“TheundersignedmembersoftheFrenchParliamentaryGroupofInternationalArbitrationandConciliationhavedecidedtotenderPresidentRooseveltatokenoftheirhighesteemandtheirsympatheticrecognitionofthepersistentanddecisiveinitiativehehastakentowardsgraduallysubstitutingfriendlyandjudicialforviolentmethodsincaseofconflictbetweenNations。
“TheybelievethattheactionofPresidentRoosevelt，whichhasrealizedthemostgeneroushopestobefoundinhistory，shouldbeclassedasacontinuanceofsimilarillustriousattemptsofformertimes，notablytheprojectforinternationalconcordknownunderthenameofthe’GreatDesignofHenryIV’inthememoirsofhisPrimeMinister，theDukedeSully。Inconsequencetheyhavesoughtoutacopyofthefirsteditionofthesememoirs，andtheytakepleasureinofferingittohim，withtherequestthathewillkeepitamonghisfamilypapers。”
ThesignaturesincludethoseofEmileLoubet，A。Carnot，d’EstournellesdeConstant，AristideBriand，SullyPrudhomme，JeanJaur閟，A。Fallieres，R。Poincare，andtwoorthreehundredothers。
OfcoursewhatIhaddoneinconnectionwiththePortsmouthpeacewasmisunderstoodbysomegoodandsincerepeople。Justasafterthesettlementofthecoalstrike，therewerepersonswhothereuponthoughtthatitwasinmypower，andwasmyduty，tosettleallotherstrikes，soafterthepeaceofPortsmouththerewereotherpersons——
notonlyAmericans，bytheway，——whothoughtitmydutyforthwithtomakemyselfakindofinternationalMeddlesomeMattieandinterfereforpeaceandjusticepromiscuouslyovertheworld。Others，withadelightfulnon-sequitur，jumpedtotheconclusionthatinasmuchasI