The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-05-13
THE VATICAN INCIDENT AGAIN.
Warm Words for o'LouehIin and T
r. From Boston's Archbishop.


Warm Words for o'Louehin and T.
r. From Boston's Archbishop.
Lowell, Mass, May 7.-Theodore
Roosevelt's action in not meeting
Pope Plus, on the former presidents
recent visit to Rome, was called in
suting and a violation of Mr.. Roose-
velts principle of square deal" by
the Most Rev. William II. O'Connell,
archbishop of Boston, at public meet
ing of the American Federation of
Catholic societies, of the diocese, in
this city today. John Callan O'Lough.
lin, former assistant secretary of state,
who conducted the negotiations be-
tween Mr.. Roosevelt and the vatican
was severely arraigned by the arch.
bishop.
The archbishop's general subject
was Loyalty" In bringing up the
vatican incident, he said:
The cardinal secretary of state,
, Merry Del Val, when asked for an
audience for Mr. Roosevelt said: We
are very happy to receive him. The
holy father would be very happy to re-
ceive him, because he has been the
head of great nation and for whom
the holy father has every respect He
also said
When you communicate that to
him please say we hope nothing will
interfere with this desire on behalf of
both the holy father and Mr.. Roose-
welt of seeing each other, as, for in.
about the Methodist college to Mr..
, Fairbanks
"The answer was, oh, well, | can
not enter into any conditions. The
audience is now off, That is insult.
ing. Mr.. Roosevelt, when you were
president of the white house, did you
stand at the door welcoming itno your
parlOr and your dining room the riff.
raft of the street who hurl stones at
your head and insult your family?
Would you do that? These are the
conditions, Mr.. Roosevelt. You were
not strictly loyal, even to your own
principles, Mr. Roosevelt You, who
talk so much about the square deal.
Mr. Roosevelt you could have at least
waited till you came to Rome and in
formed yourself well of the position
of this institution, and, having done
so, if you really meant the square
deal, which men now begin to doubt.
you would have said. No, holy father.
| come to you, | stand for honor and
reverance and the right, and l can.
not, as an honest man in any way par
ticipate or have anything to do with
this institution
And remember | am talking really
and truly on principle, not personali-
ties. | am talking as | would to any
man. Now, Mr.. Roosevelt has always
said and has given us to understand
that he is very fond of Catholics and
he liked the Catholics very much.
We will let that pass. We suppose it
is true. If it were true then, Mr.. Roos.
evelt, why did you dare insult the holy
father, the pope. Why did you dare
to pass over the common rights OF
man to turn down an affair of hospi,
'oilNy VI lIt nOly ldlltI, Iue Uedu Oh
the great Catholic church, whom we
revere as the vicar of the Christ
Now, Mr.. Roosevelt, do you really
love us? If so, you have shown your
affection for us in very strange way
The vatican knew perfectly we'll that
its action would be misrepresented
The cardinal secretary of state, Merry
Del Val, knew perfectly that at once
there would be oceans of vilifications
heaped against him and Mr.. Roosevelt
allowed him to take the blame. The
vatican is loyal and there is an ex
ample of disloyalty in that very Incl
dent which stands forever as history
1T is the case of John Callan
OLoughlin. Who is he? He says he
is Catholic and he boasts of it, and
in the same breath cables all over
the world that the head of his church
is wrong and Mr.. Roosevelt is the
greatest thing in creation. That is
the sort of a Catholic that we are
ashamed of. He will live to see the
day that he will regret those words. >