The Washington times., 1910-04-12
Accepts An Invitation to Ad-
dress a Convention to Be
Held AT Kansas CITY.
BOTH START EARLY
FOR TRAMP IN WOODS
Colonel Appears Piqued Because
Taft Failed to Send a Friend
TO See Him

PORTO MAURIzIO. April 12-CoI.
Theodore Roosevelt today accepted an
invitation. personally delivered by Gif-
ford Pinchot. whom President Taft re-
moved as chief forester OF the United
States, 20 address the meeting of the
National Conservation League-
The meeting viii probably be held in
Kansas City early in September.
The acceptance OF this invitation lets
the first real light into the nature OF the
confidential interviews that were begun
yesterday between the former President
and Pinchot and werS enthusiastically
resumed today
Both Roosevelt and Pfnchot continua
their sphinX-like silence regarding the
subject-matter Of the conversations
pUt in view OF todays developments,
,His silence is no longer batting the
corresDondents. In fact the correspond
ents were not baf7ed from the first
but they needed something besides mere
conjecture on which % hang their con-
ciusious and the acceptance OF this In
yitation has given them the needed peg
The significance OF today's acceptance
is apparent one Of Roosevelt's pet
reforms was the conservation movement
-Pfnchot was mis- right bower. Pinchot
and Secretary Ba1IinEer ran a foul
President Taft supported HE Cabinet
member and called Tor the resignation
OF PinCh0L
Roosevelt Believes Piuchot.
Roosevelt has heard the Pfuchot side
or the controversy. accepted his friend :
statements and without waiting 20 hear
from the other side ne has Indicated
that his sympathies are ali with Pin
chot-
II s. becomiuE daily r-rrr aFasErent
that Roosevelt fs SONG 10 learn Of other
1hases Of the American political situa-
ton before ne returns 70 the United
states The report that Francis Heney,
former prosecutor OF san Francisco.
and Seth Bullock. United States mar
shal at DeadWood. s D. are 10 meet
him in Europe and disclose 20 him the
situation IN their respective territories.
bears out this conclusion
Heney and Bullock are stanch sup
porters OF Roosevelt
Though he has SAID nothing. II is be-
coming daily more apparent that Colonel
Roosevelt Is disappointed that President
Taft has not sent an emissary OF the
Administration to give the Administrs-
ton side OF the various controversies
now on in America
As the conservation movement IN
America Is one OF the liveliest questions
now before the American public. Roose-
velt's willingness 10 speak at the meet
ing OF the Conservation League indi-
Gates that he has lost none Of bts old
love for q ''hsht"
Had he wished to avoid being drawn
into controversies It Is the opinion OF
those who are closest to him at the
present time that he would have refused
Pinchots Invitation
PHI chot's meeting with Roosevelt yes
terd5-y lasted almost until midnight, and
that Il was entirely sat 5factory to the ex-
forester was shown by the broad smile
that lighted his face when he returned
TO his hotel
on on a Tramp.
He was of again at s o'clock this
morning for Miss Carew's villa, where
he and Roosevelt again started on a
long tramp
ct certainly seems like old times" {"
P!nchot said TO the correspondents,
who tried to break through his guard
MY talk with Roosevelt reminded me
of the strolls we used to take about
Washington"
There was a ring OF significance in
I PinchOt's words.
Another perfect day greeted the
ES0osevelts at Miss Carew's villa.
Wherever the Roosevelts =-=rt .aday.
whether walking or riding. they were
erected enthusiastically BY the vii
layers. who several times b0:nbsrtIsd
them with bouquets OF vioIets and
roeas