New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-06

hdndmdSter. Johann hGiFcTSVh' H"V
dedicated IL 10 Mr.. Roosevelt The theme
embodied The star Spangled Banner
Morse foIllsongs and melodies
The stage was bordered with flowers,
and no Norwegian flag vas visIole-oniE
the Stars and Stripes. as a special com
piiment 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 hack Of the stage. escorted by ). u.
I,oevland. the former Premier and chair
man OF the Nobel Prize Committee. Mr..
I,oevIand introduced Mr. Roosevelt, who
read his speech. From time to time,
however, he departed from the text 90
repeat in the same words or in some
what different words the ideas he had
just expressed.
Tribute to Bjornson.
Before taking up the subject Of his
official ADDRESS Mr. Roosevelt spoke OF
the late Bj0rnsterne Bjornson.
Il wish to pronounce a tribute" he
said. ITO the great Norwegian who has
just died.
The whole house arose an stood with
bowed heads for a moment, and Mr.
Roosevelt continued - whose death
leaves q gap in the literature of the
whole world"
He alluded TO Rj5rnson as a man who
had always stood for the right as he
conceived the right 90 be. AS Mr..
Roosevelt proceeded with his address the
Norwegians commented one to another
upon the resemblance between the eS-
President and Bjornson, to the same
style of public speaking, TO the same
favorite gesture with the cIinched hand
The address was broken by abundant
applause, in which the King Joined At
it's conclusion the queen stood and
Ioined the audience in giving nine short
cheers for Roosevelt. The colonel pro
posed three cheers for Norway, and led
the cheering, but the house broke away
and gave nine, following the Norwegian
custom. The audience then sang the
Norwegian national anthem. and dis
persed.
The King and Queen received Mr..
the royal box, and congratulated him
warmly. on leaving the theatre the
King. with Colonel Roosevelt at his
right, drove in one carriage % the pal
ace. while the Queen and Mrs. Roosevelt
occupied another
This was q holiday in Christiania. and
the people gathered on either side Of the
broad drive to the palace in such num-
berg that MI Roosevelt was moved to
remark that he had not seen such i'm
mense crowds anywhere else in Europe
on this trip.
Sits for Sculptor.
| The ex-President to-day gave the
sculptor Vigiand a forty-five minute sit
ting for a statue, which his admirers in
North Dakota intend to erect
Colonel Roosevelt wrote to Represen-
tative Louis B. Hanna, who has the mat
ter in hand, that he did not believe in
putting up statues TO living men, nor
until q considerable time after they were
dead. but, he added, if his friends were
going so have Z statue he thought 1t
ought to be typical Of his early days in
North Dakota. either as a frontier
! farmer or q cowboy. The main thing
was the right sort Of picture; whether
= vas a likeness OF him or not did not
matter.
Dr Fridiof Nansen, the explorer, paid
n visit 10 Mr.. Roosevelt to-day, and re-
called that he had toI- Mr.. Roosevelt
fan o- twelve years ago that if any
A,,e,ican discovered the North Pole ne
would pick Peary.
The municipality Of Christianfa to-
night gave a dinner in honor Of the ex-
President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Bratlie, ex-Minister Of War, pre-
sided. and covers were laid for three
hundred and fifty. Chairman Loevland
20 the Nobel ComI4ittee proposed the
health OF IL. King and President Taft.
Nr Rratiic recounted ex-President
! Roosevelrs services to peace.
/ In tnasting the Storthing and the Nobel
Prize Committee Mr.. Roosevelt reviewed
AZ some length the policy Of the United
States while he was President toward
Cuba, Fanama, the Philippines and Santo
Domingo, affirming that his acts toward
! those states anG colonies had worked for
! true peace and order
Premier Konow spoke OF what the
United States had done and what that
country is doing. The American Min
lister Herbert II. D. PIERCE, eulogized
Norway and the Norwegians.
Mr.. Roosevelts Nobel speech was as
follows:
II is with peculiar pleasure that l
stand here to-day To express the deep
appreciation l feel Of the high honor
conferred upon me by the presentation
81 the Nobel peace prize. The gold
medal which formed part OF the prize 1
shall always keep. and l shall hand II on
TO my children as a precious heirloom
The sum OF money provided as part OF
the prize by the wise generosity OF tne
llustrious founder OF this world famous
prize system | cid not, under the pecui-
lar circumstances Of the case, reel AT
liberty to keep. 7 think it eHlnently
lust and proper that IN most cases the
recipient OF the prize should keep Tor ms
own use the prize in It's entirety. But IN
this case. while / did not act ofhclali?
ne President of the United States, II Was
-..-,or4RelaGs only because / was PreSi