COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN ENGLAND. 



gave England some bold advice as to her duty toward her most 

 troublesome dependency in Africa. It was, he said, either right or 

 not right for Great Britain to be in Egypt and establish order there. 

 If it was not right she should get out. 



He declared that Great Britain has given Egypt the best govern- 

 ment that the country has had in 2000 years, but in certain vital 

 points it had erred. Timidity and sentimentality, he said, might 

 cause more harm than violence and injustice. '' Sentimentality," he 

 added, " is the most broken reed upon which righteousness can lean." 



Mr. Roosevelt denounced the Nationalist party of Egypt as 

 neither desirous nor capable of guaranteeing primary justice. It 

 was trying, he said, to bring murderous chaos upon the land. 



THE COLONEL EXPRESSES KINDLY FEELINGS. 



In the course of his speech the Colonel said: " I am especially 

 appreciative of to-day's honor because it is a sign of the good-will 

 tending to knit speakers of the English language. I prefer to talk 

 to-day regarding matters of real concern to you rather than merely 

 to express thanks and eulogy. 



*' I have recently spent nearly a year under the British-African 

 protectorates. Your men in Africa are doing a great work for the 

 British Empire and for civilization. The nations which are con- 

 quering the savage lands for civilization should work together. 

 Mankind is benefited by the French occupation of Algiers and Tunis, 

 just as mankind is benefited from England's work in India, which is 

 similarly for the interests of civilization. 



" The work that England and Germany is doing in East Africa 

 will succeed and the East African highlands can be made any white 

 man's country. Every one has benefited since America took posses- 

 sion of the Philippines. The East African settlers remind me of 

 the frontiersmen that built up the western part of America. They 

 are of the same sturdy, fearless type. 



" Regarding Egypt, I speak as an outsider, but this is to your 

 advantage, as I speak without national prejudice, and also as a well- 

 wisher to the British Empire. I speak not only as an American but 



