. R. JR. CONFERS
WITH J. T. KING
Xew York, Mar. 2S. "I shall aban
don private business April 1 and de
vote myself to public affairs. I was
touched by th "Washington State sugr
gresiion of the Vice-Presidency, but
expect to bejrin my active political
career more modestly than that."
This announcement was made by
I-Ieu tenant-Colonel Theodore Roose
velt, who has just resigned from the
army. It was the result of confer
ences with Chairman "Will IT. "Hay?.
John T. King- and Karle S. Kinpsley,
of the Republican National Commit
tee; "William l.,oeb, Jr., and other Re
publicans of influence. Mr. Roose
velt said:
"I shall participate actively In Re
publican party affairs henceforth, and
shall try to promoto the policies ad
vocated by my father. "What little
money I have, 1 have made myself. I
am financially independent. But there
Is work for every young- American to
do, and I am going- to do my share."
PORTS COMMISSION
MEETS IN PARIS
TODAY'S AX-MVKRSARY,
The first Japanese embassy to the
United States arrived in Kan I-Van-ciaoo
flifty-nine years a.sro yesterday
March 27, 1860, on the steamship
Powhatan. It consisted of two princes
of high rank, two associates, and a
large corps of attendants and serv
ants. The visitors were treated with
the utmost respect and consideration
in all parts of the country which they
visited, and the treaty they brought
with them was formally ratified,
marking the beginning of a friend
ship between the two nations which
has existed for over half a century.
THAT EUROPEAN' TOCTl.
