The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-30
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Commenting on some recent occur rences The Chicago Journal says;

Commenting on some recent occur rences The Chicago JournaI-says;
 Every man has s.St the defests esno.syeit!s sf his fnirabie. sometimes has unfortunats results. Such appears to have nave,,,,sen nsen that the Red Cross should take entire charge of the relief of San Francisco. for he had to give reasons TOT recom- he unintentionally cast slur upon San Franciscans themselves. particu- larly as to their treatment of Chinese saetiTs FTanaiseaes oi sae resented this. and the sharp telegram of their omciai representatives sent the President .yes- terday shows that ill-feeifng has been
 The President was no less. injudi- cious in declining all offers of assist ance from foreign nations The caii- catastrophe. and 1t was wholly. natural that thefr kinsfolk in the old homes should desire to materialize their sym. tSe hsehy fact tt that the Presidents reason for depriying them of the opportunity to do so seemed to him suficient one, Mths ana Ss reason, namely. that America had already cared abundantly for the sui ferers, and assistance from abroad was not s ssaSsi Sv w. A. sset at
 
 t has given offense not only abroad but to foreign-bcrn citizens of this country. - cept many thousands of dollars worth os presents from foreign peoples. though there was no need at all for "America's caring for it's own
 These criticisms are well founded The President got himself into an eE'- parrassins position. or one which would have been embarrassing to almost any other public man, by his thoughtiess course in connection with the san Francisco matter. Acting on outside information. or no information at ali' and without waiting to get the facts from those on the ground, both omciais and citizens. who were In position 10 give him Information. he really in- suited the people of that city oy as- stunning and virtually charging that Chinese were being discriminateo aeainst in the work of relieving the sufferers. There was no grounds TOT such a charge and no one can blame the onicials and people of that city for re- senting it. The President went or haIf-cocked" and lowered himself by his course.
 And what earthly necessity was thsra for him to insult the German govern
 ment and people by abruptly and ai- most insuitingly, refusing to accept for | eisn aid for the sufferers at San Fran cisco? Time and again the government and the people of the United States | have liberally aided the needy and dis | tressed of other nations. Millions of dollars in money and necessaries of | life have been sent to Ireland. China Japan and other countries where there was urgent need for help, and we have never heard that any of these for eigners resented 1t. or that they con sdered such gifts a reflection on them. They accepted the voluntary offerings from America in the spirit in which l they were given. and did not refuse | them on the ground that it would be at | the expense of their self-respect to &C.,
 cept aid from abroad. As The Journal says, there were many people from other countries who suffered from the
 earthquake and their home people
 thought 1t right to help them. The offer of money by the Germans was made in good faith and should have
 been accepted the same way.
 These are two recent instances of
 Roosevelts lack of thought. but there
 are many others Admittingall that his
 admirers claim for him in the way of patriotism and honesty of purpose. 1t
 does not mend matters very much. Hon.
 esty is not all that is required in a
 chief executive. That will not make
 up for lack of judgment. 'consistency
 and prudence. His frequent blunders
 of language and action cannot be
 smoothed over by claiming that his in
 tentions were good. What Roosevelt
 needs most is a balanee-wheel