Show 4 SEVELT THAD 1 fEN EN INSIGHT f NTO FAR EAST t Declares a That h arning of Former Pres Pres- I leht eat ht to Europe Averted I IT T orld rId id War in 1904 TA Mass All Aug 8 8 T Tyler ler Dennett of W Washington king ng yesterday esterday at an open open con- con I nl declared that piat President sevelt sc evelt was perhaps tho the first wan paean Bean statesman to perceive m y the Far East question is isely ely Iya a p phase ase of European politics s thet thal th the weight of his influence fit iY arning lo to France Prance and Gery Ger- Ger y quite possibly prevented at a af t an m n conflict of ot world magni- magni I f- f fm 1 F ennett also stated that h there re 1 I Jed d in 1905 an niem- niem mem-I mem i laum aum um of ot which a a photostat was wasI I Is possession posses lon the tho effect of ot which place the United States durt dur- dur IVa t e Roosevelt administration as asan ast t tan an ari unsigned member of or the md nd Japanese Anglo alliance E f E TIMELY WARNING oTis i Is s document was approved by d dent Roosevelt less ess than two I before the formal publication h he terms of ot the second Anglo- Anglo inese m se alliance amance and just before of ot tho the Portsmouth e e conference This action o of dent dent Roosevelt did did- not stand standi i lJ At tho the outbreak of ot the Rus- Rus war eighteen months re re President Roosevelt hado had o Impressed with the I 10 that France or Germany or might go to the support of ot s sfa sa a against Japan that accord- accord Jo his own o statement in a brief JI r-r r which I have seen he warned t Germany and France if It they t to to the of 01 Russia he I Ild ld Id go to the support of 01 Jap Japin n t-ake t take whatever steps necessary I her protection t w ill be recalled that In the f J. Japanese Anglo-Japanese alliance I ed In 1902 this was the obliga- obliga t which had been assumed by land We may therefore sa say this warning which came per per- er- er erI 1 I tHy illy from President Roosevelt Roosevel to ice ice and Germany had ad on only ony y the thee thee c e e which attaches to the peril per per- il tl Li declaration of the president the he effect of ot It was toe to e ei eJ i the United States assume the same res toward Japan which Engl England nd Assumed assumed In the first alliance SE TO WAR IN 1904 l 4 t the beginning of ot 1904 as Is Isly Isy ly y revealed in the private paT pa- pa T of t President Roosevelt as well wen pa-I pa I Ip ill the con contemporary literature I bo le e time Europe was dangerous dangerous- lose to the brink of ot a dangerOus j world war ace nee ce was allied to Russia Engl Eng Eng- Eng I I l It was allied d to Japan Four pow- pow I were paired Germany had urged ala sla Into the war with Japan and future policy was then a matot mat- mat of ot doubt and grave concern contern Roosevelt President threw ho lie weight of ot his Influence by warning to France France- and Germany the conflict to the Far Farand tand and quite possibly prevented outbreak pf of European conflict I situation in the tho summer ofas of lo was as such euch as to make It seem e plausible that if if It President I had not made madl this en- en ement ment with Japan and England uld have been far morn mon I nd ind perhaps Impossible for him diate the peace of Portsmouth uth later I |