The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-10-19

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one monsh later. October s1. 1893.
the Archbishop seat % her the fol.
lowing letter;
-st Paul. October q. isot
Ny Der MA storsri I was IN wash
inrton last week and. % CourIr saw
the frS.iespL ] sPeke giih hlm *
sssfs s.'.os psrsssa Ss non sT aTs,s A. Ilssas.
szder lls pramissd De thAt TIE nsst
Auhasa4dnr % Paris would - ~.
1ersr. Anf fnrthermprs sxprrs.ed ~
rsiire. Tho. Pretident also toia ms
hat fg had goutlni ssiqtird NJ. Sicrer
~ speak for him viva VoCt I'd ttg Nat.
issn, lie sseR9d fsthsr ir9nd 20, ot eas-
ana believe me. vor5 glnssg.ly,
This vas followed. a month later. she
adds. By a letter In which the Arch.
bishop quoted the exact words OF the
President as 70 Mr.. Storcr'H going 20
Rome" The Archbishop wrote:
'Trhe President said 90 me: ar.
Storer hgy told yQu sbat Esld 90 hlp
ssgS' s,,ss YSs AssSe,Slgns Well ,li,,, 5.
going 20 Rome the preIdtnt ask
"a 1 said no Mcu. be Glid I
told hlm would not write Letter 20
"a Gp ,sS Ssosd s S q fI RcSS S ana SS
say-xivs voce-t1 the pope. how much
I wish you 90 bo Cardlnsi. and how
grateful I pergonally would BE- % him
nor, % sSas asal ~ Sqs nv 'ssf hssosS sSs9 90 TO srS
wond, WI wTits about Amsriean
noltcf 60 Utllnmy. With most af-
fecuoiate rrFlrds 20 him and % your
self ! am sincerely, John ireland
The Presldents message. Mrs stor.
er says, was delivered 20 the Pope on
December 2. 1908. When the Scripps-
AfcRan newspaper agency asserted
that Mr.. Storer had come TO Rome on
a "diplomatic" mission 10 the Vati.
can. "Mr. Roosevelt was alarmed.
thinking the ant-CathoIics would az.
tack him. and he denied publicly that
he had ever sent such a message 20
Rome" Mr.. Storer. In two letters
10 the Archbishop. gave an account
OF the delivery OF the message. A
month later, after a visit 70 Washing.
ton. the Archbishop CFebruzry 2,i904ll
wrote as follows in reply:
MY Dear Friend: Your two letters
were read and burnt. -. However. you
need nee nay, hays no anSiesy whatsoysr aS3St ot
subject matter OF those letters. !.
The President had no occasion 90 feel
ruined In the least, but YOU know
sds lmpgiSivsness s:S when en-, ! a saw MIN: hT.
writing 20 you and asked me how
publicity was given 20 the matter.
said the Scripps- McRae agency had
merely made a guess Cas 70 Mr.. storer,s
unfavorable eOmponts nat followed
amounted really % nothlng. lie. calm
ed down completely; remarked that
hoped that the outcome OF your mis-
sion would be what all desired Kind
est regards 20 Mrs. Storor Yours
John Ireland"
At the next consistory. in December.
1905, Archbishop Ireland was not
promoted. Mrs. Storer says:
"Mr Roosevelt was Ceharacteristi-
callyD furious that his wishes had not
been considered. and on the very dag
that he got the news he wrote 20 me
IL letter ,S, 50 anaElEg that thousht he
cused roe OF having used his name In
an Unauthorized way az the Vatican Co
obtain the elevation OF Archbishop Ire
land 20 the Cardinalate and demanded
that I write him a letter acknowledg-
tug my miEdemeapora, or else he would
necall my husband. Mr.. Storer would
not permit me 20 answer this Insulting
ident recalled my husband from vicn-
ma and dlsnilssed him from the Dip
lomauc Feryiee In the most brutal
manner possible"
In conclusion, after speaking OF her
husbands letter in her defense, and
Of the Presidents answer, she says:
Il write this statement OF facts. be-
cause Il Is time the people both In
Europe and America should really
know what manuer OF man Is Theodore
Roosevelt and how much his vocifer-
atlons for honesty and a square deal
really mean. lie 10 a dangerous in
gpence and the truth alone can over
all evil. 1 write this statement also
IN order to prove that Mr. Roosevelt's
request to Pope Plus X was not made
az the solicitation OF Archbishop Ire,
OF IL, first Of all. from the President
himself after the commission was glv-
en- 90 Mr.. Storer. The truth should be
known in Justice to Archbishop Ire
land"
When Mr. Roosevelt's attention was
directed to Mrs. Storer's letter, he
gave the following statement TO the
public:
-Four years ago all the letters from
were published. These make rec &C.
ord agsipst which no recollection OF
verbal conversations can stand. There
fore the question OF veracity cannot
.plsiys. rsS bYe no S dss,r. SISas rs sr,er ,er
into further controversy with Mrs. Stor-
cr."
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