The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1910-05-06
A Notable Satire on Roosevelt
twentieth Century Magazine. J

Not in years have we effective bit OF satire IN jour
nastic writing than recently appeared editorial IN the eV
York World 1t called forth by the amazing assumption OF IN
Father by Mr. Roosevelt when addressing the 1ehd
constitutional government Egypt The of Washington
Jefferson and Lincoln as President of the United States took precise
the position taken by George LII and the tories OF
He rigul denounced assassination did stop there
words that would been surprising from the auocratc Emperor
of Germany he opposed and sought to discourage the campaign
educational agitation the part Of Young Egypt IN favor OF con-
stitutiona government He had been Egypt few
long enough in his Judgment be position to speak win ceu
ude Not only did he oppose the efforts for constitutional govern
but he grayely informed the young Egyptians that they woua
be government three generations ms speech
calculated the hearts of all the reaclonary soVereg
Of Europe whom the President visit and was as we would
naturally expect praised by the Government organs OF Germany ana
1.-THE Tory of Great Brianhe that denounced DIS
own struggle The assumption of the role OF advisor on the part OF
the ePresdent of the Republic mpernent as was pre-
sumptuous Under circumstances had he any right to mdde
with the politics OF foreign lands But to patriotic americans dd
indeed lovers Of free institutions and fundamental democracy
throughout world what spectacle could be humlang than
that of of Jefferson and Lincoln douragng the noble
aspirations of subject people for constitutional ruler
small wonder indeed that the young Egyptian students IN
the colleges and the leaders in the constitutional govern
Egypt should have been amazed and indignant at this at
tempt bolster up auocrac foreign rule and that they should have
indignantly marched under the windows hotel where the
President supposed be stopping shouting for liberty and con-
stitutional government.
One Of the more moderate of the leaders, stated said that
Mr. Roosevelt well but he did not know what he was talk
ing about This remark afforded the editor of the New York World
the for his brilliant satire which reproduce below
For three days have been watng mpatety for the fires
of heaven hrve up that dog of nde Carlo who said that
Col Theodore Roosevelt doesn't know what he is talking about but
insults and palsied be the tongue that uttered them
To say that Theodore Roosevelt well is like saying that
multiplication table WELL that the law of gavitation
means we'll or that the bnoma therein means we'll or that the pro-
cession of the WELL that the wisdom of the
means we'll And say that he doesn't know what he talking
about deny knowledge AS Kayyam remarked
about Col Roosevelt He knows about it allie knows-HE
knows,
"Co Roosevelt knows what is best for the Egyptians just
knows what best for Americans and EngSen and French
and Germans and Spanards and Italians and japanese and
and Chinese and Canadians and Patagonans and for the
birds of the air and the beasts of the field and the fishes of the
md for every living thing that walks creeps flies swims
raws =,
He knows all about Egypt just he knows all about religion
md and and literature and and truth honor
md justice and and marriage and childbirth and death and
he life everlasting he knows why the morning sang
ogeer and how rngwoms and spavs and the relation
the progress of he knows why
here great opera English and the relation of gross
dividends the railroads. and how
rg1cuure will relieve the congestion of great
lima will European civilization and in what surgical
the of stovane nadvab the immortal
y of the soul is scientifically demonstrable
Omncnce does ouniscience merely because
has secreted itself in the jungle months in order to
immune with itself for dollar word.
This Cairo whoever he be- degraded than
lie Egyptian that paraded under Col Rooseves windows
tering such hideous cries Vve la Constitution for the
omnabe that the Fontanead Truth not know
hat he talking about reply the precious words Col
ooevelt himself, that shameless falsehood by right
ould be characterized by shorter and uger word
The National MONTHLY Chairman Norman E. Macks maya
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