The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-14

IT, Alffernccess. between Mr.. Wilson
IND the ranking member OF his cabi-
net were such that they could be set
lied privately between the two men
ana that the senate had no right 20
interfere. Some sympathy was 'ex-
pressed fof Mr.. Lansing.
MUCH E1sEJING DISPLAYED
The correspondence between the
president and the secretary OF state
II remarkable for the undercurrent
Of RANGER and bitterness between the
two men. The president has come to
4 parting OF the way with many OF
his cabinet officers in the past--f0-
deed. there are today only three men
In the cabinet who were with him
1 y hen. he came into sfsice in 1919,
The wreck of the Versailles treaty
and 3he effoCt Of Mr. Lansing TO for
tnuiate Mexican policy constitute
he motive actuating the president in
dispensing with the services of Mr.
Lansing. according 10 The general
opinion here tonight The president
saye-specifically that while we were
still in Paris. l felt, and have felt in
creAsingis ever since, that you accept
cd nay guidance and direction on
aaastions with regard to which ! had
To- instruct you only with increasing
reluctance
awhile Mexico is not mentioned by
name, there is no doubt hui that il
is..fh subject TO which the president
refers when ne charges the secretary
wRh having attempted 10 'forestall
hh judgment"
81 Was recalled tonight that shortly
Eeser the abduction and later the ar
rest ef william {. JenSinS American
oensuiar agent AZ Puebla woxico
when The Mexican situation attained
SERIOUS proportions that both MIR.
LsnsiEg and Henry = Fletcher. VINO
uafh week ago %Ras American am
esssador te Mexico. we're d favor of
strong policy toward Mexico
MEtICAs INCIDENT.
sr. Lansing and the then Ambassa-
nes Ffetcher appeared before the sen.
ate foreign relations committee in spe..
3ssi session and gave testimony ,vhfa1
was The basis ef she Fan resolution
ASKING the NTch dent To withdraw
recognition and aever all relations with
Megiso,
This action Of their part. or rather
I Af+s -nrticn on the mart ~ the secrcta.y
the president
The presidents letter OF Febrnsry ~
means only M~xjso when he saws to
secretary Lansing:
Since II. return TO Washington
have been struck by the number 81
matters in which you have apparcnti.
tried to forestAll ms iud xment by for
thliating action and merely asking INV
a psA~+ai when II was Impossible for
b'asiAr FORM Independent: judgment be-
cause ! had not had an opportunity 70
examine the circumstances with anv
sesree of Independence"
Although NJ Lansing denies that he
attempted TO fashion a Mexican police
nd declares that he followed the pres.
is+nts directions In ali matters. the
presidents letters show that he does
Tot consiuer tais t. be the case
Another aspeot was given IN the
re EnatJon thia evening by the reco}-
lection OF the pleasant relations thar
existed het~ cen NIscouut GREY. the
british ambassador TO the United
states and Secretary of state Lansing
Z ae president, whs has keeuly reecof
&c the interference of Lord Grey in the
s.nafe f'eaty situe may have been
prompted TO depose Mr.. Lansing be
cause ne believed the thoughts OF the
secretary OF state with regard to the
treaty were akin to these Of the Brit
sa envoy. Mr.. Lansing. ever since Che
5@ace conference and especially since
The Euliitt testimony before the senate
foreign relations committee. has been
known 70 favor reservations to -he
reaty of peace .---
SLAP AT MExICo.
n "a reported. It Is true that q
community OF thought" between MIR. I
.ansing and Fisconut Grey on the
treaty is the reason for the presidents
action he certainly could not have
saEeae n more decided course in dis
s,aying his resentment of the tactics
81 the British diplomat
Publication Of the correspondence |
between the president and the secre-
AIRY reveals that there has been ,
silently of ground in the past for the
4aFTTr THAN