The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-02-14
LANSING RESIGNS
WHEN REDUEED


have a president on not" az ono az
lhrir nuniher put a.. These persisted
unil Senator Fall. republican,. o.
New Mexico. after a arnrhpual talk
with The prcaident announced that
he was satisfied thar Mr.. Wilson Wpa
81 iuli possession Of his mental fagus-
ties and entirely able 20 discharge
fhc duties o. his onlce hut fher we're
being circnlated and widely credited
iqaf November when ttt cabinet -.
Hcmhied for - first r~onfrrtnce ~
the can 81 Secretary IanaluE.
PNscedent I'm Action.
The 4ecretafl q 4tc Il eenula
ne said. believed he a ~HuptoIfrd
~ precedent IN rali|nR the cabinet
toeefhcr IuchlfJ W tho hlstoricel
record he found IA had hrrn done
when President Garfield lay il for
weeks after having been shot ~ an
nna1nin and that u had besn done
before when President Taylor had a
Ions illness and ultimately was sue
Insldn View.
II has not been made plain whether
prtaidcnf Wilson knew since then that
1lfr cabinet mrnnorH had been assem-
bling and talking over intcr-depaft
mental nnalut but The meetings have
executive offices and ~ the president
did not know. Il probably mas because
ihoae 1nrroundlne him aid not think
a wise 70 tell him.
The best opinion Of those or the
inside b that the president did not
know until lasf week OF n rceulariu
I'D whith the cabinet was meeting at
the cali Of he secretary Of state be-
cause nt about the time a. which the
presidents FIRST letter 20 NJ. Lansing
Il dated. the white house Offices let
Il le known" tnat tn9 president naa
ended the cabinet conferences and
there was an Inference that he Might
preside a. the next one himself. Tnere
was, however. no hint that the end.
ing % the meeilngn marked a separa-
ton brtwcrn Nj. Wilson and Lansing
Nnx thai the break has come ufl
Mr.. Lansing has Jeff TIE cabinet much
may be revealed OF the extent 70 which
the ~nrcretary OF state n the presi-
dent dlde8ad IN matters Of policy.
Quite aside from the differences at tae
peace conference, there were otnes
differences IN foreign policy. and some
Of Mr.. Iansinra friends nay he would
have left his once some time aEo but
for the fact thai he wished 20 spare
tho president an upheaeal IN his on
clal family at n time when Europe
faa w~etchins The nght over the treaty
ia America and especially when the
president was M and unable 10 look
after the Affairs % the state depart
m1nt himself.
Surrccaef urynn.
Dir. Lansing became read Of The
state Department. when William J..
BRYAN and the presidept had their
Mr. Lansing was counsellor. an ofire
! which he had succeeded John Baa-
II has been common knowledge
hat while Mr.. Lansinr'H name was
aiened 70 iher aucceealnR notes TO
Germany. and the NJ which rre-
coded the arniatice Sir. Wilson wrote
them himself. IN fact he practically
acted az secretary ~ state In al Inn
portant business.
Stories Of Frhflnn.
How much Mr.. lansing and the
president differed on the Mexican mol
ley never has been fully revealed but
OFFICIALS who aympathike with Mr..
iAhainE's views say that they differed
a great deal. n haa been generally
believed IN official circles here that
the sharp nofes which Mr.. IAnslne
sent 20 CarranuB In connection with
the jenkins case are what the presl-
dent referred 70 IN his letter 10 the
secretary when he spoke Of the sec
rotary Of state having taken action 10
forestall his Judgment
II II Known. however that Henry
Frnther Fletcher. former ambassador
~ A'"fN'H VIM NNINIAR I
wreRe a letter 70 the president In
which he excoriatcd the ~adminiatra- /,
lions Mexican policy and the general
belief IN the state department h. that
lansing and Mr.. Fletcher agreed
pretty generally.
Mr.. F1cfcher's letter OF resignation
never has hocn given out at the
white house. But aside from his dif-
nculties with the president IL has
been common knowledge 10 Wash
ington that Mr.. Lansing has not been
on good terms with Secretary Tumui-
~ aud from time 10 time there have
been apparently well grounded re-
ports OF friction with Secretaries I
Baker and Daniels Secretary lansing
out the correspondence between
himself and the president last night
and stipulated that IL was fof puhllca- 4
lion In morning papers todny Some
news agencies however, other than
The Associated preea violated their
pledges 10 the state department and
published the letters IL some parts
of the country yesterday afternoon.
How the Egyptians managed 20
haul the fiFantlc stones used In build.
ms the pyramids has been a subject
Tor NnofullNIoU- Nom its believed the ]