Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-04

Rome. April 4.-The audience which
IL was believed ex-President Roosevelt
would have with the pope tomorrow
will not take place, owing to conditions
which the vatican has imposed and
which Mr.. Roosevelt refuses to accept.
Altho the definite negotiations rela-
I'll to the audience ended before Mr..
Roosevelt left Egypt. the announce
ment was withheld until after Mr..
Roosevelt reached Rome last night at
the solicitation Of his American Cath
olic friends here, who believed that In
the meantime the vaticin might change
tts attitude.
one OF the former presidents Amer;
ican friends, who had been with him In
Eeypt. cesne TO Rome Saturday with
out, however, any authorization from
Mr. Roosevelt, and intsrceded with
Cardipal Merri de Val, the papal Sec
retary, In an endeavor to avert a sit
uation which, as 1t now stands, has
caused real sensation in Rome, altho
1t was not entirely unexpected. But
his efforts were unavailing. While at
Gondokoro in February last Mr.. Roose-
welt wrote to Ambassador Leishman,
stating that he would be glad OF the
honor of an audience with King Victor
Emmanuel and the pope. The audi
,ence with the king was promptly ar
ranged.
Before an arrangement could be
made for an audience with the pope,
several telegrams were passed and the
negotiations were ended by Mr.. Roose-
velt.s refusing in any way to be limited
as to his conduct, announcing that an
audience with the pope was now I'M
possible.
AS a 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 any engagements in
Z Rome except those of an official char
acter, and he actually entered Rome
last night with two definite engage
ments, the audience with the king and
the dinner to be given in his honor by
the municipality The history Of the
negotiations Is about as follows:
While ct Cairo Mr.. Roosevelt re-
ceived the following from Ambassador
Leishman, dated March 13:
"Mr. Kennedy, rector of the Ameri-
can Catholic church, in reply to an in
quiry which caused to be made, re-
quests that the following conmunica-
ton be transmitted to you: The holy
father will be delighted to grant an
audience to Mr.. Roosevelt on April S,
and hopes that nothing will arise to
prevent it, such as the much regretted
incident which made the reception Of
Mr.. Fairbanks impossible"
Replying by cable to Ambassador
Leishman on March 25, Mr.. Roosevelt
said: please present the following to
Monseignor Kennedy: Tt would be real
pleasure to me to be presented to the
Holy Father, for whom.I entertain high
respect, both personally and as the
head Of great church. i fully recog-
1iszss his 44i1tis1rS right TO receive not
to receive whomsoever he chooses, and
if h4 does not receive me / shall not
for 4 moment question the propriety Of
his action. On the other hand, I, in
my term, must decline to make any
stipulations or submit to any condl-
tipns which In any way would limit my
freedom Of conduct. trust that on
April S he will find it convenient to re-
ceive me-"
On March %, Mr.. Roosevelt, at
Cairo received a cable from Ambassa-
dor Leishman, giving a message from
the monseignor which concluded: "The
audience can not take place except on
the understanding expressed In the
CORNER message"
The following day Mr.. Roosevelt sent
another message to the American am
bassador. saying: "The proposed pre-
sentation is. Of course, now impossible"
Mr.. Roosevelt desires that the Incl
dent shall be disregarded by his friends
and that It shall not give rise to an
acrimonial controversy
Roossvsit Explains Incident.
The following statement was cabled
by Roosevelt to DR.. Lyman Abbott:
Rome, April 3, 1910. ITO the Rev.
LYMAN Abbott, Editor Of The Outlook,
New York: &c c:!s 7 yy .sh
% make . statement to my fellow