Show COLLEGE defend england by tellene of the ties of sympathy cambridge mass jan 9 Harv ards professors through the crimson today publish two replies to theodore roose belts recent letter one by prof james of the philosophical department and the other by J B warner of the class of 69 a prominent boston lawyer prof jamea bays mr cleveland suddenly sends a message to congress asking for a committee upon whose report he is to eay to england bade down or ficht mr 01 ney addresses a letter to lord salisbury saying that glands Ea presence on this continent is a menace and an offense congress and a large part of our baws papers and people thereupon get fighting drank and mr roosevelt antas you a letter to call any of us who may have presumed to beg our congressmen to slow up if they can betray ers of our native land we are evidently guilty of lese majeste in mr Roosevel fb eyes and so though a mad president may any day commit the country without carnine war nine to an utterly new career and history no citizen no matter how ho feels must speak not oven to tho representative constitutionally appointed to check the president in time of need may I 1 express a liepe that in this university we shall bo patriotic enough not to remain passive whilst the destinies of our country are being settled by sur ariee let us bo for or against and if against then against by every means in our power when a policy is taking shape that is bound to alter all the national ideas that we have cultivated hitherto men at tho student aeo are easily swayed by praises but I 1 trust that no catch words or nicknames will deter harvard students from beginning alie ficht just at this point and doing what little they can towards bringing the threatened increase of armament to naught mr warner refers to mr statement in theeo words the united states which have been only halt aware that there was a venezuelan question has suddenly been startled by an ultimatum demand made upon the country with which we have the closest liea of interest and sympathy and this coupled with an explicit threat of war after three aweeka thinking men have talked of nothing else and there has been adint of outspoken criticism unless mr roosevelt lias it on hand to go on and up the press pulpit the macket place and th clubs ft can hardly be worth his while to be gix with muzzling eling thi |