New-York tribune., 1906-12-10
MIR. STORER ANSWERED.
LETTER By PRESIDENT.
Some of Former ambassadors AZ
SeTtiOHs Untrue.


tary Root giving correspondence between ths
President and ex-AmbassadoT storsr. at Vienna.
and Mrs. Storer in which he says thar SIR.
Storer's refusal answer his letters and the
publication % various private letters justified
the ambassadors removal: that Mr. stOrer's
publication OF private correspondence was Pc
culiarly ungentlemanIy. and that he (the Prssi-
den0 had stated with absolute clearness his po-
sitIon and the reason why IT was out OF tns
question for him as President to try to get any
archbishop made cardinal though expressing
mis- admiration for Archbishop Ireland as we'll
leaders Of other denominations
The President saws he thinks II well that the
members Of the Cabinet should know certain
facts which he fStorer) either suppressss
misstates." He did not resent the action OF tho
Storers. he saws. until it became evident they
were likely to damage American interests" He
says Mrs. Storer urged him to give her husband
a Cabinet place. and that she stated that Mr..
Choate at London. and General Porter at Paris.
were not proper persons to be ambassadors.
suggesting her husband.
The President incorporates letter from Post
master General CorteIyou cOntradictlng the
statement that President Mckinley had com
missioned man to ask the Pope. "ss personal
favor 70 him" and IAN honor to the country
to appoint Archbishop Ireland cardinal. Mr.
CorteIyou says the late President never made
any such request The President declares that
Mr.. StOrer's statement that he authorized any
such message to be delivered to Pope Plus is
untrue. He says that he never received let
ter from Ambassador Storer giving an account
Of hts visit to the Vatican and OF the message
he personally gave the Pope behalf OF Mr..
Roosevelt.
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER.
The Presidents action tonight follows tbs
publication OF the confidential pamphlet which
Mr asf Vaa to ft..
Cabinet and the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee. The Presidents letter is as follows:
The White House.
Washington. December
My Dear MT Root; In view OF the fact that
Mr.. Bellamy StOrer has sent to each member OF
my Cabinet. well to myself. a pamphlet
under date OF November. 1906. purpOrting to
give an account Of those relations OF his with
me which led up to his removal from the position
Of Ambassador at Vienna, think IL we'll
that you and the other members OF tha Cabinet
should know certain facts which ha either sup
presses miSStateS. AS to the necessity for
removing him from this posttion I sIpuoae
there is need OF discussion An srnbassador
who refuses to answer the letters OF the Presi-
dent cannot remain an ambassador. His state
ment that my letters to him were OF a character
such that he could not answer them needs no
further comment than to point out that in such
case 1t was his clear duty instantly 70 resign
between his wife and himself and would
furnish any additional justification, were such
needed, for his summary separation from the
service He does not give the State Depart
ment's final letter 70 him. which runs as fol-
lows:
Hon. Beuamy storer. Paris. France.
s6 a sF de S Aqs but bS ds feeo6 aoG % S t Sn fy
answer 1t as regards one point. You assume
wrote you not one. official of the United States
d 90 @ t ou ia P4IS gS anu ~ p1e ~ st5 t
no answer from you was asked for. suggested or
Il s hard to gndsrsssng de- STA your maslng such
quote derives its entire Importance from the ac-
eO%psnyns Ietsr & which you we're o asked % to read
was informed that unless she took certain definite
would have 10 be severed. 1t is Of course un-
necessary TO discuss and II ought to be UNNECESSARY
that this severance Of you from the service would
in his private capacity The President was anxious
sentleness and consideration and it seemed to him
that his end could be achieved in The way easiest
did follow The letter to Mrs. st4rer Of course.
qgired to take s, eog4zance In It Mrs stOrer
aSke6 i & 70 II1 ir is sb aS iss ISl9IS & S0 Iol
erance from the service. which condition She never
and hand 1t to her It is diffculr to sttxmqtizs
conditions the Presidents letter required no an,
servant RoBERT BAGoS Acting s0o sacTstry 1asS"'
RELATIONS WITH sTORERs
1t is never pleasant to have TO discuss PERSONAL
affairs to quote or explain from personal oOr-
reSpondenCe. which is one reason why It is held
TO be a peculiarly ungentIemany thing to pub
lish private correspondence. But AIr. Stores
In his extraordinary pamphlet prints various
letters written by himself. by me and by Mrs
Storer. l shall set forth briefly the facts Of tbs
case. giving certain letters which are necessary
in order to understand clearly those which he
prints.
first met the Storers while was Civil Ser
vice Commissioner. and he had come 90 Wash
ingtOn a Congressman. They were then kind
and friendly in their relations with me and my
family I retained lively recollection Of this
kind and friendly attitude. and. because OF ths
affection it inspired I submitted 20 conduct
from Mr.. and Mrs StOrer To which would
have submitted from other ambassador and
his wife; and did not resent their actions until
IL became evident that they We're likely 70 dam
age American interests Mrs. StOTer insisted To-
often that their change OF creed had proved
a deadly blow to her husbands career, and that
they were suffering for conscience sake.
accepted this statement as true. and II gave mo
certain chivalriC feeling that 1 ought 10 do
what I could to help them and be patient ss
possible with them.
made Minister. first TO Belgium and then TO
Spain About the time of my accession to ths
Vice Presidency 1 wrote, at President MCKin-
ley'S request. Mr. Mrs. StOreT that the
President desired me to say that Mr.. StOrer was
ultimately be made Ambassador Mr..
and Mrs StOrer were greatly interested in
securing the promotion Of Archbishop Ireland
10 be cardinal had, and have, a sincere
respect and admiration for Archbishop Ireland.
a respect and admiration which I have often
publicly expressed The letters from me TO Mr..
and Mrs. St0rer quoted in Mr.. Storer's pamphlet
give with precision my views both upon Arch
bishop Ireland and upon the possibility or pro-
prety of my taking in his behalf the steps
which the StOrers asked. and can add nOfh-
ing TO what these letters themselves show.
When they first wrote 70 me on the subject
was Governor OF New York Not being President
myself and not having thought out with clear
ness the exact situation. asked President NcEin-
lev whether he could properly do anything To
help Archbishop Ireland He responded that it
was not a matter with which he could with pro-
fnfQr ALI EXPRESSED