The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
FRANCE WARNED
OF RACE suicide
BY ROOSEVELT
Former President Says Shun-
ming Responsibility of Family
Is Greatest of Crimes
Rebukes Idle Rich and breaches
Gospel of Work, Character
and Strenuous Life
Members of French Academy
and Students of SOrbOnne
Wildly Cheer Lecturer

ARlS. April 23.-In this city. no
torious for its small families,
Colonel Roosevelt today in a lee
ture at the Sorbonne attacked race
suicide with a vigor that brought deaf
ening cheers from his distinguished au-
dience. The leading minds Of France.
as represented by the French academy.
SAT in group about him and they ap-
Plauded as enthusiastically as the stu
dents of the Sorbonne before him.
lie declared the perpetuation Of the
race the principal duty of virtue of the
nation and characterized stunning the
responsibility Of children as a crime.
The use or Colonel Roosevelt's own
words today marked the crowning of
his career as q man OF letters. From
noon until midnight he was the guest
OF intellectual Paris. participating as
a member At a session of the French
academy. delivering a lecture at the
Sorbonne. which. as he said. was the
foremost seat Of learning in Europe be
fore America was discovered. and re-
naming as the guest OF the faculty
FOR dinner and the grand reception
given by the university in his honor.
Impressive Reception
Colonel -RooseveIt's reception at the
institute and that at the Sorbonne were
equally impressive but in a different
way. AT the former he was introduced
merely as member. and he took a seat
among his distinguished conferees,
most OF whom have grown old in the
service of science.
After listening 10 the words of NJ
Routroux, the president Of the Academy
y Moral and Political sciences. who
spoke eloquently Of American ideals
and character. OF which he said Theo-
dore Roosevelt was the best exponent,
The former president replied in French,
his Utteranoes arousing his venerable
colleagues to unwonted applause.
At the Sorbonne no attempt was
made to restrain the demonstrations.
Tie facade bristled with American and
French flags and fully $4,000 persons
packed the streets and acclaimed
colonel Roosevelt on his arrival Within
the building enthusiasm was unbounded.
the vast crowd in the amphitheater in
terrupting again and again with storms
Of applause as the speaker defined the
duties OF individual citizenship in d
republic scorning the sluggard, cynics
and idle rich. and preaching the gospel
OF work. character and the strenu-
Gus life.
Several times he interjected observa-
tions in French and after he had de-
fined his attitude on the subject of bu-
man rights and property rights he re-
peated this in French. saying that it
constituted the crux of what he had
said and he desired every one to under
stand him. His words in this connec-
tlons were:
Ny position as regards the mon
eyed interests can be put into 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 fun
damental and in the long run iden-
ticaL But when it clearly appears
that there is real conflict between
them human rights must have the
upper hand. for property belongs
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