14 DECEMBER 1907, Page 1

. Friday's telegrams contain a statement issued by Mr. Roosevelt

to the effect that he will on no consideration allow himself to be . put forward . as a candidate for the Presidency. We deplore the decision, for we believe that what America most needs just now is the continuance of his honest and high-minded, if sometimes impetuous, administra- tion. : In view,- however, of the President's emphatic declara- tion, his friends have no course but to accept the decision. ldyally, if regretfully..