The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 8, 1902. DELEGATES TO AMERICA.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 359, 8 March 1902, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MARCH 8, 1902. DELEGATES TO AMERICA.

An important feature of, the cablegrams to-day is the reply given by President Roosevelt in regard to the Boer delegates who have gone to America to seek to fan an agitation against Great •Britain. The Americans being so fond of a sensation it was rather. to be feared that some complications might ensue, and that the President might have felt called upon to do something that would not be appreciated by the British. But fortunately President Roosevelt is a shrewd man who cannot easily be taken in by “chaff,” and he has given an effective and indignant reply to the emissaries. They are welcome to America in their private capacity, but will be given no official recognition. Thus again are the hopes of the emissaries blighted. Leyds and others have succeeded in rousing a nostile press to call England many names, but they have not yet got beyond that.! and apparently are not likely to. Though all must regret to see the prolongation of the war, there is no likelihood of anything being done towards shortening it by the work of the delegates. The amount of hostility they may create will simply have the effect of consolidating the British.