The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-16
LANSING WILL NOT
RESIGN OR TALK
Gives No Denial of Bullitt's State
ments-Had Given the President
His Views in Paris.

WASHINGTON, Sept l6-Despite the
revelations of discord between the Presi-
dent and Secretary Lansing, presumably
his first official advisor at the Paris peace
conference, Mr. Lansing will not resign.
This was learned from an official author
'ity in close touch with both the President
and the secretary of state during the pc
riod of negotiations and since both Off
cials returned to this country.
Also it was declared that Mr.. Lansing
will issue no denial of the truth of the
revelations made by William c. Bullitt,
formerly confidential attache of the
peace mission, who resigned because the
President forsook his announced peace
program, bartering away his famous IA
points one at time to secure support
for his league of nations scheme.
The secretary of state while in Paris
laid his views before the President just
as fully as he took Bullitt into his conf
dence, and it was decided before the re-
turn of the two officials that Mr. Ian.
sing would retain his portfolio.
This is looked on here as evidence that
the President might have had to accept the
resignation of Henry White and Gen
Iasker Bliss as members of the peace mis-
sion also, as their views were completely
out of harmony with those of Mr.. Viii
son on a number of points, as has been
demonstrated before the foreign relations
committee.
To have had practically the entire
American peace mission resign or be
| forced out because of inability to bring
themselves to accept the Presidents views
| of n4I
here today, would have caused great EN-
barrassment to Mr.. Wilson's claim that he
was representing the American people il
his demands and voicing the sentiment o
the vast majority of American citizens
From this authority it was learned thai
when the President left here on his lon,
tstumping tour Of the country he felt tn,
same way about Mr.. Lansing. However
the Bullitt revelations throw new ligh
upon the substitution of Under Secretar,
of State Polk for Mr. Lansing in Paris
The information obtained today make
1T appear that probably the almost com
plete ignorance of what transpired in Par
is in the latter months of the peace delib
erations, shown in Mr.. Lansings appear
ance before the foreign relations commit
tee, may be directly connected now wit
the complete lack of sympathy on MI
Iansing's part with many Of the aims o
4 his political and official chief.
MIR. Lansing, no doubt on account of tn
latitude he had made known to Built
and to the President, was shunted asid
to the comparatively trifiing task of de
liberating upon responsibility for the wa
: and the punishment of the kaiser.
In view of this situation it is now ger
orally felt here that Mr. Lansing, once tn
treaty is out of the way, may insist on rt
signing from the cabinet His staying o
now. it is felt in some official headqual
ters, may be due only to desire not t
cause any embarrassment to his chic
!, while the senate has the peace treaty bt
fore it.
Once action of one sort or other is tai
en- 1t would not be surprising if it was fo
: lowed by an announcement of Mr. Lar
sings impending resignation. Even the
the true causes impelling this resign;
! ton would not appear, it is felt, but tha
the familiar reason of pressure of privat
affairs compelled his return to private lif
In the entire conduct of the difficu
position in which he has been for month
Mr. Lansing is regarded here as havin
e conducted himself in such way ths
e there can be little, if any. reflection O
5 him.