The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-05-24

royalty was with the ear of Russia,
who could speak English, and with
whom he had discussed for half an hour
the science of government. The way
the car has acted since, Mr.. Bryan was
, afraid he did not make much of an i'm
preston on him. The ear looked more
like an anarchist than anybody that he
saw there, and that he himself was al
lowed to be alone with him for half an
hour ought to be the best certificate of
character that he could get.
In democratic Norway he got his first
and only glimpse OF court life. There
he and Mrs. Bryan had been presented
at court. A rope was stretched i'll front
of the king and queen, who sat in chairs,
and as the people entered their names
were called out and they passed i'll Il
procession along the rope and when i'll
| front of the king bowed and did the
same in front of the queen. Then they
passed on. This is all there is to being
presented at court, that the 400"
makes so much ado about. Mrs. Bryan
had said that the king smiled when her
husband bowed to him. He himself had
! been too confused to know, but he will
| smile if | ever do it again." said Mr..
| BRYAN. Il never felt so like an idiot.
nor ever saw anything SO empty. | am
! glad there are no hereditary rulers i'll
this country.
! The king of England was the most
approachable of all the sovereigns that
he had met. He had talked to the king
dressed in the business suit that he now
wore, and invited any in the audience
who wished to lay their hands on his
coat to do so.
Mr.. Bryan spoke highly of King
Oscar of Sweden, who had refused to
plunge his country into war when Nor
way pulled out, and he had been glad
to call and pay his respects to him. Ar
bitratiOn does not reach the questions
of honor between the nations He would
have it so that all questions must be
submitted when disputes arise, as IA re-
| suit of treaties. America could make
this kind of treaty with other countries,
and the others would follow.
Mr.. Bryan drew some contracts be-
tween America and Asia and Europe.
He said that none could return from
isuch ii trip without being convinced that
this nation leads the world i'll all that
goes to make up Il high civilization. In
Asia woman's condition is vastly infer-
or, and in Europe it is not equal to her
position in this country. We have the
double standard of domestic life, and the
ratio should be one to one. (Applause.)
| In Asia there is an impossible gulf be-
tween the man who tolls and the man
lwho rules. In Europe society is much
| more classified and stratified than i'll
America, and it is much harder to get
up. Even in this country there Is need
| for Improvement along this line" said
Mr.. Bryan. Young men think it re
spectacle to spend the money in idleness
ought to be ashamed to sponge on the
world for IA living and not give the world
an equal in value to what 1t gives
them" api= g.,
Mr.. Bryan said that he had returned
from his trip an optimist. Education
is spreading everywhere There Is
remarkable awakening in China, and
one vceroy had told him that he had
started 1000 schools, and another 1000.
etc. China is the most overrated coun-
try in the world. 1t is where Japan
was fifty years ago. Mr.. Bryan referred
to what America is doing for the orient
: in the way of religion and education.
and said that it deserves more credit
i than any other nation. Our ideas of
government are spreading, as has been
illustrated within the past two years i'll
Persia, China. Austria. Sweden. England
and Russia. Our ideas of religion are
spreading throughout the world. Our
religion came from Asia and is going
back there"
MIR. Bryan left on the 1915 p. m.
Omaha train for Omaha He was ac-
companied to the depot by Il party OF
admirers.