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RELATIONS ARE AT
BREAKING POINT
Count Cassini, Russian Am
bassador, Persona Non Grata
With Roosevelt.
HAS BEEN DIsINGENUoUs
President Is Alleged to Have Poundef
the Council Table and Declared
the Diplomat Had Twice
Misled Him.

Washington, June 30.-The relations
between Count Cassini, Russian am.
bassador, and the state department arr
at the breaking point. Cassini's recall
Is expected to result from the Kishinel
incident.
Roosevelt is incensed at what he be.
lisves to have been Cassini's disingenu.
GUS attitude both in the Kishinef mat.
ter and in the representations made BY
him in regard to Russian aggressions
in Manchuria. Cassini Is very wroth.
He regards the determination of thu
president to present the Kishinef petit.
ton to the Russian foreign office as
almost q direct affront to him, since he
advised Secretary Hay against sending
the p~etitlonsand seemed to feel that the
intimation should have settled h mat.
ter.
Count Cassini has misled us twice.
is the language said to have been used
by President Roosevelt in cabinet. H
was very angry and pounded the big
table with his fist. Whether this Was
the exact phrase used or not, it is posi-.
lively known that the president made q
strong statement indicating that ne
had been twice taken in by the ambas-
sador OF Russia.
He detailed the two occasions wher
his good faith had been imposed upon
and made it plain to the cabinet tina,
nothing that Count Cassini could say
hereafter would prevent him from for.
warding the Kishinef petition to the
car.
Cassini Leaves Soon.
Count Cassini wiz sail for Russia in
a few days on leave Of absence. His
place during the summer will be occu,
pied by Theodore Hansen first secre.
tary, as charge d'affaires. Count Cas-.
stni said yesterday to friend that he
was prevented from making a public
utterance that, might in the slightes,
degree be construed as a criticism OF
the president of the United StateS, but
all the same he u the way to give
vent to highly spiced criticism of Pres
ident Roosevelt for listening to the
Jews who are trying to get the ear o,
the czar
Cassini was the inspiration of an in
terview on June 8 which set forth thai
the Russian government could not re
ceive representatives from any foreign
power on the Kishinef incident, mas
much as Russia had consistently for.
borne to NEEDLE with the domestic af.
fairs of other nations and expected
the same noninterference while deal
| ing with her own. The substance o.
L"Ao % SSSA I eSSiSho }
Hay by the Russian ambassador ir
obedience. no doubt, to instructions
from his government. At any rate
whether instructed or not, Count Cas-,
sini found means to advise Secretar,
Hay thai the Russian government
would not relish the receipt of a peti
ton from the Jews or any other citi
zen of the United States bearing OF
the kishinef massacre
Instead Of accepting this intimatio,
the president is going right ahead a.
though Count Cassini were not in ex
istence. This gals him to the quicl
and in private conversation he hotl!
resents the rebuff to his dignity.
The situation has reached a stag
where it is very difficult for Count Cas-
sin to contain himself. He Is an ex
perienced diplomat and realizes tina
with h entente cordials destroyed be
tween himself and President Roose
welt his usefulness at Washington il
practically at an end. If he has not al
ready asked for his recall he will n,
doubt do SO.
Diplomats say Cassini's departure OF
his vacation will mark the severanc,
of his relations with the United States
They believe he will, like the ambas
sador of Germany, DR.. Won Holleben
fold his tents n silently steal away
without saying good by.