Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-05
|COMMENT0F CLERGY
Father Fleming of Georgetown
C0mmends Roosevelt.
THINKS POPE ALSO RIGHT
Father Doyle Believes Methodists in
Rome Are to Blame.
PROTESTANT MINISTER'S VIEWS
Ex-President's Course Approved by
DR.. Radcliffe, Rev. E. Hez
Sven and Others.
PROTESTANT MINISTER'S VIEWS

Sven and Others.
A number of the prominent clergy of
the city commented today on the cancel
| lation of Col Roosevelt's audience with
the pope.
Protestant ministers everywhere do not
hesitate to discuss the subject The
Catholic clergy prefer for high officials of
the church to give voice to the Catholic
view.
Pope and Roosevelt Both Right.
Father Fleming vice president of the
Georgetown University, however, talked
somewhat freely about the affair He ex-
pressed the opinion that the incident would
result in better feeling between Cath
olics and Protestants in this country
"Of course. every politician will try to
make capital out of this matter" he said,
but the truth is that there is not Cath
Ollie in America who would not admire
Col Roosevelt for the clever way in which
he has acted. The fact that he succeeded
in keeping the incident out of the news
papers until he made a full statement
shows that he is a wise and far-seeing
man.
of course. Mr. Roosevelt is now
private citizen. Even had he been a
| representative of the American nation
ana had he accepted certain conditions
In his audience with the pope, it would
have been nothing more than has hap
countries
ceive the Emperor of Germany until the
condition had been imposed that the
emperor should start for the Vatican
from the German embassy in Rome
|
not recognize the authority of Victor
Emmanuel as king of Italy. and would
Vatican from any place in Rome except
the embassy of his own country.
Neither the King of Belgium or the
Emperor of Austria has ever had an
have not accepted his conditions. There
the matter ends.
I'm this country. thank God, where
religion and politics are not mixed, a
man may be a democrat and a
Protestant, or a Catholic and repub-
lean eoo or vice . versa and there is no
Catholics will admire the sane and
sensible view that Mr. Roosevelt has
taken of the incident, and, on the other
hand, I see no reason why every Prot
estant should not fully understand
without any offense, the action Of the
pope"
Views of Father Doyle.
|
given Mr.. Roosevelt big hug if ne could
have gotten near enough. to him.
Father Doyle. rector of the Apostolic
Mission House at Brookland and person.
friend of Col. Roosevelt, said to
| And | guess T. r. would have
| ciprocated,' he continued. Howe
neither the holy father nor the cardinals
| secretary Of state is not to blame for the
intolerable condition created for the holy
| nv the MathOdiStS i'm Rome"
| 1T is not my place." Father Doyle
| said ito comment on the action of the
| holy father. He understands the situa-
| ton thoroughly and is fully cognizant of
his rights as well as of the proprieties
| in the matter. 1t is good to see that
he has firmness of principle and that no
| worldly consideration can swerve him
from what he thinks is right in the
premises.
| ITO talk about the incident being an
affront to the American people is all TOM
my rot l am sure no one regrets the
affair more than the holy father Not
because there is the slightest danger
| of cooling the loyalty and attachment
| of the American Catholics to the person
of the pope. but because Plus has
sincere love for Mr.. Roosevelt. personally |
and individually. and for those traits of
American character for which he stands |
Classified as Insult.
I'm this affair we must not forget that |
this Methodist off shoot in Rome is carry |
ing on a campaign of insult and attack |
on the august person o. the pope. The |
good that will come out of it all will be |
the condemnation by the American people |
of their particular methods. 1t is pity !
that there is in Rome or anywhere else |
an organization that calls itself Ameri |
| can that by its undignified and offensive |
methods puts a handicap respectable |
American citizens who are sojourning |
| there and makes Americanism byword
and laughing stock of self-respecting |
men.
IF YOU had an unruly boy who would |
| insist in going into your neighbours gar
den and plucking the flowers and digging |
up the plants and calling names and |
| hurting insults you would call him home |
and spank him.
1T is the custom of any court to lay
| down the conditions on which it shall
receive visitors. The holy father is en- |
! tirely within his powers when he says
| when and how any one may call on him. |
| and if the visitor does not care to accept |
| the conditions. why, he need not come.
When the German emperor was in |
Rome some years ago and asked for an |
audience the holy father said, Yes, you
may come, but you must come from the |
German embassy and in the ambassa-
doris carriage, and the empress must |
| wear the prescribed court dress. He
| came III tHe way the NoIS ldtHci cAdStcu
| of him. The exactions are not personal |
| to Plus X, but they are the traditions of |
| the Vatican. coming down from the CEN |
| turtles of court custom; and so time-hOn- |
ored are they that 1t is impossible to |
break them
Rev Eugene A. Hannah, pastor of ST. |
Martins Catholic Church: 81 don't know |
thing about the Roosevelt incident at |
Rome"
| Rev DR.. Wallace Radcliffe Of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church said
| 1.-The only thing to do it to laugh. l |
| thought the pope had more wisdom. His
| predecessor would never have made such |
| a mistake.