The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-15

the Presidents wrath would be Wis
tied upon al Cabinet members who at
tended the OUTLAW" sessions. Fur
theremore, the Cabinet meetings will
soon be resumed. and President Will
son will preside over them, Joseph
r. Tumulty, the Presidents secretary.
declared.
All foreign governments were today
notified of the resignation OF Mr..
Lansing.
The reaction in Congress to the
Presidents charge against Mr.. Lam
sing and the latter's resignation was
of a most abrupt nature today. For
the first time in the Wilson Admins
tration, Democratic members Of both
the Senate and the House were reluc-
tant to discuss an official act of the
President. There was oceans OF talk
privately. and in all the conversations
Mr.. Wilson came out second best.
Republican Senators and Representa-
tives were especially bitter in their
condemnation of the President for
his summary dismissal of the Secre-
tary of State.
Only one member of the present
Cabinet has come forward on behalf
OF Secretary Lansing, and that was
Franklin n. Lane, Secretary OF the
Interior, whose resignation, which
has been accepted by the PRESIDENT.
will take effect March i. Mr.. Lane
declared that he fell a resp onsibility
eI,-al to that OF Mr.. Lansing in .he
calling of the Cabinet meetings, and
he SAID many other memo .rS of lie
Cabinet were asked about ara APP
proved the proposal to hold meetings.
Bus no other membe. of tic Cabinet
would say anything on INC srtte:-
Approved Coal Action. .. p.
One Of the first duties the "outlaw''
Cabinet was confront I'd with. IL was
rec ailed today, was the pending coal
strike 1t considered the policy
evolved by Attorney General Palmer,
ard after the Cabinet meeting Mr.
Palmer went over 20 the White
House, saw the President, then upon
sick bed, explained what had tran
spired at the Cabinet meeting, and
asked for his approval Of the plan.
| The President gave his approval.
These facts, substant.at2d at the
tine by statements from Mr.. Palmer
and other members Of the Cabinet
make the Presidents question to Mr.
Lansing: as it true, as ] have been
told, that during my illn oss you have
frequently called the heads Of the OK
ecutive departments OF the Govern
ment into conference" appear IN a
strange, unexplicable light. This
question is the crux OF the entire sit
uation, insofar as IT permitted the
President to rid himself Of Mr.. Lans-
ing.
Many Cnbinet Changes.
The reports some time ago that the
President intended to reorganize his
Cabinet seem to be pretty well borne
out by what happened in the past few
months. When the President con.
venes the next Cabinet meeting there
will be present a new Secretary OF
State, new Secretary of the Treas
ury, a new Secretary of the Interior.
a new Secretary of Agriculture, and a
new Secretary of Commerce. All OF
these posts have been vacated since
the President was taken i'll last Sep
TENDER. II Mr.. Baker is moved up
to Mr.. Lansing's position, as some
predict he will be, there will also be
a new Secretary of War.
Mr.. Lansing denied himself to. all
callers today, and II was said at the
state Department that so far as he is
concerned the publication of the cor
respondence between him and the
President ends the controversy for all
time.