Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-04-23
VISITS in HUNGARY
ROOSEVELTS ROYALTY ENTER
TANNED BY P0PULACE.
They All Welcome Him as the Apostle
of Liberty and Peace-Was Fairly
Mobbed at Railroad Station by Cheer
ing Thousands Who Stood in Heavy
Downpour of Rain-Makes Speeches

Buda Pest, Hungary, April 17.-Hun.
gary received Theodore Roosevelt with
open arms after he crossed the frontier
today, popular enthusiasm, added to by
the newspapers, exceeding anything
since the days of Louis Kossuth.
The journey after Colonel Roosevelt
left the train at Pressburg to spend the
afternoon with Count Apponyi, whom
he had entertained at Washington and
Oyster Bay, assumed almost the char
acter of triumphal procession. The en-
tire population of the ancient capital of
Hungary turned out, the mayor and
other city authorities greeting the ex-
president at the station. They welcomed
him as the apostle of liberty and peace.
At the three villages each made up
of a different race, Magyar, Slovax
and German, the party passed through
on the automobile trip to the Apponyi
castle, Colonel Roosevelt was met with
equal enthusiasm. In each case the
president of the village, the priest, the
schoolmaster, the fire brigade in uni
form and the school children in white
Sunday frocks and sashes bearing the
Hungarian colors, stopped the automo-
bile to present flowers and words of
welcome. The return trip from the
castle, by another route, was marked
by similar demonstrations and when
Buda Pest was reached at 8 clock
tonight the former president was fairly
mobbed at the Station, which, in spite
of heavy downpour of rain, was sur
rounded by cheering thousands. The
mayor of Buda Pest and representatives
from all the societies in the city were
there to meet Colonel Roosevelt, when
he stepped on the platform, while hun
dreds of railroad men from the yards
clambered on top of the train to take
part in the demonstration.
Would Not Be Denied a Speech.
University students massed outside
the building and sang the "Sta1
Spangled Banner,' az the ex-president
was whisked away to his hotel through
solid walls of people. At the hote
another multitude had gathered and re
fused to depart until Colonel Roosevelt
appeared on the balcony to acknowledge
the greetings.
In his brief speech to the crowd:
around the hotel he reiterated what
he had said throughout the day in re
ply to words of welcome. He recog
nized, he said, the courage, the devotion
and the chivalry of the Hungarians anc
especially pleased them when he de
clared one who lived as he had among
the cattlemen of the great west coulC
best appreciate the extraordinary char
acter of the descendants of horsemen
who had followed Arpad, the Maya,
national. hero, into the plains of centra
Europe
Tonight Colonel Roosevelt said his re
ception reminded him of demonstration
he had received at the height of politi
cal campaigns at home. He could onl,
account for it on the theory to the Hun
garians he represented the idea of lib
erty and human rights.
The Hungarlans evidently were de
termined to show Colonel Roosevelt h
had touched their hearts and to max
his reception as different as possibl
from that in Vienna. Although ostensi
bly, the guest of Ambassador Hengel
mueller Won Hengervar the expression
is in reallty.the guest of the Hungarian
government.