The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-12-06
Fear God, Tell the Truth and Make Money"
AS VIEWED BY LONDON PRESS
Comments of the London Press on the Mes-
sage of President Roosevelt
to Congress.


London, Dee. 4c-Practically all the
morning papers here publish long
summary of President Roosevelt's
message to congress.
The Daily News, in an editorial on
the subject, says:
1T shows bold man struggling
with the devilfish nf party intrigue,
and is in refreshing contrast to The
spread-eagleism of the early period
of American jingoism. President
Roosevelt has set himself very high
ideal of conduct i'll public life, and
we have no doubt he will rise to it.
Most of the afternoon papers pre-
fer to await the publication of the
text of President Roosevelt's message
rather than comment on the abridg-
ment, made public here yesterday.
The Pail Mall Gazette, however,
thinks the message will win the
praise of all except the Fenian clubs,
to which Mr.. Redmond is spouting
sedition."
1t says that the ideas contained in it
are those of wise head firmly set
on its shoulders"
The Pail Mall Gazette, highly ap-
proving of the presidents sugges-
tions relative to repressive measures
to prevent, as the paper puts it,
America from becoming the dump
ing ground of the blockheads and
starvlings of Europe remarks that
there is a contrast between this ad-
vocacy of strengthening restrictive
measures and the callous Indifference
of the British legislators to flooding
the east end of London with INDECENT
aliens.
The Westminster Gazette considers
that the reference to trusts dis
pels a good deal of uncertainty for
the American market" and adds:
'The high tariff of the United States
has created an artificial position un-
der which the trusts have prospered.
Therefore, their business must be
regulated artifcially."
The st. James Gazette says:
at is gratifying to find that the
statesmen of a country like the Unit
ed States are not afraid to make pro-
posals on the subject of anarchism.
which, on the surface, are open to
the criticism that they are subver-
sive of personal liberty. There is no
surer sign of true craftsmanship
than the insight which realizes when
good theory becomes mischievous
in practice"
"President Roosevelt's first message
to congress-" said Lord Rothschild
to representative of the press, Ger
tainlY seems statesmanlike, and
should produce a good effect in Eng
land and the rest of Europe, where its
careful friendly references to the
other powers will be much appreeia-
ted. But his declaration that reci-
procity must be treated as the hand
maiden of protection will raise a
howl here in England for protective
duties. If reciprocity is only to be
handmaiden, it will not do England
much good. This enunciation will
set on foot an unprecedented agita-
tion for the restoration of at least
partial protection here
do you think it all likely to sue
ceed?" Lord Rothschild was asked.
"Yes," he replied lin spite of the
historic fetish of free trade, | would
not be at all surprised to see protec-
ton return to England. What can we
do? We have got little we can now
supply to the United States. She
makes pretty near everything for
herself, and is daily sending us more
of her surplus products. If we don't
go in for some form of protection,
we are likely to lose what little trade
we will have there, and especially in
view of President Roosevelt's concep-
tion of reciprocity