The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-08
STORER HITS HARD
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(Contnued FROM rage One.)
"The letter Of Cardinal Merry Del Val
to you Of Nov. % is a rebuke TO you, ex-
pressing plainly his belief that you have
been unwarrantably ofiicious in matters
with which you have had properly no
concern. II should OF itself be enough to
.how you how exceedingly unwise and
improper your action in writing 70 him
was
Il am ind dgnant that the wife OF an
ambassador In the United States ser
vice should have written such a letter.
should have given the impression un-
doubtedly conveyed in that letter and
should have incurred such a rebuke
You do not seem to realize that IL is
out of the question for me knowingly TO
permit the wife OF one OF our diplomats
to engage I'm ecclesiastical intrigues TO In
flGence the Vatican"
After referring TO the report that Mrs.
Storer was known in Europe as the
American ambassadoress" TO Rome. Mr..
Roosevelt closes thus: I.
PROMISE ASKED.
Il must ask you to give me this posi-
tive promise in writing II Bellamy Is 10
continue I'm the service and II you even
unintentionally violate II shall have 10
ask for Bellamys resignation, for | can
no longer afford 10 have the chance OF
scandal being brought I'm the entire Amer
iCan diplomatic service and on the govern
ment itself by such indiscreet and ILL
advised action as yours has been.
IL cannot trust myself TO express fully
the feeling OF Indignation with which
read the letter to Mrs. Storer," said Mr..
Storer Though | was in the public SER
vice / felt and stlll feel that l had lost
none OF the rights which man has 10
Judge OF the prOpriety of letters addressed
70 his wife and to resent an improper
communication.
IL did not know then what 1 have learn
ed since, that the letter was not even
written for my wifes eyes or mine alone,
but had been shown to others before IL
was sent and thus used to make "A case
against a lady, a trusting friend, VINO
could not be heard in her own defense
MY wife was deliberately accused Of
having quoted isolated sentences from the
presidents letters to convince other per-
sons that he was doing exactly what, as
he asserts he had explicitly state in
writing that he would not do.
OUTSIDE THE LIMIT.
This charge OF shameful conduct was
based on no evidence which, could even
have misled the writer into "a >hasty judg-
ment. but was in answer to a letter which
whether approved or not, at least. fur
nishes no such evidence either i'm itself or
IN It's inclusures.
The tone of long suffering and outraged
natisuce, the careful omission of all mem
tlest Of anything that the writer had
himself done and authorized TO be done
In the matter complained Of the quota
ton from the letters written at the time
of my errand TO the pope, without any of
the facts and circumstances related above.
which would give those letters their true
character or show that they were an an
CRY complaint because what he had di-
rected TO be done had become known
these things, with the a0usive personal
Characterization Of my wife and the as
sumed 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 any
thing justihable even in a stranger.
What a sense OF outraged friendship
IL aroused In MS can perhaps be under
stood by anyone who has read even the
small part OF the private correspondence
given above
In concluding his letter, which is dated
at Cincinnati, November, 1906, the former
ambassador says:
II write this letter without the knowl-
edge of Archbishop Ireland"