collected from residence and placed on board any outgoing steamer.
What may ultimately prove to be the most important declaration made by any statesman since the outbreak of war is to be found in President Roosevelt's message to the third session of the 176th Congress of the United States, for not only is it a thoughtful and well-reasoned expose of the attitude adopted by ihe United States Government towards the present war, but contains as definite a condemnation of Germany and Russia as is possible in the circumstances. The salient points of his speech in this connection are worth recording here.
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