Connecticut western news., 1910-04-07

POPE PLUS X,
 Cairo he received a dispatch from MT Leishman in which the ambassador said:
 The rector of the American Catholic col. lege, Mgr. Kennedy, in reply to inquiry which I caused to be made requests that the following communication be transmit ted to you: "The holy father will be de. lighted to grant audience to MT. Roose' welt on April 5 and hopes nothing will arise to prevent it, such as the much re- gretted incident which made the reception of MT Fairbanks impossible"
 MT. Roosevelt replied as follows to Ambassador Leishman:
 < Please present the following through Mgr. Kennedy: Tt would be a real pleas ure to me to be presented to the holy ia. ther, for whom entertain a high respect both personally and as the head Of great church. fully recognize his entire right to receive not to receive whom soever he chooses for any reason that seems good to him, and if he does not re- ceive me I shall not for one moment ques- ton the propriety of his action. On the other hand, I in my turn must decline to make any stipulations or submit to any conditions which in any way limit my freedom of conduct. trust on April he will find it convenient to receive me-"
 This reply was communicated to the Vatican, and Mgr. Kennedy was ill. structed to send the following commu. nication:.
 His holiness would be much pleased to grant an audience to MT. Roosevelt, for whom he entertains high esteem, both personal and as the former president of the United States. His holiness recog niZes MT. RooseVelts entire right to full freedom of conduct. On the other hand. In view of circumstances for which nei- ther his holiness nor MT. Roosevelt Is responsible an audience could not take place except on the understanding eX- pressed in the former message.
 MT. Leishman telegraphed this to MT. Roosevelt at Cairo, and the latter replied that, of course, the proposed presentation was now impossible.
 The liberal Catholics in Rome oL their own initiative independently of MT. Roosevelt endeavored to persuade the Vatican to recede from its errone, ous position, but unsuccessfully.
 Colonel Roosevelt announced that he had not only made no engagement to make an address before the American Methodists in Rome, but had not even been invited to do so and had no in. tention of visiting the church there. He sent the following cable message to the Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbot of New York, editor of the Outlook:
 q wish to make a statement to my fellow Americans regarding what has occurred in connection with the Vati- can. I am sure that great majority of my fellow citizens, Catholics quite as much as Protestants, will feel that l acted in the only way possible for an American to act, and because of this very fact I most earnestly hope the incident will be treated in a matter of course way as merely personal and above all as not justifying the slight est exhibition of rancor or bitterness.
 Among my best and closest friends are many Catholics. The respect of those of my fellow Americans who are Catholics is as dear to me as the re- spect of those who protested On my tourney through Africa 1 visited many Catholic as we'll as Protestant mis- sions, and 1 look forward to telling the people at home all that has been done by Protestants and Catholics alike as I saw it in the field of mis- sionary endeavor.
 Ut would cause me a real pang to have anything said or done that would hurt or give pain to my friends, what ever their religious belief, but any personal considerations are of no con sequence in this matter. The impOr tant consideration is the avoidance of harsh and bitter comment such as may excite mistrust or anger between and among good men.
 'The more an American sees of oth CT countries the more profound must be his feeling of gratitude that in his own land there is not merely complete toleration, but the heartiest good vii between sincere and honest men O1 different faiths, good will and sympa thy SO complete that in the innumera