The Detroit times., 1910-06-01
ROOsEvELT's TALK
ROUSES ENGLISH
NEWSPAPERS
Evening Star of London Tells Him
He Is Guilty of Grave 0ffense
in Denouncing British Rule
In Egypt.
Manchester Guardian Says Former
Presidents Remarks Were Mud
died and Boyish."

LONDON, June l.--Government ofii-
ciais and members of the English cab
met are today convinced that Col.
Theodore Roosevelts speech yester
day at Guild Hall. In which he re-
buked Great Britaln's administration
OF affairs in Egypt, will greatly In
crease the dificulty of dealing with
the delicate political situation thar
confronts Britain in Egypt
Owing 70 the semi-official character
af Roosevelt's visit. by reason OF his
appointment by President Taft to rep
resent the United States at the funer-
al OF the late King Edward, British
ofiicialdom will make no comment for
publication regarding the speech. But
nothing could be palmer than that the
leading politicians fear Roosevelt s
hold utterances will act as a fuse
that will yet touch off an upheaval IN
Anglo Egyptian relations.
There were constant comparisons
today between Roosevelts position
and the Lord Sackville.West incident
or October, 1888, when the then Brit
ish ambassador to the United States
was dismissed by President Cleveland
because he privately wrote letter
advising a correspondent 10 vote for
Cleveland II Is not contended that
the cases are parallel. but II Is insist.
ed by many that Roosevelt has been
guilty OF breach OF official propriety.
Today's criticisms OF Roosevelt in
creased in severity. The Evening
Star probably takes the hardest rap
at him.
Roosevelt has long been unaccus-
toned to being spoken to plainly" it
says. He has long lived In perfect
stew Of eulogy, but the temptation Is
Irresistible TO tell him that he Is
guilty of grave offense against the
laws binding host and guest and
against the laws that governed the
white house when he was It's occupant.
The fact that his predecessor was as
sassinated should have made him
most careful In his comments regard
ing the assassination of Boutros
Pasha, the Egyptian premier"
The Daily Graphic reminds the
colonel that Even Socrates" was
poisoned for giving too much advice.
The Manchester Guardian voices q
common criticism when II says that
''Roosevelt's statements are based on
misleading evidence" IL terms his
views "muddled and boylsh."
THE speech was we'll meant but Il
was wholly unnecessary and is calcu-
lated 10 complicate further the diff
cult problem in Egypt" says the West.
minister Gazette.
Even the Evening Standard. con-
sentative paper, after referring in
friendly tone to Roosevelt, declares
that his Laying hands on Great
Britain's private political subjects
seems at first glance a social crime
little short of sacrilege."
That Roosevelt violated the proprie-
ties of the occasion nearly everyone
comedies. even his friends not defend.
ing him on this charge. To receive
at one moment the greatest honor
that the city could confer and I'm the
next to arraign the English people
for their maladministEation OF Egyp-
iian AFFAIRS. was so unusual that the
people have not yet fully recovered
their composure. The Pail Mall
Gazette refers 20 this feature OF the
case by saying that Roosevelt pre-.
fers the realities to the Droprieties ("