Evening star., 1920-02-14
BY the Associated Press.

By the ASSoclAteo PreSs.
Rebuked by President Wilson for
calling cabinet meetings during his
illness. Secretary Lansing has re-
signed.
The President has accepted the
resignation with appreciation" and
Mr.. lansing becomes the second Sec
retary OF State TO leave the admins
ts;ss .sas,on over 2, disasreement with his
Although the correspondence be-
tween Mr.. LA9eing and the President
makes the calling of the cabinet meet
ings the incident which leads directly
20 the Secretarys resignation. persons
ION the inside" of the administration
who know what has been going on
say that was only an incident, and
that the real reasons for the break go
back over a period of many months,
and come from fundamental differ
ences Of opinion in policy
There Will be no more designations
from the cabinet as result of the
Lansing incident. it was said at the
White House today.
Il am not going to discuss the Lam
oing-Wtlson controversy-the letters
speak for themselves" Secretary
Tumulty said.
There was no information available
at the White House as to a probable
pointment is expected to be made
soon. John W. Davis, ambassador at
London, and Under Secretary Polk
are being discussed.
Resune Cabinet Meetings.
Cabinet meetings will be resumed
very soon." and. as announced a
Few days ago, President Wilson will
preside. White House officials reit-
Grated today that he was making
MID cfridaS int =;
health.
Frank L. Polk. under secretary of
state. became secretary ad interim
and will serve until Mr.. Lansing's sue
cessor has been appointed by the
President
While the names of several men
were being mentioned today in con-
nection with the Office. officials con-
ceded that their suggestions were
mere guesswork. Mr. Polk was re-
Sarded as the logical selection, but
his friends said he would not con-
slider it because of the condition of
his health.
Announcement of Mr.. Lansings res
1gnation was made last night at the
State Department, where copies of
correspondence between the President t
and the Secretary of State were made
public.
The disagreements between the
President and the head of the State
Department even antedate the entry
OF the United States into the war. The
relations between the two men al
most reached the breaking point
early in 1917, when Mr.. Lansing is
sued his celebrated statement saying
the United States was daily being
drawn nearer and nearer the war. BY
some IL was taken to forecast the en-
try of the United States. The Presi-
dent made every effort to overtake the
statement after it had been given out
at the State Department., but it was
impossible.
More Differences Develop.
When Mr.. Lansing went as a mem
Der of the American peace delegation
TO Paris more differences developed
With other members of the American
mission he was not in accord with the
Presidents idea of making the treaty
of peace and the covenant of the
league of nations one and the same
lansing's idea that such a plan would
delay the ratification Of a peace treaty
and in this he was supported by Henry
White and f. NJ. House
1t may be said with a great degree
Of authority tina. while the Presiden,
and Mr.. Lansing were together ir
Paris other differences of more than
minor nature developed. and this is
confirmed by the reference which tn.
President makes to it in one of his
letters.
When President Wilson went back
to Paris last March and found tina,
during his brief absence in the United
: States MIR Lansing and the others OF
the American mission had agreed
tentatively at least, to have the peace
terms and the league Of nations cove.
nant separated, the situation came
very near a breaking point, and prob.
ably was avoided only because the
President thought it more importan,
not to let European statesmen see a
split in the American peace delega
lion. While Mr.. Lansing probably
saw and conferred with the President
in Paris as much as any other mem
Der of the American mission, it was q
matter of remark that he saw hin
very little.
However, the incident which came
nearer causing break than any
other was the sensational testimony
of William c. Bullitt, one of the eX.
perts attached to the American peace
mission, before the Senate foreign re
lations committee. Bullitt, as will
be recalled, reading from a diary
quoted Secretary Lansing as having
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