The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-14
Acted in Keeping With
Position Because Will
son Was Sick.
SUCCEEDED AT PARIS
Polk Took Duties When
Lansing Returned Aft
er Humiliation.


formed as to tho progress his ad.
N.scrs we're making toward IL sc'.ie.
mont ~ the controversy Ilr finally
look ihc matter out Of thc ,Iblu"lh
hand. and HuErcH.cd u settlement
which me miners accepted
The correspondence hoiWCcn the
president and Nj lluHiuE which re-
suited In Nj i1uaing'9 resignation
wna made public tonight ~ the s'atc
department an hour after Under
Secretary Polk had conferred at lhc
phitc house with Secretary Tumulty.
NC. Lansing. n hla final letter 10
tho president. said that "ln thus sew
crmg our official association" he
felt That hc should mako public a
stutoment he had prepared recently
showing mat he had mot been uu-
mindfut that the continuance 90 our
present relations was impossible
and that u WBs his duty TO briug
hem TO an oud at the earliest mo
mcnt compatible Win the public in
terest"
Ever since January 1919" Mr..
Lansing continued. II have been con
Hcious Of tho fact nnat YOU no longer
wore disposed 10 welcome my advice
~ matters pertaining To tho negOtia-
tions at Paris, 90 our foreign service
ur 70 international affairs In gen
eral.
Wanted to Quit In Paris.
IIc added that had lie followed hts
personal inClna tions ho would have
resigned while In Paris. but that he
mad RETAINED because he felt It his
duty to 'causc you no emharraSs-
nont In carrying forward tho great
task In which YOU were then en-
gagged.
Again Mr.. Lansing said that while
ho had been Surprised and disap-
pointed at the frequent disnp-
proval OF hts suggestions, nc had
never failed to follow the presidents
suggestions and decisions however
difficult u made the conduct OF our
foreign affalre"
Mr. I.ansing accompanied the
president to Paris in December, 1918.
~ ono OF tho American peace dele.
gates, but hisfricnda have said that
while MIR, Wilson was AT the peace
conference. MIR. Lansing was yir-
tually without authority and that
naturally he felt this keonly since
the other allied and associated coun-
tries were represented by their pro
miers and not the hcads OF thelr
governments
Mr.. Lansing finally returned from
Paris before tho work of tho Amerl-
can peace delegation was concluded,
being succeeded by Frank l.. Polk.
fAiliNi rfNlfAhIA ut NiNtfs lnN N1lta
diun between himself and Mr.. VIII
son continued after he came back to
Washington.
Mcsionn Issue Up.
During tho presidents illness the
M0X issue again came to the
front with the kidnapping and subso
ducnt arrest OF American Consular
Agent Jenkins in Mexico After tho
jenkins case had been discussed at
cabinet meetings presided over by
Mr.. Lansing, the state depu rtmcnt
Bcnt a note 10 CarrpnZa bmntly
Morning him that further "moiosta-
Non" OF jenkins would "scriousIy
affect tho relations between the
United Statoo and Mexico for which
tho government OF Mexico must as
sumo solo responsibility"
Wilson In Charge.
President Wilson was advised Of q
situation which apparently had
grown acute and he was said at the
time to have personally taker
charge OF the matter. The Mexican
government delayed It's reply some,
dime and subsequently Jonkins wa
released on bail furnished by ]
Saltor Hansen, without the consular
agents knowledge, Jenkins case still
Is pending In the Mexican courts
having been transferred from the
Pucbla state courts to the federal su.
premo court, which tho state depart,
ment has contended was the only tri.
bunal which had jurisdiction in tho
case. No further action has beer
taken by tho American government
80 Tar as has been announced.
While a few members of tho cab.
inct have conferred. with Mr.. Wilson
since he was taken III, IL was said
tonight that Mr. Lansing had not
seen him ana that whatever business
he had had with the president had
been carried on by daily correspond
Cncc.
Before the president left on his
western trip, however, MIR Lansing.
after his return from Paris. had a
standing engagement 20 see him
daily and he visited the white house
each noon 20 discuss foreign and
other affairs
William c. Ruiutt Of Philadelphia.
formerly employed by the American
peace commission I'm a confidential
capacity testified before tho senate
foreign relations committee last Sep
tsmbcr concerning reported differ
oUccs between the president and his
secretary Of state on the peace treaty
and tho league OF nations covenant.
Bullitt told the committee that Mir
Lansing had expressed to him on.
position TO the ratification or tn,
treaty and covenant tn q converse,
zion in Paris the day Rulutt resiEuet
from the American mission beCaus,
ne was not IN sympathy with tht
treaty and league.
Mr.. Lansing WAS on a vacation 4
watertown. n. Y, at the time BuI
litt testified, and whom shown IN
testimony there he declined to com
snsnt Mr.. Lansing finally returned
etc.
. Secretary lansing S. the thir,
cabinet officer appointed by presi
dent Wilson TO quit after differ
ences with the executive,
William Jennings Bryan was IN
first. lie resigned on June :, 1919
because of disagreement with IN
7 president over the handling OF tb