The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-02-19
matters be brought to" the Presi-
dents attention.

matters be brought to" the Presi-
dents attention.
Thereafter until this week the cabi-
net met more or less regularly. Dur
ing the coal strike it met twice a
week in an effort to avert the walk
out of the miners and several weeks
ago it was decided to have meetings
every Tuesday and Friday.
During the coal wage controversy
the President was said at the White
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 settlement
of the controversy. He finally took
the matter out of the cabinets hands
and suggested a settlement which the
miners accepted.
The correspondence between the
President and Mr.. Lansing which re-
suited in Mr.. Lansings' resignation
was made public Friday night at the
State Department an hour after un-
der-Secretary Polk had conferred at
the White House with Secretary
Tumulty.
Mr.. Lansing, in his final letter to
the President, said that Gin thus sew
ering our official association" he felt
that he should make public state
ment he had prepared recently show
ing that he had mot been mindful
that the continuance of our present
relations was impossible" and that it
was his duty to bring them to an end
"at the earliest moment compatible
with the public interest"
Every since January, 1919 Mr..
Lansing continued, ~ have been con-
scious of the fact that you no longer
were disposed to welcome my advice
in matters pertaining to the negotia-
tions at Paris, to our foreign service,
or to international affairs in general"
He added that had he followed his
personal inclination he would have re-
signed while in Paris, but that he had
refrained because he felt it his duty
to "cause you no embarrassment in
carrying forward the great task in
which you were then engaged"
Again Mr.. Lansing said that while
he had been surprised and disap-
pointed" at the frequent disapproval.
of his suggestions, he had never fail
ed to follow the Presidents decisions,
'fhowever, difficult it made, the con-
duct of our foreign affairs"
Mr.. Lansing accompanied the Pres
ident to Paris in December, 1918, as
one Of the American peace delegates
but his friends have said that while
Mr.. Wilson 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.
William C. Bullitt of Philadelphia,
formerly employed by the American
peace commission in confidential ca
pacity, testified before the Senate for
eign relations committee last Septem-
Der concerning reported differences
between the President and his secre-
tary of state on the peace treaty and
the league of nations covenant
Bullitt told the committee that Mr..
Lansing had expressed to him oppo-
sition to the ratification of the treaty
and covenant in conversation in
Paris the, day. Bullitt resigned from
the American mission because he was
not in sympathy with the treaty and
league.
Mr.. Lansing was on a vacation at
Watertown, N. Y, at the time Bullitt
testified and when shown the testl-
mony there he declined to comment.