Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22

pome. tried to Interview my husband
ineffectively, but one agency, the osiIpps
McRae, asserted that Mr.. Storer nad come
to Rome on a ,dipiomatic mi 81 rroeG
thinking that the anti-Catholics woulo
attack him, and denied publicly that he
had ever sent any message 10 hohe.
Archbishop Ireland Ton receipt a., OF u, Two Two
arrival in Rome and giving an account OF
our audience) wrote a month later, after
q visit to Washington. as follows:
Washington. February 2, 1914.
my Dear Friend: Your two lette,s
were read and burnt. However.
Won need have no anxiety whatsoever
about the whole affair which was the
chief subject matter OF those ietters.
The President had no occasion to feel
ruffied in the least. but you Know ms
his own accord told me Of his writing TO
Won and asked me how publicity was
given to the matter. saiu tae
Scripps-McRae agency had merely maue
guess Gas to MT: st9rer S c9arnrsb IL
comments that followed amounted really
~ nothing. He Gained down completeiy'
remarked that he had every conHoeiics
in YOU. and hoped that the outcome OF
Xour mission would be what all desired.
is;udest regards to Mrs. Storer. Yours
, mi sincereIv. JOHN IRELAND
Threatened to Recall Husband.
.There was no consistory until Decem-
ber II 1907. and at this consistory Arch
hishop Ireland's name did not appear.
Mr.. Roosevelt was (characteristlcaiiy)
furious that his wishes had not been con-
sidered. and on the very day that he got
the news he wrote to me a letter SO
amazing that I thought he had taken
leave of his senses. He accused me OF
having used his name in an unautnofizeo
way at the Vatican to obtain the e'ess-
dinalate and demanded that write MIN
a letter acknowledging my misdemeanofs'
or else he would recall my husband.
Mr.. Storer would not permit me 10
months later the President recalled my
husband from Vienna and dismissed him
from the diplomatic service IN the most
brutal manner possible. The PRESIDENT
brought publicly the same raise accuse
ton against me, and all the newspapers
of the country attacked me. My husoand
on our return to the United states wrote
a letter in November. 1906. to the Presi-
dent and the cabinet. and In my oe1enSe
told the truth President Roosevelt pub
lished this letter and his answer to 1t IN
the form of letter to the secretary OF
State, Mr. Root. In this letter President
Roosevelt does not hesitate to assert:
AS for Mr.. Storer's assertion tnat
autnOrlZeu MIN 10 HidNc SuSh
as he says he was authorized 10 MAKE 70
the Pope, it is untrue. / gave him no sucn
authorization.
II write this statement Of facts because
it is time that people both in Europe
and America should really know what
manner Of man is Theodore Roosevelt
and how much his yociferating for hon
esty and a square dear really means He
is a dangerous influence, and the truth
alone can overcome his power-as 1t can
overcome all evil.
prove that Mr. Roosevelts request to
pope Plus X was not made at the solicit
tation of Archbishop ireland, first of all,
hut from the President himself, after the
commission was given to MT Storer.
The truth should be known in justice to
Archbishop Ireland.
MARIA LONGwORTH STORER.
"cnateau de Carrferes, Marc Jois-Lozere,
France, September 6. 1910"