The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-04-25
Ex-President Roosevelt ADJ
dresses Notable Audience.
CITIZENSHIP HIS THEME
Declares Greatness of 4 Republic De
ponds on lts People and Asserts Hu
man Rights Are Paramount Over
Property Rights-TeIls His Hearers
Race Suicide Is 4 National Crime
Which Nature 10 Sure to Punish.

Paris, April 25.-Theodore Roose
welt, former president of the United
States, delivered his eagerly awaited
lecture on "Citizenship in Republic"
in the Sorbonne. His audience was
composed Of all of the members of
the French cabinet, students selected
from the University of Paris and many
distinguished guests, by whom the oc.
casion was regarded as the most i'm
portant feature of the distinguished
Americans visit to France.
In the course of his address Mr..
Roosevelt made reference to the SUBJ
tect of human rights and property
rights in the following paragraphs:
my position as regards the moneyed
interests can be put in a few words.
In every civilized society property
rights must be carefully safeguarded.
Ordinarily and in the great majority
OF cases human rights and property
rights are fundamentally and In the
long run Identical; but when it clear
ly appears that there is real conflict
between them human rights must
have the upper hand; for property be-
longs to man and not man to prop
erty. II"
Other Points in Address.
"The main source of national power
and greatness of republics is found in
the average citizenship; therefore the
average citizen must be a, good eiti-
Zen.
1T is not the critic who counts, but
the man who strives to do things. Re-
publics have no room for those who
deride efforts of those who bear the
brunt Of the day.
commonplace, everyday qualities
and virtues are more important than
intellect. Such qualities include will
and power to work, fight if needed,
and have plenty of children. p. .
Race suicide is a national crime
which nature will not fail to punish.
OF the fundamental virtues the great
est is the power to perpetuate the
race. =,
"A citizen is useless If inefficient,
and must have those qualities which
direct his efficiency into channels for
the public good. a.. .~., b. -
unjust war is crime against hui
mainly, but the choice: must ever ba
In favor of righteousness whether the
alternative be peace or war;"
Spends Day in Latin Quarter.
Mr.. Roosevelt spent the day in the
old Latin quarter across the Seine,
which for centuries has been one of
the intellectual ceaters of the world.
At o'clock, in his capacity as a for
eign member of tho French institute,
he attended the regular session of the
Academy of Moral and Political
Sciences in the conference hall of the
old Mazarin palace. This room was
selected instead of the smaller room
In which the "forty immortals" meet
In order to permit the usual meeting
place of three of the academies, the
Academy of Fine Arts, the Academy
OF Inscriptions and Literature and the
Academy of Moral and Political
Sciences. -
Although Mr.. Roosevelt is entitled
to wear the green, brocaded uniform
of an academician he appeared in his
familiar frock coat dress. At 8 O'Clock
he delivered his lecture in the grand
amphitheatsr Of the Sorbonne, where
he was most cordially received. His
remarks were followed with intense
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