Robert Lansing

6 pages in this part of The Mirrors of Washington.

HE who believes in luck should study the career of Robert Lansing. Mr. Lansing probably thinks that the goddess of chance played him a…

When Woodrow Wilson was elected President for the first time he appointed Mr. Bryan Secretary of State. The opinion Mr. Wilson entertained…

Mr. Lansing had made Washington his home for many years, and when the new Democratic Administration came into power he believed his…

Mr. Moore had knowledge, learning, and experience, but he was denied the gift of divination. Had he known that a few months later a half…

Mr. Wilson made some extraordinary appointments--a close observer has said he could read motives but not men--and his appointment of Mr…

Then, of course, Mr. Lansing could not resign, but in Paris he was even more grossly humiliated; he was completely shut out from the…