The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-15
LANSING HOSTILE
ON!1NYP0l|C|ES
Conferred Several Times
With British Arnbaasa-
dor on Treaty.
MI BAKER
ARE MENTIONED
President Must N a m q
{ Successor to Secretary
Of State Within Thirty
Days OF Resignation.
Il, jay Jerome Williams.

Ey Jay jerome Williams.
Washington. Feb. 14-Ttscou~t
Grsy's now famous letter on the sub
ject Of American reservations 10 the
treaty of peace. and which was 40
keenly resented By the White House,
is believed by the best informed per-
cons here to be the real reaeon for
secretary IF state Lansing's virtual
election from the cabinet f. President
Wilson
N~iseount Grey s intimate knoylsdSe
of American conditions and affairs IL
understood in diplomatic circles Il,
have resulted not s' much from con-
f~erences with leading Republican
senators, but because If his frequent
conversations Win Mr.. Lansins
officiai and diplomatic Washington
was 8 Unit today IN rejecting the rsa-
SON cited hy the president which was
that Nj. Lansing, IN calling ana pre-
siding over meetings ~ the eabirat
usuTped the prerogatIves of the chat
executive. The we'll night universal
belief here was that the president.
seized urnn the outlay" cabinat
meetings as ? pretext COR ~hrusauslY
disan issIne Nj Lansing from ofics.
British ambassadors letter. the
White House has not attempted tn
minimize the resentment felt by tf,o
president over what he believed 10 be
The unwarranted interfererce In
American domestic affsirs by a foreix,
envoy Shortly after Lor3 csrev's Ist-
taf was R+fhitsftea, tif% si-t~t ret q
nteetlrG. but this Was ta4 last ~s,ssislya.
The president sudd4ui4 decread Inst
no more meetings shoui4 I've held.
Tho correspondence l,atwesc the
president and Mr.. L,nsing fully re-.
reals 'he widening Of the guilt oetween
be i've" NteSl. yeT. II - reasoned her.
that sna7c Suddeu happening so an
sered the president that ~ inne-
7iater psnned the frsf letter n MIR.
Lansing which, when t9ilemsd Ivy aa-
tother ant moro keenly anta gnn.stie
orc, preclp!'2ted n 1stsars raSirna-
tion. The urssidcut. II is roaferdef.
was fuilz aware Of Mr. Lansine&s hes
tiIfy toward n nut2hsr ~ his poti4
cies hut he permitted him to remain
at the head Of n" $ts department.
and "a continue 70 te flao rapbiar
nep1rer Of the caniret
KNEW or MEETINGS.
ne nresiien,. = J. ais, set forth.
knew absolutely mat cAalnet meetings
we're being held IN the fcuv mcn,hs
that have eiapsed since last October.
out evidently the matter gave him
little trouble until no i,ecanla aware
OF thu associations betsveen LANSING
and the British ambassador Then
dstsrnnins,in T. ss,naa
all tba d,,,t,s a,a -, ~ - me-
the porars ~. hts o9,ra'
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Inc stand t,tsn h.-.hs rrt,t.h a.s
so thn ,rsTfdsat raeo.r,a
urfn+al rnt erF,ta n,+,,,,u
~fann3aa ~, tbe f.rt ,hs+ ~ Ss-H
menhat OF his .sliret eanrerrsu Nv
numerous occasions ,v,fn ma 1sritsh
am ba Ss1Gnr. vh1 lat3- sxocsss tha
fsllac.- of the -~on+er+sn,.
thar rnae Of the ellies would arcert
peace.
VtscoUar Grey IS the only allied en-
voy who LAS publicly taken a stand
on y peace treaty. some unau-
thoriZel 1espatc,1es recently declared
that Ambassador Jusserand Of France
Aeld-axiaw-SipaiIaF~te tina ct thu
British diplomat. and this gave rise
70 the report this afternoon that the
ipresidsnt might feel unkindly toward
Mr. Jisserand, who IS the dean Of the
atpfo'n4tfc corps IN Washington. In
the hlghesf oific}ai saartsrs. however,
this view. was termed nonsense
: SENSATIONAL REBUKF.
II Mr. Wilson's treatment ot Mr..
Lansing were p~redicated on the
Thought that the former secretary Of
W uiIpuscAousty