Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-08
Former Ambassador to Austria
Makes Public Personal Let
tiers From President
SORE AT HIS DISMISSAL
Former Intimate Friend Of the Presi-
dent Guilty of Making Public Per-
sonal Correspondence Addresses
Them to Cabinet and Denies Charges
on Which He Was Dismissed.


prints a number Of letters that passed
sometime ago between President
Roosevelt and Mr.. and Mrs
Bellaany Storer, all of a per-
sonal character. The letters passed
between the parties prior tt
Storer's dismissal from his post as am
bassador to Austria Hungary and Stof-
err has made them public by sending
them in printed form to members OF
the cabinet.
Mr.. Storer was dismissed because OF
his wife's interference" in affairs OF
the Roman Catholic church and her al
legged misuse of letters from the presi-
dent. 1t was also charged that Mrs.
Storer had meddled with French polt-
tics by taking part in an anti-repuoli-
can intrigue to promote the marriage
of Victor Bonaparte with member OF
the Orleanist family. Both of these
charges Mr.. Storer emphatically denies,
and on the other hand declares that the
presidents interest in the selection OF
Archbishop Ireland as cardinal was
not due to him or to his wife but TO
himself alone.
The text Of Mr.. Storer's letter was
printed and transmitted not only to the
president and members of his cabinet,
but to members Nof the foreign relations
committee of the senate. A copy of the
ho. obtained nv Inc
Tribune correspondent, and It not only
gives in detail Mr.. Storers side or the
case but includes letters exchanged py
the president and Mr.. and Mrs. Storsf
In which the former addressed MY
Dear Bellamy,' and my Dear Maria"
and Mr.. and Mrs. Storer addressed the
president Dear Theodore.
Mr. Storer begins the letter by ex-
planning that on March 20 last ne re-
ceiyed a cablegram from the state de-
partment saying he was removed from
his office as ambassador of the Unleo
States to Austria Hungary. This CAP
legram was received by him while III
in Egypt on leave Of absence and dis
closed no reason for the action taken.
Mr.. Storer wrote for an explanation
of his removal and received a reply
written by Secretary of State Bacon,
by dictation, as 01e stated, OF the presi-
dent, to the effect that he was removed
because he had failed to answer two
letters and telegram sent to him by
the president.
Mr.. Storer says that his removal IN
so summary a manner suddenly dis
missed him from an office which he
had been given reason to believe he
had filled to the satisfaction both OF his
own government and of that to which
he was accredited, and, being accom-
panied by no public explanation, ex-
posed him to suspicious and injurious
conjectures such as must naturally
arise when man in public office is
abruptly dismissed by his government
with what is obviously intended to be
discredit.
Therefore, in such a situation, Mr..
Storer thinks it right to make a full
statement which will enable impartial
persons to pass a candid judgment on
his official conduct, and this statement
he submits to the president and the
cabinet.
He insists that 1t is not he who is
responsible for a situation in which
some narrative Of personal matters
distasteful as it is, is now forced upon
him.
81 may premise" he says, "that both
Mrs Storer and were on terms OF
close, and, as we believed, affectionate
personal intimacy with Mr.. Roosevelt
and for more than ten years have been
in the habit Of exchanging with him
frequently, letters written on both sides
with the greatest unreserve on both
private and public matters. Without
this explanation the situation cannot
be understood.
81 do not intend, however, to use Mr.
Roosevelt's letters, which are numer-
Gus, except so far as they bear upon
the subject which am now forced to
discuss, tho they are open to the fullest
inspection If the president so desires.'