Show TAFT RECEIVES i ii i ANOTHER REPLY Pope PJ ased at Assurances of Peaceable Settlement 4 FAREWELL AUDIENCE JULY 21 e ROL PRAISES PRES PINE PIE GOVNOR GOVERNOR 4 1 July 18 The following note ROME ROM i Irene from from the Vatican was was presented to Governor Gornor aft t tonight 1 I hasten to acknowledge the te receipt of ot the letter leter by which you kindly com communicated to me the cablegram from Secretary Root answering my note of ot July 9 which explained e the te counter project of ot the vatican for the regula regulation regulation pines tion ton of ot religious affairs in the tle Philip Phiiip Philippines While thanking you for this Import Important ant communication ton I am happy to as assure assure assure sure you that the holy hn see s has learned with the liveliest satisfaction the high consideration in which Mr r Boot Rot In the name of or the government of the United Unie States holds the fitness of the measures which the Vatican Independently independently of ot the solution of ot any economic question queston designs taking to ameliorate the religious situation in the archipelago ago and cooperate in the pacification or of the people under American sov sovereignty sovereignty The measures are indicted in my memorandum of ot June 21 and my letter of July uly 9 These declarations of ot Mr r Root A 4 do honor tn tn 4 A IZ 1 l I dom iI of ot the government of the United States tates S which knows how to t appreciate the he t happy influence of the holy see for the t he religious and civil elevation of or the th people especially Catholics With Wih equal satisfaction the pontiff has taken into account the assurances of ot o f Secretary Root that the American authorities a inthe In the Philippines and at Washington will vill put forth all al possible efforts to maintain the good under standing s happily established with the authorities of or the Catholic church On his part the pontiff will not fall fail fal to t o give the apostolic delegates soon to be sent to the te Philippines the most pre precise precise cise else instructions according to my former for tor mer notes Will Wil Follow Roots Boots Rot Instructions The main lines for future tons indicated in the notes having been ben accepted by Secretary Root the representative of the Vatican In the archipelago arc wl will ill enter into negotiations with wih the authorities in the Philippines on the four points point indicated by Mr Root at the end of his cablegram The lir holy see does not doubt that mutual confidence combined with the action wih acton of ot it il report and that of the American government will wf easily produce a hap han py solution of the pending questions Inaugurating Ing for that noble country coun a 3 new era of ot peace ea e and true progress It I is my agreeable duty dut In ending this letter leter to be able to render homage to the te very ver great geat courtesy and high capacity with wih which you the delicate mission which the government and president of ot the United States con you Willingly I add ad that tat the favorable I result I ui of ot UA u the uc negotiations I ui UA u uc must be b attributed in very ver large part to your personal qualities While flattering myself that tat this first success ss win in be ag rantee of ot the hapy issue of ulterior negotiations m in Manila laia I 1 have the honor to be etc Signed d Governor Taft was informed tonIght that the pope had fixed July 21 for the farewell audience Governor Taft will wU start Saturday for lor near ner Florence where he hewl will wl stay with wIh his until Monday when he with will wi return for his audience with the pope |