Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-05
ENGLANO'S FEELING
What Is Thought of Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
WOULD BE SOVEREIGN
IF THE KING WAS AN ELECTIVE
OFFICE.
Thinks the Tariff Should Be Read.
justed-English Are Al
Pro-Japanese.

IF the King of England were an elective
office and Theodore Roosevelt a subject of
Great Britain. he would undoubtedly be
sovereign. That is what these cousins OF
ours think of President Roosevelt" SO
said II. Clay Evans. late consul general
to London. replying to The Star mans
query concerning the feeling of England
for President Roosevelt Continuing, he
said: The people over there are connected
by many ties of friendship and kindred
that Americans can distinguish little diff
ference when they get to know the Eng
fish people. They have our sympathies,
too, and our warm advocates and
friends. President Roosevelt is much a
popular idol over there as he is here. They
love his type. He is man who does
things and they believe in him. AS one
of the titled ones said to me just before
left. 1t does warm the cookies of my
cart to at the head of your great ma
ton man who dares do things. tie was
commenting upon the published purpose OF
the President to purchase materials for
the Panama canal abroad"
Are you still firm advocate OF
protection you used to be-" asked the
reporter.
Talk on the Tariff.
Yes, sir. Free trade is a good thing
and then he hesitated a moment and
brought out empharically. FOR England.
It's bad here in America. l am a Arm
protectionist. No. not a standpatter. The
tariff should be amended to meet the times
and conditions How this can best be ac-
complished. and still maintain the security
that the business MIN insists is the life OF
trade, l am not prepared to say. But 1t
does seem to me tariff commission OF
permanent character, with ample power 10
make necessary changes In schedules would
be the solution. But, however. Ii Is DONE
one thing Is certain, the end will justify
the means. The tariff should be amended
and by the republican party. The people
have a right to demand 1t, and we should
fulfill our platform pledges. BY the way"
continued Mr.. Evans, changing the sub
ject, DO you know where Mount YER
non got It's Manner
The reporter declared his ignorance.
well, blest if 1 knew until short while
ago when some American and English
friends started a subscription to restore
the tower OF the old church at Maiden.
This Is located some forty or fifty miles
from London. and Is of interest to Ameri-
cans in that the las of the Washing
ton family was located here as its rector.
l refer to Lawrence Washington. This was
somewhere along in the sixteen hundreds,
| do not recall the exact date 1t was
while discussing some OF the details OF
this church fund that l learned the story
of Mount Vernon. My informant, who
Vernon did not belong to George Wash
ington, but to his brother Lawrence, who
was a captain In the English navy. The
place was named for his admiral, whose
name was Vernon. This was quite inter-
esting to me- l wonder how many of The
Star readers know The story?"
English All Pro-Japanese.
How do the Engishmen regard the
WARP" asked the reporter.
oh bless you, they all pro-Japanese.
1 left before the great naval battle. and or
course did not hear any comments concern
ing the termination of the war That re-
minds me of matter that was quite inter-
esting to me at the time. Sir FREDERICK
Treeves, the king s physician, and royal
good fellow happened to sit next me at
some social function / attended. He had
but recently been ID Japan, and he enter
tanned immensely with his observations
while there. He said their field hospitals
were the best on earth, and their ambu-
lance service a revelation. You know we
have cumbersome hospital wagons drawn by
a span of mules. The Japs have jinrick-
shaw, and as soon as a man is wounded
he is placed on a litter, carried 20 the rick
shaw and hurried cut of the danger zone,
where he is treated. only soldier VINO
has been in 1t can tell of the manifold accf-
dents that can befall a hospital wagon. II
gets stuck In the mud, wheel breaks
down. the mules are balky and a hundred
other mishaps could occur. The rickshaw
is great improvement. But what inter
ested me most his tinker story. It
just illustrates the cleverness of the Japs.
With each company there is a tinker. and
his weapons pair of shears a bar or
solder and a soldering iron and tinkers
stove. The army is using an immense
amount of canned goods, and America, by
the way, is furnishing the bulk of them.
Do the Japs throw away the empty cans?
No sir. In the first place, dirty can would
develop disease, and in the second place,
such an accumulation would be unsightly,
and the Japs like everything neat, l am
told. According to Sir Frederick Treeves,
every can when emptied is carried to the
tinker and he carefully separates IT, and
refashions ii into cup plate, any
cooking utensil for which there is any need.
Hows that for enterprise? There's a yam
kee streak in that nation somewhere"
What about your future. Mr.. Evans. are
you going into politics?"
My future must take care of Itself 1
have a business that needs considerab bic at
tention, and after a summers rest shall de-
vote my time to ii. | shall leave Washing
ton Wednesday for New York. and then go
to my old home in Tennessee. | tell you
It's fine to be home again"