The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-01
SILENCE BROKEN
BY mrs. STORER
Facts Regarding the Dismissal of
Ambassador Storer beginning
to Leak Out.
LETTER FROM ROOSEVELT
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND BOOSTED
FOR RED HAT.

Vienna. March S1.--Mrs. Bellamy
Storer. wife of the retiring American
ambassador. has recOnsidered her
determination 10 maintain complete
silence in regard to the controversy
caused by her husbands recall. In
the course of an interview today with
the Associated Press, she said:
LITER consultation. and following
the advice OF many of our friends,
particularly that of the MARQUIS de
ReverseauX, the French ambassador. 7
have decided to formally deny that I
ever abused letter of President
Roosevelt, as has been asserted. The
president has never written me on the
subject of Archbishop Ireland except
In letter last December upon another
subject. Mr. Roosevelt, when gov
ernOr of New York. wrote to me a let
ter in 1900. 20 which the report pre-
sumably alludes.
Purpose of the Letter.
This letter was written to me so
that l might show it to Cardinal Ram
pOila, then papal secretary of state
in order to convince the vatican of the
friendly attitude of prominent Ameri-
cans toward Archbishop Ireland's pol
Icy 1t was all done to help our gov
crHment in it's relations with the Phil
ippines. I sent Cardinal Rampolla a
copy of only half of the letter, because
the other half was purely personal.
That is all l wish to say about the
matter. Neither my husband nor nv
self is going to indulge i'm recrimina-
tiCnS against the president. We will
wait and see what the authorities at
Washington think right to publish
about the matter. If they publish their
rc3scns for the recall of Mr.. Storer we
have many proofs of the right being
OF our side"
The letter of Mr.. Roosevelt. who
was then governor of New York, dated
1900. is as follows:
4 have just received your letter. I
need not say what a pleasure it would
he for me to do anything for Arch
bishop Ireland. You know how high
regard I have always felt for him.
He represents the type of Catholicism
which. in my opinion must prevail in
the United States if the Catholic
church is TO attain its full measure of
power and usefulness with our people
and our form of government.
absolutely agree with what Judge
ant says to YOU in his letter of March
goth. with relation to that part of this
problem which affects the Philippines
but the problem as whole affects the
q United States as whole"
Dire Disaster.
"A reactionary or in any way anti
American spirit in ecclesiastical af-
fairs would in America, in the long
ruin, result in disaster Just as certain
do d 5Anl4eAT course III pOilIiCal affa1rS.
! may add that the bigoted opponents
of Catholicism are those most anxious
to see triumph within the ranks of
Catholicism this reactionary spirit and
the throwing out of men who have
shown broad liberalism and American
ism In their policy. OF course. / do
not feel justified in interfering in any
way, directly or indirectly I'm the mat
ter at the vatican, but IT is only fair,
i'm response to your letter, that I
my great appreciation of Archbishop
Ireland and of my firm conviction that
the real future of the Catholic church
in America rests with those who in
the main work along his lines.
You may be interested to know of
the large percentage Of Catholics
without exception, men standing as
high in capacity as in integrity, whom
l have placed on various important
commissions in this state.
80 much for that part of my letter
that is in direct answer TO the main
Of yours. I do not know whether
viii be Of any assistance OF not. but 1
hope so. I need not tell you that it is
q pleasure to write it or to do any
thing else YOU desire me to do if it is
ir my power.
You must have a very hard time in
Madrid. and I earnestly hope that the
signal devotion 70 the good of the
country which you and Bellamy have
HtlpNia VIII AGSIAe III It's per pctucl re-
gard and in your being transferred in
rho not distant future to Rome or
better still, Paris
Love to BelIamy.
MIR. RooseveIt's letter then refers to
his efforts TO avoid the nomination for
the vice presidency, and concludes,
with love to Belamy, faithfully
yours, Theodore Roosevelt"
Mr.. StOrer WAS much improved to-
nh cfrfr
ed the Carlsbad cure, but Mr.. and
Mrs. StOrer have resolved not to leave
Vienna before June.
Many members Of the aristocratic
and diplomatic circles are paying Wis
its to Mr.. and Mrs. StOrer. Among the
callers today were Princess Radziwill,
Count Won Kuefstein and NJ. Ghika,
the ROumanian minister.