The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-08

at 40 Tuesday morning December
10Y. the notes were enciphered. dcliv-
cred to the telegraph room and sent
Reason for Secrecy.
"On Tuesday afternoon | discussed
with the president the time when the
note should be made public The rea-
son for secrecy was the courtesy due
to the nations who were to receive the
note that IT should not be published
here before they received It We de
cidcd 1t would take two DAYS at least
for it to reach Austria and Rumania
So We decided it should he made pub
lie on Thursday morning Tuesday
evening. about q o'clock copy OF the
note was handed TO Mr.. lanes, chiet
OF the information bureau. he Al
once took it up with the printing OF
flee"
AT about II O'Clock | received the
newspaper correspondents and told them
that would have an important com
for them at 5 o'clock to he
released the next morning told them
in confidence as was afraid its con
tents nigh, come back from Europe in
garbled form Further thought II
courteous not to make 1t public until
il had been received by the countries to
which it was addressed told them
IT did not contain any proposal OF peace
nor OTTER At mediation
Spanish Diplomat Informed.
A,tNlNa
Sador Willard (of Spain) told me he had
been advised OF the contents OF the
note by the president and We discussed
the adviSahili,y OF him addressing Spain
on the subject The next morning the
note vas made public in the press"
Mr. Lansing said he could not re
call the name Of any newspaperman
who was present a, the conference and
did not know any details OF who han
died the mote at the government print
ing office
No knowledge OF Leak.
when was the FIRST ointima,ion you
had that ,herc had been disclosure OF
the content, OF the note" asked Repre-
sentative Campbell.
81 had none until It was stated in
the newspapers" Mr. Lansing said
Mr. Lansing added he had made in
lulricS around his department for a
leak, but failed to locate one.
No Information.
Have YOU any information as 10 the
leak on the note about i o'clock We'd
neSday?" asked Mr.. Campbell
"Not to my knowledge II has been
suggested here that representatives of
two newspapers may have sent out in
formation At that time
81 have seen references to II in the
newspapers"
lla, anything been done at the state
department to show whether there is
any foundation for that"
Easy to Find Out.
Nothing at all l'thlnk it would he
easy to find out
Mr. Lansing said that on the morn
ing OF this conference with the news.
paper men three other men were pres
cnt waiting to see him, but that he did
not know they were IN the room until
after he had talked to the newspaper
men
Others in Room.
"Nho were these men" asked Mr..
lcnroot
"Mr \ t. Snowden oi New York,
/. K Gaylcr. civil engineer Of the
navy, and DR. f. n Mclean OF the
navy said Mr. Lansing The two
naval Officers we're abou, to proceed 10
Haiti for the government"
u, is not likely that they would say
anything about YOU statement" Sug.
geSted Representative Bennett.
Very improbable"
Mr. Bennett recalled Secretary Ian
sing had stated he never Speculatcd in
the market and added
Never Thought OF Effect.
For tina, reason isn't 1t possible that
YOU gave little thought to the effect the
statement made by YOU might have on
the stock market" ,"
u never gave It thought" said the
secretary. 1T never entered my mind
was merely anxious tn preserve the
courtesy due to foreign nations in the
matter"
WAS NJ Nnowdcn connected with
the National Manufacturer, a,socia
ilon
~ think So
Didn't Know He Was There.
With Snowden practically stranger
To YOU, did it occur to YOU that he might
make use OF the iniormation?"
Il didn't know he was there"
Questioned further about his Wednes
day conference with the newspaper men.
Secretary Lansing said;
"My statements regarding the note