The Detroit times., 1910-06-02
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Evening Star Of London Tells Him
He Il Guilty Of Grave 0ffenss
in Denouncing British Rule
In Egypt.
Manchester Guardian Says Former
Presidents Remarks Were Mud
died and Boyish."

LONDON, June 1.-Government ON
cials and members OF the English cab
met are today convinced that Col
Theodore Roosevelt's speech yester
day at Guild Hall, In which he re
baked Great Britain's administrator
% AFFAIRS In Egypt, will greatly IN
crease the difficulty OF dealing witt
ccnfronts Britain In Egypt.
Owing TO the semi-official character
Of Roosevelt's visit, by reason OF his
appointment by President Taft to rep
resent the United States at the tuner
al or the late King Edward, British
cfiicinldOm Will make no comment for
publication regarding the speech. But
nothing could be palmer than that~the
leading politicians fear Roosevelt
bold utterances will act as a fuse
that will yet touch OF an upheaval III
Angle gyptian relations.
There were constant comparisons
today between Roosevelt's position
and the Lord Sackville-West incident
Of October, 1883, when the then Brit
ish ambassador to the United States
was dismissed by President Cleveland
because he privately wrote a letter
advising correspondent to vote for
Cleveland. II Is not contended that
the cases are parallel, but IL Is insist
ed by many that Roosevelt has been
guilty OF a breach or 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" IL
says. He has long lived in a perfect
stew OF eulogy, but the temptation Is
Irresistible to tell him that he Is
guilty of a arave offense against the
laws binding host and guest and
against the laws that governed the
white house when he was its occupant
The fact that his predecessor was as
Bassinated should have made him
most careful in his comments regard
ing the assassination OF Boutros
Rasha. the Egyptian premier"
The Daily Graphic reminds the
colonel that Even Socrates" was
poisoned for giving too much advice.
Tho Manchester Guardian voices a
comin0n criticism when IL says that
f'Roosevelts statements are based on
misleading evidence" 1t terms his
views 'muddled and boyish."
The speech was well meant but It
was wholly unnecessary and is calcu-
lated TO 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 q social crime
little short Of sacrilege."
That Roosevelt violated the proprie-
ties OF the occasion nearly everyone
concedes. even his friends not defend
Ing him on this charge. To receive
AZ one moment the greatest honor
that the city could confer and In the
next TO arraign the English people
Tor their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF Egyp-
tian AFFAIRS, was so unusual that the
people have not yet fully recovered
their composure. The Pail Mall
Gazette refers 10 this feature Of the
case by saying that Roosevelt pre-
xers the realities tn the proprieties. I"