The Washington herald., 1906-12-10

ticn. old fellow. and I an sure John hag feels As
! do. When / sec ycu | shall explain as l 90 b9t
Ike 10 10 on paper. both how full had been the
steps taken by Hay IN investigating The matter. and
the use that vas made against me oi your letter.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
with this The incident closed. I had followed
exactly the Presidents request in seeing Pope rius
\ had reported 70 him IN detail my Interview;
had uslt il squareiy 10 him that ] had done moth
ing beyond what he bad asked me 70 DO. and he
had there1pon left the subject. not disaEoWing his
authority nor dissenting from any statement. ac
c,iielv acgeuted As sincere the cordial expressions
with which he refused 10 ACCEPT my resignation, as
il was apparent that his irritation had been caused
BOT by my acts but by the publicity which had
unfortunately been given TO things which ne wished
To have done. bat wished 70 be kept secret
Says Statement Was False.
Fortunately l have the original Of the
letter Of which Mr.. StOrer says ne kept
no copy, and IT shows that Mr.. Storer S
statement is false. This letter was in
answer 10 a letter Of mine which he
quotes in part, but which in its entirety
is as follows:
"oPeronall Tie White House.
Washington. Dec. 80, 1853.
MY Dear BeHamy:
in my last letter to you wrote yoG as 10 re-
port ] had heard about your writing letter con
corning the dismissal Of Hurst This came 70 me
from am outside source and | did not credit IL.
since then Secretary Hay has sent me over a let
ter lof yo1rsl 10 senator Hanna which the latter
fut before the department with request that ne be
given information il order to answer you secretary
Hay feels of course, exceedingly indignant over youT
having written iu such a manner 70 any OUTSIDER
and feels that there should be- some official reoike-
Because of our personal relations ] Nnts il tnls
Was to you instead
Il hardly think you could have thought exactly
what you we're writing You say. for instance about
the dismissal Of Hurst Il do know the manner oi
his removal in a way I should be ashamed 20 en-
pl0y with common servant ] have never
known if what hear is the case. Of a more sudden
0r unexpected action Of any administration.
i may &c none of your business nor NINE but I
know sen do not like injustice
-Of course. tins amounts 10 a bitter attack upon
the admin atrati0u, % which you are a part You
make charges Of a grave nature against the ScCre
tary of State and the President under whom you are
serving III these charges were true. that would not.
nay opi8i0u. Justify yoa IN writing % the Senator
n ssch fashion. As it happens. they are absolutely
without foundation. No case was gone into more
carefully than this. I have reports before me from
AmhsssaGor McCamIcz and from a special and
trusted agent Of the department. man in whose
Judgment the department. has absolute confidence.
No other action was possible in Fiew Of these re-
ports
Il know. my dear Bellamy. that yo5 have not in
tended % do anything dIsicyai OF improper. but
surely thinking over the matter y0u VIII s5e
that there WCHd b. bUt possible construction 20
bl PIT upon sue.I letter from y0u- Think o. the
effect Il y0ur letter were made pnhic.
let me repeat 20 you thar. in reference 20 mat
ters affecting the Catholic Church. events have con-
cluslyely shown that while you are ambassador yOu
must keep ab-0iut-5T clear Of any deed word iu
Rome or elsewhere which would 10 ditfuentiatC
salr position from that of other ambassadors. The
mere fc, Il the report in the newspapers about
sour calling AZ the Vatican has had a Eery uuf0r
tuUate effect. ] darrsay you did not CALI sou maJ
merely have seen some cardinal privately but the
unpleasant, talk over the affair emphasizes the need
of extreme circumspeCiion Whiie y0u are IN yuul
Tr,slut position Nhile ] ara President and go;
are am14sd0T neither q us IN his public relations
is I0 arJ as Catbolic Protestant Jew or Gentle
and We hare o. BE- careful uut merely 10 do Uha1
is right but 10 % cduy ourselves as o. show that
We are doing what j. right. I shall ask YOU not {.
quote NE t0 any person ~ auy shape or way n con
uerion with ans affair oi the Catholic Church. aut
yourself not 10 take gcti0n of ans Eud which vii
give ground for the belief that you an American
ambassador are striving To interfere IN the affair
of the church.
with love 20 Maria.
Faithfully yours