Show GREAT RECEPTION HAS BEEN PLANNED Arrival of Roosevelt in London Londoni Important Event of o othe i the Year RECENT ROME INCIDENT I COMMENT CONTINUES TO BE MADE IN ALL LL QUARTERS k London Apil 7 The committee ap appointed appointed apI I pointed to arrange arr arrange ge the reception and c luncheon which the city of ot London will give to former f mer President Roosevelt Roosvelt is al already already already ready at work and is determined d to make the affair one of ot the big bis bj events of at his tour The committee will depart somewhat from the severely formal customs that prevail priwall p upon the visits of at monarchs and will seek to bring together the representative tive tite Englishmen En irrespective of ot their of official official official position Members of ot the govern government government government ment lenders leaders of or the opposition members of ot the American embassy and consulate and prominent American residents In Eng land will be among the guests The Tablet the organ of or the Roman church In Great Britain commenting upon the Ue Incident says that the correspondence involved affords mel melancholy reading and that the public the tho world over thinks the whole tragedy of ot errors was duo to talking by cable instead of at through written communications The Tablet considers that Mr IT Roosevelt having selected this means of o communication should have shown some somo generosity in its Interpretation and a readiness to make allowance for tor the de deficiencies deficiencies of the Instrument of his h choice but bur bu instead he appears to have taken of offense and thought it necessary to assert his Independence which certainly did not need to be accentuated The Tablet contends that the sole offense of at the Vatican is that it endeavored to tomake tomake tomake make him acquainted with the facts before be he before fore he reached Rome so that he might not make engagements which perhaps would be difficult to cancel The paper maintains that the responsibility responsibility for the Incident which has given pain to the whole Catholic world assur assuredly assuredly assuredly edly no less in America than in Europe must rest with the persons persona who gave strictly private communications to the press The Tablet absolves Mr air Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt velt from blame for publication of the correspondence but hot insists that before the crude cablegrams were ware thrown to the world a few words of frank ex explanation explanation explanation would have hae averted all aU unpleasantness unpleasantness unpleasantness Renewing Their Th lr Romance Spezia Italy April 7 Theodore Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt velt and Mrs Roosevelt began today the carriage arria e drive along the sunny slopes of the Alps the road they fol followed followed followed lowed as bride and groom years ago The day was beautiful They Thoy expect to reach Genoa late Saturday b A carriage was In n waiting when the arrived here by train from Rome Romo at this morning Within a few minutes their baggage had been transferred and no time was lost in mak making making making ing the start A little group of Italians who with bared heads watched the tho two from a respectful distance was rewarded with nods and smiles andas and as they drove away Col Roosevelt looked back ane and waved his hand in farewell Both Mr and Mrs Roosevelt Roo velt appeared in II excellent health Stops Slops will be made at the little tittle tavern tavern tavern ern In the old Roman towns that are perched picturesquely on the summits of the foothills Mr requests to the Italian as well as the American corre correspondents correspondents correspondents that he and Mrs Roosevelt be allowed to enjoy enjo seclusion during the drive will be observed In the evening of ot April 12 the Roose will leave Porto Maurizio for Vi Vienna VII Vienna enna stopping at Venice for tor a day I Before leaving here the former President President President dent and Mrs Roosevelt went to the Hotel Croce di Malta where they were were shown the room which they occupied on their honeymoon Among other places visited were Conti Inn the Tre Mori Morl Inn In the vicinity of ot Chiavari where years ago Mr and Mrs Roosevelt were to take refuge in a heavy storm A stop for tor the night was made at Rapallo Regrets of the Pope Rome April 7 Some of ot the prominent I ecclesiastics who were received by the pope today managed to Introduce the sub subject subJect subject of ot the Roosevelt incident To these the pontiff expressed the deepest regret that he had been prevented from meeting the former President but he gave utter utterance utterance utterance ance to no opinion regarding the negotiations negotiations negotiations or the deadlock that followed The incident continues to be a live topic of or popular discussion and is emphasized by what the Liberal press calls the new mistake of ot Cardinal Merry del Val who had before prevented the tho choral society of ot Cologne being received by the pope be because because because cause the society visited the quirinal ant and sang before the Italian sovereigns in spite of the fact tact that every year hundreds of ot persons are received by bJ King Victor Emmanuel and afterwards admitted to the presence of ot the pope The says today Within a few days Cardinal Merry del de deVal delVal delVal Val has shown discourtesies to the most beloved American citizen and to a gather gatherIng Ing of or the most beloved persons of ot Ger Germany Germany Germany many and indirectly to the king of ot Italy As long as this young oung and audacious Spanish cardinal dominates the Leonine city the Italian liberals must be on their guard At the Vatican this afternoon It was denied that a papal audience had been refused to the German singers It was said that the members of the Cologne Choral union had left lett the city before an audience could be arranged It was added at the Vatican that the tho request for an audience by the singers was not passed upon by Cardinal Merry I del Val who learned of ot the matter only from newspapers n |