| Show AS FIRST AMERICAN OF TUNE theodore roosevelt most highly honored in europe EXCITING INCIDENT IN ROME former president delivered airey airly lectures lecture in paris berlin and 0 oxford R represented presented his country at king edwards edward funeral scarcely less interesting than his hunting bunting trip lu africa and at times al almost most as exciting were tho the adventures of col theodore roosevelt in europe thore there ho he desired to betread be treat ej ed as ag a man of letters and science rather than as aa a sportsman and his desire was gratified grad fied but in addition europe europa insisted on receiving hirn him as the most moat distinguished american Ameil Amet ican caa of the time and everywhere he went honors were showered on him E emperors M kings princes aud and all manner of royalties and nobility greeted him dined him and toasted ham and the people in all the lands that he visited turned out in vast throngs to wee ae him and cheer him in paris and ox ord mr roosevelt delivered scholars scho larl y public addresses and the literary and scientific circles opened to let him in and marveled at the wide scope ot of Ws kno knowledge edge the event connected with bir Roosevel ts european tour that aroused the most interest and ex elou citte ment occurred immediately ater after Us his arrival in italy early in fir april before ho he left africa his desire to pay his respects to the pope hadl been conveyed to the vatican and the tha tidy father had intimated that lie he would be glad to see the distinguished acerb can about the same time former alc e was la in rome and had arranged I 1 for an audi onto once at the vatican which walca was waa cancelled by the popo pope because mr P fairbanks air first addressed the methodist mission in rome home when colonel reached the El HC arnal city ho he received the american minister a message from cardinal merry del val papal secretary b f state to 0 the effect that the pope would grant an to mr roosevelt Koos erelt it 1 he did not repeat the mistake made by nir air fairbanks the th colonel promptly c called it all off stating that as an independent american citizen lie be could ool ewt submit to such restrictions the p 4 r X i leaving the sorbonne paris head bead of the methodist mission tried to ma make ke religious capital out of this and mr air roosevelt thereupon canceled the plans plana for a general reception to which the methodists had been invited thus with his bis usual luck and facility for coming out on top he had the heat best of the matter all amend aromi and his bis co conduct duct was generally commended all over the world mr bir and mra airs roosevelt and kermtt kermit were received by the tha king and queen of italy and spent some gome days dayi in that country the colonel and his wife visited venice and traveled once again the riviera route that they passed over on their honeymoon and next mr roosevelt Roo asvelt tsi vienna and buila buda pest peat where he be was given a royal welcome paris was wag next on hla his itinerary and there on april 23 he lectured in the sorbonne bonno before a great audience of satanta ants and ledent lu dent t a the municipal it ft and its officials the president dent of fri ace and various learned societies vie vied d with each other in doing honor to the a and nd fur m amusement he be was ta taken ke n to the h field of aviation where h he saw a W r some 0 o m 8 exciting aeroplane ane lights ig traveling northward leisurely by way of amsterdam and copenhagen mr air roosevelt arrived orr arr r il ved at christiana arid delivered an address on international peace before the nobel prize commission had awarded to alov the nobel peace prize for hla his successful efforts to end the war emperor william had wade rande great geat X g A j W Taking 1 the air tro in austria plans plana for the of the tha ex president in berlin dut but the dea death Mot king edward caused the curtailment of tha program ito to a considerable extent instead of belne being the kaisers keisers kai sers guest in the palace mr roosevelt stopped at the amerlean Ama Amer rhian bean embassy and though william received him and I 1 in f A t V 1 right by A T COL ROOSEVELT IN VENICE dined him and showed him the german army in maneuvers the tha more spectacular and public features were omitted on may ilay 12 nir mr roosevelt delivered ati at the university of 0 herlin an add address riss on modern civilization which was highly praised for or its ita scholarly qualities having been appointed special am cassador basa bas ador of tho the united states to attend the funeral of king edward col onel roosevelt next cros crossed the channel el to Hg england ld and when the tha body of the dead monarch was waa carried to the tomb be was one of the remarkable crowd of royal personages and distinguished men that followed the gun carriage on which edwards coffin was waa borne after the funeral he was received by king george and queen mary and by the widowed queen mother and in a quiet way made necessary by the mourning of the nation much attention was shown him this culminated in london by a reception in the guild hall at which the freedom of the city to in a gold casket was waa presented to him ile ha was waa the tha guest thereafter of several prominent 1 englishmen and on juno june 7 he ha delivered the romanes lecture at oxford which had been postponed by the demise of tho the king this was the most pretentious of all his bis european addresses and the best beat itts his subject was biological analogies in Ili 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 elrate his bla popularity with all classes As aa mr air roosevelt accepted his dl di ploma from the hands of vice chan I 1 collor bellor mason alason the students who crowd ed the galleries shouted teddy teddy and let down a large teddy bear from the ceiling cel ling the whole audience cheered and the colonel as he passed out smilingly patted the teddy bear later that at day mr roosevelt addressed graduates on an all kinds of topics on june 11 the traveler together with mrs airs roosevelt kermit and miss ethel sailed on the Kal Kalser serin ln auguste victoria on their way to new york and the rousing welcome that he know knew was awaiting him from his fellow countrymen cordyce DYCE |
