The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-21
BOWEN FIRED
 BY PRESIDENT
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| NNOhtAHu0u hHOhH Nh8o Ouo.b The Herald man. I told him what. l had heard and he was frank about | giving me further information.
 Secretary Taft-Did he express a de- sire. one way or the other, to have the | truth known?
 1 MT. Biddle-He told me a great many times that he thought he was | in a very unfortunate position; that being the United States Minister he could not go forward and be quoted when anything occurred SO as to set himself right He thought the in- | structions that he was receiving from the Department were very unfortunate and that he was getting the blame for the entire thing.
 Secretary Taft--And therefore that he would like to have his own side stated some timer
 Mir. Biddle-He told me a great many times that he could not be quoted but he would like it if his side could be stated. think that he was most anx- ious to have certain facts come out.
 Mir. Bowen himself admits that hc showed these letters and made these statements to the representatives of the newspapers In question. I have al- ready quoted his remark in his state ment of May 20. If the newspaper re- ports were influenced by me, I was jus
 
 cause MT Loomis was dishonest while Minister at Caracas
 No Effort at Silence.
 "In the same statement he says that Mir. Loomis's friends asserted that instigated the publication of the scan dal with which his name Is associated. That charge may be trtue. Whether it is or not the newspaper correspond ents who were in Caracas alone know. As the scandal was generally known throughout the whole community, 1 talked with them about it. I certainly never attempted to keep them silent On the contrary I urged them to tell the truth. the whole truth and nothing but the truth
 'In his letter to me of June he says I had several interviews with both MT. Dater and MT. Riddle in regard to information which they were sending to The Herald. In order to make my side of the case perfectly clear I ex- plained to them confdentially how MT Loomis's record in Caracas and the in- fiuence 70 which he must consequently bend baked me in my work. I felt that I could safely trust them. In all governmental and diplomatic circles 1t is customary to trust and use the press In no other way can information be placed before the public that the public should possess. What I wanted ou-
 
 scandal alone but the whole situation in Venezuela. l did not believe for a moment that either Mir. Dater or Mir. Riddle would quote me or attempt to reproduce from memory any paper 1 showed to them and I supposed or course that they would present the whole case to our people and not mere ly the Loomis scandal. Tn fact they assured me that the interviews would be regarded by them as entirely con fdential. If my name ia associated with the scandal it is only because there was a breach of faith somewhere
 Betrayal Alleged.
 Again in his letter of June I4 he says: T talked with The Herald men because they said they would not be- tray my confidence. They did betray me and one of them even tried to pro duce fro mmemory the Mercado claim which I showed to him eonhdentially. '1n short 1t appears from Mir. Bow