The evening world., 1920-02-20
GREY'S SECRETARY
KEPT IN j. S. OVER
WILSON OBJECTION
Major Stuart Said to Have Cast
ASperSions on Member Of
Wilson Household.
By DdUid Laurence.
Especial Correspondent Of Tire Eve
nina Worldly

NAShl.NG lON, eD. " lNOpy-
right, 192O.I-Theso are tragic days
in international affairs. But the
most pitiable part is the way Euro
pean powers are beginning to flout
the President Of the United States.
The Adriatic question is one OF
chain of incidents which may OF may
not be the outgrowth of the contro-
versy between the executive and legis-
lative branches OF our Government.
But the facts about a sensational
episode just uncovered may shed
some light on the relations btween
Vlscount Grey and President Wilson
and may explain the undertone of ir-
ritation which some people have pro-
fessed to see recently in Anglo
American relations.
, For the fact is that President VIII
son asked for the recall Of Major c.
X. CUufurd Stuart, personal Secre-
tary of Viscount Grey and failed to
get his wish. To those persons who
have believed that Nj Wilson need
only nod his head and the British Wild
do his bidding. the incident reveals a
surprisingly uncompromislng attitude
on the part OF Lord Grey which must
have given President Wilson offense.
MAY HAVE CAUSED WILSON TO.
REFUSE TO SEE GREY.
There is good reason to believe that
while Secretary Lansing brought the
matter to the attention Of VisCount
Grey President Wilson was not alto
gethcr satisfied that the Secretary
Of state had pressed the matter suf-
dciently, and while the Presidents
Impression may not be justified he Is
1 represented as feeling that the mat
, ter should have been more vigorously
prosecuted by the Department Of
State.
No one but the President can say
= whether 1t had anything to do with
the fact that Lord Grey was not re-
n ceived at the White House. Doubt
d less the Presidents physicians pre-
X vented II, but people familiar with
IS what happened are surmising that
y the controversy over Major Stuart's
-s status did disturb good feeling be-
e tween che English Embassy and the
- White House.
, 1t was more than a year ago when
No Gt1VoF - al FlFg
social occa sions which were deroga-
y tory to the President of the United
n States. lie was at the time Military
Il Secretary for Lord Reading, head OF
% the British War Mission in the
United States and British Ambas.
' sadOr. Secretary Lansing was Sc
: disturbed by Major Stuart's behavior
N that he asked Major Stuart be sen
4 home as he was persona non graf.
J. to the American Government.
IN Major Stuart himself appealed Il
" Secretary Lansing to be permitte'
n to stay, saying the stories wer,
,r untrue. Lord Reading was soon L
oy depart, anyway, and Major Stuar
~ went home with him just before tn
d, Peace Conference at Paris began.
Secretary Lansing had acted of hi
own initiative in the matter ant
thought he had made his view
n sufficiently known to the British
~ Government when, to his surprise
the same Major Stuart came back t
m the United States as the persona
Secretary Of Vscount Grey Tn
very hrst time the distinglishe
British statesman visited the Depart
c- ment OF State, he was apprisod o
> the previous incident concerning hi
d. personal secretary, which it was sup
ce posed he had learned from tn
}" British foreign office, but no forma
u request was made that Major Stuar
S' be sent home.
H. SECOND ORDER ABOUT sTuAR'
80 CAME FROM WILSON.
-, Out Of a clear sky came an lnstruC
or tion, however, from President Wiloo
concerning Major Stuart, and Secrc
Iris3 tary Lansing promptly transmitted
he TO Viscount Grey. The latter wante
T. to know the reasons for the re
OF quest. At first they were not giyeI
inasmuch as our Government properl
contendod that in diplomacy when
person becomes mon grpta" that
NJ all that is necessary
For instance before any America
Ambassador can be received in Greo
u Britain or France or Italy, or any
where else, our Government must fri
a. inquire II the individual is PERSONAL
satisfactory to the head Of the foraiR
~ state. Sometimes a speech made /
" an Ambassador or his personal att
~ tude toward another country q,
ne pressed among his friends is suficiel
TO to bar him. The Judge in each ca