The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21
MAJOR ROOSEVELT
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED


| other American l!ers had returned to
their base that It was known 1t was
his machine that had fallen. Even then
there was no certainty that Quentin had
been killed.
| All that was known within the Ameri-
can lines was that a machine had fallen
and that he had failed to return. One
report was to the effect that the ma
chine that fell had caught fire, while
another stated distinctly It was not in
flames when the other American fiers
| saw 1t fall.
| President sends Condolences.
to send his condolences to Colonel and
Mrs. Roosevelt after word came yester-
day that there no longer was any doubt
that Quentin Roosevelt had been killed.
l"I am greatly distressed that the news
Of your sons death is confirmed" Presi-
dent Wilson'S message said. 81 had
hoped for other news. He died serving
his country and died with fine gallantry.
I am deeply grieved that his service
should have come to this tragic end"
To this message Col. Roosevelt sent
the following answer last night: Il
thank you for your courtesy and kind
ness in telegraphng me and I deeply
appreciate your expression OF sympathy
and OF approval of my sons conduct"
Just after this message was received
another cablegram was delivered at
Sycamore Hill which announced that the
Cuban House OF Representatives had
adopted a resolution of sympathy to be
sent to the Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt
as the ofTicial condolences OF the island
republic. which Col. Roosevelt fought to
establish.
| Under their double burden OF grief
both Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt APP
peared to be bearing up with remark
able. courage last night. With them
were their two daughters, Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth and Mrs. Richard Derby, the
iatter's husband being in service In
France with the Medical Corps. Mem
bers Of the family denied themselves &c
all callers yesterday 9th the exceptio.
OF the members OF the japanese Red
Cross Mission. which Col. Roosevelt re-
ceived early in the evening.
Pledges Friendship TO Japan.
There we're ten members in the Japa
nese Mission, led by Prince Tokutawa
They are staying over sunday at thu
home Of Henry T. Dawson. nead OF thu
American Fed Cross. at Locust Valley
l.. |. They were received at Sagamor'
Hill by the Colonel and Ms. Longworth
In his brief talk to the members o.
the mission Col. Roosevelt restrained
well the emotion under which he wa.
laborins He recalled the peace nego
tiations which ended the Russo-Japa
nese war, for which he received tn
Nobel Prize. and he explained that thu
money, returned by Congress at his re
quest. soon would he turned over to va
charities, the larger part OF the funt
,, going to the Red Cross.
There shall be only one peace he said
and that is the peace OF right, and thu
only way to secure 1t is through fGhtin,
force. No nation has been more eff
fcient in this war than Japan. and NJ
!. two nations in the world should worl
/, together better than the Japanese am
the United States Any man who work
at this time against the interests o
Japan is traitor to civilization, and
man has done this he has been play
ing Germany s game against the Unite
} States"
At no time during the vist did tn
{ Colonel or an! one else mention tn
/. death OF Quentin or the wounding o
Major Theodore Roosevelt