NEWS OF THE WEEK
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PERHAPS the chief event of the week has been Mr. Roosevelt's speech at the Guildhall. Timid, fussy, and pedantic people have charged Mr. Roosevelt with all sorts of crimes because he had the courage to speak out, and have even accused him of unfriendliness to this country because of his criticisms. Happily the British people as a whole are not so foolish. Instinctively they have recognised, and thoroughly appreciated, the good feeling of Mr. Roosevelt's speech. Only true friends speak as he spoke. The reception of the speech on the Continent and in America has been not a little amusing. There were evidently hopes in certain quarters abroad that Mr. Roosevelt's speech would cause ill-blood between him and the British people, and a good deal of surprise has been expressed that the very reverse has been the result.
