THE POPE AND MR. ROOSEVELT

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 79, 5 April 1910, Page 71

THE POPE AND MR. ROOSEVELT

PROPOSED VISIT NOT TO TAKE PLACE. * 07 Telegraph. — Prett Association.— Copyright ROME, 4th April. Mr. Roosevelt lias arrived at Rome.. He purposed seeing his Holiness the Pope to-morrow, but the arrangements havo fallen through. The Vatican intimated that it would be «. necessary condition that Mr. Roosevelt t-hould not offend its susceptibilities as Mr. C. W. Fairbanks did. Mr. Roosevelt declined to make cuch a i promise. ANSWER TO THE VATICAN. A TELEGRAM TO AMERICA. " MERELY A~PERSONAL ! INCIDENT." (Received April 5, 10 a.m.) ROME, 4th April. Mr. Roosevelt, in answering the Vatican, said he recognised the Pope's right to receive whomsoever ho liked, and added :—"I: — "I fn turn muit decline any stipulation or condition limiting the freedom of my conduct." Mr. Roosevelt telegraphed to Ame-rif-n, expressing a hope that American journalists would treat the incident as a merely personal one, and in nowise affecting the relations of Catholics and ' Protestants. KING OF ITALY GIVES AN AUDIENCE. ROME, 4th April. King Victor Emmanuel gave a cordial audience to Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Fairbanks was Vice-President of the United States during Mr.' Roosevelt's term as Piesident. A short time ago it was reported that the Pope had cancelled nn arrangement to receive Mr. Fairbanks after his tour in the Oiient, because he had been previously leceived by King Victor Emmanuel, besides addressing members of the Methodist Church.