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Show SCORES ROOSEVELT FOR ACTS ABROAD Chicago Man Says Ex-President Made Bad Impression in South America. INSTANCES ARE CITED Sends Bill for Lecture to Those Who Had Entertained Enter-tained Him Lavishly. By International News Service. CHICAGO, March 3. A Daily News cable from. London sa3s: Theodore Roosevelt's acts in South America were roundly criticised today by John T. Lcnfestoy of Chicago, who reached here from Bio de Janeiro after a tour of tho priucipal cities of the South American countries. Mr. Lcnfestoy Lcn-festoy 's tour was in tho interest of closer trade relations between the continents con-tinents on the western hemisphere. lie represents the Chicago Association, of Commerce and is tho president of the Lenfestey Flour company. "Ungenerous, not to say grasping; describes some of Eoosovelt's acts in South America, if reports current thero may bo believed," said Mr. Lenfestey. Lenfes-tey. Sources of Information. Mr. Lenfestey carried lcttors from Secretary of State Bryan, Wilbur John Carr, Harry A. Whcolor and others, and thus gained admission to the best informed in-formed circles in South. America. Mr. Lenfestey said: My mission brought to my attention atten-tion a number of things prejudicial to the spread of American influence influ-ence and business in the republics of South America. Mr. Roosevelt loft an unfortunate improssion ' wherever he went. Reports adverse ad-verse to him readied me from reliable re-liable sources in Santiago, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Rio do Janeiro. Ja-neiro. His conduct in Rio dc Janeiro was the subject of native comment of a particular- adverse character. He arrived ar-rived there October 21, accompanied accompan-ied by Mrs. Roosevelt, a niece and his son, Kermit, and was received by the president's cabinet, governor gov-ernor and diplomatic corps. He was conducted to the palaco of the governor, which was placed at his disposal. The visitors stayed a week and were the recipients of regal hospitality, hos-pitality, banquets at government and civic honors, numerous automobile automo-bile drives and privato' courtesies from many notables. Colonel Roosevelt was allowed to entertain whom he pleased at the pulace. Speaks to Select Company. On his third or fourth night in Rio do Janeiro Roosevelt spoke thirty miuutes on the relations between be-tween tho United States and tho South American republics beforo the Rio do Janeiro Historical and Geographical society, which. had invited in-vited him to South America and made him an honorary member, tho highest honor it could confer. Tho audience was composed of embassadors, embas-sadors, generals, loading politicians and members of society, possibly 100 in all. On tho night of October 26 Mr. Roosevelt lotfc for Sao Paulo on a Bpccial train provided by tho government gov-ernment on the Central Brazil railroad. rail-road. Ho visited points of interest inter-est on the lino, looked over the capital and tho state of Sao Paulo and continued on his journey to Buenos Aires at tho expense of the Brazilian government. Sends Bill for Lecture. After all this the historical and gcogruphical society received from Mr. Roosevelt a bill of $3000 for his brief locturo. Already $-10,000 or $50,000 had been spent on tho visitors in entertainment. Tho Bra. zilians politely paid the bill, but they could not conceal their amaze-mcuti amaze-mcuti When tho American residents of Rio do Janeiro learned tho facts thoir humiliation was inexpressible. I The story was published in the Journal do Commerce. I personally asked tho Couut Candid Mcndes d 'Ailmeida, owner of the Journal d 'Bra7.il, if the story was true and he ausworod "Ycs.,, I was told that Mr. Roosevelt, while everywhere accepting public and privato hospitality on an extravagant ex-travagant scale, charged for all of his spocches. llo also harped on tho Monrou doctrine and Pun-American solidarity in a way that struck South Americans as offensive. Thcso stories about Mr. Roosovolt T do not repeat out of any ill feeling feel-ing for him, but to emphasize the fact that such treatment postpones indefinitely that rapproaehment with South 'America which wo all want and which somo of us aro I trying hard to obtain, |