Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-05

audience cpnnot take place except on the
understanding expressed in the former
| uesseg ge."
! The following day Mr.. Roosevelt sent an
other message to the American ambassa-
dor, saying: The proposed presentation
| is Of course, now impossible"
VIII Make Big Stir.
The failure to arrange an audience be-
tween Ex President Roosevelt and the pope,
which was known only in certain circles
today, is expected to create a tremendous
stir here as well as abroad, foreshadowing
the Importance of the incident in which
ex-Vice President Fairbanks was the prin-
cipal. Although the negotiations were tech
nicslly between Ambassador Leshman and
Mgr. Kennedy IL is well understood in
Rome that Mgr. Kennedy was acting under
the instructions of Cardinal Merry Del Val
The kilograms therefore, were in reality
between ex-Presldent Roosevelt and papal-
sey OF state.
When the correspondent called at the
vatican this evening great surprise was
evinced when It was learned that Mr..
Roosevelt had given out the text Of the
messages exchanged by Mgr. Kennedy and
the American ambassador as they were
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diplomatic communica tions.
Mgr. Kennedy explained that on March
21, John w. Garrett, first secretary Of the
embassy called upon him to transmit
Mr.. Roosevelts request for an audience
with the pope on April 8. He said that
Mr.. Garrett insisted upon the word trans
nit" Mgr Kennedy informed the secretary
that he would Immediately present the re-
quest to the proper vatican authorities and
promised q response as soon as possible
Vatican Surprised.
THE follCzing day." said Mgr. Ken
nedy, II was authorized to send Mr. Roose-
Welt the first message which is quoted in
his statement. The reference to the Fair
banks incidents in the message was in
tended by the vatican only as a friendly in
timation. 1 notice that my second message
is not fully given. It ran thus;
His holiness win be much pleased TO
grant an audience to Mr. Roosevelt, for
whom he entertains great esteem, both per-
sonally and as president OF the United
States. His holiness quite recognizes Mr.
Roosevelt's entire right TO freedom of con-
duct On the other hand, in view OF the
circumstances for which neither his holl-
ness nor Mr.. Roosevelt is responsible an
audience could not occur except on the
} understanding expressed in the former mes
sage
} After this no further communication
reached me from Mr.. Roosevelt"
1t further appears that it was John
Callan O'Loughlin, who was assistant sec
retary of state in 1909 and a great per-
sonal friend Of Mr.. Roosevelt, who yester-
day attempted to intercede With Cardinal
Merry Del Val. The following semi-offcial
view has been furnished to the Associated
|, Press by vatican authority.
Cardinal Merry Del Val said to Mr.
OLoughlin:
"Can you guarantee that Mr. Roosevelt
will not visit the Methodist here?"
Reply from O'LOughIIn.
Mr.. OLoughlin replied:
7 cannot, indeed 1 believe that Mr..
Roosevelt is Just the man TO go there He
will do he pleases."
1T is indefensible," said the papal sec
retary. FOR any person to be asked to
be received by a reeter parsonage whose
feelings he would be unwilling to respect"
In the course Of further conversation the
cardinal declared that no court in Europe
granted unrestricted audiences Mr.
y Roosevelt himself" said the cardinal,
] when he was president declined to receive
persons Internationally at the White
House"
Without giving the name Of the person.
, the cardinal recalled a case, where Presi-
dent Roosevelt having been enormously in
formed that a certain person was visiting
him by the authority Of the vatican, imme-
dlately sent cabinet officer TO the apostle
delegate at Washington to inform the dele
, gate that he could not receive this per
sonage but he meant no discourtesy to the
. pope by his refusal The pontiff when
informed OF this replied
Il esteem President Roosevelt more than
ever"
Returning TO the present incident Cardinal
Merry Del Val remarked:
Not Religious Question.
1T is not IN any sense question Of re-
llgion. Mr. Roosevelt might have gone to
an Episcopalian. a Presbyterian or any
other church, except the Methodist, and de-
livered an address there. and he would have
been received By the pope, even on the
same day. But he could not be received
when it was suspected that after the aud
ience he intended TO go 10 the Methodist
church in Rome. which is carrying on a
most offensive campaign OF calumny and
detraotion against the pontiff."
The papel secretary even recognized Mr..
Roosevelts right 10 claim the privilege Of
visiting the Methodists the day after the
audience, on condition that he. Merry Del
Val, receive private assurance that he
would not actually do so.
The Vatican emphasizes the statement
that It did not receive from the American
embassy any notification OF Mr.. Roosevelt 5
final message that an audience had become
impossible.
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