Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-06
LET US FIGHT FOR
PEACE, SAYS TEDDY
Kinu and Queen Cheer Him Nine
Times-NorWay StyIe-ln-
stead of Three
SCULPTOR HAS COLONEL POSE
Statue for North Dakota to Por-
tray Former President
as a Cowboy
Associated Pressl

CHRISTIANIA, May 5.-Notwith-
standing an occasional weakness of
the voice. Theodore Roosevelt made a
deep impression on the audience which
gathered today in the National theater
to hear his address on international
Peace" before the Nobel prize COM
| mission.
In a carefully rked out thesis he
advocated an International agreement
that would serve to check the growth
of ornaments, especially naval arma-
ments; and the formation by those
great powers honestly bent on peace
/ Of 2 league of peace, not only 10 keep
the peace among themselves, but to
prevent, by force if necessary, its be-
ing broken by others"
What Mr.. Roosevelt had to say con-
stituted the basis of the private, con-
versations he is having with the
statesmen of Europe as occasion arises
concerning the practical possibilities
of collective action by the various
governments for the enforcement of
universal peace.
Mr.. Roosevelt said it must be borne
in mind ever that the great end in
view is righteousness; and, he eX-
planned, peace, generally good in itself,
is never the highest good unless it
comes as the ndHuIldlu OL IlSul6OuS-
ness 1t becomes a very evil thing
when it serves merely as a mask for
eowardice and sloth. or as an instru-
ment to further the ends of despotlsm
or anarchy.
"A man is not worth calling a man"
said the speaker who will not fight
rather than submit to infamy and see
those dear to him suffer wrong"
This principle, Mr.. Roosevelt said,
applied to nations.
WOMAN LEGISLATOR PRESENT
King Haakon and Queen Maud were
present, as were all members of the
government, who occupied seats on the
stage. and the entire parliamentary
body, including Miss Rogstad, the first
woman to be elected to the Norwegian
stOrthing
The audience stood up when the king
and queen and Mrs. Roosevelt took
seats in the royal box. They arose
again when Mr.. Roosevelt entered from
the back of the stage, escorted by J.
D. Lovland, former premier, and chair
man of the Nobel prize commission.
Mr.. Lovland introduced Mr.. Roosevelt
who read his speech.
Before taking UP the subject of his
official address, Mr.. Roosevelt paid a
tribute to the late Bjornsterne Bjorn-
son.
AS Mr.. Roosevelt prOCeeueu with MS
address the NorWegians commented
upon the similarity between the style
of public speaking of former President
Roosevelt and Bjornson. remarklng on
the same favorite gesture with the
clinched hand.
The address was broken by abundant
applause in which the king Joined. At
its conclusion the queen stood and
Joined the audience in giving nine
cheers for Roosevelt.
The colonel proposed three cheers for
Norway and led the cheering, but the
house broke away and gave nine, fol-
lowing the Norwegian custom The au-
dience then sang the Norwegian an
them and dispersed.
On leaving the theater the king, with
Col. Roosevelt at his right. drove In one
carriage to the palace, while the queen
and Mrs Roosevelt occupied another
The former president today gave
sculptor Vigland 45-minute sitting
for a statue, to be erected in North
Dakota. Col. Roosevelt wrote to Rep
resentative Louis B. Hanna, in charge
of the matter, that he did not believe in
statues to living men, but added that
if his friends were going to nave
statue he thought it ought to be typical
of his early days in North Dakota
either as q frontier farmer or a COW
boy. The main thing was the right sort
of a Dicture-Whether it was a likeness
of him or not did not matter.
The municipality of Christanla To-
night gave a dinner in honor of the
former president and Mrs. Roosevelt.