The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-05
OFFICE DISORGANIZED
Experienced Men Ousted to
Make Room for POliti-
cal AppOintees.
DIPLOMATS ARE ALARMED
Counsellor Was Only One They
Could Consult on For
eign Relations.

WAsHISoroS. March 4.-The Wilson
Administration suffered loss this after
noon through the resignation OF John
Bassett Moore, the well known authority
on international law. rs Counsellor OF the
State Department.
Mr. Moore is retiring after ten months
Of service In the State Department be-
cause he no longer cared to serve under
the present conditions In that Department
Attempts will be made to gloss over the
Moore resignation, and Mr.. Moore him
self gives purely formal reasons. but the
plain truth is that this trained official
has retired because he was thoroughly
dissatisfied with the situation In which
he found himself under Mr.. Bryan's con-
duct Of the foreign affairs OF the country.
Mr.. Moores resignation became effective
with the close OF business hours this after
noon. II was rendered on February 2. to
become effective to-day. and while for
months his retirement, has been regarded
a. Inevitable In the near future. II was
would induce him TO remain until the
present complicated state OF the foreign
relations OF the United States was some
what eased.
Well informed persons in Washington
have for long time thoroughly under
stood that when Mr. Moore's resignation
finally came IL would be tho result Of
the disagreeabie and unsatisfactory con-
ditions TO which he was subjected in his
third term OF service in the Department
OF state. Nothing contained in Mr.. Moore's
letter to the President nor n statement by
the President In reply has shaken or
altered In the least this understanding
OF the reasons for Mr.. Moore's retirement.
Entire Depn RI usrnt Disorganised.
While Il is true that Mr.. Moore ac-
cepted the office OF Counsellor OF the state
Department under Mr.. Bryan with great
reluctance and only Professionally 1t II
known that he would cheerfuily have con-
tinued his sef-sacrilcc and neglect OF
other professional work had h. found the
situation in the State Department az con-
genial a. during his two previous terms
OF service In similar capacities.
Mr.. Moore's resignation will serve to
focus. attention on the state OF affairs in
the department OF foreign relations more
closely than at any other time since Sec
rotary Bryan took charge. The deplora BILE
Disqualification which has existed alrnos,
the entire twelve months and the cheer
full ignorance of many OF the men In the
most responsible positions are not only the
causes OF Mr.. Moore's resignation but have
been generally commented on in Washing.
ton for long time.
/ Heretofore Mr. Moore's presence has
been looked upon by men who appreciated
the intricacy and the gravity OF the ques
lions confronting tho Department Of State
as a sort OF guarantee that the United
States would ut least be saved from an,
great blunder in the conduct OF foreign
relations by a corps OF inexperienced men
His withdrawal from service under Mr.
Bryan Is now regarded az little short O.
a disaster, AS his leaving has removed
the one great prop upon which relianc,
was placed.
| Mr. Moore will remain IN Washington
two months or more. attending to othe
work In which ne has been engaged. an,
next fall probably will resume his dutie
az professor Of international law n
Columbia University. He is engage
among other things upon a revision O
his digest of international Arbitrations,
published In 1898. The new editio
greatly enlarged will be published undo
the auspices Of the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace in accordance wit
contract signed by Mr.. Moore tw
years ago.
Leased Home IN Capital Last Fall
Mr.. Moore last fall leased a residenc
In Washington for a year and will renal
here with his wife and daughters unit
late In the spring The fact OF his has
ing taken the house is regarded as nc
without its significance as to his inter
ton OF remaining more than ten month
with the Department of State
In his letter 10 the President Mr. Moor
, agreed to enter the Department Of Sta,
! as Counsellor at $1,000 year to ser,
. during a period OF transition" Viii
. he points out to the President that or
year having elapsed, ample opportunit
has thus been afforded for the effecti,
orga nization Of the Departments force
, the fact Is that the period OF transitlo
: still endures and the State Departmer
a In still far from being satisfactorily O.
!. ranized. The situation IL this:
: Mr.. Bryan Is Secretary Of State. II
!, nrst assistant 10 John f.. Osborne, formt
. physician, druggist and sheep rancho
and q power In Wyoming politics. NJ
: osborne has In q years service develops
4 into the business ofYicer of the Depar
2 ment, but has little or no connection VIII
!. |. the conduct Of foreign relations or Il
international questions before the Depar
ment.
4 A,vsv A. Ada. the second assistant. h,