The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-20
THEODORE |, IMP !,
IS seen BY PUNCH
English Paper in Satire Tells
How Taft Was Seized and
Throne Established.
BY Gable to the Chicago Tribune

| 1nTOne Established.
by Gable to the Chicago Tribune.1
London September 17.-England
interest ,t in the politics of the United
States than 1t is doing now The lead
ing papers daily publish lengthy dis
pa.ches which are refreshing change
rom the sensational utilities which
me LONDON press generally speaking.
| 700 often serves UP to its readers as
american news.
Colonel Roosevelts personality. Of
course ,p, Is the chief reason for this
,n tusuai interest among the English
here. s 'ne Nisie
There Is almost a unanimous con.
piction that Roosevelt again Will be-
resident and It is by no mna,;s rare
no no nm nnd belief that his next occu.
married. by developments towards a
q, runch this weat satirizes this idea
| "a "a. an article headed "rhe Emperor Of
aInerica, and purporting to be dis.
/ a1 1ai 70 the London Times on October
:, 1910, from its New York correspond.
ROoseveIt's Coup de Main.
rms morning Mr.. ROOSEVELT" says
on.s artieie by daring coup de main
unaer which the United states have
existed for 1874 years ana possesssd
i, ~ or supreme executive power
or ore Ma asrI promptly ,tl proclaimed Emperor
ton SO far has been unaccompan led
by any effusion OF blood
secret though the plan has been
KEEP; y Is known that there we're a
ures had been taken by His impe risi
majesty and his friends to paralvze
any spirit OF resistance that might
o'nerwise have manifested itself.
whi,,la O'CLOCK IN the morning the
strong detachment OF Rough RIders
ana president Taft and his family were
arrested in their beds. They subsss
dd astinas., were conveyed to an unknown
PRESIDENT and the members OF the Cab
met were seized and imprisoned The
s,nlets OF the army and navy alrendy
lau sworn allegiance To the new SOW
RosnI Entrance Into Capital
,,tat 10 O'Clock in the morning His
li nnr,ss attended by. the princess i'm
staff r ama a tbTai,n, by brilliant
Washington amid deafening acclama
lions Hating before the CAPITOL he
n l,,aa re, an lmpassioned speech. calling
of the goverr-oent and beiiav.1 .I " ~
person iiiohe ane
He had. he said. intrusted the nra.-
board Of 81 tbe np ntS order to the editorial
pLLaintS ought to be addressed to thew,
, .noush, Tor his part, the dictator could
Oh CONCEIVE that any loyal subject
;rhe rrea want ns,, 70 complain of anything
sources would now be carried on, He
Majesty concluded by saving he 10 .a.s .
hav1 ns,a a bully time. : was
aeurst Charged With Trenaon
a special edition published at midday
called upon the populace TO rally
against the usurper. Editor Hear,
mas been arrested, and will be tried on
the charge of treason.
wv. j. Bryan. In an interview, de.
c !. he suspected the Emperor from
the beginning. The triumph OF the
Democrats. he thought, was now as.
sured
"The Evening Post denounced this
Gator. and declared no self-respecting
American could consent to bow the
knee to Baal. The office of the paper
since has been destroyed by an In
John D. Rockefeller has taken
refuge in a church and refuses to come
out.
THE Emperor is now engaged in
composing message Of 100000 words
Doctrine and his own right to the
empire and crown. 3 soon as the
message has been delivered. Congress
Is to adjourn for an indefinite period"
Quotes From the Spectator.
Punch follows this dispatch with an
extract from the Spectator of the fol-
lowing Saturday, saying:
We cannot pretend TO be surprised
by the news from America this week
that Mr.. Roosevelt or we may be par
doned for speaking of him by a name
which now is merged In a more splendid
and We should believe a more appro-
pirate title) should assume the imperial
purple. This cannot startle any one
who has made himself conYersant, as
we endeavored ito do, with tendencies
OF American public life and the opin-
Ions of the American public men, espe-
cially of Mr.. Roosevelt himself
There can be no harm In saying
that, during his recent visit to this
lcountry. Mr. Roosevelt expressed to a
few Intimate friends his contempt for
He thought that when America man
aged to shake off the republican insti-
tutions, men of sense and honest capa.
Ibil1ty would come to their own.
Thinks 1t Gully, Ideal.
This was his ideal. and he could not
1help feeling that the expression was
his own; that it was his bully ideal.
\ We. cordially congratulate His Imperial
! Majesty and his subjects on what has
taken place. We are among those who
believe His Majesty is, WITH. perhaps.
1.-THE execution of the Archbishop OF
Canterbury and Mr.. WilliamsHiggipbo
1tom, the greatest, strongest and most
statesman-like man in eSistence.'