Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-05
ROOSEVELT CALLS
Off RECEPTION TO
AMERICAN COLONY
President Displeased
Over Efforts TO lnflame Re-
ligious Animosities.

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 former
President did today was to call off the
reception to the members of the AmerI-
can colony, which had been set for to-
morrow night. This action can be
traced directly to the Issuance yester-
day of d statement by the Rev. DIR.
b. NJ. Triple, pastor of the American
Methodist Church, in which opportunity
was taken for an attack upon the
Roman church Mr.. Roosevelt does not
propose to be used. by any one to the
fisparagement Of any one else.
The statement issued by DIR. Triple
that caused the trouble was as follows:
"WhiIc the work of M~cthodism In
Rome" says the statement, "stnrted
the runpus, 1t is 40 longer Methodism,
or any other ism, hut the great prin-
ciple of federation. VT. Roosevelt has
struck n blow fer twentieth century
Christianity.
1.-THE representatives of two great
republics have been the ones to put the
Vatican where it belongs. President
Loubet refused to accede to Vatican
conditions. and now Mr.. Fairbanks and
Nr. Roosevelt come to maintain the
dignity and independence of American
l.. tIa fnnA Vatican
tyranny.
'"rhc Vatican is with
republican principles. This Is n bitter
dose for patriotic Catholics in America
go swallow. ! wonder how many doses
of this sort they will take before they
reyoItr Is catholicism in Americn to
he American or Romish: If Romish,
then every patriotic American should
rise TO crush 1t. for Roman Catholicism
IN the uncompromising foe of freedom.
'After the Fairbanks episode the
Methodists never dreamed that the
Vatican would commit "a similar blum
der with Mr.. Roosevelt. Tint II has
done so is added proof that the policy
prevailing there is the same yesterday,
today and forever. The Vatican Is the
tdsAcdDs win " ~
vatican never.
n "Americans can now better UNDER
stand how 1t is that the Roman Church
hns lost France, the men of Italy, and
Is losing Spain and Austria"
The statement in full was shown to
NJ. Roosevelt today, when he said:
Il had made no arrangements to
speak at any church or clerical organi-
cation in Rome. / have received Il
rumber of gentlemen of all religious
faiths who have called at my rooms or
at the American embassy, Under the
circumstances 1 have requested the
American ambassador not to hold the
reception which he had intended to
hold Wednesday afternoon.
LAS regards all efforts by whomso-
ever made to bring about and inflame
religious animosities because of what
has occurred in connection with the
Vatican and myself, l can DO no more
than to refer t. the emphatic state
ments contained in my open letter to
DR.. Lyman Abbott, already published.
"All that 1 there said 1 desire to re-
iterate with my whole power"
Mr.. Leishman, the American ambas-
sador. had arranged the reception at
Inc American embassy III liIdI
Mr.. Roosevelt might meet the Amer
leans in Rome, regardless of their re-
Iigious faith, upon the neutral ground
of the embassy. The appearance. how
ever, of Mr.. Triples statement dis
pleased many American Catholics, who
forthwith manifested an intention of
abandoning their purpose to attend the
reception if the Methodists of the or
| ganization represented by Mr.. Triple
were to be present. The matter was
carried to Mr.. Roosevelt. who, after
hearing both sides, promptly asked Mr..
| Deishmian to cancel the whole affair.
This was done.
King Victor Emmanuel called upon
Mr.. Roosevelt at the latter's hotel, the
Beau Site. this morning. Some time
was spent in an animated conversation
that was. it could be seen. mutually
agreeable.
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