The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-25
T. R. BACK,SAYS
HE PR0PHESlED.
MEXICO CRISIS.
Declares the Developments
Have Borne Out All Of
His Predictions.
SAW WHISPERED BIRD
WITH AWFUL VOICE

w IL ~ w Il u - VOASlS
Col Roosevelt got home last night ,
from his SIX weeks tour Of the British |
and Danish West Indies silent--for the |
time being--as TO Presidential politics.
but with an emphatic avowal that ex-
actly VIVA; he prophesied has com. to
pass in Mexico. In Trinidad he discov- !
cred n feathered creature. the guacharo. |
of whose reality there can he no doubt.
although his description of II sounds like
that of the k!lliloo bird of modern myth
ology. 1t is the size of "A barn owl, has
whiskefs like "a whippoorwill. lives in a
cave. flies only 1T night and eats nuts.
Incidentally the Colonel isn't going to
the prize light.
On Wednesday night, while the steam
| ship Matura Of the Trinidad Line. which
| brought the Colonel and Mrs Roosevelt
to New York from Trinidad. was tus-
sling with the toughest gale the crew
has ever encountered, a monster wave
| flooded the main deck and companion-
! way and spilled several barrels Of salt
water into the Roosevelt stateroom. AZ
! O'Clock in the morning the Colonel got
out OF his berth. seized pail and bal.d
| out MS quarters. assisted by Henry l..
| Stoddird, whose stateroom floor Was
also awash under more than a foot of
/ water.
| By agreement between the traveller
and his friends here there was no hub
/ buh, nothing in the way of reception.
| when the Matura arrived at Quarantine
, AZ 30 o'clock or when Il docked at
! the foot OF Amlty street, Brooklyn. two
hours later.
Even Perkins Invisible.
Not even thc faithful George W. Per-
kins was visible. Just two men went
down the bay III the revenue cutter.
! They were the Colonefs secretary. John
McGrath who carried brief case
bullying with correspondence and tele-
grams demanding immediate attention.
and Joseph Murray. former DEPUTY
immigration Commissioner. who as a
Republican distric, leader In Manhat-
tan first got Mr.. Roosevelt into poll
tics. No matter where the Colonel goes
seafaring. be it Elba. the River OF Doubt
or the Caribbean Islands. Joe Murray
IL always on hand when he returns
At the Brooklyn pier Col Roosevelt
and his wife got into the Roosevelt car
and wen, to spend the nigh; az the
home OF their son-,n-law and daughter
. ~ anu .hlS INi'HdTu lIeFDy. AT ITO
Last Seventy street. The Colonel
VIII So" to-day few editors. few
political and personal friends. such as
. MIR. itrh,ns, and viii 60 to Oyster Bay
! late in the afternoon
, col. Roosevelt was cumming with his
fourteen fellow passengers in the main
dining saloon Of the MatuTa of Quaran-
tine when boatful Of reporters and
photographers was spilled into his pres
! IIis flca la
looked III for a bruising fight. al 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-
fcrring you t. what said In the book
7 , | published six weeks ago. called Fear
God and Take Your own Part II
you will turn 10 the chapter on Mexico
you Will see that everything then
said and have for the last three years
: been saying applies exactly to the pres.
: 'n. STATION. and that all that 7 said
: In prophecy has been made good by the
= I. ''
\ Prophet On Mexico.
4 II call your special attention to what
n said as to the furnishing Of arms
r and munitions to one set of bandits in
order to help them against another Sc,
II az han.i,'s instead Of helping Uncle -. n,
:. against all Of them. ] also call your at.
= trution TO what therein SAID as To- IL.
s effect OF adherence to the policy Of re-.
t iusal to prepare and of being too proud
o to fight.
i What said in that vclume"-hers
the Colonel lifted his righ: sorear ger
! and stabbed his left hand with it
I needs no elaboration now. and exac,l,
i applies"
Turning 10 his experiences OF the voy.
e age he went on:
" Il have greatly enjoyed my tr,r
through the West Indies and ! am NOR,
impressed than ever with those island.
and with Dcmerara as tourist resort.
and with their industrial future ! wis.
TO express my deep appreciation of N,
courtesy and hospitality with which IN.
officials and the private citizens in tn,
French, English and Danish Islands re-
~ ceivcd me. ! was immensely struck h,
:, the enthusiastic loyalty with which IN,
n people of the French and English islands
=, have come forward to aid the mothe
:, countries in this war. The islands hav,
sent to the front or have in training I.
send to the front between 10000 ant
, &c, 900 men.
-, I'm every house where was a CUES
,s practically all Of the young men ha
N'''' W s"' ''''s NJ "Sic HVIIk
Mum on Politics.
ID THAT IS all. You mustn't ask me an
-r questions about pclitics." the Colon,
is 'utrlna"d, Somebody asked him abou
!. his future plans.
Il amt tell until I have talked wit
MrIirath." he cOuntered. "Oh," h
added, Il must tell you that I ar
anxious to have a talk with VILLA,
!. \. Hornadsy ~ the New York Zoologca
:" Society and Henry Fairfield Osborn q
the Natural History Museum. visite
their biological laboratory at Trinida
and I want to tell them how well it ha
'" started. Yes. and ! must ask ther
- about the strange bird that saw:
WAS new to me. although of course IL 1
re- we'll known to the natives Of Trinidad
81 II Is somewhat similar to the nighI
:, hawk and the whippoorwil."
u Tie then described the bird as note
above, And It eats nuts" he said. 81
~ r''" ."'n"r M" trees ut night and eat
beth the palmiche and the bet.l nu
. N'nu ~ Nol ,nink of that"
~ "And barks like a dog. tolonel?" sue
gested one OF the interviewers.
- ~ must dcprecate any nature taking.
j. he retortcd. "Rut 1t does make the aw
IA fullest noise---you ought 10 hear It. Th
~ natives call II the little DEVIL"