The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-11
ROOSEVELT IND wAR.

Tho fiery attack og former President Roosevelt on Germany yesterday a, time when the government is trying to maintain Che dirni, The United States and secure protection for American citizens and yet avoid war recalls that Che present is not Che first time that the yarke spirit of Roosevelt has caused American Presi- dents with delicate foreign situations on their hands to wo-ry President Mckinley blamed him and the Hearst papers r developing sentiment in the United States which forced the war with Spain.
 In recent article in the New York Times, James Boyle formerly United states consutgenera at Liver pool tells of visit Co President Mckinley at the lat, ters home in Canton and Q, Mckinley telling him that the SpauairAmercan war never would have occurred' had he been permitted to have his Boyle says Me 1iniey told him group oi politicians were active in tanning the war dame.
 ~He mentioned Theodore Roosevelt as ,he head of ,bem" says Boyle and named him as being more re- sponsibie tnaa any other person for Che war"
 As Boyle relates President Mckinley said the war was brought about b, group of active politicians and by che yellow press The blowing up of the Maine created a situation which Boyle says. was humaneiy impossible for Mckinley withstand
 Boyes assertions are impressive because of his close relations with ac6iaiey He was 3icbnleys pri- va,e secretary during both terms which Mckinley serS ed as goycruor Q. ohio He says he visited McNiney a, Canton Jew days before he was reelected Presi dent Boyle had bu. recently returned rom Liverpool where be was American consul. and President McNin. ley wished ,he know che attitude of the English people toward Che spanisr American war
 This opened up the eatire question of the war Boyle says and ,he President talked with me with per feet freedom as was his custom as far as was con ceraed w.a deep seeiine ,he President stated that the grea,es, src, his life was che war with spain
 The rresdsu, tod him he war could have been prevented had ae bat had little more time for dpio matte ucgotarous
 Boyics ie,tcr WAS eaiied forth by another letter previously published by Richard Barry. who gave rec oliections Of conversations ae had had with Sewart i wood.ora uto was American ambassador to Madrid
 Gen wooliori always gave his friends to under stand ,ha ,hc spansh-Amercan war could easily have been avcrted if diplomats representing the two eoun tries had not been torn apart the midst of delioera lions which gave every evidence of bringing peaceful and satisfactory conclusion of tAo dfdcuy to all con cerned"
 The Barry letter is contirmotory of the general as ser,ion of Boyes letter that President Mckinley could have prevented war had he been given little more time.
 The avodablo Spanish and che Philippine war that followed has cost the United States many thou sands os her oes, citizens. and win not be able to reckon the cost in millions O, money for decades yet to come 1T Roosevelt, and other ngoists should cause us to ge, into war with Germany the results would be enormously more expensive In the largest sense there are no veors in war any more One side che other mish. lose more bat both lose.