The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09

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others before it was sent and thus
used to make case against lady,
trusting friend, who could not be heard
in her oNn defense.
NY wife was deliberately accused
of having quoted isolated sentences
from the Presidents letters to con-
vince other persons that he was doing
exactly what. as he asserts, he had
explicitly stated in writing that he
would not do.
This charge of shameful conduct
was based on no evidence which could
even have misled the writer into
hasty judgment, but was in answer to
not. at least furnishes no such evil
ience, either in itself or in its in
closures.
SAYS FACTS WERE OMITTED
"The tone of long suffering and OUT
ragged patience, the careful omission of
all mention of anything that the writer
had himself done and authorized to
be done In the matters complained of.
the quotation from the letters written
al the time of my errand to the Pope,
without any of the facts and circum-
stances related above which would
give those letters their true character
or show that they were angry COM
plant because what he had directed
to be done had become known-these
things, with the abusive personal char
acterization of my wife and with as
sumed indignation with which il had
been IN fact permitted and encouraged
where not expressly directed, seemed
to me to put the letter outside the limit
of anything justifiable even in a
stranger What a sense of outrage of
friendship it aroused in US can perhaps
be understood by any one 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 knowledge o. Arch
bishop Ireland"
ROOSEVELT NOT SURPRISED
President Roosevelt was not sur
prised to learn of the publication of
Bellamy Storers letter to him. He re-
ceiyed il just after returning FROM
Panama Then he heard that Slorer
had caused il TO be Printed in pam
phlet No comment on the matter was
obtainabie at the White House today.
1t was intimated that some statement
might be forthcoming next week. The
President is waiting to see the result
Of the publication.
IL is stated here that if the President
had the elevation OF Archbishop ireland
SO much at heart as TO prompt his:
.overstepping reasonable bounds the
Archbishop would now be q Cardinal.
II is asserted by many Catholics that
the Vatican would have acceded quick
ly to suggestion from President Me-
Kinley favorable TO Archbishop Ire
land. President Mckinley Is even said
to have been inclined to make the sug-
gestion. The opportunity remained
open. II Is said. after Mr.. Roosevelt be-
came President.
The published correspondence lacks
what would probably prove an exceed
ingly interesting exhibit. After the
President had reproved Mrs. Storer for
her activity IN seeking a cardinals hat
for Archbishop ireland and after ne
had followed this by d request for her
husbands resignation. Mrs. Roosevelt
received from Mrs. Storer cablegram
asking her to return unopened a letter
already mailed to Mrs. Roosevelt When
the letter was received this was done,
and IL never became known to the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt what was
contained in this letter, which, they
were prevented from seeing after the
breach occurred.
CINCINNATI, Dec. S.-When Bellamy