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Roosevelt Denies That Hs
Authorized Him TO See
tho Pope.
ACCUSES HIM OF DECEIT.
Calls on CorteIyou to Prove That
the Ex-Amhassador Misrep-
resented Mckinley.

The President in n ICng Letter 10 Root
Fills Out some Gaps IN the stcrcr
correspond, nee -Doub,s That IN.
Latter Ever II nj some Letters which
He Quotes and Says tie CARRIED Others
-sIoser Lon Ago OGrrcd 10 Res;En.
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conduct PCrnd, Mrs. stOrcr rn
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ChOsle snd Porter We're TINT.
WASHINGTON. Dec. .. By President
RooseveIt's direction a letter written by
the President to Secretary Root in answer
to the statement OF Bellamy Storer of Gin
! cinnati concerning the causes leading up
to the virtual removal Of Mr.. Storer from
the post Of Ambassador to Austria-Hu
gary was made public tonight.
In his letter the President says hat on
November 20 he and the members of ths
Cabinet received from Mr.. Storer a pam
phlet "purporting TO give an account OF
| these relations OF his with me which led tn
! his removal from the position Of Ambassi-
dor at Vienna" The Presidents letter to
Mr.. Root is dated December >. twelve days
after he received the pamphlet. The copies
Of il given out al the White House tonight
we're printed
In his communication to NJ, Root Prea-
dent Roosevelt gives verbatim extracts
from letters received by him from Mr.. anil
Mrs. Storer and written by him to them
when Governor of New York and Prssi-
dent, Mr.. Roosevelt accuses Mr.. Storer ~
being guilty of an absurd untruth," and
in another place says that Mr.. Storer's
statement is false" He also quotes a let
ter dated December ! from Postmaster
General Cortelyou, who was secretary 10
President Mckinley, denying Mr.. Storer's
assertion in his pamphlet that Mr.. McKin.
ley had furthered the efforts to procure the
appointment Of Archbishop Ireland as
Cardinal and had commissioned Bishop
O'Gorman TO say - the Pope that the pro-
motion of Archbishop Ireland would he
considered a personal favor to Mr.. Mckinley.
President Roosevelt asserts that he had
explained repeatedly to Mr.. and RS. Storer
that his friendship and admiration for
! Archbishop ireland would make him pleased
to see rood fortune attend the Archbishop.
but tina he could not interfere tor his pro-
motion or in any way in the affairs of any
church. This was the position he took in
both private conversations and letters, he
asserts, and quotes letters TO show that hs
had so informed the Storers
In the course Of his communications ~
Mr.. Root the President gives an extract
from a letter TO him from Mrs. Storer in
which she il quoted a. asking the President
to appoint Mr.. Storer either Secretary Of
the NAVY or Secretary of War. offices then
held by John d.. Long and Elihu Root. The
President asserts that later Mrs, Storer
wrote suggesting the embassies Al London
and Paris rs III places for her husband and
stating that Mr.. Choate and Gen. Porter
were not proper persons to he Ambassadors.
The Presidents lette-. made public to-
night, is full of statements denying asser-
tions contained in Mr.. Storer's pamphlet
and allegations that some Of them were
distorted.
The Presidents letter follows:
The Presidents Statement.
THE WHITE HOUSE.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. ?, 1905.
My DEAR Mr.. RooT: In view Of the fact
that Mr.. Bellamy Storer has sent to each
member Of my Cabinet, as well as to my
self, a pamphlet under date Of November.
1905, purporting to give an account of those
relations of his with me which led up to his
removal from the position of Ambassador
at Vienna, l think it as well that o and
the other members of the abinet should
know certain facts which he either sup
presses or misstates.
As to he necessity for removing him
from this position I suppose there is no
need of discussion. An Ambassador who
refuses to answer the letters of the Presi-
dent cannot remain an Ambassador. His
statements that my letters to him were Of
a character such that he could not law or
them needs no further comment than ~
point out that in such case it was his clear
duty instantly to resign.
His publication of the various private
letters between his wife and himself and
me world furnish any additional justih-
cation we're such needed for his summary
separation from the service. He does not
give the State Departments final letter to
him, which runs as follows:
NO EXCUSE FOR IGNORING LETTER.
September 10, 1904
Hon. Bella my Siorsr. Paris. France.
SIR: Your letter OF August , does not
require any comment as a whole. but nv
direction of the President ! answer II as
regards one point.
You assume that in the letter OF December
II the President wrote you not as one officia'
Of the United states 10 another but \ purely
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