The Cairo bulletin., 1906-04-09
INTENDED LETTER
TO USE AS LEVER
MRS. BELLAMY STORER TALKS
FURTHER OF EPISTLE FROM
PRESIDENT.
A BOOST FOR IREl AND
Wife Of American Ambassador K
Austria Believes This Country
Should Have Another
Cardinal

Vienna, April Sin an interview TO-
day with Mrs. Bellamy Storer she
talked very freely. The amba sador is
seriously i'll and was scarcely able tc
remain few minutes on a couch dur
ing the chat with his wife. Mr.. Storel
said.
"Of course the letter written me by
MI Roosevelt six years ago, lauding
Archbishop Ireland and his policy,
was intended for use in Rome. Cardi-
nal Rampolla was then papal secre.
tary of safe | deemed it advisable to
/ let Rome know how high Archbishop
/ Ireland stood in the estimation of well
| known Americans. Presidents McKin-
! ley ana Cleveland did rot conceal
their appreciation Of Archbishop Ire.
land work and il was advisable to
have a generous church policy applied
in the Phil ppnes as well as the
United States. That Roosevelt in end
in Ii he expressed the hope that il
might be of assistance.
The last letter bore upon church
policy not upon ecclasias, as,ical prefer.
ment"
Did You suppress any pcr'ion Of
that or other lette.s?" was asked.
No; nothing was suppressed VIII ch
was intended for use" eail Mrs.
Storer. Il merely withheld the part
dealing with family matters, myself
my husbands devotion to duty and
Mrs. Roosevelt and the children's ttiD
e Cuba, these having 10 bearing on
the question Of the church policy.
The intention was to let Cardinal
Rampolla know that Ireland as ex.
ponent of certain policy. was h ghly |
esteemed. All this helped the Philip !
pine reorganization, the question of |
the fliar's property then being under
consider alton
What did ycu mean b. Americay
ism?"
'Amer,canism 's a word coined in !
Europe seyel or eight years ago to II
express the policy represented by
Archbishop Ireland ANA other. There
was not a question of doctrine. that
is the same throughout The world OK
cept the church takes on local c ilor
in different count.ics. America being
progres sive, naturally the church
would be likewise. There was no cor
respondence with Pres dent Roosevelt
about cardinalatial honors "
DO you believe the United State
ought to have another cardinal"
Yes, everybody does. II Is not
question between either tb2 p'ptesj-
ints or jhe Catholics, but develop
heir respective form of Christianity.
I would be considered By scmc as an Z
Encouragement of the growth Of the
'hurch and by all as compliment t.
he United Statc., A letter written last Z
December upon another question by
be president moltions Archbishop q
reland incidentally II does not con. ;
'ern the public The incidental men. !
ion of Archbishop ireland was not {
nd could not be used. Z
Has there been any amba sadorl ]
al troulie in Vienna because there =
vas NJ Thank giving reception" was )
skcd. Z
Nothing beyond the lctte~ The s
,mcrican colony in Vienna is small. {
cling composed Of medical and must !
al tudents, a few merchants. a few &
merican women. married in the
stocracy-about 150 in all. The ~
merican embassies in London and O
aris do not give Thanksgiving rccep- u
ons. Our doors Away have been q
$ wide open 10 stud snts as TO the s.
y
No. we have not made our plans. h
he first thing is to cure the ambas a. n
Or. who is suffering from fever. We q
robably will go on to Carlsbad To "
Dmplete the cure Our house in Wash d
gton i. not available for the next TWO e.
ears because it is rented 10 the al
rench embassy. We NAV visit our "a
iugdter VINO married the Count Cham n
run. the French deputy b
Ny Roosevelt was a f.iend OF my hi
isband when a Congressman from ol
hio. ! felt perfectly within my rights u
demand the return. when opened. Of -
ie letter which reach ID The White en-
ou=e after the circumstances be- fr
lme known W
Il learn ID tae situation first through li
a newspaper
Austriars still consider Mr. StOrer ~
nbassa to continue until the let IA
r. Of -ecall are presented. regardless Ol
Washington appointment Of a sue
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