Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-02-07 | Page 3 | Fairbanks Caught in Religious Mixup

FAIRBANKS CAUGHT IN RELIGIOUS RUCIOS nO ROME IE Feb 7 The 7 The visit to Rome o of ot f Charles W. W V. V Fairbanks former Cormer vice dent of the United States brought about abou t a delicate situation because of ot the fa fact ct that he wished to pay his respects to th the e I king to tOI the tha en pope and ana to the American America n I Methodist church By a tactful arrangement Mr Fai Fairbanks's Fair Fair- Fairi r- r i banks's audience with King Victor Emmanuel Emmanuel Em Km- manuel was Wag fixed for S Saturday and and that hat t with the time pope for Monday But when everything ev- ev seemed s satisfactorily planned d the Vatican announced that it would b be e impossible for his holiness to receive th the e former vice-president vice if C he carried out lil his a intention to speak in the American Meth tb odist odlat church here because the Methodists Methodist s had been active In among th the e Catholics Negotiations were immediately begun t to o old avoid any unpleasantness and and- andIn in these thes oe e negotiations prominent t Vatican officials ls exerted every Influence to remove the difficulties dif dif- that had so 10 unexpectedly presented presented pre pre- themselves to Mr Fairbanks's audience audi audi- ence with the pope But Mr Fairbanks Fairbank s finally declared that although he lie wa was s ss animated by a strong desire to p- p pay py y hi his s respects to the ti-ia head of the Catholic c church chuich he could not withdraw from hi his s promise to deliver an address before th the e American Methodist l church