The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-13

Prince and Princess August Wilhelm
Prince Adalbert, Mrs. Roosevelt, MISS
Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt. This
party took seats which had been re-
served for them on the platform
ambassadors Present.
Surrounding them were seated Ameri-
can ambassador IIill and Mrs; Hill. the
other ambassadors and their wives
Henry White. formerly American empas-
ssdor to Franco. and Mrs, White: Seth
American consul general at Dresden; Inn
perial Chancellor Won Bethmann-Holl%eS;
Foreign Minister Won Schoen ana me
members of the cabinet. on either side
of this block OF chairs were the senators
OF the university.
Mr.. Roosevelt occupied the seat at the
reading desk. and at his side stood the
heads OF the student corps with drawn
swords. This striking guard OF honor re-
mained standing and almost immoVable
for the three hours OF the lecture and
ceremony.
The auditorium was filled TO It's capaci-
ty OF 1900 persons by the faculty OF the
university students and guests
Rector Frich Schmidt opened the pro pro
gram by giving an outline OF the life
OF Mr.. Roosevelt from the time when he
was a delicate child until the Tune. he
became an African nimrod. When ne had
finished this sketch he introduced the
former president who was received most
sympathetically.
Mr.. Roosevelt appeared rugged and IN
the pink OF physical condition. HIS
voice. husky at first gained steadily In
clearness as he proceeded and he was
able to deliver his complete written thesis
OF 5000 words and to which he added eN-
way OF emphasis and explanation.
To-day I am in Berlin university" be-
gan the speaker. Yesterday, l was In
the open air university OF the German
army and sat at the root OF the great
master OF that university
Praise for Emperor.
Mr. Roosevelt said the German empe-
ror had often been held UP before him as
a statesman who was doing things which
he, the speaker. should do.
II remember" he added. THAT my.
friend DIR, Prltchard. the president OF
the massachusetts institute OF technolo-
ey at Boston. told me OF the emperor S
interest in and knowledge OF technical
education. While In Africa used to
think there was something wrong with
the mail II II did not bring a letter from
BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler telling me OF his
admiration for some feature OF Ger
man life and of the emperor's extraordi-
nary qualities and kindness"
Mr.. Roosevelt referred to the fact that
his own family was of low Dutch eX-
traction and OF the Indebtedness begin
ming with colonial days of the United
States 10 Germany In blood. ideas and
During another dlgression from his set
speech and following his remarks con-
CeT1lnE lliiihoiS N'iNuSSi N'4S ASAA''NA pt>S
ident said:
march before the commander in chief
Yesterday ] cannot understand how any
German could look upon those soldiers
without feeling of pride al the physical
and intellectual character OF those SOL
ders from the farm and shop, serving
their time and then returning TO their
other work TO be replaced by other and
younger men,
Roosevelt's Address.
Colonel Roosevelt said:
The play Of new forces is as evident
In the moral and spiritual world as In
the world of the mind and the body.
Forces for good and forces for evil are
everywhere evident each acting with a
hundred or a thousand fold the intensity
with which ii acted In former ages. Over
the whole earth the swing Of the Dendu-
lun grows more and more rapid: the
coils and spreads at a rate
quickening, the whole world
movement is OF constantly aocelerating
In this movement there are signs OF
much that bodies III. The machinery Is
so highly geared. the tension and strain
are so great the effort and the output
have alike so increased that there is
cause TO dread the ruin that would come
from any great accident from any break
down, and also the ruin that may come
from the mere wearing out of the ma
chine itself The only previous civiliza
tion with which our modern civilization
can be in any way compared is that
period Of Graeco-Roman civilization ex-