The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-10

received any such letter may adj
that | am by no means certain that IL
ever emit such a letter My doub
being due 70 Inc fact that when h
now attempts to describe letters hi
memory is marvelously ueacherous.
! Roosevelt then quotes pages al hf
pamphlet giving the letters alluded I,
and in which Storer says:
1.-THE virtual assertion that my Wis
it to the vatican was unauthorized was
Iunintelligible. except on the theory
thai he had resolved TO repudiate al
authority for my action and to appear
ignorant Of It; In fact this was the usC
to which Inc letter was afterwards
actually put by him in quoting il e
persons NOT informed Of he facts
ffelt that the only thing for me TO "a
in this case was to tender my resig
lnaticn "a once and tina | Immediately
did, accompanying it by letter ta
The president Of which can fluid no
COPY
TO this Roosevelt says
Fortunately have copy Of that
letter and 4 shows Storer's statement
as false. The letter. in part follows
Mr. Dear Benamv fpersonan-Ie
my last letter I wrote you as To the
report / had heard about your writ
ing concerning the dismissal Of Hurst
This came 70 mo from an outside
source and | did not notice H. Since
then Secretary Hay enf over a let.
Ter Of yours 10 Senator Hanna. Score
tary Hay feels, Of course. exceedingly
indignant a your having written 10
any outsider
Let me repeat to you that mat
ters affecting the Catholic church
events have concIusiyely shown that
while you are ambassador sou must
absolutely keep clear of any creed or
word which seem to diGereutiate our
position from other ambassadors The
mere fact of a report in be news
napera about your calling at the yati
can had a very unfortunate effect T
lid say y0g did not call Yuu may
have seen some cardinal privately
hut The unpleasant tax emphasizes
ne need Of extreme circumspection
while you are in your present position
While | am president and you are am.
bassador, neither Of us in this public
relation i Go act as Catholic or Protes-
tant, jew or Gentle
President Roosevelt says that in
response to this Storar rendered his
resignation not because Of anything
IN connection with bis visit to III
vatican but solely because Of his con-.
duct in Ac Hurs. affair
He quotes letter from Storer. dat
ed January Is, in which Storer says.
My writing any letter iu the
terms [ did is ineXcusable That n
admit fully IL IN your icdemcnt III
would clear nae IN HAYS eyes. viii
YOU hand him .ho .nc,osad note O
personal apology If lie weighing Tho
matter it seems by. nay own act
have lost the confidence of tho sccr7
tary Of state YOU must trca me a
any olhcr public officer for thr goo
of Tho service. Wfh.at .hc cont
dcncc OF the department the wor
can NOT go on
Commenting m fbi Roosevelt con
rludcs The communication 90 Root q
follows:
There could he mo- fuller .ufc sion
IF wruug doing or more absolute
throwing himself upon DO mercy
his superior It was this letter which I
answered says, as he has himself
quoted. treated the Incident as
closed and did NOT accept the resi-
nation. aud That ! am-suro John Ha1
felt as did, With peculiar perddy
Storef now seeks 70 turn This act OF
cordial, and I think I may add eene1
BUS friendship on my part into an a
tack upon me by treating my refusal
10 accept his resignation as an In
lorsement of his position in the ma
Ter Of the vatican to which there wa
absolutely no allusion whatever of
any kind CT sor. in the letter # resig-
nation
"This bare recital of facts IS ia 81
self ibc scvcrcst po sibio condomn
'ou of Mr storer's di.ingewnusHcz
VERY truly yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
70 Hon Elhu Root. Secretary of |