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three months Roosevelt has made
more news" than any private individ-
ual ever did before in like time.
Probably the most startling feature
of Roosevelt's entire trip was what is
now referred to as the vatican Incl
dent" On last April 3, the world was
astonisihed by the news that the
! colonel had cancelled his engagement
to pay his respects to the pope by rea
son of what he considered the undue
restrictions that Mgr. Kennedy, acting
as the pope's representative sought T
| to place upon his movements while in
Rome. Mgr. Kennedy cautioned the
colonel against making himself per-
| soma non grata by addressing or in
other ways openly encouraging the
work of the Methodist church in
4 Rome. This precaution was taken as |
a result of the unpleasantness growing
out of the cancellation Of former Vice
President Fairbanks engagement to
visit the vatican because of his adj
dress to the Methodists. When Mgr.
Kennedy submitted his terms Roose-
velt Immediately telegraphed his decli-
nation and Cancelled the engagement.
There was a tremendous hubbub
and valiant effort was made by third
parties to patch up the breach, but
Roosevelt stood firm. BY a striking
show OF diplomacy, however, he
emerged from the embarrassment
with econiums FROM Catholics and
Protestants alike Throughout it all
Roosevelt made it plain that he meant
no offense either to the pope or to
Catholics generally. The whole affair
4 was finally charged to a lack of tact
on the part Of Papal Secretary of State
Cardinal Merry del Val, and 1t was
rumored that he would lose his official
relation with the vatican as result of
the incident.
\ Of the hunt in Africa Roosevelt's
own report to the Smithsonian insti-
tute, sent after his arrival at Khar-
\ toum and at the end of the hunt, gives
a good idea of what was accomplished.
In this he says:
Il have the honor to report that the
Smithsonian African expedition, which
was intrusted to my charge, has now
i completed its work. Full reports will
\ be made later by the three naturalists
4 -Messrs Mearns Heller and Loring
\ send this preliminary statement to
4 summarize what has been done; the
| figures are substantially accurate, but
j. may have to be changed slightly in
the final reports.
1--WE landed In Mombasa on April
4 81, 1909, and reached Khartoum or
"a March Ia, 1910 On landing we were
: joined by Messrs. R. J. Cunningham
and Leslie j. Tarlton, the former was
with us throughout our entire trip
the latter until we left East Africa
and both worked as zealously and ef
ficiently for the expedition as any 9th
er member thereof.
1--WE spent eight months in British
East Africa We collected CAREFUL,
in various portions of the Anthi ane
Kapitil plains. in the Sotik and arount
Lake Niavasha. Messrs. Mearns ant
Loring made a thorough biological sur
vey of Mt Kenia, while the rest 0
the party sllirted its western base
went to and up the Cuaso Nyero an
later visited the Guas Ngishu regio
and both sides of the Rift valley
Messrs. Kermit Roosevelt and Tarlto
went to the Laikipia plateau and LAX
Terrington and DR.. Mearns and ke
nit Roosevelt made separate trips t
the coast region near. Mombasa. Q
ith December 19 the expedition left Eas
Africa. Passed Unganda and wer
he down the White Nile.
Si"North of Wadelai we stopped an
err snent over three weeks in the Lad
be- and from Gondakora Kermit Rooseve
er- and I again crossed into the lador
as spending eight or ten days in II
'ry neighborhood of Rejaf.
I'LL ,"In Gondokoro we were met by tt
so steamer which the Sidar, with gre
courtesy, had put at our disposal. !
fha way to Khartoum we made c.
lections in Lake No, and on the Bal
ell Ghazel and Bar el Zeraf. We oy
.R our warmest thanks for the genera
courtesy shown us and the aid FIRE
~ given us, not only by the Sidar, b
by all the British officials in Ea
Africa. Uganda, and the Sudan, a.
by the Belgian officials in the Lad
US and this, of course. means that we
also indebted to the home govel
eat. ments of Egypt and Belgium.
"On the trip Mr.. Heller has p
pared 1920 specimens of mamma
the majority of large sizes; Mr.. L
ing has prepared 3,163, and
4 Mearns, TIA, total of 4,S97 ma
tbs, mails Of the birds DR.. Hearns |
lore prepared nearly 3,100; Mr.. Loring s
the and Mr.. Heller about so; total
cord about 1000 birds.
"Of reptiles and batrachians Mess
nra- Mearns, Loring and Heller collec
d n about 1000,
re- "Of fishes, about 500 were collect
and DR. Mearns collected marine tisl
CON near hombasa and fresh water MS
arly elsewhere in British East Africa,
v he and Cunninghame collected us
WA IN A. White Nile This makes