Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-07
,seyeIt Real
Says
Scribner Writer

Scribner Writer
Work. April Colonel Roose-
shown in the role of a dipio-
natter written to European
/. bending even former EN-
killiam of Germany to his will,
.n,v disclosed correspondence
hv Joseph Bucklin Bishop, the
ssidents biographer, which will
In the April issue. of Scribners
he. ,.
correspondence includes letters
rsplies from King Edward,
H. Nicholas Of Russia, the EN-
III Japan. Albert, King of the
Il and Queen Elizabeth of
IL in addition to the lengthy
/ that passed between the
and the head of the Hohen-
Writing on August Ia, 1906,
In White. who was then Amer
H,bassador at Rome, Colonel
1T said:
4 course with him emperor
IN during the last five years
I'm uniform. l admire him,
4 him and like him. l think
big man, and on the whole a
In. but l think his internal
and indeed his personal atti-
10 of intense egotism. | have
been most polite with him,
.bne my best to avoid our TAX
N attitude which could pos
ye him legitimate offense. and
hdeavored to show him that I
81 cerely friendly to him and to
IN. Moreover, where | have
+. him to give way | have been
zsIv anxious to build a bridge
Il for him, and to give him the
8tion of feeling that his Dig
II reputation in the face of the
were safe,
#ther words, where l have had
part Of the kernel from him,
81 been anxious that he should
the shell possible, and havel
Ill painted any way he wished.
Same time | have had to speak
Epress emphasis to him on
han one occasion; and on one
a Chat of Venezuela) have
make a display of force and to
"a him definitely that l would
force if necessary"
Bishop declares that in spite of
hezuela incident of December
Ehich must have been "a hui
Is check" the former emperor
b d no resentment and SUISSE
wrote Roosevelt the most
letters. He also sent the
a number of photographs
himself and Roosevelt astride
Gent horses at a manoeuvre of
erman army, On the auto
pictures he had written:
Colonel of, the Rough Riders
Is the Chief of the German
Total agreement about the
maxims of life and policy be-
America and Germany" ION
Rhlenberg; A grave discussion;
e look out!" and The Chief
German Army thanking the
of the Rough Riders for the
pf inspecting his troops" Mr..
&, by the way. once had
a rumor that Germany was
a strong fleet to attack the
States,
ter the Colonel wrote to Ed
III of England on April rs,
pntains a reference to the
as Conference of that year, an
Elonal parley which at the time
pa to have averted a general
pm war, The biographer
nat the secret history of this
nee, which stanads revealed in
pts correspondence and which
20 long for publication in the
pe' shows conclusively that it
ranged by Roosevelt at the in.
request of the kaiser that
elt drew up the terms of set
winch were adopted, and that
compelled the kaiser to give
Plllling consent to them"
fVelts impotence with the
Piies and etiquette of courts
igorous expression, Mr.. Bishop
M when he exclaimed, after
Hhg his experiences with DO
ol various kingdoms at the
o. King Edward, at which he
IlIed the United States: II felt
another king I should bite
amused and irritated by the
nHlety displayed by the ruler
kngdom about his preroga-
,he precedence to which he
','led, Roosevelt at another
a drawing upon his bird lore
lmile; He is nothing but a
ng wagtail."
as again to King Edward of
Tor whom he ~professed 4
STU ne said in 1908: IT feel
1ngly that the real interests Of
i.sh-speaking peoples are one.
'he Atlantic and the Pacific:
while scrupulously careful
ma 10 insult nor to injure others
~ YET make it evident that
ieaoy and able to hold our