The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-25
Asserts Recent Developments
Have Borne Out Every One
of His Prophecies.
HE SAW WHISPERED BIRD
Description Of Guacharo Some
thing Like the KilIiIoo, But
It's Really True.

NEW YORK, March 70. - COLONEL
Roosevelt got home last night from his
six weeks tour OF the British and Dam
fish West Indies sllent-for the time be-
ing-as to Presidential politics. but with
an emphatic avowal that exactly what
he prophesied has come TO pass In
Mexico.
In Trinidad he discovered a feathered
creature, the guacharo, OF whose reality
there can be no doubt, although his de-
scriptlon of II sounds like that of the
killtloo bird OF modern mythology. IL
is the size of a barn owl, has whiskers
like a whippoor WILL lives in caves. flies
only at night, and eats nuts. Incident
ally. the colonel isn't going to the prize
fight.
On Wednesday night, while the steam
snip Matura, of the Trinidad line. which
brought the Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt
to New York from Trinidad, was tuB-
cling with the toughest gale the crew
mas ever encountered. a monster wave
Hooded the main deck and companion
way and spilled several barrels OF salt
water into the Roosevelt stateroom. At
l O'Clock In the morning the colonel got
out of his berth, seized a pail. and baled
oliC his quarters.
BY agreement between the traveller
and his friends here there was nothing
In the way OF a reception, when the
Matura arrived.
Looks Fit for Fight.
Colonel Roosevelt was cumming with
his fourteen fellow passengers In the
main dining saloon OF the Matura of
Quarantine when 4 boatful of reporters
and photographers was spilled into his
presence. His face was tanned and he
looked fit for n bruising fight. at Chi
cago or elsewhere. lie dictated this
statement at once:
II am not prepared to make any
statement on politics at present. or on
the international situation. beyond re-
ferring you to what said In the book
l published six weeks ago, called Fear
God and Take Your Own Part II you
will turn to the chapter on Mexico you
Will see that everything i then said and
have Tor the last three years been say
Ing applies exactly to the present stu
alton. and that all that i said in
prophesy has been made good by the
event
II call your especial attention to what
l said as 10 the furnishing of arms and
munitions to one set of bandits in
stead OF helping Uncle Sam against all
of them. / also call your attention to
what l therein said as to the effect OF
adherence to the policy of refusal to
what / said IN that volume."-h
the colonel lifted his right forefnger
and stuffed his left hand with It
needs no elaboration now, and exactly
applies"
Tells of His Voyage.
Turning to his experiences OF the voy-
age he went on:
Il have greatly enjoyed my trip
through the West Indies, and am more
impressed than ever with those islands
and with Demerara as tourist resorts
and with their Industrial future. wish
TO express my deep appreciation of the
courtesy and hospitality with which the
officials and the private citizens in the
French, English. and Danish islands re-
ceived me. 1 was immensely struck by
the enthusiastic loyalty with which the
people of the French and English islands
have come forward to aid OF the mother
countries I'm this war. The islands have
sent to the front or have in training to
send 10 the front between 10000 and
10000 men.
practically all of the young men had
gone to the front or were going
THAT is all. You mustn't ask me any
questions about politics." the colonel
concluded.
He then described the bewhiskered
bird he found.
And 1t eats nuts" he said. 1T flies
among the trees at night and eats both
the palmlche and the betel nut? What
do you think OF that?"
And barks like a dog. colonelt" sug-
gested one OF the interviewers.
II must dcprecate any nature taking"
he retorted. But II does make the aw-
fullest noise; you ought to hear II. The
natives call II the little DEVIL"
II was another passenger who told
hn, ha In 20 ha
caves where dwells the guacharo, In
peace with tropic bats, had to travel
into the interior of Trinidad and spend
the night IN one of the caves. His two
colonel doesn't like TO sleep In ham,
mock. SO the party carried a table from
a farmhouse to the cave.
To See Editors Today.
Colonel Roosevelt expects to visit the
offices Of the Metropolitan and of
Scribner's Magazine today. 1t is likely
that william Hamlin Childs and Horace
Wilkinson, the Progressive leader OF
Syracuse. will visit him today. along
with George w. Perkins. The colonel
said that so far as he knew there would
be no visitors at Oyster Bay tomorrow
lie intlmated that as soon as he got
his land bearings he might have some
thing political to say, but for the pres
ent he Is unwilling to elucidate his
statement cabled to this city on March
Q In which he said that he wouldn't
enter any fight for a nomination, and
that lit would be n mistake to nomi.
nate me unless the country has in its
mood something of the heroic"
The colonel has only one speaking en-
gagement-a talk to the Bar Association
OF Chicago on April %. He may 20 Ia
Detroit on April 20 to address the AS.
ISOLATED Chambers OF Commerce OF
Michigan.
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