The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-03-11
MOORE RESIGNS
AS COUNSELLOR
State Department Official
Dissatisfied.
NE DIDN'T LIKE BRYANS WAY
And WasAIs00ut ofSympsthy
With Nations Mexican
Policy.
PRESIDENT Is Much WORRIED

Washington. March s.-The res
ignation Of DR.. John Bassett MOORE
As counsellor OF the State Depart
ment continued to-day TO be topic
Of general interest in official circles
especially in view Of the fact that II
developed that DR.. Moore's resigna.
ton has been in the hands OF the
President since February 2 and was
only accepted yesterday.
As IS usual in such matters. there
Eas an exchange Of courteous let
rers. in which the President and DR..
Moore sought 70 convey the impress
sion that the resignation was the
most natural thing in the world and
sas prearranged. But the gloom of
zhe Presidents advisers and the I'M
iercurrent OF criticism against DR..
Moore for resigning when the Mex
5ean situation IS acute. indicates
that the change was not without
some acrimOny.
Close friends OF the President
complain that DR.. Moore is an ''opin-
donated" man the has written 100
books on international laws and
pactsl. and that he considers him
self too important To be amenable
.enger TO governmental policy.
Friends OF the counsellor say he has
disagreed from the first with the
Mexican policy Of "watchful walt
ng.~ being among the first to rec
Jmmend the recognition OF Huerta.
They say also that he was tired OF
doing all the hard work OF the Sec
l-etary and that his disapprOval OF
Mr. Bryan's chautauqua lectures
vas not only that it was undignifed
work for a Secretary Of State. but
that It left the burden of affairs on
the shoulders Of the counsellor.
In brief. say these men. since DR.. :
Moore got all the blame for mis-
AXE and no credit for achieve
lnents in a policy with which he did
not agree. lie vas glad 10 avail him
elf Of an opportunity TO get out
'TithIn a year. II t. probable that
Or. Moore feared from the start he
could not get along personally with Z
Secretary Bryan. and for that reason 1
accepted the counsellorship cOndi- /
tiouslly. But it il doubtful that he
expected 70 disagree 50 strongly I
~ith the President and the foreign I
policy.
Whatever the real reason for Or. I
MOOre's retirement. the fact remains /.
that ne has Withdrawn his counsel
which his friends say Vas not any
TOO often asked. By the way-at
time when the Administration faces
q crisis IN It's foreign policy To-day |
Ihe President appeared al the Capt. !
tol 10 address Congress in favor OF
repeating the exemption Of Ameri |
can vessels from Panama Canal |
tolls
This question is the hub Of the |
whole International wheel. for Eu
rope has unanimously decided !
against US in the matter and the
president is anxious that the United
states square herself with the Pow
ers before the Mexican situation
moves the Powers to repudiate our
Mexican policy. With this nation
standing right with the world, and
Great Britain in particular appeas-
ID. the President is said to feel that
he can stretch his policy OF watch
ful waiting" TO day far enough dis
Iant To witness the final downfall of
IIuerta and the consequent triumph
of our policy.
The President Is resisting inter
-yention and is insisting that. il the
United States waits long and pa
fiently enough, Huerta will fall To
secure support In that waiting policy
the President is anxious that Europe
and Great Britain have no honest
cause for other complaint against
ms. Hence his anxiety over the ca
nal tolls question. and his visit 10
the Capitol to-day.
With the departure of DR.. Moore