The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-25
ROOSEVELT BACK,
SAYS HE'S FOUND
BRAND new BIRD
Colonel Takes a Wallop At
Mexican Situation on
His Return.


the morning, Colonel Theodore Roose-
on the steamship Matura from his
triptto the West Indies.
! Although political leaders are
| agreed that he tossed his hat into
| the ring again by a statement issued
| at Port of Spain recently the Col
one1 said that he must refuse to talk
politics "for the present. He took
another jab at the Wilson Admins
| tration because of the situation which
1 has developed in Mexico, and then
turned the conversation to the discus
sion of zoology. The fact is that the
Colonel believes he has discovered a
new species of bird.
Colonel Roosevelt never enjoyed
better health, in his life than he did
last night as he stood in the smoking
| room of the Matura and discussed
| Mexico and his trip with the newspa-
per men who had met him at Quar-
antine. He looked in every way fit
for the strenuous political campaign
that leaders believe is ahead of him.
| despite his refusal to discuss that
| possibility. His only reference to his
| Port of Spain statement was that he
had meant every word he said and
just what he said.
The return of the Colonel was ar
ranged carefully so that there would
be no attempt at public demonstra-
down the Bay in the revenue cutter
to meet him. aside from the newspa-
permen, was his secretary, John w.
McGrath, and representatives of the
Collectors office. There was no one
at the pier in South Brooklyn, not
even George W. Prkins, Chairman OF
the Executive Committee of the Pro-
grAssive Party, who returned 9yester-
day from Stuart, Fla All this was
by the ColonePs request, made in "a
wireless sent on Thursday.
VOlley of Questions Aimed at Colonel
The moment the newspaper CORE
spondents found the Colonel there
was a vo1ley of questions about poll
tics and the Developments IN Mexico
They ELECTED this statement, which
he dictated:
at am not prepared to make any
statement onApolitics at present. or on
the International situation, beyond
referring you to what I said in the
book 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 for the last
three years been saying, applies ex--
actlyi to the present situation and
that all 1 said in prophesy has been
made good by the event.
fttAnd I call your special attention
to what said as to furnishing arms
and munitions to one set of bandits in
order to help them against another set
of bandits instead of helping Uncle
Sam against all of them. And ] also
call your attention to what therein
said as to the effect of adhering to the
policy OF refusal to prepare and of
being too proud to fight. What said
in that volume needs no elaboration
now, and exactly applies.
at have greatly enjoyed my trip
through the West Indies and I am
islands and with Demerara as tourist
resorts and with their Industrial flu
ture. I wish to express my deep APP
probation of the courtesy and fhospi-
tality with which the officials and the
private citizens in the French, English
and Danish Islands received me.
ct was Immensely struck by the ems
thusialstic loyalty with which the peo-
pie of the French and English islands
had come forward to the aid of the
mother country in this war. The is
lands have sent to the front or have
in training to send ito the front be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 men. In
tical1y all of the young men had gone
to the front or were going
May See Perkins Today.
The Colonel listened to many stories
about Developments in the political sit
uation and In Mexico with apparent
Interest. His only comment, however,
was the well known one: by George, |
now, that is interesting He told |
his plans for today, which included |
a possible talk with Mr.. Perkins, but !
when an effort was made to draw |
from him a reply about presidential |
aspirations he turned it aside with |
the assertion he was not going to re-
fer. directly or indirectly! to that SUBJ |
ject. II
The story of the new species OF bird /
came while the colonel was discussing |
his plans for today. He said that he I
was going to Fairfield Osborn (E9enry |
Fairfield Osborn, Curator Emeritus of /
the Museum of Natural History, and /
Curator Hornaday of the Bronx Zoo
logical Gardens.
''I,ve got something to tell them,
he said, land want to congratulate
them on their biological laboratory at
Demerara. It's perfectly splendid"
Then he asked one of the newspaper I
men if he knew what a night hawk |
was, and the bird story followed.
The night hawk. it appears, eats
Colonel discovered does not. It is a
good deal in appearance like the
whippoor-will, but, the Colonel added
with a chuckle, sis as big as barn
OWL 1t is nocturnal in it's habits,
makes it's home in a cave and lives on
nuts. Bete1 nuts was one of the var
ious the Colonel named.
's1t. makes great noise, too" he
said.
A suggestion was made that it might
bark like a dog and the Colonel, a
broad smile on his face. raised a
finger.
ttNow, sir, no nature taking he
exclaimed.
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