Ominous Intimacy.—The Roman Catholic Archbishop Ireland, and Bishop O'Gorman, of Sioux City, Iowa, were luncheon and dinner guests of President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay on September 20. On this date the President had five guests at luncheon and the same number at dinner, but the two Roman Catholic ecclesiastics were the only two who were guests both at luncheon and dinner. Bishop O'Gorman is the ecclesiastic whom the President made a member of the "mission" which he sent to the Vatican in 1902, to negotiate with the late Pope Leo XIII. regarding matters in which this government and that church were concerned in the Philippines. Archbishop Ireland was the chief spirit in the sending of this "mission," in which the Vatican naturally took much pleasure and satisfaction. The archbishop has been on very intimate terms with federal administrations for several terms.