Evening star., 1906-04-08
TROUBLE BREWING MONTHS
He Had Been Meddling Too Much in
Religious Politics.
WHEN HE WAS CALLED DOWN
Not Being Dependent on His Dipio-
matte Job, He. Sent in His
Resignation.

special DiSpalch 10 Inc
VIENNA. March 25---While 1t appears
from American reports that there is some
mystery in the United States over the ap-
parently sudden recall of Ambassador
Storer, the mystery does not extend to this
side. The trouble between Mr.. Storer and
the State Department or Mr. Storer and
the President has been brewing for some
months. and the only wonder to most of
the people familiar with the situation was
that 1t had not come to a head sooner.
Inere was an accumulation of troubles be-
tween the President and the Storers that
finally led to the severing OF diplomatic re-
lattons between Ambassador Storer and the
State Department: There was a period OF
sulks the part of the ambassador and
his wife and then a sharp note from the
President telling Mr.. Storer to get busy
and answer some of the letters sent him or
to send in his resignation. Not being en-
tirely dependent on his diplomatic JOB for
a livelihood, Mr.. Storer sent in his resigna-
tion. But as he had no letter of recall to
present TO the Austrian government. ne Is
Stiu accredited to Austria in the eyes of the
emperor, while TO his own notion and to
that of President Roosevelt he is out OF
the service
Where the Trouble Began.
The trouble between the Storer family
and the administration commenced about
1903. when Mr.. Hurst. son OF Bishop Hurst
OF Washington, was dropped temporarily
from the consular service. The ambassador
at that time wrote some very Caustic letters
about the course Of the State Department
that aroused the anger of John Hay, then
Secretary of State. and Mr.. Storer was
warned by the President at that time to be
less eloquent with his fountain pen.
Then came the trouble over the appoint
ment of a second American cardinal ana
this was the emoroglIu in which Mrs Storer
took active hand. Now, while the
American woman abroad is generally re-
garded as delightful creature and makes
an ideal guest or hostess she is the enfant
terrible of European politics. She Is not
like her sister abroad, bred to the atmos-
phere OF courts and court intrigue. She Is
more addicted to the shirt-seeve diplomacy
or the west. and if she sees anything She
wants in the political line she is apt to go
after it wits crowbar and prize 1t up even
II 1t is fastened down.
This alleged to have been the case
with the prospective Cardnalate. When
the StOrers were in Madrid they took more
interest in Roman than in Spanish affairs,
and there was a time when it was thought
that Mr.. Storer would 20 to Rome and set
tie down in a thoroughly congenial atmos-
phere. At that time. when President RooSe-
welt was still governor of New York some
letters passed between him and Mrs.
StUrer in which he expressed his admira-
Roosevelt became President and there was
some prospect Of a second cardinals hat
being sent To America Mrs. Storer started
out to land IL for Ireland. There was on
her side at that time Mr.. 4. St John Gaff-
Eey. afterward consul at Dresden, but after
Es got into the consular service he knew
enough 10 drop the ecclesiastical prefer
meDt business and attend to his own knit
ting
The Farley Party.
A. the same time there was another
party OF Americans who We're equally anx-
ious to land the cardlnaIate for one of their
favorltes. This was Mr.. PhUbIn OF New
York and number of his fr ends and ad-
hercuts. They wanted the place for Arch
bishop Farley Of New York Both parties
were anxious to get the Endorsement of the
President. and 1t was generally understood
that Il President Roosevelt would express
a preference the Vatican would make the
choice immediately
Now this was Just the thing that the
President had no idea Of doing He ala
write private letter on the subject but
ne was very careful to make it plain that
as the President he had no preference in
The matter, He said In effect that he was
a great aimirer both OF ireland and of
farIey. that he had a number of other
friends, all good men, in the Methodist
catholic and Episcopal churches and that
personally he would be nightly pleased TO
see anything good happen to any of them.
NoFd was then sent TO Archbishop Ire
land either directly from Mrs StoTer or
through her to the effect that if the arch
DiShop would get only an intfm4tion from
PRESIDENT Roosevelt OF his preference
IAe appointment would be made from Rome
IL accordance with the Presidents wishes
II reply to this the archbishop said that
ne was not running any campaign for a
cdrulnaaate. and that while he would inst
as -eL be a cardinal as anything else, the
Lr4y.x "a 10 a,
ed 20 send him the hat. Meantime he yraS
not running after It,
The the papal secretary of state Merry
Ge 9 yai. got hold Of the gist at least OF the
EFes!Ients letter, and he said that If me
PRESIDENT was such impartial friend or
Dolh the prelates named he could NOT ha
particularly anxtops about having either of
them appointed. Thereupou the ynatter r.ss
dropped, and the second cardinal hss r,,,a
0eeh appointed to the United States.
In the Austrian Capital
Meantime the Storers had come 20
''si.i''' 1hls IS one Of the strtctest ana
most exclusive courts in Earope ana 60,
Il one goes there with the prestige op o
1IpIothane appointment, they must bava
personal credentials TO be personally take,
~ Dy court circles. Mrs. Storer had these
s. .iedenllals- The result was that the am
eassadors family were received ON t.,,y,,s
t'NDnf
kaufenstein. Prince Won I.lcbtanstei,
countess Windischgratz and a number ne
other Of the real people IN Vienna rrte,,
lAd a very nice time. an unusualIyy y,TaaS
ant time. In fact; but the emperor vsbo
mas a hereditary interest In the rnanapa1
Hent or vatican affairs, was sonlefhinp
scandaiized at the offensive partisanel,iS,
ot the ambassadress in the case OF the
American cardinalate. II will be TArnI-
iected that Austria has the legal rivht of
Neto IN the selection of pope at Roma
and. TO the surprise of the world exercised
X at the last election. thus killing off tbe
aspirations OF Cardinal RampolIa rms
IN this most Catholic of courts If Vas
somewhat shocking to see an Anerican
woman, and the wife OF q diplomat roii
up her sleeves, metaphorieally, of course
ana get into the selection of a cardinal 3 .
though she might be working for the cleo
tion OF sheriff Ia frontier town.
relations between Secretary Hay and
Mr, Storer became strained to nut n
mildly, and the President wrote the am
bassador, as he had done once before
warning him against offensive PARTISAN
ship, and inclostng a personal letter to
Mrs Storer. with whom he was on terms
or personal friendship.
The ambassador and the anbassadress
both sulked and packed up their traps for
Egypt without so much as notifying the
sH#He.