The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-09
BELLAMY STORER
WRITES BITTERLY
Sends Extraordinary Letter to
President and Members OF
Cabinet.
Mr.. ROOSEVELT INDIGNANT

CHICAGO. Ill. December THE
Chicago Tribune in It's washington dis
patches say. that aa extraordinary ict-
ter haas boon addressed by Boilamy sto-cr
e. President Roosevelt and the members
az hls C4l4n.t in regard TO nis dismissal
from the post 81 ambassador OF the United
States a. Aast-ia-Huugary.
Ar Srote- wa- dismissed because of hls
wife supposed Interference IN Affairs OF
tAe Rcm4a Catholic Church. and her AZ
i"sed misuse ~ letters from the Prrsi-
dent il was alsO charged that Mrs.
storer hld neillcd with French politics
ny taking part ln an aut~ Republican
intrigue 10 promote the marriage Of Vic
tor bonaparte with member OF the or
leanlst family.
Both oc these charges Mr.. Storer de-
nies. ANA. ou thc other hand. declares
that the Presidents interest ia the Sc
4Dcuon az Archbishop ireland as I'll car
dinal was not du,. % Storcr or 20 storer's
wife. but 10 the President alone
The text % Mr.. Storer's letter Wa
printed and transmitted. not only 70 the
President and members OF his Cabinet,
but 70 members OF the Foreign Rela-
IONS Committee Of the Senate
Tho correspondence shows the familiar
relations ci the President and the Storers
from the time NJ. Roosevelt was Cover
nor OF New York. Just after the Spanish
War. some of the Roosevelt letters 10
Storer We're addressed My Dear Rel
Iamy,' and 20 his wife. My Dear
Maria and Mrs Storer addressed the
President as Dear Theodore "
Nj. storer asserts that Roosevelt HIM
SELF, while Governor OF New York. urged
the Storers 10 use their influence with
tne Vatican for Ireiand's promotion. be
HrNlng the prclate's well known patri-
otism would aid IA solving the problems
connected with the Catholic Church I'm
the Philippines
What President Says.
one letter OF the President 20 Mrs.
Storer, dated December IL. 1905. after the
eHorts OF the Storers i'm behalf Of Arch
plsnop ireland began TO attract attention.
contains the following PASSAGES.
Your direct or implied cononf.f,t
OF and reflection upon my own osr-
sonai conduct give me no coneern
out am very gravely concerned At
tne m'schieVous effect your letters
must nave W misrepresentlng the DO.
sition OF the United States oo,lero.
ment and BY the far-reachlno oover,-
mental scandal your lndlscretIon MAJ,
at any time cause.
your letters not only convey \
totally wrong impression Of my stti-
tuoe, put they are such as you have
no business whatever to write IN
view or the position OF you and vour
husband In the diplomatic service
The letter Of Cardinal Merry del
Val to you OF November 23d Is re.
buke TO you, expressing plainly his
belief that you have been un,Sar-
rantahly oficious In matters ,,lth
which you have properly no coneern
II should Of Itself be enouah TO sbo,,
you ho" exceedingly unwlse and i'm.
proper your action in WRITING TO him
was"
Ill-Advised Action.
After referring to the report that Mrs
StOrer was known in Europe as the
American ambassadress To Rome. Mr.
Roosevelt closes thus.
y rust ask you to give me this posi-
tive promise N writing II Bellamy is TO
continue I'm the service. and II you ever
Intentionally violate r. I shall have to
ask for Sellany resignation, for can
no longer AFFORD TO have the chance Of
scandal being brought on the entire
American diplomatic service. and on the
government itself. by such indiscreet and
hl-advised action as yours has been"
Il cannot trust myself to express fully
the feeling OF Indignation with which 1
read the letter 70 Mrs StOrer" says Mr.
storer. Though 1 was in the public
service, / felt and stu feel that had
lost none Of the rights which a man
mas TO judge OF the propriety OF letters