27 MAY 1916, Page 2

On Monday, the Washington correspondent of the Times tells us,

Mr. Roosevelt came a long step nearer to being nominated as the Republican candidate when he accepted the offer of a Committee of Republicans from thirty States to work for him. The Republicans who control the party machine are still solidly against Mr. Roose- velt, but we cannot help thinking that there is a very strong proba- bility of his ultimately being chosen to represent a united party. For the alternative is that the Progressive Party may remain in existence and nominate Mr. Roosevelt to run against the candidate of the Republican machine. In that case Mr. Wilson would " romp in." There is no doubt that Mr. Roosevelt's " Americanism " gains adherents steadily.