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eisely one hour and upon arising from
table. the party returned to the mirror
room where what is known as the cir
Gle followed. during which the emperor
personally made the round of his
guests.
His 1eavetaking of the former Pres
ident and his son was exceedingly cor
dial.
Roosevelt at the Opera.
From the palace Colonel Roosevelt
and Kermit drove direct to the imperial
opera house, where they occupied the
court box for a short time during the
second act of the Barber of Seville"
The house was crowded in anticipation
Of the eX-President's presence, and he
was given a hearty reception. They
drove from the opera TO the American
embassy where an informal reception
to the American colony had been ar
ranged.
Mr.. Roosevelt viii leave for Budapest
at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, spe-
ciai car having been placed at his ser
vice.
He viii be met by Count Apponyi at
Pressburg and viii proceed in an au-
tOmobile and spend the day with the
count at his castle at Eberhart.
He viii resume his journey at $3.50
o'clock in the evening, arriving at
Budapest about three hours iatSr,
What is regarded as a very cheerful
after the luncheon which Ambassador
Kerens gave in honor of Colonel RoOse-
welt, when MonsignOr Granite do Bel
monte Pignatelli the papal nunciO &C
credited to the Austrian court, In the
full ecclesiastical vestments of his Of
flee accompanied by his secretary,
MonsignOr ROssi- Stockalper, called
upon the ex-President.
After being pre- sented by the Ameri-
can ambassador the papal nuncfo and
Colonel Roosevelt withdrew
Secrecy Maintained.
They talked together twenty minutes,
but what transpired it is impossible to
state, as both subsequently declined to
give any information. 1t was generally
assumed that the vatican incident was
discussed and that the nuncio was the
bearer of message from the pope, as
an amba ssador cannot diVest himself
of his official functions.
This, however, later was denied by
Ambassador kerens, who explained
that he had invited the nunciO to be
present at the luncheon to meet the ex-
President, but that that official was
unable 10 accept the invitation because
no other member of the diplomatic
corps was attending. and, being desir-
Gus of seeing Mr.. Roosevelt he came
after the luncheon.
When asked if it could be assumed
that the papal nuncio was the bearer
of a message from the vatican, the
American ambassador replied:
1T would be unfortunate to place
that construction upon the visit"
Franz Josef and the Vatican.
Another rumOr which gained cur
rency attrib uted the possibility of
the meeting to the emperor, the story
running that the emperor, after meet
ing Colonel Roosevelt yesterday was so
greatly impressed with his personality
that he telegraphed TO the vatican ad-
vising some step that would put an end
To the incident There are good rea-
sons to believe that this version is en-
tirely incorrect 1t was explained
that the emperor himself is in an awk-
ward position with the vatican over
several matters, notably regarding the
visit which he owes to the king of
Italy and which he cannot make be-
cause if he went to Rome neither the
pope nor the king would receive him
if he called upon the other first.
1t is not considered likely under these
conditions that the emperor has inter-
vened. Besides, Count Won Aehrenthal,
the AustrO- Hungarian minister of for
eign affairs is not or good terms with
the Dapal nuncio, who, during the con-
trOversy over the school question sew
era1 years ago, wrote letter to a cler-
ieal organ charging the minister with
Misrepresentation.