New-York tribune., 1911-12-10
Anglo-AmeriCan Memories
CXLIX.
Mr.. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Copyright. 1911. George W. smslleyJ

And, in the long run. IT injured the cause
he meant to support.
Apart from this Egyptian business,
Mr.. Roosevelt left none but pleasant
memories behind him. He came among
the English with a renown greater than
that of any American they had seen,
General Grant excepted. He left them
with this renown undiminished. They
recognized his great qualities They
saw in him man; and that Is what
they like best. His frankness appealed
TO them. If 1t amused them to find him
so very glad to meet so many total
strangers, that did him no harm. They
| thought him sincere. though exuberant-
with an essential sincerity Of character
Possibly they knew he has not a drop
OF English blood in his veins and is
rather fond Of saying so, but they none
the less recognized in him a kinship Of
soul and of character. He was a force.
and to them a sympathetic force. They
like man who has done things, who
| has played a great part greatly. They
knew he had been a strong President.
and sometimes arbitrary and liked him
| none the worse for that. With this
nation of spOrtsmen his exploits in At
rica had set the seal to his fame. They
expressed it in their moderate colloquial
| English way:
There can't be much the matter with
a man who goes for big game"
They though il graceful and fitting
that he should have wished to be Special
Ambassador al the funeral of King Ed
| ward-a King whose greatness looms
| larger year by year. His appearance at
| that ceremony was not what II might
! have been. He was one of three in a
royal closed carriage. A European
newspaper told us that he himself did
rot like it; saying:
II put myself In the hands of the
authorities. and was ready to do what
! they liked but | did not expect to ride
with a Daso and a Chinkie."
! quote Il Cn!y to remark that, widely
circulated as the speech was, 1t cannot
! have been uttered by Mr.. Roosevelt
His companions were the French Min
lister of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese
Special Ambassador, a son of Prince
Ching. Of the royal family. The English
would have liked 10 see the ex-Presi-
dent by himself on horseback, perhaps In
the uniform of Rough Rider; not in
| tall hat and evening clothes. But that
mattered little. What mattered was his
presence, and oil that II signified. The
presence of his daughter, Mrs. Long
worth, added to the content of the Eng
! lish, who had admired and liked the
Alice Roosevelt of earlier days. and paid
homage to her beauty and her delightful
originalitieS, and to all the attractions
| they loved the better because they were
American and not English
| OF Mr.. Roosevelts political misad-
ventures since his return, l don't think
the English knew much until he sudden
! ly appeared as an opponent Of the Pres
idents Arbitration Treaties. There his
attitude perplexes them. The fact of
his opposition is better known than the
grounds of it, The cable does not much
suits. The Arbitration Treaties are pop
ular In England and with all classes OF
English. Not an influential voice has
been raised against them. They are be-
! lieved TO be popular in America, the Sen
ate of course excepted 1t being we'll un-
derstood that TO that august but difficult
/ body all treaties. as treaties, are objects
of suspicion and hatred. The English do
not understand party divisions or per
sCnal animosities in American politics.
! They cannot be expected to. / some
times wonder whether we understand
them ourselves. And so they ask in a
dazed way why Mr.. Roosevelt should be
so often in antagonism TO the President
whom he chose, so far as he could
choose, to be his successor; who was the
I heir TO his policy or policies; and who
! has carried to fruition, though by less
I Roosevelt began. To-day Europe re-
CARDS Mr. Taft as a sagacious and great
/ Chief Magistrate Of the great American
Republic The consciousness Of The
Outlook" has not diminished Mr.. Taft's
! fame abroad. Has it at home? | impute
/ body here think Mr.. Roosevelt moved
| by jealous envy of his successor. The
only serious comment / have heard is
that an energetic Executive is not neces-
/ sarily an effective critic Of policies or
purposes in which he no longer has an
! active share G. w. g