Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-02-17

brought to the presidents attention"
Thereafter. until this week, the cab
met met more or less regularly. Dur
Ing the coal strike 1t met twice q
week, in an effort TO avert the walkout
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 White
/ House to have been advised of the
meetings, and to have been kept in
formed as to the progress his advisers
were making toward a settlement of
the controversy. He finally took the
matter out Of the cabinets hands and
suggested a settlement which the min
ers accepted
Mr. Lansing accompanied the presi-
dent 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 conference,
Mr.. Lansing was virtually without au-
thority, and that naturally he felt this
keenly, since the other allied and asso-
ciated countries were represented by
their premiers and not by the heads
of their governments.
MIR. Lansing finally returned from
Paris before the work of the American
peace delegation was concluded, be-
ing succeeded by Frank l.. Polk. I'm.
der-secretary Of state. The friction be-
tween himself and Mr. Wilson con
tinued until after he came back to
Washington.
During the presidents Illness the
Mexican issue again came to the front
with the kidnapping and subsequent ar
rest Of American Consular Agent Jen-
kins in Mexico After the Jenkins
case had been discussed at cabinet
meetings presided over by Mr.. Ian
sing, the state department sent q note
to Carranza bluntly warning him that
further "molestation" of Jenkins would
seriously affect the relations between
the United States and Mexico, for
which the government of Mexico must
assume sole responsibility"
President Wilson was advised of
situation which apparently had grown
acute, and he was said at the time to
have personally taken charge of the
matter The Mexican government de-
layed Its reply for some time and sub
sequently Jenkins was released on bail
furnished by J. Salter Hansen without
the consular agents knowledge. Jen-
kins case still is pending in the Mex
lean courts.
While few members of the cabinet
have conferred with Mr.. Wilson since
he was taken Ill, 1t was said last night
that Mr. Lansing had not seen him.
and that whatever business he had
with the president had been carrie.
on by daily correspondence.
Before the president left on his west
ern trip, however, Mr.. Lansing, after
his return from Paris, had standing
engagement to see him daily, and he /
the White House each noon to
discuss foreign and other affairs.
Frank l.. Polk, under secretary of
state, will be made secretary ad in
term today to act until President VIII ,
son appoints a successor to Mr.. Ian
sing This is expected to be in the
near future.
Several names have been suggested
In administration circles, but officials
admitted they had no definite informa-
ton as to who the president had In
mind for the place.
Chief among those suggested was
Mr.. Polk, but his friends say that he
VIII not accept the appointment if Of
Tered him. because Of the state of his
health