In view of the immense moment of the issues before the Peace Conference, The Star had asked Colonel Roosevelt to give his countrymen the benefit of his discussion of the possibilities of a League of Nations as a preventive of war. He consented, although, as he wrote, he expected to follow this editorial with one “on what I regard as infinitely more important, namely, our business to prepare for our own self-defense.” That article, however, was never written.
This article, then, his final contribution to The Star, represents his matured judgment based on protracted discussion and correspondence. It is of peculiar importance as the last message of a man who, above every other American of his generation, combined high patriotism, practical sense, and a positive genius for international relations.
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Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious errors in punctuation have been fixed.
In the [table of contents], “The Landsdowne Letter” changed to “The Lansdowne Letter”
[Page 49]: “which his precedessor” changed to “which his predecessor”
[Page 54]: “seeking a black animal” changed to “seeing a black animal”
[Page 136]: “New York Herold” changed to “New York Herald”