1 FEBRUARY 1919, Page 3

We rejoice to hear that on February 9th at 3

o'clock a memorial service for the late Mr. Roosevelt will be held in Westminster Abbey. Such a service will give the greatest possible satis- faction not only to the innumerable admirers of Mr. Roosevelt among our own countrymen, but to the many Americans who are now resident here. Nothing could be a nobler or more memorable pledge of the understanding which grows daily in strength between the United States and Great Britain than a memorial service for one of the most distinguished of Americans. If there seems to have been some delay in arranging this service, we may perhaps attribute it to the fast that it was thought desirable to hold It when the new Parliament will be in session. That of course is the right time.