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bring it to light. Tho substance of Mr..
Lansing telegram confirmed Mr.. Bullitt' s
testimony in essential particulars.

OrlnR IL TO uRht. Inc substance OF Mr.
lansing 4 telegram confirmed Mr.. Bullitt' s
testimony in essential particulars.
est distress To the President, however,
was that MIR. Lansing is declared To have
admitted that he made his statements TO
Mr. Bullitt after the latter had retired
from the service of the Government, and
when Mr. Lansing knew that Mr. .Bulitt,
had written the letter criticising his
superior officer. Il was this point that
caused the President the deepest concern.
Coming as it did simultaneously with
the adoption by the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee of the amendment pro-
posed to Article X. of the l. ague Of Ma
tions convcnant--which ths President
declared in his Salt Lake speech scut the
heart out of the treaty"-the Lansing
telegram is held by the Presidents friends
TO have contributed very largely to his
physical collapse.
LANSING ANXIOUS TOO.
There is virtually no reason to question
the decision of the President to remove
Mr.. Lansing from Office on his return TO
Washington. His prolonged illness-from
which his physicians and White House
officials declare he Is now convalcsclng
prevented him from carrying out his
purpose. Evidence that Mr.. Lansing
was greatly perturbed over the probable
effect of his explanatory telegram to the
President is obtained from authoritative
sources.
He is declared to have called up the
department from Watertown every day
until the return of the President, totally
incapacitated for business. His reason for
doing so was to inquire, HAS anything
been heard from the Westf" meaning
from the President, in relation to Mr..
Lansing's telegram.
From the moment that the President
received Mr.. Lansi g's telegram, COM
munication between the Chief Executive
and his Foreign Minister has been con-
Quoted under the most formal conditions
and never direct. The situation that ex-
listed in the State Department from the
moment that President Wilson became ill
until his dismissal of Mr. Lansing on
Friday last is declared by one of the
officials TO have been SIMPLY intoierable."
HIS SUGGESTIONS IGNORED.
Recommendations made by Mr. Lansing
were ignored by the President most fire.
quently, and in one or two instances them
President comoletely repudiated the,
He even waved aside recommendations for
diplomatic posts coming from Mr.. Lansing
and appointed men of his own selection,
one or two of whom did not enjoy the
favor of the Secretary of State.
The President 5 belief that MIR. Lansing
contributed to the conclusions reached
by Viscount Grey regarding the attitude
on the League of Nations of some officials
of the American Government was
another factor in der,dinu tho fate of
Secretary Lansing. Since the President
has been able ito sit up and take notice,
he has received, through agencies that
he felt he could trust, reports of state
ments asserted to have been made by
Secretary Lansing at social gatherings
in which Lord Grey participated.
This information is declared to have
not only strengthened the President
to dismiss Mr.. Lansing,
but also not to receive Lord Grey as the
Ambassador from Great Britain Press
kilograms from London reflect an appre-
citation of the Pres ident's attitude, show
ing that the serv ices of Lord Reading
had been sought as his successor
THE LANSING ''uLrINAruM'
The specific indecent that provoked
the President to remove Mr.. Larsin G
was the irsistence of the head Of the
State Department that his contem-
plated action in n diplomatic matter of
comparatively minor Importance he sane
toned by the President. 1t was this
insistence that exploded the White
House mine.. as 1t were, and speedily
resulted IN the peremptory demand for
Mr.. Lanslng's resignation.
While there Is disposition on tho