The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-02-07

In the following striking account OF
the difference between kings and
presidents;
u wis much amused. by the a
whenJ reached Rome, at finding mat
our ambassador was engaged in an
intricate controversy with tho puffy
faced, entirely pompous and we'll
meaning locm baron who was court
marshal or master OF ceremonies. or
something OF the sort. The ambassn-
dor wishing TO have me treated with
tbs courtesIcs granted n visiting SOW
crclgn. and he court marshal taking
the entirely proper View that ] wal
simply private citizen. with no title
ana no claim TO any precedence.
u hastily interferred. telling the
ambassador that . absolutely shared
the views % his opponent, That
wished him himself to act up1n, n
tn notify an our other ambassadors
that they were to net upon. the theory
that was purely n private citizen
with no claim to any position OF
precedence al an. and that NJ n
function. formal or Informal. I should
be perfectly happv tn walk or 81 or
stand anywhere. and below any one,
Just ns the local people desir"d-or
not To appear ~ an, unless they eN-
pressiy wished Co.,
To me Their. IL something fine In
the American theory that re- privat"
citizen ram be chosen by the people
to occupy "a position as great a. that
OF the mlrhtiesf monarch and TO eN-
ercise q power which may for The time
being surpSs that Of czar. kaiser or
pope. and that then. after having
filled this position, the man shall
leave n az an unpcusinncd private cit
igcn who goes haze into the ranks Of
his fellow citizens with entire self re-
spect. claiming nothing save what on
his own Individual merits he H. en-
titled Ia recover
\ certain Methodist clergyman In
Rome had been conducting an attack
upon thc head Of the catholic church
and when Vice President Fairbanks.
some time before. visited the HON.
city the supreme pontiff stipulated
that be- would not receive him In au-
Hience 10 he addressed Methodist
gatherings. Roosevelt % the same
attitude az Fairbanks. that he must
decline 90 submit 20 n conditions
which boz any WY Emit my freedom
~ conduct.
The colonel said On his letter %
Sir George TrevvINtU that one Of his
volunteer secretaries at that time was
anxious To prevent the Vatican from
committing what he frlt would be a
great hlunder' ana while the colonel
was 40 Naples went To- see the then
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Merry del Val The stipulation by
the pope WIS not Withdrawn, and
Colonel Roosryelt adhered 90 his res
olution OF making no agreement 20 re-
train from sp"ukInr before Methodist
mcet.ugN Accordingly h." wrote
90 was not presented AZ The vatican
tn a public statement at the time
the colonel declared hat the r"speci
and regard Of those ~ my fellow
Americans who are catholics are as
dcursto me ns the respect and regard
Of those VINO are protestants,' aHt
he expressed the hope that tae lnci.
dent would be treated as a merely
person1l matter without RANGER o.
bitterness.
The former president In tho m.ssiv'
made frank and searching COMMENT
upun the characteristics o. person.
ulltie9 uf kings. cWperurs N othei
eminent -pcr-onaEcs with whom h.
came in contact and In the opening
paragraph requested tina 10 should
not he made public until long aftei
AN or us who are now alive are dead
tn, r]oIurel drew am Intimate pic,
furo OF British rule iu Egypt. praised
10 ON the whole and declared that tht
task ~ "suporlWuusing the twentieth
century upon the seventh was O.
mighty one which only q great aEt
powerful ration could attempt and
which 10 Or re- high % honorable thinl
TO have attempted