New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-18
ROOSEVELT ABROAD
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London. June 10


e. He hiss shown that II is possible
isn-. s,saker with an ordinary voice TO
for Himself heard by taking pains
raA' .se ANNEXATION Of words II Mr..
VIZ !, his tine taught the English
l0 - after dinner speaking, Mr..
ths =. has performed the humber
,en1inding them that the graces
o.HD- .o-v are Of little account in COM
O - with clearness of articulation
ne has spoken, whether at the
NIe,sTI the stationers' Hail. the Shell
0-'.,-- --,aa1re or the open air, large au-
oo'-. rave heard every word
o. 80 q contrast this has offered TO
-l,vsnlv processes Of English ora
We re- debates in Parliament are
s0is audible in the galleries because
sneakers humble their words
- - their voices. In the effort to
s'- ..,raI and unaffected they neglect
.nunciate their words with oistinc'-
- nrecision. and much that they
not heard Mr. Roosevelt, with
So .-,,e remarkable gifts OF eloQuence
o. -e,,asiou. has learned TO speak de-
-, and 10 enunciate every word
'iOe-- -.-Isrle with painstaking care. The
--,o, Of the audience is not over
60 His speeches are heard with
-1,-t and unfailing delight
a. Roosevelt has also revealed him.
great personality with many
,,-,xt-ses and as a master Of men
ne is absolutely human in his
.,,,ias The power Of unique
.r-er has been felt at the Guiiehan
Oxford. and wherever he has been
made profound impression as
y ---,sf,,l American with qualities and
6 snrinrirg from the home soil.
~ Enzlishmen il public life he dis
,-,-.s ceremonial and convention. and in
- NJ being preoccupied with small
s-..us If etiquette and social privilege
rides himself above all on being 3
-.s+sr workman n q progressive world.
Icing touched the world on every
=. and having had in America an IN
-s.-sued experience in the practical bust
Of national administration he has
- intensely human like Edward
IT He does not repel support by az
-.,--.+;ons Of manner. but attracts men
J. communicating 10 them his own
chsery optimism
rducated Euglishuen are in the habit
= saving that republican institutions
t-ss5 small politicians with shortlived
-s7ntatjous. and that great personalities
nth magnetic influence cannot be devel-
mar under them They cannot repeat
his stale fiction after Mr.. Roosevelt has
bisnded distinction and cordially II
rhs-r Of manner and without sacrificing
democratic simplicity has shown com
-ists MASTER Of great affairs
r * uo-1h much TO America to have
ts5 sc representative & man make a pill
r-4rsge through Europe and England
and demonstrate his capacity for min
gius freely with monaEchs, princes,
statesmen and men Of science and lei
-s-s and commanding their respect ana
admiration. His passage from Egypt 10
ne snip at Southampton has been an
szmixed gain 70 his own country. II
las iuuarted dignity to American citi-
-snship BY showing how vital and sym
vaihetic z figure can come out Of the
rrblic life Of the great Republic
This remains true. even If he has been
severely oeusured by angry Radicals, ike
III Massingham and Mr. Gardner, ana
n rampant Socialists. like MI Bern
! hard Shaw. for vulgarity, imperunence
sat ignorance II leccuring his hosts at
tas Guildhal and bounding like q cir
c-s elowz into the Egyptian arena when
L knows no more about e complex ana
.sicate political situation than q
1OughIless Cooks tourist
Some Of these angry writers are as
snsitve 70 foreign criticism as the
AMERICANS were when Dickens wrote
Martin Chuzzlewit'' and the Notes"
1hsy cannot tolerate the plain talk Of a
Gnaid friend, whose own methods are SO
E-sighrforward and his motives SO sin
o-s hat frankress Is q safe resource
-ruthfulness, which vas Queen Vic
1aas cardinal virtue, becomes tact
ESness" il this outspoken Yankee!
honssr dealing. which was King Ed
Fsrds sovereign method Of establishing
rs supremacy in diplomacy, is trans
ia-ned into reckless efrontery'' in this
responsible Lon killer,
Waen highninded writers like Mr.
Aassngham declare that Mr.. Roosevelt's
Eckboot doctrine Is enough 20 make
Il martyrs and heroes Of American lib
eg turn II their graves" IL is evident
l-at they have been hard hit He would
10 nave been exposed 10 these venom
'A assaults if ne had talked about
''sears, 1o-alists OF fanatics, who were
oa'oalng crimes and instigating law
Eehess II Egypt. L was when he used
- Word sertnentalists' that he
N-seo Intense irritation and invited re-
r'Sas That was accepted by thin
-1aeo- excitable Radicals as q deadly
sek upon the Gladstone tradition OF
I'4pataizing with small nations and op-
F'7Sseo races in their struggle for lib
ETY.
1o2oly nothing vas further from
"oosevelt's thoughts than condenl-
SUI q oisinferested action such as
3Aen when the Italian states were
hg together or when the outrages
sarls set Up in England q reaction
iS' Lord Beaoonsfeld's pro-Turkish
HIS speech made II clear that he
ROcialming The duty OF great ma
70 recognize their obligations as
sss ana 70 keep in order ser1i-civ-
states which were dependent upon
his warning was that timidity
sen'lnentaIity in dealing with uu-