected vice-president of
the French' chamber of deputies yesterday.
Csuiadiaa Ssrpvards Tur.
Montreal . . S
with a total net ,n?sM
were built in r,j. , 5 " 9.!u
year and sent oversea, w"
jregistered the deMm
and fisheries announced oi
ships were const-,,......, . '' i
interests, the imperial
board, and Non ""
Sixty were wooden stMr.i.,
a total tonnage of
were steel steamers with"-,
of 30,071 and there were, tWtt
. "nailing 74 j ,0-
The Universitv t .
add aviation tolu
-din t0 an annouS
mental ufaflrs, but the meetings tia
to "find out whether we have a presi- been hel din the cabinet room in tho i reports ot friction with Secretaries
dent or not "us one" of their number I executive offices and If the president i Be ker and Daniels. t
put It. These ugly stories were, of did not know It probably was because In the senate foreign relations enm
course, all dlspuaed of and shown t.) bo t lose siirorundlng him did not think nilttee, where Mr. Lansing was in fre
quent touch with senators, he Is re
garded as a trained diplomat. Senators
remarked when Bullitt gave his sen
Hi'.tolnal testimony that they regretted
it very much on Lansing's account.
Secretary Lansing gave out the cor
respondence between himself and this
pieshlent last nlht and stipulated that
it was for publication In morning pa
pers today. Some news agencies, how
ever, other than the Associated Press,
violated their pledges to the state de
partment ajid published the letters in
Uome parts of the country yesterday
afternoon.
Thero will be no more resignations
from the cabinet as a result of the
Lansing incident, it was said at the
White House today.,
"I am not going to discuss the Lans-
pijie and lunfouiided gossip by the
l.it'-r development, but they were be
ing circulated and widely credited last
Noveiii her when tho cabinet assumliied
foiiu first conference at the cull" of
hecietary Lansing.
l'rVcdent Is Cited,
The secretary of state, It should bo
wald, believed he was supported by
precedent In calling the cabinet to-
wether. Looking up the historical ree
ord bo found It bad been done when
President tlarfleld lay ill for weeks
after having been shot by an assassin
and that It had been done before when
President Taylor hiid a long Illness
find ultimately was suceeiled by Vice
President Fill more. '
The Wilson cabinet' assembled the
first day with a feeilng of apprehen-
it wise to tell him.
Wilson Not Advised.
The best opinion of those "on the
In side" Is that the president did not
know until last week of the regularity
with which the cabinet was meeting
nt the call of the secretary of state be
cause at about the time at which the
president's first letter to Mr. Lansing
lis dated, the White House offices "let
Ii lij known that the president had I
eiuieii ine canmet conrerencc and tnpre
was an Inference that ho might pre
side at the next-one himself. There
was, however, no hint that the ending
of the meetings marked a separation
between Mr. Wilson and Mr. Lansing.
Now that the break has come and
, Mr. Lansing has left the cabinet, much
may oe reveaieu or tne extent to which
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