Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-06 | Page 4 | Columbia is Glad to Get Moore Back

COLUMBIA IS GLAD TO GETMOORE BACK Resignation of Counselor of State Department Furnishes Theme for Gossip. WASHINGTON, March 5. John .Bassctt Mooro's resignation was effective effec-tive todaj and tho state department was without a counselor. Mr. Moore proparcd to take up hiB work for the Oamegiu ondowmont for international peace, and later to rcsumo his place as head of tho department of international law at Columbia university. Although the ouicial correspondence between President Wilson, Seeretar' Bryan aud Mr. Moore, announcing the resignation, emphasized that tho counselor coun-selor was leaving tho government service only because the term for which he had promised to servo was ut an end, there was continued discussion in official offi-cial and diplomatic circles of lack of harmony between Secretary Bryan and Mr. Moore, and persistent stories of how Mr. Mooro became dissatisfied with tho arrangement of his duties in the state department. Whilo it was admitted that Mr. Moore's views on the recognition of tho Huerta government and the administration administra-tion 's course in other foreign affairs differed from those of his chiefs, all officials of-ficials took pains to say that tho counselor coun-selor had carried out administration policies when once agreed on. One phase of the resignation being widely discussed was that Mr. Mooro at the end of his administration ifound himself him-self performing duties usually assigned to oflicials far below the rank of counselor, coun-selor, and at times learned much regarding re-garding the administration policies irom news dispatches. One of such instances in-stances being referred to today was when Mr. Mooro first heard of tho sending send-ing of John Lind to Mexico through tho newspapers. DiscuHsion of a possible successor continued without any announcement of a selection. Hannis Taylor, former minister to Spain; John Lind, now the president's personal representative in Mexico, and Henry White, former embassador em-bassador to France, wore bcinc mentioned. men-tioned. Tho ofiico of solicitor of tho department depart-ment also is vacant, no successor having hav-ing bion chosen to Joseph W. "Folk, who resigned to become chief counsel to the interstate commerce commission. NEW YORK, March The news of tho resignation of Professor John Bas-FCtt Bas-FCtt Mooro from the state department at Washington was received with eager interest at Columbia univorsitv. The students and authorities havo ben anxious for Dr. Mooro's return, for his absence from the law faculty of tho university has left a big gap. This has been accentuated by the resignation of Dr. Frank Goodnow to become president presi-dent of Johns Hopkins nniv'ereit3'. Dr. Goodnow was professor of constitutional constitu-tional law. Tt is thought at Columbia that Dr. Moore will roluru to tho university in September,