The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-05
COLONEL SCORES
METHODIST PASTOR
IFate at Statement of Rev.
B. M. Triple, and Calls of
Reception
DECLARES UTTERANCE
TO BE UNCALLED FOR
Thinks it Attempt to Launch See
tarion Controversy-Plainly
Worried by Vatican Incident,
Fearing He is Misunderstood.

lBy stan Correspondent of tins
United Press,)
ROME, April o.--Coionel Roosevelt
Is displeased with the statement Is
sued last night by Rev. b. III. Triple,
Of the Methodist church in Rome,
which he characterized as an, uh
called for attempt to launch sec
tartan controversy. has called on the
public reception for tomorrow. at
American embassy
j This reception was to be a public
affair. open to all regardless OF
nationality or creed and, while no.
SO announced, was looked upon as
taking the place OF call by the Col
onel upon the Methodist church.
The prime purpose of the reoep-
ton was to emphasize the religious
federation for which Roosevelt stands
and in view OF this purpose the Col
onel took oYense at ReY.-Mr- Tip
pies statement, In which he fiercely
attacked the-N atieaa-i Fs-tseFae@taef
with it's treatment Of Roosevelt the
very thing that Roosevelt was trytns
to avoid.
The following statement was made
by the Colonel in connection with the
calling off OF to-morrow's reception.
IL had made no arrangements to
ganization in Rome. / have received
a number OF gentlemen of all religious
faiths who have called at my rooms
or at the embassy. Under the cir
cumstances / have requested the
American ambassador not to hold the
reception which he had intended to
hold on Wednesday afternoon.
AZ regards ait efforts 10y whom-
socyer made to bring about and in
aox raj cda nj henAfIaa fls
what has occurred In connection with
the Vatican and myself / can do no
more than refer to the emphatic
statements contained In my open let
ter to Or. Lyman Abbott. editor OF
The Outlook. All that / there said
desire to reiterate with my whale
power"
Objectionable Paragraph.
The paragraph In DIR, Tpple's
statement that particularly offended
the Colonel was the following:
This is bitter dose for patriotic
Catholics IN America to swallow
wonder how many doses OF this Sort
they will take before they reyoits Is
Catholicism In America to be Ameri-
can or Romishe II Romish xhen
every patriotic American sheuH rtss
to crush IL, for Roman Catholicism
II the incorporating foe OF Tree
DOM"
while officially Colonel Roosevelt
locks upon his controversy with the
Vatican az q closed incident, 1t I,
no betrayal Of confidence TO say thai
tho affair has worried him and Ii
worrying him to-day probably more
than any former controversy In which
he was ever involved.
There IL not the shadow of doubt
IN the ex-president's mind as to tbs
propriety Of his course from begin
ming 70 end and nothing has giver
him rNetee<pieasure than to see thai
the world generally has approved Of
his actions.
Fears Misunderstanding.
What worried him, hewever, 10 the
3oar that his host of Catholic friends
In America may not fully understand
the situation from n lack of fnfor-
NATION.
The colonel expressed this doubt to-
day to the United Press correspondent
and then asked:
You fellows have carried enough
Of this to set me right with my friends
at home, haven't your
Even the statement that thu stor,
had been fully covered failed wholly
to rsassure the colonel. and he added
''wsli, do hope my friends I'M
derstAnd the situation and all ths
0aN0fWRIhlnS GAHnce-
Mr.. Roosevelt then reiterated hill
statement that he was willing to res
his case on Cardinal Merry Del Vars
statement, which was to the edec'
that he 1.-THE eardinaD would haYs
allowed the colonel to claim, in pub
lie, the right to 60 to the Methods
college the day after his audience
with the Pope. on condition that tbs
colonel would privately assure this
cardinal that he really would not go
II IL not going too far to say tina
Mr.. Roosevelt looked upon this pro
posaI as insincere. but an insincerit,
In which he expressly stipulated tina
he did not believe the Pope had an,
part.
Drives With King.
Col Roosevelt and King Victor
went riding together this morning
Promptly at 10 o'clock the royal car
rage containing the King was driver
to the Beausite Hotel. and a momen
later Cot. Roosevelt, silk hated Ant
Kioyed. entered the carriage and tool
his seat by the King Despite tn,
fact that Ii was the royal carriag,
and contained the King and an ex
President OF the United States, tn,
spectacle was commonplace In Its sim
piicity. The carriage was an ordinar.
vehicle. not to be compared with
many OF the equipa9es seen on Fifth
avenue on any bright afternoon.
The King wore but littieNof his In
sigma OF rank, and aside from tn,
we'll known royal livery OF the coach
man. the carriage might have passed
without notice.
Much of the simplicity observed to