The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-07
MIR. FAIRBANKS IS
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Rome. February 6-The visit to Roi of Charles W. Fairbanks, former VI President of the United States, brous about very delicate situation, owing the fact that he wished to pay his spects to the King, the Pope and t American Methodist church. Incidents this kind are not infrequent, and extrer care has to be exercised by those up whom the arrangement of the audienc fall in order to avoid offending the st capabilities on either side.
 By a tactful arrangement Mr Fla banks audience with King Victor Ei manuel was fixed for Saturday, and tn with the Pope for Monday. and wh everything seemed satisfactorily plann1 the Vatican suddenly announced that would be impossible for His Holiness receive the former Vice President of t United States if he carried out his nounced intention to speak in the Anne icaIt Methodist church here, because u Methodists had been very active in pros lyting among the Catholics
 Negotiations were immediately besi with view to avoiding any unpleasant ness and situation which might si rise to misconceptions, and on these nu gotistions prominent Vatican officials et erted every influence to remove the diI ferences which had so unexpectedly pry sented themselvs to MT. Fairbanks aud enca with the Pope. But MT. Fairbanl| finally declared that although he was an| mated by strong desire to pay his II spects to the head of the Catholic cllurcI whose followers had played such an in portant~part as good American citizen| he would not withdraw from his promij to deliver an address before the AmeI ican Methodist church.
 Monsisnor Kennedy, rector of the AmeI ican college, gave a dinner at noon honor of MT. Fairbanks. The hall wa decorated with American flags. Amor' those present were IA American studentI the largest body of Americans that Ind atterded the institution.
 Mcnsisnor Kennedy gave a toast to til former Vice President. expressing higl appreciation of the honor conferred upo| the college, and said that Mr. Fai1 banks was not among strangers, but sti in an American house, among men prou to be Americans and anxious to rotul1 home to labor for thugood of their fe| low-countrymen.
 MT. Fairbanks in rising gave a toas to the Christian church. making no dii tinction of denomination. He declare that the Catholic church had accomplishe great things for God and humanity, whll past prejudices against the Catholics Ina entirely disappeared. for they were eve at the front when the country needed t be defended or It's dignity to be upheld.
 At the American Methodist church MI Fairbanks address acquired exceptions importance because of the incident wit the Vatican, and it Is looked upon . his final answer to the conditions 1T posed upon him relative to his audienc with the Pope. During the course of thi address he said:
 s'It is impossible to emphasize to strongly the good work the Christia church Is doing in all lands and amongi all nationalities. It Is gratifying that te American churches established in s1 countries are asserting g. wider infiuene today than ever before in their history.
 .Tte agitation going on In the politica social and economic worlds is due Christianity breaking down the castes an nre1u dices, and lifting mankind to hiater plane. The democratic idea whic is taking root in political institution is due to the expanding influence c Christianity.
 "All Christian churches are worthy C support. They above all should be iH spired by a-generous, tolerant spirit t> ward each other. Nothing is more uS seen7ly than the narrow 1ealousies whic they occasionally manifest toward eac other. There Is room for all. Cease th narrow denominational wars and diro< your energies toward the common enemy Let the Catholics and the Protestants ( ali denominations vie in carrying fol ward the work of the Master. which worthy of the best in them all''