The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-28
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r,... Man ann Fearless Of Danger.
~ Gayo-rdr David r. Francis OF
80 vhr l1s h,an in Europe handing
S~.ds,. ~ knks and emperors that no
. fancy ~. stopped over at the Wal
eoO. ..o,ia Wednesday on his way home
:. a. City NJ 'or Beer
o. - hig loly Nissourian held an i'm
~, reception in the corridors last
pufr shaking hands with Tom Taggart
v1.usch Lick Perry s. Heath. Senator
o. N Ohio. lunches OF st. Louis solk
"a ether inhabitants Of the hotel. He
anu ..vsrsl laxative hours in giving
80 Me- impressions Of the Kaiser. the
u.s. A England and other royal per-
- E,ancis vent automobiling over
r., Side Yesterday and learned q few
- about New York that he hadn't
- ~ heforp. He ~prsctised his French,
-. and Hungarian on the natives OF
4. various quarters, but it wasn't an n
- uccessfm experiment.. o.
.v vas mostly railroad train and guide
- language. said Mr.. Francis, and
49, What docs a real fatfooted West
-, rant With foreign tongueer'
n. head n the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
-..,ion was Interested in the news from
$40 and he made it very plain that he
- oyarioved at the probability OF
u.srs,s nomination.
~ ropt saw anything about Hearst
....d He doesn't like me. One thing,
,Aouah. he hasn't got a chance against
S-.n AZ the next Democratic national
convention.
II usdals and commendatory diplomas
] he heads of Governments that had par
saD.,sd IN the ST. Louis exposition. He
"a received nv King Edward, En-
,.rnr william. Emperor Francis Joseph.
TTnr Leopold If Belgium, King Frederick
JDnmark and the old King Of Sweden,
O.srI II and President Fsllieres OF France.
TAs oplv rovsl personages of much account
An, he didn't call on were Queen Will
A.hrips Of Holland. the King OF Spain
| ,d m. Car Russia and Spain didn't
I,y,a an exhibit AZ St. Louis, 10 they couldn't
orpe in for a medal. The Queen OF Hol-
and vasn't well.
.presidsnt Fallieres was the first ruler
IA, received me" said Gov. Francis. II
wuldn I speak much French and he doesn't
NOV A word Of Eng lish, but We got along
Ant rate. He wanted to give me a
inner. but they were cleaning house at
A, Presidents and ! suppose the family
idnt want 10 be bothered with company.
ILSAree is all right. He's a business man
An through and an able citizen"
Gov. Francis missed the'King OF England
n London. The King had gone over TO
NsTienbad 10 drink the waters, and Mr..
Esncis found him there. He left the medal
vfh Ambassador Reid to hand to the King
b person, -
hsncis, abiding TO King Edward. We
ineicans do MOI rea lize that he il some
hing besides an arbiter of fashion and a
portsnan. His mother did a lot TO make
he King business solid with E~nglishmen,
md Edward ia doing wen more. II was he
that brought about the good understanding
With France, not his Ministers. They'll
tdl you that all over the Continent.
What struck me about the man was his
iMrlessnees Of assassination. didn't
Ipard or a detective with him as he walked
up and down the crowded promenade be-
t~een the springs at Marienbad. The
vsi was always crowded, and people
stopped and stared at the King, but he
didn't seem to mind il. 1t looked to me az
II there wasn't much precautiOn taken
apinst bomb throwers or handy men with
guns.
One day | got an invitation TO dine
With the Duke Of Lancaster the Kings
tth at Marienbad. The invitation had
this line in il, 'Dress-Marienbad dinner.
That stumped me for a while, but / found
that the correct thing to do was TO wear
Q Tuxedo coat, black waistcoat and white
he. There we're twelve guests at the Inner
and | sat at his Majesty's right. Sir Henry
Campbell, Bannerman, the Premier' vas
stveen his Majesty and myself. The
King wore a Tuxedo, white waistcost
md white tie. After dinner, when the
tunkies whisked the table away, the King
pointed to a chair.
Sit down said he, and we'll have a
lite talk about your country
He recalled the visit he made to America
when he was a boy Of 10 and, turning to
Lord Sandwich, a member of the party,
remarked: Lord Sandwich il the only
member alive to-day Of the suite that ac-
eonpaned me- He said that he would
IKE TO visit US again, but that he was a
pretty busy man and guessed he couldn't
GET away from his job. He wa mighty
veil pleased because Of the interest visitors
70 the exposition took in Queen Victora's
Jubilee presents
In Berlin, where Gov. Francis went next
70 give a medal to the Kaiser, he was a
guest at a big military dinner whichfollowed
irvlew Of troops by the Emperor. Next
day the Emperor gave him a special audi
moe, talked about the st. Louis exposition
md told Mr.. Francis that he was a warm
atnlrer Of President Roosevelt.
The Kaiser is n Of the able men Of the
World said Mr.. Francis. He knows
werythlng that Is going on in his n
nd all over the globe"
The Emperor OF Austria and Hungary
sNs The next ruler visited. The Emperor
ao been reviewing his troops near the
s1errnan frontier and e TO Vienna to rest
-FOUR days. One Of the days was Sunday,
mother an anniversary Of the Empress's
Sssasslnation, but he found time to greet
Nj. Francis.
Ao uov. Francis, but he was low IN
EiIlts, IL appeared. No wonder. He has
nsd enough trouble in his family and enough
TTSsin the state to make him downhearted.
Ie received me in a dazzling uniform,
thanked me for the medal and said he wished
% express his opinion Of the President,
NON he considered a strong was
vIIprsed az his knowledg o OF American
ILrs and institutions"
Ihen the big Missouran travelled TO
0ecGnolm and met King Oscar.
old him that We wanted more OF his
people IN America said Mr.. Francis, that
w couldn't have enough OF them. He
TTPled that he hadn't shy more 70 spare.
men told him what GOOD citizens they
~ nere and what We think OF them he was
saected greatly and shook hands with me
~veal times. les the biggest king l
~ saw; bigger than Jeopold Of Belgium.
nS rsrned IN Sweden that the people are