The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-04
FOREIGN VIEWS OF MESSAGE
GENERALLY WELL EECEIVED IN
 LONDON AND BERLIN.

LONDON AND BERLIN.
 British Papers From the Viewpoint oi
 Its Literary Power and Wealth of
 Weighty Matters Regard It as One o1
 the Most Characteristic and Remark-
 able Ever Sent to Congress.
 London, Dec. 4.--The London daily papers this morning looking at Presi- dent Roosevelts message from the point of view of it's literary power and
 the wealth of weighty matters discuss ed, regard it as one of the most char acteristic and remarkable messages ever sent to the congress. At the same time the papers recognize its conserva- tive and business like moderation, and that no attempt has been made, as the Morning Post remarks. Ito strike an attitude or carry his listeners away"
 On the whole, however, the newspa- pers are sceptical of any great outcome from the presidents efforts in the direc- ton of reform of the trusts, anti-an- archism or reciprocity the idea being that the senate will effectually step in and prevent any great changes in the existing Avstem.
 Most of the papers remark upon the tone of exultation adopted by President Roosevelt in dealing with the canal question, but they do not show the slightest disposition to cavil thereat.
 The Times, in an editorial on the presidents message, says that 1t is distinguished by clearness, firmness and reserved strength, which do not require the advantatious aid of rhetorical pyro- technics or popular platitudes.
 We certainly have no fault to find" says the Times. with his language to- wards the British government, or, in deed, with his foreign policy generally. It is not easy to see how the exclusion policy can be enforced. The United States would to-day be poorer in many of the finest clements of its national character, if an entrance fee had been demanded of every settler in the early days of colonization"
 The Times thinks that reciprocity and the trusts will prove thorny problems and that the presidents cautious hand ling of the latter will disappoint some of the passionate social reformers.
 The Daily Telegraph says it would have been an inconveniently disastrous blunder to have opposed Americas wishes in the canal matter and thus driven her to build a still greater fleet than she already contemplates which, it Is safe to predict, will twenty years hence make the United States the sec ond sea power in the world.
 The Telegraph thinks that President Roosevelt's policy is calculated rather to diminish than to increase Europe's exaggerated dread of "the American danger"
 The Standard is similarly of the opin- ion that nothing in the message need in the smallest degree excite anxiety or apprehension abroad. This paper com- ments upon the presidents uncompro- missing assertion of the Monroe doctrine as somewhat unnecessary inasmuch as there is little desire bn the part of any foreign power to extend it's area of mill itarism to the new world.
 The Morning Post is disappointed that the message contains no echo of the late President McKinley's pro- "the period of exclusion is over" and comments mainly upon President Roosevelt's unexpected mod eration. The Post says there is not line of | the anticipated challenge to the politic- al machine but rather strong dispo- sition to conciliate the republican ma jority.
 The Daily Chronicle hopes that al- though President Roosevelt shows great l tenderness for protectionist susceptibil- ities, that his proposed policy is step in the direction of free trade. The pa- per considers his cautious and tentative concerning trusts to show that the office of president has a sober ing effect on the most buoyant of na- lures.
 Regarding President Roosevelt's of Monroeism, the Chron- Icle says: Whether the European na- lions are likely to respect this Ameri- can prohibition much longer, when the desirable colonizng grounds of the world are being snapped up in a head long race, must depend ultimately upon the ability of the United States to en- force this prohibition.