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rush through Egypt and Europe be.
comes an even greater achievement.
Created Sensations.
Although Roosevelt went abroad
primarily to hunt big game, as a Eau
nal naturalist" he put it. and spent
| by far the greater part OF his time IN
this pursuit, it was his trip down the
| Nile and through Europe that fur
nlshed the real features OF his jour.
ney As a hunter he proved a big
success, winning at the outset the
title of Bwana Tumbo. or "PortiY
Master from his admirers among the
| African natives. but as lecturer
and e1tempore speaker, as a preacher
on his well known themes of decent
living apd the meeting of duty face
| to face, he created far more COM
| ment
Beginning with his address at the
american mission school in Khar-
teum on March 10, in which he for
ctsly urged upon the students obe-
diepce to and cooperation in Eng
land.s rule. ana eliminating with his
memorable address in Guild hall.
London, May 81, when, after receiving
the rare honor of the citys freedom,
ne boldly arraigned England's admin
istration of affairs In Egypt and
biuntly told his hearers that England
should meet her responsibility there
or get out, almost his every public
utterance contained some suggestion
or thrust that startled his audiences
and set the press of the world to
talking.
1t is safe to say that in the last
three months Roosevelt has made
more news" than any private jndi-
vldual ever before did in like time.
The Vatican Incident.
Probably the most startling fea-
ture of Roosevelt's entire trip was
what is now referred to as the Vat
lean incident" On last April the
world was astonished by the news that
the colonel had Cancelled his engage
ment TO pay his respects to the pope
by reason of what he considered the
undue restrictions that Mgr. Kennedy,
acting as the pope's representative,
sought to place upon his movements
while in Rome. Mgr Kennedy eau
toned the colonel against making
himself persona non grata by address
ing or in any other way openly en-
couragng the work of the Methodist
church in Rome. This precaution
was taken as a result of the unpleas-
antness growing out of the cancella-
ton of Chas. w. Fairbanks en-
gagement to visit the vatican because
of his address to the Methodists.
When Mgr. Kennedy submitted his
"terms' Roosevelt Immediately tele-
graphed his declination and Cancelled
the engagement.
There was a tremendous hubbuh
parties to patch UP the breach, but
Roosevelt stood firm. BY striking
show of diplomacy. however. he emer-
| ged from the embarrassment with
enconiums from Catholics and prot
estants alike Throughout it all
Roosevelt made it plain that he meant
no offense either to the people or to
Catholics generally. The whole af-
| fair was finally charged to a lack OF
tact on the part of Papal Secretary
of state Cardinal Merry del Val and
| it was rumored that he would lose
his official relation with the vatican
as a result of the incident
Report of His Hunt.
! OF the hunt in Africa Roosevelt's
tuition, sent after his arrival at Khar-
toum and at the end Of the hunt
gives a good idea Of what was ac-
| complished. In this he says:
81 have the honor to report that
| the Smithsonian African expedition
which was intrusted to my charge
has now completed its work. Full re-
! ports will be made later by the three
naturalists, Messrs. Bearns. Helle,
and Loring. I send this preliminary
statement to summarize what has
been done; the figures are substan-
tally accurate, but may have to be
changed slightly in the final reports
1--WE landed in Mombasa on Apri
| 81, 1909, and reached Khartoum or
March IA, 1910, In landing we were
| joined by Messrs. r. ]. Cunninghamt
and Leslie ]. Tarlton, the former was
with us throughout our entire trip
the latter until we left East Africa
and both worked as zealously and eff.
ficiently for the expedition as any
other member thereof
I'VE spent eight months in Brit.
ish East Africa. We collected care.
fully in various portions of the Ath
| and Kaptil plains, in the Sotk and
round Lake Niavasha Messrs
Hearns and Loring made a thorough
biological survey of NJ. Kenia, while
| the rest of the party skrted its west
ern base, went to and up the Guasc
| Nyero and later visited the Guas
Ngishu region and both sides of the
| Rift valley. Messrs. Kermit Roose-
welt and Tarton went to the Laikipia
plateau and Lake Harrington and
DIR. Hearns and Kermit Roosevelt
made separate trips to the coast re-
gion near Mombasa. on December
10 the expedition left East Africa.
crossed Uganda and went down the
White Nile. -,
North of Wadelai we stopped and
spent over three weeks in the Lado.
and from Gondokoro Kermit Roose-
welt and I again crossed in the Lado.
spending eight or ten days in the
neighborhood OF Rejaf
In Gondokoro we were met by the
steamer which the Sidar, with great
courtesy, had put at our disposal. On
the way IN Khartonrp ua p,nda cnI