Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-10
HOT REPLY 70 S|OR[R.
President Roosevelt Makes An
swer to the Former Austrian
Ambassador
UNTRUE AND uNeENTLEMANLY
Denies the Allegations Made by storer
and Declares He Made No Appeal
to Pope-Mrs. storer Placed in Ri
dieulous Light by Publication Of the
Facts.

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Facts.
# Washington, D. c., Dec. 10.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt last night made PUB
lie long letter Addressed to Secre-
tary Root giving correspondence pc
tween the president and former Am
bassador Bellamy Storer at Vienna ana
Mrs. Storer, in which he says that MI
Storer's refusal to answer his letters
and the publication of various private
letters justified the ambassadors re-
naoval. that Mr.. Storer's publication OF
private correspondence was peculiarly
ingentlemanly and that he (the presi-
dent) had stated with absolute clear
ness his position as to why 1t was Out
Of the question for him as president TO
try to get Archbishop Ireland made
cardinal, tho expressing his admiration
for Archbishop Ireland as well as other
leaders of other denominations. lie
saws he thinks it we'll that the MEM
bers of the cabinet should know GER
tain facts. (which he either suppress
es or misstates., He says he, did not re-
sent the action of the Storers until
II became evident they were likely TO
damage American interests He says
Mrs. Storer urged him to give her hus-
band a cabinet place and that she
stated Mr.. Choate at London and Cen
eral Porter at Paris were not proper
persons to be ambassadors, suggest
ins. her husband for one Of those places.
THE president incorporates a letter
from Postmaster General Corteiyou
contradicting the statement that Pres
ident Mckinley had commissioned
gentleman to ask the pope as per-
sonal favor to him and as an honor to
the country to appoint Archbishop
ireland as cardinal. Mr.. Cortelyou
says the late president never made any
such request.
THE president declares that Mr. Stor-
er's statement that he authorized sim
liar messages to be delivered to Pope
pius Is untrue. He says that he never
received a letter from Ambassador
Stprer giving an account Of his visit to
II the vatican, and OF the message he per-
sonally gave the pope on behalf OF Mr..
ii oosevelt.
The presidents laction follows the
publication Of "the confidential pam
phlet' which Mr.. Storer last week sent
to the president, the cabinet, and the
senate foreign relations committee.
Storers Arc Scored,
rThe. White House Washington. p. g,
Dec. 9.-My Dear Mr.. Root: In view
ofthe fact that Mr.. Bellamy Storer has
sent to es.ca member of my cabinet, as
well as to myself, a pamphlet under
date OF NOV. 20, 1906, purporting to
give am account of those relations with
me which led to his removal from the
position of ambassador at Vienna, !
think that you and other members OF
the cabinet should know certain facts
which he either slppresses or mis-
states. AS to the necessity for remov-
ing him from this position, / suppose
there rs no need of discussion. An ann
bassador who refuses to answer the
letters Of the President can not remain
ans ambassador His statement that
MY letters to him were of such char
acter that he could not answer them
needs no further comment than ito point
oitf that i'm such cases it was his clear
duty instantly to resign. His pub
lication Of the various private letters
between his wife and himself and We
would furnish any additional justifica-
tdOn were such needed, for his sum-
mary separation from the service.
III is never pleasant to have to dis
c,iss personal affairs, or to quote or ex-
plain from personal correspondence,
which is one reason why it Is held to be
peculiarly ungentlemanly to public
private correspondence But as Mr..
Storer in his extraordinary pslmphlet
prints various letters written by him
self. by me, and by Mrs. Storer, shall
ret forth briefly the facts of the case,
giving certain letters, which are neces-
sary tn order to understand clearly
those which he prints.
The Ireland incident.
Under President Mckinley, Mr.. Stor-
or was made minister first to Belgium
and then to Spain. About the time of
my accession to the vice presidency,
wrote. at President ,McKinley's request,
to Mr.. or Mrs. Storer that the presi-
dent desired me to say that Mr.. Storer
was ultimately ito be made an ambas-
sador. Mr.. and Mrs. Storer were
greatly interested in securing the pro-
motion OF Archbishop Ireland to be a
cardinal. / had, and have, a sincere
respect and admiration for Archbishop
Ireland, which / have often publicly ex-
pressed. The letters from me to Mr..
and Mrs. Storer. quoted in Mr.. Scorers
pamphlet, give with precision my views
both of Archbishop ireland and upon
the possibility or propnety of my talk
ing In his behalf the steps which the
Storers asked, land I can add nothing
to what these letters themselves show.
When they first wrote to me OH the
subject, I was governor Of New York.
asked President Mckinley whether
he could properly do anything to help
Archbishop Ireland. He responded
that it was not matter with which he
could with propriety interfere, ;altho
he expressed himself as having the
same high opinion of Archbishop Ire
land that I had. Following this con-
versation, in my letter to Mrs. Storer
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