The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-03-21
WILSON RESIGNS
IN 4 HURRY
Acting Secretary Of State at
Odds Over China.
ATTACKS THE new POLICIES
Bitterly Critieises Change In Attitude
In Far East and upheids Abandoned
Policy.


Washington, March 21.-Huntington
Wilson, assistant secretary of state,
who has been acting secretary in the
absence from the capital of Secretary
Bryan, has resigned and insisted upon
immediate acceptance.
The resignation is based upon his
radical difference Of opinion with the
administration regarding its Chinese
policies. President Wilson Immediately
accepted the resignation.
Mr.. Wilson, like all the assistant
secretaries of the various departm ents,
offered his resignation, as is custo-
mary, to President Wilson directly
upon the latter's assumption of Office.
He was requested to continue In his
place until it should be convenient for
the president to name his successor.
Mr.. Wilson consented to do so to
accommodate Secretary Bryan, who
desired to make his present visit to
Lincoln, Neb. This action involved
the abandonment of reservation which
Mr.. Wilson had made on q steamship
sailing for Europe last Tuesday.
The issuing Of the statement from
the White House defining the admin
istration's attitude regarding the
$125,OOO,OO0 Chinese loan negotiation
is believed to have been regarded by
the assistant secretary as sufficient to
justify him in requesting to be re-
lieved at once from duty.
After telegraphic notice to Score
tary Bryan of his intentions, Mr.. VIII.
son dispatched a note to the White
House terminating his service. Presi-
dent Wilson Immediately designated
the second assistant secretary, A. A.
Adee, to act as secretary until Mr.
Bryan returned.
A probable result of the resignation
will be the immediate appointment OF
John Bassett Moore as counsellor OF
the department of state with authority
to act as secretary.
In long letter to President Wilson.
the former acting secretary set forth
that when he consented toy continue
for a time with the new a4minaatES;
ton he did not understand there w
to be any radical change of bolicy
-.hi=n-ne "0u AA-Aall.A "
spokesman. -
1T becomes the duty Of the aetSc!
secretary of state" the letter con
tinues, "in dispatching instructions to
the representatives of this government
abroad and as the channel Of commu.
nications with the representatives OF
foreign governments at Washington.
to be spokesman of the president In
regard to a new Far Eastern policy,
which is apparently deducible from
your statement issued to the press.
Il had no reason to suppose that the
officials on duty in the department OF
state would learn first from the news
papers of a declaration of policy
which, think, shows on it's face the
inadequacy of consideration given to
the facts and theories involved and
the failure clearly to apprehend the
motives leading to and the purposes
of the policy superseded.
81 had no reason to suppose that the
fate of the negotiations, which SO
long had the studious attention of the
foreign officers of six great powers,
would he abruptly determined with
such quite unnecessary haste and In
so unusual a manner These methods,
against which I respectfully protest,
are the very extraordinary circun
stances which feel vitiate my under,
standing with Mr. Bryan and com
pletely relieve me of any further obli-
CATION in the premises.
The repeated utterances of the last