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Show London Weekly Press Talks of Roosevelt Splendid Tributes Paid tho President; All Dwell at Length on His Personality. LONDON, Nov. 12. The weekly newspapers news-papers issued today devote considerable space to the Presidential election In the United States and all dwell lengthily upon the personality of President Roosevelt as the prime factor in the Republican victory. The most notable article appears in the Spectator, which preludes a splendid tribute to the President with the admission: "Four ourselves, we do not profess any special liking for the Republican party," while in the same paragraph it says the result of the election ls "a subject for congratulation throughout the English-speaking wr.r!-.!." The Spectator then asks; "What will he do with lt?" and proceeds pro-ceeds to credit Mr. Roosevelt with an Ideal programme for the next four years, the standard of which will be "reason, Justice, moderation and common com-mon sense." Prospective Policy. Discussing the prospective policy of the American Government in relation to foreign affairs the Spectator savs President Roosevelt will not be afraid to Insist that the United States shall hold her own among the great powers of the world, but he will not seek foreign for-eign entanglements. The paper continues; con-tinues; "If the Monroe doctrine ls not to be consigned to the political waste paper basket lt must rest In the last resouvee upon naval and military power, and If America has not a fleet strong enough to say 'thus far and no further" to those who shall challenge the doctrine that doctrine in the future will not prove worth the paper on which the Presidential message of 1S23 was written." writ-ten." Will Be Lesson for All. After predicting that the Panama canal ca-nal will be completed by President Roosevelt, the Spectator says: "In the far East and In all that concerns con-cerns the future of China we may expect ex-pect the President, acting under the advice of Secretary Hay, who io now unquestionably one of the ablest, if not the ablest, of living diplomatists, to maintain the attitude already adopted." Concluding, the Spectator says: "We believe his administration will leave indelible traces upon tho larger part of the English-speaking rnce and that for the whole of that race will be a lesson In and a sound example, of sound, sane government." The Speaker and Saturday Review take a less enthusiastic view of President Presi-dent Roosevelt's foreign policy. The Speaker says lt is represented by a determination de-termination to "get there Just the same, which, Involving, as it does, a disregard disre-gard of treaties and the employ of armed force upon the slightest provoca. tion or pretext, represents a grave danger." |