New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-27
MR. RoosEvELT's VISIT TO ENGLAND.

r,r,,,, The London Times Oct. II, 1908.
The %G Of T PT aI Roosevelt to
nav visit this country after the COhCIuSoLl ~; ~
his hunting "Trip IN ALItca VII DC b b"ie Of the
I{ritsh iIlhlic 1t would be difficult, If not lnpos-
Si6e 10 mI gen1,iIe Welcome from all classes of
the population. When il become known tnat inc
under British control for the trip in pursuit OF ply
5snIed to recreate his faculties faded with office
sincere qualification was felt on British soil that
nensa If II may so be expressed. OF the lions and
rhinoceroses for which We are responsi DIE Now
One FOR season OF the most keenly pursued
~ 5Ur own lions the satisfaction of the people OF
his country will te still keener II less altEustic
our Measure win be all the greater II Mrs Roose
h{s return down tie Ni- Valley al Khartoum. is
induced TO ACCOMPANY MN on ms E.slS ~ III
shores. oxford and al OXFORD men outside H. VIII
feel especially lively and asGsea3te meal j III
he Romanes lecture in l9e, and presuInabiy re-
reiy. an honorary degree at the Encsenle. oxford.
Roosevelt with peculiar warmth, not only as the
most nlustrious living representatye or the great
which mas Den ~ 8Tne!ic Rhodes scholars who
Ea1-a nr6yef the best or ambassadors for their
c0untrymen. Whatever subjects Mr. Roosevelt may
-,,.rti,IIr choose for his Romanes lecture. for
e. <, 49, With II is sisO announced he will de-
liver before the Sorbonne-and their notification VIII
certainly be received with little interest-his
respective audiences Will rest assured that they
viii not be GaeJ upon to listen 10 sndTtSseS
thought Of any lack Of originality and con rehen-
sfverrSe 81 outlook.
Afr R0oSevrltS reput- ton is secure IN this Ccun-
Try as tnat the creates American President who
has aDur:lred since The days OF Abraham Lincoln.
Tbr greatness Of Lincoln fOr many reasons not
,InIy.-r-ally recognized acknowledged in this
country until after his premature and tragic death
But the hand Of the assassin. which robbed the Re
Dblic too of the services Of Lincoln, bestowed
i,Don IT, In a sense. those OF Theodore Roosevelt ,
and the whole world followed from its start with
peculiar interest the Presidential career OF the man
who in the ordinary course OF American politics,
seemed destined t. future OF comparatively re-
stricted political Importance MI Roosevelt repre-
sents. i'm origin. different phase OF American
social life from that Of the great President of the
people: does IL appear, indeed. or slight advan-
taga for the even and wholesome expansion of the
Republican future that petition OF unusual power
ami influence should have been won. in fair turn.
by a President who belongs more To the social type
OF Washington than OF Andrew Jackson Distinc-
tious OF this kind, however. carry little weight In
American politics Nj Roosevelts great power
among Ills Countgvmen has teen won by the exercise
Of a igor which 10 political impediments can sub
due. and by a clear sighted perception of the public
good which il seldom mIstakrn or deceived. For
these qualities he is held in equal honor among
Engiishmcn and he occupies special place in our
ma tonai regard for the foremost part which he
played in establishing those more cordial relations
between the two great English speaking peoples
which now. il may be hoped. will remain psrma-
nent feature Of the Intercourse Of nations,