Arizona republican., 1904-07-11
European Opinion of TIT. Roosevelt.

report the news, and they are agreed
 that MT. Roosevelt has made a strong
 CT impression on Europe than has any
 other president of our time. Various
 reasons for this extraordinary interest
 are assigned. As the London core
 spondent of the New York Tribune
 puts it.
 ''The causes may be mysterious, but | the fact that he has been accepted
 from London to St. Petersburg, and
 from Paris to Berlin, Rome or Madrid,
 as a great American, peculiarly quail 1 fled by character and experience to di-
 rect the policies of his country during
 a critical period, cannot be disputed. | A picturesque figure, emerging from the land of millions, combinations, in-
 ventive energies and prosaic politics ! has fascinated European eyes. The president has impressed the imagina~ tion of Englishmen, Germans, French
 men and Italians as the characteristic type of the American of today, which lives strenuously, honors the traditions of the past without being in bondage
 to them, and turns hopefully, resolute- 1 ly to the opportunities and worlds work of the future"
 Expressions from the leading Euro pean journals are quoted, bearing out these statements.
 MT. Roosevelt has a high concep- tion," remarks one of the London lead CT writers, ''of the mission of the Uni ted States in the western hemisphere. and his interpretation of the Monroe doctrine has occasionally awakened tremors in European chancellories. In all things he is a masterful man, as witness his conduct in the setting up of a new republic in Panama, and the celerity with which he sent a fleet to Morocco the other day in the inter- ests of Mr. Perdicaris." The Tribune correspondent states that scores Of similar tributes could be taken from the files of English journals which comment upon his denomination. Sometimes stress is laid upon his qual, ities as a man of action, or his military exploits in Cuba, or his courage and independence in conducting the nation al administration, and he is credited in various editorial pages with sheer ity as a practical reformer, with force of character in mastering the caucus and compelling party managers to serve him, with hexibility in adapting himself to new conditions, and, above all, as Disraeli describeu nj "Conings- by" the Incomparable gift of exciting enthusiasm. The, causes Of his infiu- ence and prestige are analysed from different points of view. but his rep resentative character is never ques~ tioned. The president is known throughout England and Europe as ths man who stands for greater America. does not shrink from setting new pre- cedents, and has made the influence Of the country felt in the politics of the world.
 The renominatfon of the president, consequently, is the occasion of disin- terested tributes abroad to his unique character and resources of influence. He is so markedly American in his homely virtues, his practical qualities and his hopefulness and resolute grit in taking up the work of the future that English writers do not hesitate to praise him without reserve There has been a time when English com mendation damaged American presi~ dential candidates, but that has pass ed. The leader writers, with the pro- ceedings of the Chicago convention de- scribed in detail, are not deterred from using expressions of eulogy by dread lest President Roosevelt may be con- demned by his political foes as "the English candidate" They know that he stands so consistently for what is American that no prejudice against him can be excited at home by foreign appreciation of his career and policies. There is no hint in any English press comments that the president has ever been useful or serviceable to England in his administration. or that the em> pire has anything to gain by his re- election. He is applauded as a leader in distinctive.y American causes and as an actor on the modern historical stage, who is playing his part with conspicuous ability and spirit.
 What Americans cannot fail to un- derstand when they read the foreign press comments on the work of the convention at Chicago, or near the ex- pressions of respect and admiration for their president wherever they go in Europe, is the increased prestige which has come from having a representative American at the head of the adminis- tration American influence in world politics has never been greater than at present when Washington diplomacy is a power in reserve for keeping the door open in China and for determining the mastery of the Pacific.
 MT. Archibald R. Colquhoun, who has been making an English survey of greater America, and taking a long look into the future, considers that the country has entered upon d critical period of its history. Very much de-