The length of the latus rectum of a parabola, whose vertex and focus are on the positive $x$-axis at a distance $R$ and $S ( > \mathrm { R } )$ respectively from the origin, is :\\
(1) $2 ( S - R )$\\
(2) $2 ( S + R )$\\
(3) $4 ( S - R )$\\
(4) $4 ( S + R )$