New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
LETTER BY MR.. STORER.
Some Correspondence Regarding
His Retirement Quoted.

Washington
,raordina-,, letter has been addressed by Bellamy
Storer to President Roosevelt and the members of
his Cabinet in regard to his retirement from the
post OF Ambassador OF the United states to
Austria Hungary.
Mr Storer II IS said. denies charges that he was
dismissed because Of mis- wfe's supposed inter-
ference In affairs Of the Roman Catholic Church
and her alleged misuse OF letters from the Presi-
dent He also denies that Mrs Storer had meddled
with French politics by 'aking part In an anti
republican intrigue to promote the marriage OF
Victor Bonaparte with a member OF the Orleanst
family. Mr. Storer says that the Presidents inter
est in the selection of Archbishop Ireland as Car
dinal was not due to himself or to Mrs. storer,
but to the President alone.
The text of Mr.. Storers letter printed and
transmitted to the President and members of his
Cabinet and 20 q member of the Foreign Relations
Committee of the Senate, The Tribune says.
Mr.. Storer Is quoted saying that his removal
in so summary a manner suddenly dismissed him
from office which he had reason to believe ne
had filed the satisfaction both OF his own gov
ernrnent and Of that TO which he was accredited.
and being accompanied by public explanation.
exposed him to suspicious and Injurious con1eot-
ures, such must naturally arise when man In
public of1ce is abruptly dismissed by his govern
ment with what is obviously intended to be dis
credit.
The correspondence shows the relations of the
President and the Storers from the time Mr..
Roosevelt was Governor OF New York, just after
the Spanish war. Some of the letters said to
have been sent by the President to Mr.. Storer
were addressed MY Dear Bellamy, and TO ms
wife "My Dear Maria,' and Mrs Storer addressed
the President Dear Theodore"
Mr. Storer asserts that Mr. Roosevelt himself.
while Governor of New York, urged the Storers
TO use their influence with the Vatican for Arch
bishop Ireland's promotion. believing the prelates
we'll known patriotism would aid In solving the
problems connected with the Catholic Church in
the Philippines.
One letter said to have been sent by the Presl-
dent to Mrs. Storer, dated December H. 1905. after
the efforts of the Storers in behalf of Archbishop
Ireland began to attract attention. contains the
following passages:
Your direct or implied complaint of and rehec-
tions upon my own personal conduct give me no
concern, but / am very gravely concerned at the
representng the position of the United States gov
sd s e faT ma at any
Your letters not only convey totally WI wrong I'M, I'M
have no business Whatever to write in view OF the
4t rsaa Mey m tns e % o
q Is re6uke to y9~ ese
ocious Oine In matters With which You have properly
no concern. It should of itself be enough to show
you how exceedingly unwtse and improper your
am indignant that the yfs Of smbs ,sador in
should have & given the ans ou haqe
You do not seem to realize that It is out Of the
Of our diplomats to engage in ecclesiastical In
trigues 10 Influence the Vatican
After referring to the report that Mrs storer
was known IN Europe as the American AInoassa-
dress' TO Rome. the letter closes thus:
must ask you give me this positive promise In
writing If Beamy Is TO continue In the service,
and # you even Inintenionay t violate f III a Sha n
longer afford TO have the chance OF scandal being
sn6 ON the 0n by such ndscrest and
I'll advised action as yours has been
'I cannot trust myself to fully the feeling
of Indignation with which read the letter to Mrs.
so,f,,or 1tyf,
l was In the public service felt and still feel that
L had lost none OF the rights which man has
to judge of the proprety of letters addressed to hz
wife and to resent improper communication
81 did not know then what have since learned
that the was not even written for my wifes
ewes or mine alone, but had been shown to others
against lady a trusting friend~ who could not be
heard in her own defence . -. ...
quoted isolated sentences from the PIesdent's let
ters convince other persons that ne Was soia donS
in writing that he would not so69uct do was based on
no evidence which could even have nlised the
writer into hasty Judgment but was In In AM answet
least furnishes no such evidence either In itself
The - tone Of long suffering and outraged pa
t,ence the careful omission OF all mention OF any
led to be done in the matters complained Of the
quotation from the letters, written at the time o,
tT CIRCUMSTANCES @ related above which would sve
tSS those a 5sy eop
directed TO be done had become known-these
things with the abusive personal characterization
of my wife and the assumed Indignation with what
had been. in fact. permitted and encouraged where
not expressly directed, seemed to me TO put the
letter outside the limit of anything Justfable even
in a stranger What sense OF outraged fEiendshlp m
it aroused in can perhaps be understood by any
one who has read even the small part OF the private
correspondence given above"
In closing the letter. which is dated at Cincinnati.
November 1906, he says
"I write this letter without the knowledge OF
Archbishop Ireland"
Cincinnati Dec I-When Beamy Storer was
shown the dispatch from Chicago detailing the
substance OF his communication 20 President Roose
velt he said!
have not one word to add to the news contained
in the dispatch I merely wish TO state that my
letter given to the press without my knowledge
or consent and against my inclination. may say
that all the copies of the letter sent out clear
" marked Private" and II the letter given
to the press from the White House my hands
clean in the matter.
Washington, Dec. S-No direct statement bearing
the issues raised in the correspondence between
the President and ex-Ambassador and Mrs. Storer
was obtainabls at the White House to-day, and 1t