The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-10

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Of years. a. il he had been for that period
d~ispleased by her conduct; and vet we had
never had an intimation OF this. but, on
the contrary. his letter written three weeks
before, on November 20, quoted above, oon-
veyed to us a strong evidence of his approal.
He asserts that he had been unoficially in
formed on behalf OF Berlin and of Paris
that il would not be agreeable. because Of
Mrs. Storer's actions. to have me as Ambas-
sador in either place. / know nothing
about Berlin, but 1 have taken gains to learn
whether this was true of Paris, and it is ex-
plicitly denied by M, Jusserand in a recent
letter as follows:
...u .. .
RUE HAMELIN' July 20. 1905
DkAH MRS, sToHEh' l nave the same
aasa,SaS !. U C" ,n =" ,Orma1 " "nJ
the answer a.. no certainlv not
Neither Mr.. Deicassa nor any one asked me
10 make any representation at the State
Department or elsewhere to prevent MIR.
storer's being appointed to Paris. nor did l
ever make any OF any KIND,
,, inns neT ssSIy WIN ~mn o. Sm very Sn
and I siocsrsIv bone there nav ha NO wors
OF the same soTt / have the honor Of return
ihH " NOh hCT VII hIthDlslOD lIClhnu .
letter which you had kindly sent for my pc
rusal and l beg you to believe me. Very
respectfully yours JUssERAND.
A similar denial has been made by NJ.
Delcasss who recently, on April "a, 1905.
assured Archbishop Ireland that never
during his ministry did the French Govern
ment express itself in opposition to Mr..
Storer, and added that, on the contrary, he
had ANDaCf ed MIR. StOrQF'R nOmln Alton
and would have been happy TO receive it,
and M. Delcasse voluntarily authorized the
repetition in any quarter OF what he had
said.
The President addsa postscript in which
- ~ n.on-HS ,noo a..
letters referred 10 above as written 10 me at
the time OF the wspaper report OF nv
audience with Pope Plus X. spoken of above.
The quotation from the letter Of Deem
Der 10. 1908, shows that the President aid
to Mgr. O'Connen, Personally l have a very
strong friendship and admiration for the
Archbishop and that individually il would
please me greatly 10 see him made a
CARDINAL More than this we have never
attributed TO the President. and have
always known we'll, that he could not. as
President. in any wav try to help any clergy
man "and have respected that caution; and
indeed il is hard to understand how any
person of experience could expect from any
President the sort Of interference that he 80
emphatically refuses. The letters Of Deem
Der 81 and December 30, 1903, are
fully discussed above, in connection with
nv GRAND TO the Pope. That the letters
were written in angry displeasure because
a NEWSPAPER had by some means discovered
what the President had expressly ordered
TO be done-this, as | have already OBJ
served, does not appear, and presumably
was not known TO the members of the Cabi-
net.
"
To the President letter addressed TO me
! made no reply. II is my failure TO answer
this and another letter which soon fol-
lowed that has now been officially gwen
out as the reason for my remova from
office. A TO that letter, II VIII be observed
1t not only does not IN terms call Tor
an answer but opens no subject which in
volVed an answer from me. 10 merely
covers an enclosure addressed to my wife,
and II il my wlfe VINO is asked TO reply to the
enclosure. Moreover. the letter to me IL
definitely unofficial in character, addressed
Dear Bellamy.' n If obviously a part OF
that volumlnous personal correspondence
with me. which, It must be borne IN mind,
had been actively gong on Tor several
years. The fact that 1t related. through
the enclosure 10 my "ne 5 conuuct IN Ger.
tam puOlc matters couiu hot serve Oh lseH
to make II othclaI II any distinction Det"eeh
personal ana onlcial COMMUNICATION re-
ferring TO publc matters exists. mat
distinction the fresldeht strongly Insists
upon respecting MS own REMARKS III inns
very connection and' certainty II available
Tor nm II is aValiaole lor me IL the us
tinction does not exist OF Is nov 10 DE oo-
served, can only say mat i ana
my wle nave received SINCE l nave
been In the diplomatic service. great
H"m~n,nn ON nThi;o man and rnLIio
49,. u,,h srcb unrast raioal sraadou
that TO treat them as official would seem
70 me 81 staggering proposal am. how
ever. quite ready TO Law the entire cor
rasnondence before the State Depa rtment