Show DINNER GIVEN ROOSEVELT T TIN IN GREAT HALL OF PALACE Former President Guest of Municipal Municipal Municipal pal Authorities and Mayor Mayoral of Rome Presided J I Rome April 6 The series of events connected with the cancellation of Mr audience with the pope and later his repudiation of or the denunciatory statement issued by Pastor Tipple of the Methodist church ch of Rome added interest to the dinner given in Mr I honor tonight in the great hall hail of the historic Capitoline palace by tha th municipal authorities over which Mayor Ivl Nathan presided No reference however either directly or indirectly was made to this subject The guests Included Premier Luzzati I Signor Signer Ferrero under secretary of th the foreign for office SIgnor Ferrari grand mas mae master master I ter of or the tho Free Masons and Ambassador Amba Leishman I Mayor Nathan in 10 proposing the health I of the referred to him as OB I one whose character and work had an I effect upon the civil choU progress of or human humanity I ity It ItI I After mentioning Washington and Lin Lincoln coIn coln as respectively the founder and con consolidator of oft the e republic he lie characterized C Mr Roosevelt as a purifier saying he heI had hunted fiercer beasts than during luring I his recent trip in Africa Men of his hid caliber said the mayor I are beyond be ond the limits of or the tM country They belong by b right to civilization lIe He concluded with an apostrophe to Mr Ir Roosevelt as the fighting philosopher I who Is preaching the word ord of p purit puri M goodness goodne 8 and duty to his people and oem com compared pared the to Marcus Marcis Aure Aute Hue Mr Roosevelt ip In replying no ii man could come corne to Rome with nith without without out feeling ba hI was wan visiting Y a source Q of civilisation civilization After expressing deep ap predation for the hospitality extended t i him here he spoke poke of political life which he said was w not so much a matter of genius as of the practical application ot of courage honesty and common sense senile and the rarest rare t of ot these he added is common commonsense commonsense commonsense sense Beware of ot the man mai who does not trans late hi h words Into deeds deeda said the ex president He Hf announced he was an let 1st concerning the future Twice Twi Ita v was at the head bead of ot ih th l world be continued I First in the day of her glory when Marcus Aurelius was emperor and see sec second I ond during the tho th marvelous reproduction i of t tl tic IP life lift of Gre Greel c in the communes commune of or J Amalfi Pisa Pica ne and ami Genoa And i now in iii tin the th ia last t sixty years vears since the I battle of No X 0 ara have han seen the won growth that has ha made Italy what 1 sh she is s M ad u p what hat she will be I When hen the tte pessimists pt say sar civilization is Worn out wt we can turn hun t o Italy j th nt derives rj tIes its It Continued on oi PaVe Paye Tw x DINNER GIVEN COL ROOSEVELT IN GREAT ML SHALL OF PALACE Continued From Page Pago One and where we dont ont know whether to ad admire mire raire more the tho past or what Is being pre pared for the future The and Mrs Roosevelt left for at 1145 1195 tonight Among those who bade them farewell at the station were Count master of ceremonies In the royal household who represented the king Mayor Nathan and other civic authorities and Ambassador Leishman Several hundred persons gathered around the train and took part in an en demonstration The Tho distin distinguished distinguished American was warmly cheered and there the were many cries of ot Long live Roosevelt Colonel Roosevelt was obliged to come como out on the platform of the special car put at his disposal by the government and d express his thanks to the people of Rome for Tor their generous and able hospitality This called forth a new ovation that continued as the train moved away Among Mr lIr telegrams today toda were two from well known Catholic pub lishers Ushers declaring Catholic opinion in America endorsed his position Mr lIr Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt velt also received visitors and letters Jetters from the tho Methodist organization in Rome dis disavowing disavowing disavowing avowing sympathy with the violent utter utterances utterances utterances ances contained in the Rev B M 1 L Tipples Tip Tipples ples pies recent statement The Vatican today made further representations representations regarding the cancellation of audience but It contained no new points The Vatican insisted especially that Car Cardinal CardInal Cardinal dinal Merry Del Vals sole purpose was to avoid if possible a repetition of the Fairbanks incident in the belief he could have been Justly criticised if it a repetition of this had occurred and no previous warning had been Issued The Italian historian Guglielmo Ferrera entertained Mr Roosevelt at luncheon after which the proceeded to the embassy where Mrs Roosevelt was the guest of Mrs Irs Leishman From there he visited tha the Keats Memorial founded principally by Americans With Signor Signer Ferrari Ferrad the grand master of Free Masons Colonel Roosevelt dis discussed cussed Free Masonry in France In which he has shown Interest and expressed warm sentiments of gratitude and fra fraternity fraternity for the felicitations addressed to him by the French members of that order Abbott Lawrence Janssens one of the most learned Benedictines and secretary of the Congregation of Affairs of ot Religions Religions ions called caned on Mr Roosevelt this even evenIng evenIng evening Ing and an not finding him left his card cardon on which he wrote in French that he de desired desIred desired sired to congratulate him for the th constant support given to his nis order or erand and the Catho Catholic lic church in general in America during Mr air Ir glorious career us W president which he hoped soon would be resumed At the same time Mr Roosevelt re received received letters from relatives of high pre prelates prelates prelates lates and cardinals condemning what they styled the personal attitude of Car Cardinal Cardinal dinal Merry Del Dal Val which neither the pope nor the Catholic church was responsible responsIble responsible sible On the other hand Mr Roosevelt re received receIved the following letter lette from Dr Walling Wall WallIng WallIng Ing Clark head of the Methodist organization organIzation organization in Italy The Incident connected with the article written by the Rev B BM M Tipple for forthe forthe forthe the American press has caused me untold regret I was not aware the article was written or sent until Tuesday afternoon when it was brought to me by b a Ii news newspaper newspaper newspaper paper correspondent with the statement which you gave out Tuesday morning If I had bad known Mr Tipples Intention I certainly should have used all my in influence influence influence fluence to prevent it Let me assure you the Methodists of Rome were not re responsible responsIble responsible for the article Allow me once more to express my m admiration for the courageous position you ou have taken In the face of oT the demands of the Vatican Methodists of Rome will not forget it CI |