Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-04
REBUFF TO GIBBONS.
Personal Favor of Audience
for Paret Refused by Pope.
CARDINAL WILL NOT TALK
Justification Of Vatican for Course
Is Anticipated.
BALTIMORE VIEW OF CASE
Merry del Walls Correspondence
With the Bishop Of
Maryland.

ROME, May 4.-The Rt. Rev. William
Paret. Protestant Episcopal Bishop Of
Maryland, has left Rome for Florence
His friends say that he was not affected
by the incident with the Vatican, which
lis interpreted as indicating the intention
of the authorities there to snub Cardinal
Gibbons. who SO warmly recommended
Bishop Paret for a private audience with
the Pope.
The cardinal went so far as to give the
bishop six letters-for Cardinal Merry
del Val, Bishop Kennedy. rector Of the
American College: Mgr. Bisleti. the papal
lmajordomo, and others.
When Bishop Paret inquired the best
way to gain an audience OF the Pope he
was informed that his Introduction to
Cardinal Merry del Val was the most
important and was quite sufficient to
effect his object He went to the Vatican.
but could not see Cardinal Merry del Val.
Az Favor to Cardinal Gibbons.
He then wrote to the papal secretary Of
state, explaining that Cardinal Gibbons
had requested that an audience be
granted a. q personal favor to himself.
Cardinal Gibbons.
Cardinal Merry del vars secretary
answered, regretting that the Pope was
not giving audiences at that time. Bishop
Paret replied that he would be in Rome
Tor several weeks. whereupon he was in
formed that his holiness lis neither q pic
tare nor statue to be inspected and
Criticised and that the requested au-
ldience could not be granted.
The friends Of Bishop Paret consider
this an affront to Cardinal Gibbons.
| 1t il reported that shortly before he
i a "A n "a ALI hat he
might see the Pope in collective audi
ence amid crowd OF other persons,
which oifer Bishop Paret ignored.
Justification ~ --...lcipated.
BALTIMORE, May Awhile Cardinal
Gibbons has declined personally to dis
ouss the refusal OF the Vatican to grant
a papaI audience to Bishop Paret, Rev.
p. c. Gavin. chancellor of the archdio-
cese and a member OF the cardinals
household, has given out statement in
all probability dictated by the cardinal.
| "The refusal to grant an audience to
Bishop Paret," he says, must have
some cause behind it which has not
ton is made it would be only just
to suspend Judgment and abstain from
manufacturing reasons out OF whole
cloth which are unworthy OF the nigh
character or the vatican dutuOTltlcS
They never act on the impulse OF the
moment.
'.It can be said without question that the
refusal OF the audience was not instigaf-
ed by any anirnus against Bishop Paret
as Q member Of the Protestant church.
All the world knows that the Pope has
always granted audiences to and received
most courteously Americans Of all beliefs,
whether lay or clerical.
''It II most unjust to attribute the re-
fusal to any feeling against Americans.
The Pope il not only not antf-American.
but, on the contrary. is most friendly to
America and Americans, and has ex-
pressed his good will whenever the oppor-
tuhity has been presented.
Cardinal Not So Close.
Nothing II known here Of any inten-
ton on the part Of the Vatican to adj
minister an indirect snub to Cardinal
Gibbons by refusing an audience to Bish-
op Paret OF Maryland.
1t is suggested. however. that. while the
cardinal has always been on good terms
with Rome, since the accession OF Pope
Plus he, together with others OF the more
liberal American Catholics. has not been
quite as closely in sympathy with the
Vatican as under the reign OF Pope Leo
Bishop PAret and Cardinal Gibbons are
known to be personal friends OF long