The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-04-04
EXPECTED AUDIENCE WITH pom.
TIFF BY MR.. ROOSEVELT IS
CALLED OFF.
A SENSATION CREATED
Conditions Upon Which the vatica an
Would Grant Audience to the Amer.
lean Made Such That Former Presi.
dent Declined to Aceep. Them-Mat.
ter Was Decided Some Time AGO.

Rome April 3--The audience which
1t was believed ex-President Roose-
Welt would have with the pope ON
Tuesday next win not take place. ow-
ing 10 conditions the vatican has i'm
posed. and which Mr.. Roosevelt refused
To accept. Although the definite ne
gotiations relative to the audience
ended before Mr.. Roosevelt left Egypt.
the announcement was withheld until
after Mr.. Roosevelt reached Rome to-
night. at the solicitation nf his Amer
lean Catholic friends here. who be-
lieved In the meantime the vatican
might change its attitude. One OF the
former presidents friends, who had
been with him In Egypt came to Rome
yesterday, without authorization from
Mr. Roosevelt, and Interceded with
Cardinal Merry del Val. the papaI sec
retary, In an endeavor 10 avoid a sit
uatioi which, as II now stands, has
caused real sensation In Rome, al
though II was not entirely unexpected
But his efforts We're unavailing
While at Gondokoro. In February,
last. Mr. Roosevelt wrote to Ambas-
sador Leishman. saying he would be
glad of the honor of an audience with
King Victor Emmanuel and the pope.
The audience with the king was
promptly arranged. Before an ar
rangement could be reached relative
to an audience with the pope, several
telegrams We're passed. and the ne
gotiations were ended by Mr.. Roose-
velts refusing In any way to be linn
tied as to his conduct. and announcing
that an audience With the pope under
the circumstances was now impossible.
Two Engagements.
As matter of fact Mr. Roosevelt
while declining To accept any condi-
tions In connection with his audience
with the pope. had neither directly
nor indirectly before. during or after
the negotiations made or considered
any engagements In Rome. except
those Of an official character. and he
actually entered Rome tonight with
but two definite engagements the au-
dience with the king and the dinner
to be given in his honor by the mu-
nicipality.
The history of the negotiations IL
about as follows: While ut Cairo. Mr..
Roosevelt received the following tele-
gram from Ambassador I.eishman.
dated March 23;
"Monsignor Kennedy. rector OF the
American Catholic college. in reply To
an inquiry which ! caused to be made
requests the following communication
To be transmitted to you.
The holy father will be delighted
to grant an audience to Mr. Roosevelt
on April 5, and hopes that nothing
will arise to prevent IL. such as the
much regretted incident which made
the reception of Mr. Fairbanks inn
possible"
Replying by cable To Ambassador
Leishman, on March %, Mr.. Roosevelt
said.
Real Pieacure.
please present the following 10
Monsignor Kennedy: 1t would be a
real pleasure to me 10 be presented to
the holy father, for whom | entertain
high respect. both personally and as
the head of great church. l fully
recognize his entire right to receive or
not receive whomsoeyer he chooses.
for any reason that seems good to
him. and If he does not receive me.
shall not for a moment question the
propriety of his action. ON the other
hand. |, in my turn. decline to make
any stipulatlons or to submit To any
conditions which in any way would
limit my freedom of conduct. | trust
on April he will find Ii convenient tn
receive me-"
ON March 2s Mr.. Roosevelt at Cairo
received cabegram from Amhassa-
dor Leishman, giving the message
from Monslgnor Kennedy, which con-
elnded by saying:
THE audience cannot take place ex-
eept on the understanding expressed
In the former message.
The following day Mr. Roosevelt
sent another message to the American
ambassador, saying.
The proposed presentation Is of
course now impossible
Personal Affair.
Mr. Roosevelt particularly desired
the incident shall be regarded by his
friends, both Catholic and Protestant.
I'm America, as personal and that IL
shall not give rise to any acrimonious
controversy. With this end I'm view,
he cabled today the following to tho
Rev. Lyman Abbott, editor of the
Outlook at New York:
Through the Outlook | wish to
make statement to my fellow Amer-
leans regarding what has occurred in
connection with the Vatican. am
sure that the great majority OF my
fellow citizen Catholics. quite as much