The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
ROOSEVELT WILL
NOT MAKE VISITS
TO METHODISTS
By JOHN cALLAN o'LoUGHLIN

BY JOHN CALLAN O'LOUGHLlN
Especial Gable 10 The Call
Copyright by the Tribune Co.. Chicago, 191o)
ROME, April 4.-Theodore Roosevelt
will not visit the Methodist mission and
he will not make an address before the
Methodists. In lieu Of such action he
will hold a reception at the American
embassy Wednesday. TO which all
Americans in Rome, without respect to
creed, will be invited. The invitation
will be extended to the Catholic col
lege as we'll as to the other American
organizations.
Donators Clark and Sipple, leaders
of the Methodists in Rome. called on
Roosevelt this afternoon and said that
the would be glad for chance to pre-
sent the American members of their
mission and to invite at the same time
some others for a general reception.
Il am perfectly willing to rest my
case with all American Catholics upon
the statements issued by Cardinal
Merry Del Val"
This is the only comment Roosevelt
would make this evening on the state
ments of the vatican made yesterday
and this morning.
Interest Is Aroused
The statements aroused intense inter-
est throughout Europe and Roosevelt
was beseiged by horde of journalists
representins papers of all the western
countries today. Je regards the mat
ter closed with the receipt while in
Cairo of the final message from Mon
signor Kennedy Of the American col
lege of Rome. reiterating that the
audience was only to be permitted with
the understanding that there should be
no repetition of the Fairbanks affair.
'As the cardinal quotes me in the
statements he has issued. l feel justt-
fed in saying that the expressions that
he therein attributes to me are sub
stantially correct. In my. personal ca
pacity called upon Cardinal Merry Del
Val Saturday evening. He Immediately
received me in his private office. which
is decorated in soft red tints- The car
dinal appeared in the robes of his
eminent office, wearing a heavy gold
chain with a pendant cross around his
neck. 1 read fro ma memorandum which
I had prepared, stating that 1 did not
come with Roosevelt's authority, though
1 had apprised him of my intention.
You may go or not. just as you
please" Roosevelt said to me. But do
not forget that as far as L am con-
cerned the situation is precisely as l
put 1t in my cabIegrams. and 1 can not
add not subtract to what 1 have said
in them"
Recites Roosevelt's Attitude
1 described the prospective effect of
the incident on American sentiment
and recited the just attitude which
Roosevelt has observed in respect to
all Catholics, to which the cardinal
agreed / added: Il want your emil
nence to know that in my Judgment
Mr.. Roosevelt is too tactful and too
much of a statesman ever TO give
fauz pas. 1 know that he declined TO
make any engagements with the ex-
ception of that with the king of Italy
and the preferred reception by the
pope until after his arrival in Rome.
"Recognizing the dignity Of the pope
as he does. 1 know him we'll enough TO
be sure that he would have refrained
from any act which might be ob1ec-
tionabIe to the vatican, but the day
after his presentation was his own to
to do with as he saw fit and in my
judgment. no one has any right what
ever TO say what he should or what
he should not do after his presenta-
tion TO the pope"
am not at liberty to give the views
expressed by the Cardinal. but his tone
was most frienly towards Roosevelt.
and he evidently had the desire to ar
range the audience without abandoning
the position taken in regard to Fair
banks. Naturally I could not private
ly pledge that Roosevelt would not call
upon the Methodists.
Object to Methodists
The pope is greatly incensed at the
campaign of calumny which it is
charged the Methodists are conducting.
declaring that they are not only prose-
Iyting Catholics in an outrageous
fashion, but are distributing pam
phlets in which it is stated they make
vicious and wholly unwarranted at
tacks upon the pope Against the other
protestants in Rome the Vatican has
no complaint, but it is determined in
the case of the Methodists to have
nothing to do with them or with any
one having relations with them What
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