Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-02-15 | Page 17 | Lansing Blamed With Fletcher in Jenkins Case

LA LAPSING SING ASING BLAMED ED EDWITH WITH FLETCHER IN JENKINS ENKINS CASE Er Ip Universal Service Washington Feb Iob henry Henry P. P Fletcher cher who resl resigned ned sull suddenly last month as ambassador or to Mexico shook tho the dust of ot the state slate department from his foot feet and left today for or his homo home In Pennsylvania It Is now evident that Secretary of oC State Lansin Lansing and Mr 1 Fletcher both bout were ere regarded as having assumed presidential prerogatives es when they agreed on and sent a stiff stir note to Mexico demanding the th Ui release of or U W. O. O Je Jenkins a 1 consular agent as who was waR beIng being being be be- ing prosecuted in too tin Mexican Mecan courts rho Tho note noto was In effect repudiated b by tho the President when he lIe took tho the Jenkins case out of the hands of oC Mr Fletcher and Mr Ir Lansing with time the result that Mexico's next act was to cancel Jenkins' Jenkins credentials as an of official of- of tidal of this government go It is la not unlikely that Mr 11 Fletcher ma may make mako some speeches In the presIdential presidential campaign In executing his resignation he wrote a n letter to the President which tho the government g has not yet given to tho the public