Show mm HEATED AS FIRST AMERICAN OF TIME theodore roosevelt most highly honored in europe EXCITING INCIDENT IN ROME former president dont delivered scholarly lectures in parts paris berlin and oxford represented hia his countr counte al i icing king edward edwards funeral scarcely leea less interesting thin hie his abunting trip in africa arid and at times almost aa as exciting were the adaven turea tures or of col theodare Theod cre roosevelt in europe chere he desired to bo ba treat ed as a man of letters and science leuce ec rather than aa as a sportsman and hid hits desire was gratified dut but in addition europe insisted on receiving him as the most distinguished american of the time and everywhere be he went honors were showered on an him em parlors kings princes and all manner of royalties and nobility greeted him dined him and toasted him and the people in all the lands that he visited turned nut out in vart thrones throngs to see him and cheer him in parle parts Christ lania berlin and ox ford mr roosevelt delivered scholarly public addresses and the literary and scientific circles opened to let him in and marveled at the wide scope of his knowledge the event connected with mr roosevelt Koo sevelt a european tour that aroused the most interest and excite ment occurred immediately after his arrival in italy early in april before he left africa his desire to pay his respects to the popo pope bad had been con eyed to the vatican and the holy father had intimated that ho he would be glad to see the distinguished american about the same time former vice president fairbanks was in rome and bad had arranged for an audi erice at the vatican which was cancelled by the pope because mr air pair fair banks first addressed the methodist cission in rome when colonel roosevelt reached the eternal city he pest peat where he waa given a royal arel welcome paris farts was next on hia his itinerary and there on a april 23 be he lectured in the sorbonne before a great audience of avants savants and students etu dents the municipal ltv it and its officials the president of france anca and var barlou ous learned societies vied with each other in doing honor to the visitor vl altor and for amusement anim he was taken to the field of aviation where he aw saw coma some aeroplane flights traveling northward somewhat let leis arely by way of brussels Bru esel amsterdam and copenhagen mr lr roosevelt arrived at christiana and delivered an address on international peace before the nobel prize commission which bad had awarded to him the isobel nobel peace prize tor bis his successful efforts to end the japanese war emperor william bad had made preat r t 04 z 17 R taking the air in austria plans for the entertainment of the ex president in berlin but the death ot oe king edward caused the curtailment of tta program to a considerable ex tent instead of being the kaiser a guest in the palace mr mir roosevelt topped slopped at the american embassy emba aay and though william received him and 11 AF at 40 from ht by Va dorwood A L N T COL ROOSEVELT IN VENICE received through the american manla ter a message from cardinal merry del val papal secretary of state to tho the effect that the pope would grant an audience to mr air roosevelt if be he did not repeat the mistake made by mr fairbanks the colonel promptly called it all off stating that na ax an ln in dependent american citizen he could not submit to euch such restrictions the A 41 4 14 4 leaving the Sor sorbonne banne parl paris bead of the methodist Meth odlat mission tried to make religious capital out of this and mr ir roosevelt Rooe evelt thereupon canceled tha the plane plans for a general reception to which the methodists Method lits bad had been invited thus with hie his usual luck and facility for coming out on top he had the beat of the matter all around and ahls hi conduct was generally commended all over the world ur mr and mrs roosevelt and kermtt kermit were received by the king and queen of italy and pent spent some day days in that country abe colonel and hie his tife visited vl venice and traveled once again the riviera route that they passed over on their boney honeymoon moon and nex mr It cosevelt visited vienna and duda buda dined him and showed him tho the oer ger man army in maneuver maneuvers the more spectacular and public features were omitted on may 12 mr bir roosevelt delivered at the university of berlin an address on modern civilization which was highly praised for ita its scholarly qualities having flaying been appointed special am ba bas esador of the united states to at tend the funeral ot of king edward col onel roosevelt next crossed the chan nel to england and when the body of the dead monarch was carried to the tomb ho he vaa was one of the remarkable crowd ot royal personages and distin men that followed the gun carriage on which edwarda edwards coffin was born borne after the funeral he was re celvid d by king george and queen blary and by the widowed queen mother and in a quiet way made necessary by the trio mourning of the mitlon rn mi ch attention was shown him this culminated in london by a reception in the guild hall at which the freedom of the city in a gold casket was resented to him ho ilo was the guest thereafter of prominent englishmen and oa 03 june 7 he delivered the romanes at oxford which had been postponed by the ds kraase nilse of the king this was the moat most pretentious cfall of all his european addressee addresses and the best beat hie itts subject was analogies in history the university of cambridge hon bon ored air mr roosevlt Roos evolt lt by conferring up on bira him the degree of doctor ot of laws and the occasion served to demon strate his popularity with all classed As mr roosevelt accepted hia his ril dl ploma from the hands of vice chan char bellor mason be lu dents who crowd ed d the galleries shouted teddy teddy 1 and let down a large teddy bear from the th telling the aud lenro cheered and the colonel ai as he passed out smilingly patted the teddy bear later that day mr bir roosevelt addressed graduates nn on all kinds of topics on juno june it 11 the traveler together with mrs roosevelt kermit and miss ethel sailed on the Kal serin auguste victoria on their way to new york and the rousing welcome that ho he knew know was vms awaiting him from his fellow countrymen |