Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-10
ITALIAN TOWN
FOR ROOSEVELT
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NCOntlnueu from FIRST rage
along the sunny slopes OF the Lisurlau
Alps from Spezls to Rapallo.
Half an hour after the arrival of Colonel
Roosevelt the project and the mayor OF
Genoa called on him and greeted him In
the name OF the municipality. Tonight
Colonel Roosevelt and his wife diued qulely
at their nottl
Continues by Railroad.
The Roosevelts Will continue their
journey by train to Porto Mauiiztu,
where they will visit Miss Carew, Mrs.
Rooseyelts sister, who has a beautiful villa
there. The inhabitants of Porto Maurizio
have planned elaborate festivities Ia honor
OF the eX-presldent, but chief interest In
his three days stay at the Carew villa
will be the visit there on Monday to see
Colonel Roosevelt Of clifford Pinchot, for
mer chief forester OF the United states De-
partment OF Agriculture. 1t is already
quite certain, however. that the visit Of
MIR. Pinchot will not be followed by any
Of the sensational developments that evil
IDENTIFY are expected in some quarters
Colonel Roosevelt has announced in adj
vance that he will nave nothing TO say
after the interview.
lie continues to maintain the silence on
political affairs he brought back with him
from the heart Of Africa. lie has kept
a perfectly open mind while being posted
upon what transp!red during his absence
and with regard to the present actual po-
litical situation at home. Without bias he
is ready to listen to friend or foe.
Interview with Pinchot.
Accordingly Colonel Roosevelt willingly
acceded to Mr. Pinchot's request for an in.
terview and during it MI. Pinchot is ex-
pected to explain in detail his side Of the
series Of events that led up to his dis
missal by President Taft as chief OF the
forest service. In the same way Colonel
Roosevelt expects TO see other friends, both
I'm Europe and America.
Colonel Roosevelt continues to express
regret over the inability Of United States
Senator Elihu Root to come to Europe to
meet him and from the senator he would
have been able TO obtain a sympathetic
exposition of the administrations side of
affairs, with which It is believed he lost
touch while in Africa.
1t is said that By letter or otherwise
since he returned to civilization. Colonel
Roosevelt has had from ardent supporters
and admirers in the United state a good
deal Of sharp criticism Of the Taft ad-
minlstrRtlOn and 1t is believed also that
he has received appeals urging the neces-
sity OF his re-entry into the political arena
But If this be SO, Colonel Roosevelt has
not given the slightest intimation of what
impression they have made. He always in
sists that he has nothing to say on the
subject until he gets back to America.
Colonel Roosevelt relates an amusing in
cident Of the trip, When he and Mrs.
Roosevelt reached the top of the pass at
Setri Levante where they stopped last
night, the enterprising proprietor Of a tav-
ern-a rival of the one in which they had
engaged rooms-sent out couriers in ad-
vance bearing American and Italian flags
and triumphantly escorted Colonel and Mrs.
Roosevelt TO his own hotel.
More Discussion in Rome.
ROME, April 9.-The Vatican-R Roosevelt
incident is still causing animated discus
sion between partisans, The party which
has rallied to the support of Cardinal
Merry del Val insists that 1t matters not
what consequences may ensue, as any
other outcome would be better than TO
have exposed the pope to humiliation. as
would have been the case had Mr.. Roose.
welt visited the pontIff and later called on
the Methodists, simply to demonstrate that
he could not be treated as was former
Vice President Fairbanks.
The faction hostile to the papal secretary's
attitude asks what the Vatican would
think If next autumn when Cardinal
Vincenzo Vannutelli, after attending the
EuCharistic congress at Montreal, should
upon going to the United States be asked
to dine with President Taft on the con-
dition that he would not visit the Apostolic
Mission house in Washington, directed by
Monsigneur Doyle, and which mission, like
that Of Methodists in Rome, is engaged in
converting persons to the faith 1t repre-
sents.