Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-06

was not long before Roosevelt perceived
| that Taft intended TO change the Roose-
welt policies and remove Roosevelts 3
friends from office. Tho accounts that
reached him as he emerged from the
African jungle put the matter beyond a
doubt. and when he reached the united
States, in June. 1910. he was already an
enemy of Taft's
IT was not until they SEEK hands with
each other at n Union League dinner III
New York in 1916 that the breach was
publicly healed.
His Triumph In Europe
His progress through Europe on his
return from the jungle was triunipn
such as never before ha. been accorueu
to an American ci''gen. Ho was every
where treated as II he were the ruler oi
q nation MAXI toIr. Even General
Grants journey around the world diu
not compare with II.
In Rome occurred one z the most SEN
sational Incidents OF Mr.. Roosevclts ca
rcer ard there have been few when SO
well Illustrate his character. An audi-
ence had been arranged for him with the
Pope. Some time before the Pope had
refused to sec ex-Vice President Fair-
banks because that gem. man had mace
an address to the Methodists in Romo.
This message was conveyed 10 Colonei
Roosevelt through the American amoas-
sador
The Holy Father will be delighted
to grant audience to Mr.. Rooseveit
on April 8 and hopes nothing VIII
arise to prevent. such as the nucn. en-
regretted incident which made tne
reception of Mr.. Fairbanks impos-
sble.
The Colonel Immediately sent the fol-
lowing to Ambassador Leishman:
II would he a real pleasure to me
TO be presented to the Holy. Father.
for whom | entertain a nigh re-
spect, both personally and as the
head of a great Church. l fully rec
ognize his entire right to receive or
not to receive whomsoever he chooses,
for any reason that seems good 10
him. and If he does not receive me l
shall not for one moment question the
propriety of his action.
On the other hand. I. in my turn.
must decline to make any conditions
which in any way limit my freedom.
trust on April he Will ind It con-
yenient to receive me
The answer was conveyed through the
amba ssador that "the aud ence could
not take place excepting on the under
standing expressed in the former mes
sage" Colonel Roosevelt instantly re; re-
course, now impossible"
The Methodists of Rome undertook TO
make capital out of the incident and is-
sued statement attacking the Pope:
Colonel Roosevelt Immediately rebuked
them by canceing an appointment he
had made to meet them at a reception
at Mr. Leishman's home. lie wanted II
made clear that he had no sectarian
prejudices and had stood simply on his
rights as an American citizen.
Hobnobbed with Kaiser
Ills subsequent tour through Europe
probably Is fresh in every mind He
hobnobbed with the German Kaiser. lee.
tured at the Sorbonne and at oxford
University and was received with high
honors in Sweden and Holland, and
reused a storm in London by his speech
at the Guildhall. II was in this speech
that he lectured England on her duty in
Egypt He displayed an extraordinary
familiarity with Egyptian affairs. but
brought down upon himself tempest Of
criticism by saying:
Now, either you have the right 70
be in Egypt or you have not. Either
it is or is not your duty to establish