The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-04
FIRST PLACE.
ROOseveit's Message Is Given
the Greatest Prominence
In the Afternoon Newspapers at
the British Capital.
A CLAIM is SET UP
That England First Thought of
Monroe Doctrine
And Will Stand by America in
Its Enforcement.
A CLAIM is SET UP

London. Dec. 4.-President Roosevelt's
message to congress holds the first
place in the afternoon newspap pers here
today
Strong general approval of the pro-
nouncement which. as the St James
Gazette says strikes notes of con-
scious strength and assured success is
the pervading tone of the editorials.
THE spirited declaration for Monroe
ism, will cause a hutter in Europe"
says the Westminster Gazette, which
continues:
IF the kaiser is really of the opinion.
as alleged, that the American peril is
the question of the future for Europe
he will find confirmation in the messa ge
He will envy Secretary Cages surplus
of $75,000,000 available for building iron
clads, or other purposes, for the AmerI-
can doctrine backed by the American
surplus means that many European
ambitions in South America are fore
doomed to failure. We do not doubt
that it is the policy of this country. If
called upon to make a choice. to stand
by the United States in defense of the
doctrine. We are also American
power. and it was we who first suggest
ed the idea"
Afte noting that South America the
only outlet for the surplus population
of Europe, is largely in the possession
of the corrupt Spanish, over whom the
United States throws its aegis, without
guaranteeing good government. the
Westminster Gazette concludes:
1T is not easy to affirm this in the
interests of mankind, and when the
United States, after warning Europe
not to enter America, proceeds itself to
step out from the American continent
even a theoretical defense is difficult
The situation has the germs of an i'm
mense controversy in the future"
AS VIEWED IN AUSTRIA.
Vienna, Dec. 4.-Discussing President
Roosevelt's message to congress, the
Austrian papers are unanimous in
praiSing the references to anarchists,
but on other points they are not quite
so laudatory.
The F'rem1en Blatt comments on the
peaceful tone OF the message remarking
that President Roosevelt evidently will
not allow himself to be carried away
by senSeless chauvinists.
The Neue-Wiener Tageblatt dWellS on
it's imperialistic character, adding:
There lives in America a spirit, as
an appendant to the Monroe doctrine
formula, of Europe for the Americans
and this formula although clad in the
most peaceful phrases, pervades the
message.
The Deutsche voIksbIatt declares that
the policy enunciated must expand
American production and therefore,
measures for the protection of Aus
trian production are required by the
dictates of representation"
The Austrian Volks Zeitung believes
that the strength of the message lies in
the moderation of it's tone, adding:
1T speaks in the language of a strong
man. who knows he requires no sonor-
Gus words to be heard
The Neue-Wiener Journal, also deal
ing with the power of the message, rec
OmmendS its close study, so as to find
means at the proper time of spelling
his game.
SENTIMENTS ON ANARCHY AP-
PROVED.
New York Dec. 4.-No portion of the
presidents message is more cordially
approved of in England than that re-
ferring to the question of the treat
ment of anarchists, says the London
correspondent of the Tribune. 1t is con-
sidered exceedingly gratifying that
President Roosevelt should not be
afraid to make proposals which on the
surface are open to the criticism that
they are subversive of personal liberty
in the matter of opinion. In this cOun
try there is a strong undercurrent of
feeling against laws which permit and
actually encourage the immigration of
foreign anarchists London, especially,
feels strongly on the point and owing
aliens who have taken up their abode
in the East End, the metropolis would
gladly welcome any restrictive meas
ures. In reference TO the proposal that
mankind should bind itself together to
make anarchy, like piracy, a crime
against the law of nations, it is pointed
out that the difficulty is to define what
anarchy consists of and to obtain trust
worthy evidence against those holding
such a doctrine before they commit
overt acts which would render them
amenable to ordinary criminal law.