The sun., 1919-07-23
LANSING BACK,
!: WITH NO IDEA
OF RESIGNING
Wireless Failure Left Him
.. Isolated II Days at a
.s.- Critical Period.
HE FEARS FOR EUROPE
Economic Crisis and Political
Upheaval Threatening New
Tragedy There.

- r bT Vi n ntW lihbNus iNi ObN' -
(which President Wilson has already
limited the possibility. was reported
yesterday to be the cause of the con-
Germ which Secretary Lansing felt
when the wireless OF the Holland
,Amerlcan liner Rotterdam failed and
he was left without communication
sduring the eleven days OF his voyage
sfrom Brcst. which ended here yester-
day. Mr.. Lansing refused all comment
Son international affairs. OF which he
said he knew none of the latest deVel-
opments. But he did not hesitate TO
indicate his annoyance at the failure
eof the wireless.
: From other sources II was learned
nthat when Mr.. Lansing left Paris the
american Peace Mission was deeply
Impressed with the possibility OF
grave economic crisis threatening Eu-
'rope and bearing within itself the germ
OF political upheaval of serious pro-
portions. Mr.. Lanslng's anxiety at
the failure of the wireless was COM
Jared to President Wilson's reported
expression that he hated to pick up
his newspaper in the morning" Mr..
Lansing himself refused in any way
ito discuss these reports.
on silent on shantunE.
- Aside from his criticism OF the wire
9fess service on the Rotterdam his only
Expression when he left the ship at
Quarantine and when he arrived at the
Biltmore. where he pa ssed the night. was
q quick and vigorous answer to ques-
'tion as to whether he was coming home
to resign.
II IL have no intention OF reslgning," he
ssaid.
* He indicated very plainly that he had
feeen disturbed over the failure of the
wireless.
= Through the failure of the wireless.
q failure which / cannot understand
he said with some asperity, 81 have
been out OF touch with affairs for eleven
days l tried all day yesterday to get
Mr. Polk on the lmperator, not more
than fifty miles away, but without sue
Cess couldn't even and out what code
he was using We got no messages from
the United States and only one from
France. That was relayed to the ship
'through Cape Race and was 20 badly
garbled as to be useless. Under the
circumstances | shall have no interview
40 give until I reach Washington and
got into touch with affairs again"
y After eight months at the Peace Con-
lfIeTenCe tne VI Sldtt WI
r Lansing relched Quarantine aboard the
ROTTERDAM late yesterday. They were
met there by the revenue cutter Manhat-
tan, In charge of John c. Williams,
deputy Collector, and bearing a party
fof State Department officials. Mr.. and
kNrs. Lansing were transferred to the
seutter and put ashore at Pier A, the
fsBattery. whence they were driven to
fthe Biltmore. Mr.. lansing said he
rxvn of night IN
sof his dislike for night travelling.
Z Accompanying him on the Rotterdam
swere Alexander Kirk, private secretary
Capt James N. Garfield of Williams
stown, his military aid at the confer
fence: a stenogrl pher. code clerk and
sthe six doughboys who had served as
1.-THE orderlies for the Secretary of State
Fat the peace mission headquarters in the
Hotel Crilon.
K why Europe IL Nervous.
u The views of members of the peace
Emission with regard to European condi-
stions-the views which supposedly are
responsible for Mr.. Wilson's nervousness
toyer the news and Mr.. Lansng's ner-
svousness over the lack of it-are re-
sported to be based upon the slowness
;rof European industry TO get going again
1.-The soaring prices Of the necessities OF
Instruction in Germany especially. and the
general air Of political unrest created
by these conditions.
~ Some consolation II found in the at
,.titude OF the German Government In
;ssoberly summoning the people to the huge
task ahead OF them The response OF
,fhe people Is reported to be not so en-
oouraging. The causes of anxiety with
regard to France are reported to have
Sbeen mitigated in some degree by the
COLLAPSE of the general strike while the
Rotterdam was at sea. The general
fstrike OF July 81 was one of the thing:
that worried the peace commissioners
more than anything else. 1t is pointed
tout however. that the basic condition!
underlying the demand for this strike
no large extent still exist to-day.
j. The fact that almost every peasant
land tradesman in France, forming the
bulk OF the population, owns his owr
sproperty is regarded as an ample guar
Iantee against BolsheviSn in that coun
TRY. High prices OF necessities were
recognized weeks ago, however. al
threatening the existence of the presen
ssGovernment. with the present Govern
fment would fall Ciemenceau. who is alsC
president OF the peace conference. and
his elimination at this time would pro
,sduce a situation of distressing interna
stional completely