Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-06
trying to insist that nobody else has
any right in Rome"
MUCH EMBARRASSMENT
Caused Mr.. Roosevelt by the Rev.
Triples Foolish Talk.

Triples Foolish Talk.
Rome. April 5.--Mr. Roosevelt was
not in his happiest mood today. His
wish that the Vatican audience Incl
dent be regarded as personal to him
had not been respected and he was in
tensely annoyed.
About the first thing that the for
mer President did today was to call off
the reception to the members of the
American colony which had been set
for tomorrow night. This action can
be traced directly to the issuance yes
terday Of a statement by Rev. 3. M.
Triple, pastor of the American Meth
odist church. in which opportunity was
taken for an attack upon the Roman
Catholic church. Mr.. Roosevelt does
not propose to be used by any one to
the disparagement'o of any one else.
Rev. Mr.. Triple called upon Mr..
Roosevelt yesterday afternoon and
upon his departure made public a
statement in which he lifted the Vati-
can episode out of the realm of the
personal and gave it worldwide sig
nificance.
"Mr. Roosevelt has struck a blow
for goth century Christianity said
Rev. Mr.. Triple. 1.-THE representatives
of two great republics have been the
ones to put tine Vatican where it be-
longs, = The Vatican is in
compatible with Republican princi-
pies. This is bitter dose for patri-
otto Catholics in America to swal-
low. wonder how many doses of this
20 haf fho1y rpVn1t .
Is Catholicism in America to be
American or Romish? If Romish. then
every patriotic American should rise
to crush it, for Roman Catholicism is
the uncompromising foe of freedom
* s. The world advances. but the
Vatican never"
The statement in full was shown to
Mr.. Roosevelt today, when he said:
Il had made no arrangements to speak
at any church or clerical organization
in Rome. 1 have received a number of
gentlemen of all religious faiths who
have called at my rooms or at the Amer
lean embassy.
Under the circumstances. l have re-
quested the American ambassador not to
hold the reception which he had intended
to hold Wednesday afternoon.
LAS regards all efforts by whomsoev-
err made to bring about and inflame re-
ligious animosities because of what has
occurred in connection with the Vatican
and my self, I can do no more than refer
to the emphatic statements contained
in my open letter to Dr. Lyman Abbott
already published.
"All that I there said / wish to reit-
crate with my whole power"
Mr.. Leshman, the American ambassa.
dor, had arranged the reception at the
American embassy in order that Mr.
Roosevelt might meet the Americans in
Rome, regardless of their religious faith
upon the neutral ground of the embassy
The appearance however, of Mr.. Triples
statement displeased many Catholics
| who forthwith manifested an intention of
abandoning their purpose to attend the
reception if the Methodists of the organ
ization represented by Mr.. Triple were to
be present. The matter was carried to
Mr. Roosevelt, who after hearing both
sides, promptly asked Mr. Leishman tc
! cancel the whole affair. This was done
The sensation caused by the determine.
Iioi VI Asli. NOOoCNOiI liOI W Uc IcCelNSu
| by the Pope upon the terms made by
Cardinal Merry del Val continues una
| bated. The press today Is filled with col
| umns on the subject. The papers of all
shades of political opinion with the ex-
ception of the clerical organs, support
Mr.. Roosevelt's attitude. Some of the
violent anti-clerical sheets intimate that
the affair may result in the downfall
| of the Papal secretary. These papers
apparently are trying to arouse a great
| ant-clerical demonstration to be made at
the railway station when Mr.. Roosevelt
| leaves the city on Wednesday night.
None of these partisan movements has
the sympathy of Mr. Roosevelt. who is
| exceedingly put out that a personal in
cident should have melted an exhibition
of that very religious hostility which he
| so greatly deprecates.
Under the heading THE bankruptcy OF
| the Vatican" the lMessagero points out
| that the Pope recently received Emper-
or William. King Edward, Prince Won
Buelow and Chancellor Won Betbmann.
Hollweg. all Professionals. without at.
tempting to impose restrictions which
would certainly have been rejected by
them with as much Indignation as Mr.
Roosevelt displayed" The paper expects
that the incident will create great resent
ment in America where the national
pride is so strong" and result in a dimi-
mutton of Peters Pence from that coun-
try.
Inc correspondence Romano quotes the
vatican as its authority for saying that
mad Mr.. Roosevelt visited the Pope today
ana later spoken before the Methodists
the case would be exactly as though
"hiie in Germany he should go from an
audience to the Emperor to a meeting
'i foiish separatists, who are accustom-
sd to attack both the empire and the
Emperor.