The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-04-05
TEDDY SHOWED BAD TASTE
In Giving Out Diplomatic Correspond
ence Between Himself and the
Vatican-Decllnes Audi
ence With the Pope

Rome, April 5.-Mr. Roosevelt and
party reached this city yesterday aft
ernoon. Although measures had been
taken by the police to prevent large
gathering inside the railroad station
at the time of the arrival of the Roose
welt party, many Americans and promi-
nent Italians managed to find way
to circumvent these precautions and
the depot was well filed when the ex
President made his appearance at the
door of the car. Col. Roosevelt was
greeted by Mayor Nathan and Signor
Bollati, director general OF the Italian
foreign office; Ambassador Leishman
and the other members of the Ameri-
can embassy.
A detachment Of carbineers and a
large force of police made a pathway
for the train to the royal waiting room,
the King having ordered that the ex-
President should be given the same
honors as the members of royal fami-
lies when they visit the Italian capi-
tai Col. Roosevelt, smiling. respond
ed to the warm greetings with which
he was received on all sides and he
shook hands with many of those about
him. The streets to the hotel were
lined with spectators, and Col. Roose
welt and his family were cheered from
time to time as they proceeded in car
riages.
Later Mr.. Roosevelt and his family
were the guests of the American Am
bassador and Mrs. Leishman in the
beautiful apartments which they now
occupy in the historic Palazzo Bor-
gheZ.
The audience which it was believed
Mr.. Roosevelt would have with the
Pope today will not take place, owing
to conditions which the Vatican has
imposed and which Mr.. Roosevelt re-
fuses to accept.
Although the definite negotiations
relative to the audience ended before
Mr.. Roosevelt left Egypt, the an
nouncement was withheld until after
Mr. Roosevelt reached Rome last night
at the solicitation of his American
Catholic friends here, who believed
that in the meantime the Vatican
might change it's attitude. One Of the
former Presidents American friends,
who had been with him in Egypt, came
to Rome yesterday without, however,
any authorization from Mr.. Roosevelt,
and interceded with Cardinal Merry
del VAL the Papal Secretary, in an en-
deavor to avoid a situation, which, as
it now stands, has caused a real sensa-
tion in Rome, although it was not en-
tirely unexpected. But his efforts were
unavailing.
Would Not Accept Conditions
While at Gondokoro in February last
Mr.. Roosevelt wrote to Ambassador
| Leishman, saying he would be glad of
the honor Of an audience with King
Victor Emmanuel and the Pope. The
audience with the King was promptly
arranged. Before an arrangement
could be reached relative to an audi
ence with the Pope, several kilograms
were passed and the negotiations were
ended by Mr.. Roosevelt refusing in any
way to be limited as to his conduct
and announced that an audience with
| the Pope under the circumstances was
| impossible.
The controversy is another chapter
| of the book opened by Mr.. Fairbanks,
| when he took his choice between be-
| ing received by the Pope and attend
ing a reception given by the American
! Methodists in Rome. The Methodists
| have made themselves particularly OBJ
noxious to the Pope by the aggressive
work they are doing in Italy, and the
| Pope declines to receive any public
man who gives them support. He
| made it understood that he would be
| glad to give Mr.. Roosevelt an audience
! if the latter would promise not to at
tend any public meeting or function
| given by the Methodists while in
Rome. Mr.. Roosevelt of course declin-
ed, which was right and proper in an
| American citizen, but he gave out the
| CORES pondence in the matter to the
| newspaper correspondents, which was
not only violation of diplomatic eti-
| quette, but a display of bad taste
| which many Of his countrymen will
/ diSannrnye