The San Francisco call., 1910-05-06
QUEEN Cheers
With AUDIENCE
FOR ROOSEVELT
King and COnsOrt Hear Address
Before the Nobel Prize
Committee
American Praised for Peace
Views Expressed at NOta=
bic Gathering

voice, Theodore Roosevelt made a deem
impression on the audience which gath
cred today in the National theater to
hear his address on international
Peace" before the Nobel prize commit
tee. It was described by the members
OF the committee as the most notable
assembly since the Nobel prize was
founded.
KING AND QUEEN PRESENT
King Haakon and Queen Maud were
present as were all members of the
government, who occupied seats on the
stage, and the entire parliament
ary body, including Miss Rogstad, the
first woman to be elected to the Norwe-
gian storthing
The audience stood up when the king
and queen and Mrs. Roosevelt took
seats in the royal box. They arose
again when Roosevelt entered from the
back Of the stage, escorted by J. D.
Leevland, former premier and chairman
Of the Nobel prize committee. Leevland
introduced Roosevelt, who read his
speech. From time TO time. however
he departed from the text, to repeat
in the same words or in somewhat diff
ferent words the ideas he had just ex-
pressed.
Before taking up the subject of his
Official address Roosevelt spoke of the
late Bjornstjerne Bjornson.
L wish TO pronounce a tribute he
said. TO the great Norwegian who has
just died"
AUDIENCE PAYS TRIBUTE
The whole house arose and stood with
bowed heads for q moment and Roose-
velt cOntinued-'whose death leaves
gap in the literature of the whole
world"
He alluded to Bjornson as a man who
had always stood for the right as ne
conceived il TO be.
On leaving the theater the king with
Roosevelt at his right drove in one
carriage TO the palace, while the queen
and Mrs. Roosevelt occupied another.
This was holiday in Christiania and
the people gathered on either side of
the broad drive TO the palace in such
numbers. Roosevelt remarked that he
had not seen such immense crowds
anywhere else in Europe on this trip.
DR.. Fridtjof Nansen, the explorer,
paid a visit TO Roosevelt today and
recalled that he had told Roosevelt 10
or u years ago that if any American
discovered the pole he would pick out
Peary
Roosevelt in his address on Inter
national Peace" before the Nobel prize
committee entered upon the most diff
cult field Of European politics and in
the conclusion Of q carefully worked
out thesis advocated an international
agreement that would serve to check
the growth Of ornaments, especially
naval armaments, and the formation
by those great powers honestly bent
on peace Of a league Of peace, mot
only 10 keep the peace among them
selves but TO prevent by force, If neces-
sary. its being broken by Others"
SPREADING HIS VIEWS
Roosevelt said it must be borne in
mind ever that the great end in view
was righteousness. and he explained
that peace, generally good in itself,
was never the highest good unless il
came as the handmade Of righteous
ness. 1t became a very evil thing
when il served merely as a mask for
cowardice and sloth or as an instru-
ment to further the ends of despotism
or anarchy
NO man is worth calling a man."
said the speaker, who will not fight
rather than to submit to infamy or
see those that are dear to him suffer-
wrong"
This principle. Roosevelt said. ap-
piled to nations.
The address was received with ex-
pressions Of approval, and at its con
cIusion John Lund, vice president of
the Nobel prize committee, paid d
tribute 10 Roosevelt and to the United
States.
APPRECIATES PRIZE
Roosevelt, in his address, spoke in
part as follows;
II is with peculiar pleasure that 1
stand here today TO express the deep
appreciation 1 feel Of the high honor
conferred upon me by the presentation
Of the Nobel peace prize. The gold
medal which formed part of the prize
i shall always keep, and 1 shall hand
u on TO my children as precious heir
loom The sum of money provided as
part of the prize by the wise generos-
ity Of the illustrious founder of this
world famous prize system, I did not,
under the peculiar circumstances of
the case, feel at liberty TO keep 1
in most cases the recipient of the prize
should keep for his own use the prize
in it's entirety But in this case, while
] did not act officially as president of
the United States, ii was nevertheless
only because ] was president that l was
enabled to act at all; and I felt that
ing been given me in trust for the
United States. therefore used II as
nucleus for a foundation to forward
the cause Of industrial peace, as being
weu within the general purpose of
your committee; for in our complex in
oQstrlaI civilization OF today the peace
Of righteousness and justice, the only
kind Of peace worth having is at least
as necessary in the Industrial world as
IL Is among nations. There is at least
as much need to curb the cruel greed
and arrogance Of part Of the world of
violence Of part of the world of labor
as to check the cruel and unhealthy
militarism in international relation
ships
GREAT END Is JUSTICE
We must ever bear in mind that the
great end in view is righteousness, JUS
fice as between man and man. nation
and nation. the chance to lead our lives
on a somewhat higher level with
broader spirit of brotherly good will
one for another. Peace is generally
good in itself. but it is never the high
est good unless it comes as the hand
maid Of righteousness; and il becomes
a very evil thing If IT serves merely as
a mask for cowardice and sloth. or as
an instrument TO further the ends of
depOtism or anarchy.
we despise and abhor the bully, the
brawler, the oppressor. whether in pri-
vate or public life: but we despise no
less the coward and the voluptuary.
No man is worth calling man who
viii not fight rather than submit to in
fanny or see those that are dear TO him
suffer wrong. No nation deserves to
exist If il permits itself TO lose the
stern and virile virtues; and this with
out regard to whether the loss is due
TO the growth Of a heartless and all
absorbing commercialism, to prolonged
soft off Fort