Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-31
TUMULTY SAYS REPORT or j
BREAK IS SIMPLY rot
Declares That President Wilson and
Colonel House Are as Close
as Ever
SEVERAL VERSIONS OF STORY
One Puts Osward g. Willard. New
York Editor, in Place Of Texan as
Present Favorite and Adviser of
Executive.

WASHINGTON, August S0.-Secre-
sary Tumulty to-day characterized as
stories that there has been a break
between President Wilson and Colonel
e. NJ. House, OF Texas. the most in
innate personal friend Mr.. Wilson has
nad. There are several versions Of
The story. with variations in each YER
sion
One OF them is plain story that the
! President has come to be so fond Of
Oswald &. Willard. editor and publicist,
chat he is paying very much attention
! 20 MIR. Wizards suggestions about the
European and Mexican situations SIM
ply preferrng the wisdom and sage
advice of Mr.. Willard to that of Col
onel House.
tncnce to Mr.. Willard as the successor
TO Colonel House. but says that the
latter generally has lost his potent in
nuence with the White House because
he does not agree with the President ms
to the settlement of the Mexican prob
lem, and believes that General Car
! rama should be recognized.
The int!mation. too. is that the Presi-
! dent has received much contrary adj
vice about Mexico, and that IL he de-
! Ponds upon one adviser while he
! shifts to another and adopts new pol-
Icy. The second story refers to the
fact that John Lind. who represented
the administration in Mexico long
time, favored the recognition Of Car
rama, and that the President soon
supplanted him with Paul Fuller, OF
New York. who was opposed to Car
rama. Fuller being eventually sup
planted by Duval West. y Texas law
yer. who knew Mexico and did not
] show much love in his reports to the
President for any of the existing lead
ers In that country.
FINAL STRAW THAT PUT HIM
OUT OF WILSON'S FAVOR
The final straw that put Colonel
House out OF presidential favor. the
| story runs occurred when Colonel
House. receiving Secretary Lansing on
a visit to his beautiful Long Island
home, strongly disagreed over the
proposition to call the South American
republics into Pan-American con-
| ference concerning Mexico. Since then
it is stated. Colonel House. who has
not been in Washington in a long time
has been virtually ignored by the
, President and Secretary Lansing.
The stories then go on TO tell how
pathetic has been the break between
two men who loved each other so well.
The Willard story does not give any
| especial reason why the President has
cut out Colonel House and proceeded
to transfer his affections to the New
York editor. who has been coming to
Washington At intervals in the last
six months and working OH stories for
his newspaper. Mr. Willard has taken
his chances with the reporters and cor
respondents. and when administration
officials have asked him what he
thought about any particular question
he has given his views. lie has not
been accorded any special privileges
however. and has not seen President
| Wilson when other newspaper men
I were not present. Neither has he asked
! for the Presidents ear as an exclusive
affair.
Colonel House to-day in New York
referred to the stories mighty In
tercsting. If true"
One Of the chief differences between
President Wilson and most of the
other men who have been President is
that he has no favoritcs in official and
private life. unless Colonel House may
be said to be the single exception
Those who have kept close track OF
the Presidents daily work. at the White
House have never found him showing
favoritism in his Cabinet. among the
newspaper correspondents or along
other lines. All are accorded the same
treatment.
| Secretary Tumulty this afternoon
made the following brief statement
about the break" stories: THE re-
ports of break between President
Wilson and Colonel House are simply
rot l know personally that the re-
lations between them are as close as
ever"