Show TREATED AS FIRST AMERICAN OF TIME theodore roosevelt most highly honored in europe EXCITING INCIDENT IN ROME former president delivered scholarly lectures in paris berlin and oxford R ep resented hla hill country at king edwards funeral scarcely less interesting than his minting trip in africa and at times almost as exciting were the tha adventures of col theodore roosevelt KooB evelt la in europe faurote fau rope there he desired to be treated as a man of letters and science rather than na as a sportsman and his hia desire was gratified but in addition europe insisted on receiving him as the most distinguished american of tho the time and everywhere he be went honors showered on him emperors icings princes and all manner of royalties loyalties and nobility greeted him dined him and toasted him and the people in all tho the lands that ho be visited turned out in vast throngs to see him and cheer him in parts paris Christ lania berlin and oxford sir air roosevelt delivered scholarly public addresses and the literary aud and scientific circles opened to lot let him in and marveled at the wide scope of his knowledge the event connected with mr Roosevel ts european Eui tour that aroused tho the most interest and excitement occurred immediately after his arrival ai rival in fix italy early in april before he left africa his desire to pay his respects to the pope had been conveyed to the vatican and the holy father had bad In intimated timatea that he would be glatt glad to see the distinguished anted cau can about the same time lime former alco president fairbanks was in rome and hall had arranged for an andl enco at the vatican which was cancelled by the popo pope because mr air fairbanks elret addressed the methodist mission in rome nome when colonel roosevelt reached the E tornal eternal city he received through the american mints ter tei a message from cardinal merry del val papal secretary of 0 ecate to the effect that the pope would grant an audience to mr air roosevelt it ho he did not repeat the mistake made by clr fairbanks tho the colonel promptly called it all off stating that as an independent american citizen ho he could not submit to such restrictions the S 4 fl fi 1 1 na leaving the Sor conne tanne paris head of the methodist mission tried to make religious capital out of 0 this and mr roosevelt thereupon canceled the tha plans for a general reception to which the methodists had been invited thus with his usual luck and facility tor for coming out on tcp he bo had the beat of the matter all around and his conduct was generally commended ended all oyer over the tha world mr and mrs eft and were received by the abo king and queen ot of italy and spent some days daya la in that bount antl nn tl rv the tha cornel conuel and his plaited venice anu anil traveled once again the riviera routs route that they passe over on their honeymoon and next mr roosevelt visited minted vienna and buda pest where he be was given a royal welcome parts was next on ilia his itinerary and thero there on april 23 11 he lectured in the sorbonne Bor bonne before a great audience of savant a and students the municipality and its officials the tha president of france and various learned societies vied with each other in doing honor boner to the visitor and for amusement he was taken to the field of aviation where he saw some exciting aeroplane flights traveling northward somewhat leisurely by way of brussels amsterdam and copenhagen mr air roosevelt arrived at christiana and delivered an address on international peace before the nobel prize com commission mission which had awarded to him the nobel peace prize for ills his successful efforts to end the russian japanese war emperor william had bad made great q L I 1 1 N aj k 5 11 t r 0 taking the air in austria hilans forthe for the entertainment of the ex president in ill IldrI ln but the death of king edward caused the curtailment of tha program to a considerable extent instead of being tho the kal kalmers sers guest in the palace mr air roosevelt stopped at tilo ho american embassy and though william received him and P ar V R 04 P A I 1 0 i Ps ar RV from underwood Y COL ROOSEVELT IN VENICE dined him bini and showed him the german army in maneuvers the more spectacular and public features were omitted on may 12 mr roosevelt delivered at the university of berlin an address on modern civilization which was highly praised for its scholarly qualities having been appointed special ambassador bas of 0 the united states to attend t the funeral of king edward colonel roosevelt next crossed the channel to england and when the body of the dead monarch was carried to the tomb lie he was one of the remar remarkable Wable crowd of royal pemon ages and distinguished men that followed the gun carr carriage iame on which edwards coffin avas borne after the funeral ho he was vas received by king george and queen hnry and by the widowed que queen on ru mother other and in a quiet way made n nee ee canary by tho the mourning of tho the nation much attention was shown him this culminated in loridon london by a reception in the guild hall ut which tho the freedom of the city in a gold casket was presented to him lie ile wits was the guest thereafter of several prominent englishmen and on oil june 7 ho he delivered the romanes lecture at oxford which had been postponed 1 by the demise of the king this was wab the most pretentious of all tits his european addresses and the best beat his subject was biological analogies in fix Ill history story the university of cambridge honored mr roosevelt by conferring upon him the degree of doctor of laws and the occasion served to demon strata his popularity with all classer i As mr roosevelt accepted hla his dl di i ploma from the handa bonds of vice chon chan bellor mason alason tho the students who crowded the galler galleries tea shou shouted teddy Ted teddy dyll and let down a large tedda bear arom roro the ceiling cel ling the whon audience cheered and the colonel us as he passed out smilingly patted the th teddy bear later that day mr air 1 roosevelt addressed graduate graduates a nn an all kinds of topics on june 11 the traveler together with mrs Roos roosevelt erelt kermit and mas ethel called on tho ahti Kal serin auguste victoria on their way to new york and the rousing cousins welcome that he be knew was wag 1 ilni froni brorn hla his fellow countrymen |