The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-02-14

! He referred to the first conference
called by the Presiden. with the hope
of allaying the industrial unrest.
In his statement, Mr.. Tumulty said
that Rear Admira' Grayson. Mr. VIII
sons physician, was present and
"sugges ed that ony urgent matters
be brought to- the Presidents atten-
ton
There after until this week the
cabinet met mere or less regularly
During the coal strike /. met twice a
week in an effort to avert the walk
out Of the miners, and several weeks
ago 1t was decided to have meetings
every Tuesday and Friday.
During the coal wage controversy
the President was said at the Whlte
House to have been advised of the
meetings and to have been kept in
formed as to the progress his advis-
ers were making toward sett 'ement
OF the controversy. He finally took
the matter out OF the cabinets hands
and suggested settlement the min
ers accepted
The correspondence between the
Pres dent and Mr.. Lansing, which re-
suited In Mr.. Lansing's resignation,
was made public tonight at the state
department an hour after Under Sec
-o'"~v n"l', had conferred at the
White House with Secretary Tumul-
Mr.. Lansing, in his final letter to
the Pres.aenI, SAID that he had mot
been unmindfui that the continuance
of our present relations was impos-
sible."
He added that had he followed his
personal inclination he would have
resigned while In Paris, and that
while he had been surprised and
disappcinte at the frequent disap-
proval of his suggestions, he had
never failed to follow the Presidents
decisions however difficult it made
the conduct of our foreign affairs"
Mr.. Lansing finally returned
ident to Paris in December, 1918, as
one CT the American peace delegates,
but his friends have said that while
Mr.. Wi'so was at the peace confer.
ence Mr.. Lansing was virtually with
out authority, and that naturally he
felt this keenly since the other allied
and associated countries were repre-
sented by their premiers and not the
heads of their governments.
Mr. Lansing vnally returned
from Paris before the work Of the
American peace delegates was cen
cluded. being succeeded by Frank l..
Polk, under secretary of state. The
friction between himself and Mr..
Wilson continued after he came back
to Washington.
During the Presidents illness the
Mexican Issue again came to the
front with the kidnapping and subse-
quent arrest of American Consular
Agent jenkins in Mexico. After the
jenkins case had been discussed at
cabinet meetings presided over by
Mr.. Lansing, the state department
sent note to Carranza b'unt Y warn.
ing him that further "molestation
of jenkins would seriously affect
the relations between the United
States and Mexico, for which the gov
ernment of Mexico must assume sole
responsibility"
President Wilson was advised of a
situat on which apparently had
grown acute and he was said at the
time to have personally taken charge
of the matter. No further action
has been taken by the American gov
ernment so far. as has been announc
ed.
While few members of the cabi
net have conferred with Mr. Wilson
since he was taken i'll 1T was said to
!, night that Mr.. Lansing had not seer
him and that whatever business hC