The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
ROOSEVELT MAKES
BIG HIT IN PARIS
Frantic Acclaim of the French
Is Embarrassing
SPEECH AT soRBoNNE
Great African Hunter Appears In Role
of Philosopher and Sayant Be-
fore the InteIIectunls of
the Republic
BY PAUL yILL1ERS

Paris. April ca Special )-The eodore
Roosevelt, former President of the
United states, has become the hottest
issue in the general French elections.
The influence welded by the American
since his arrival here two days ago
is epochal. The newspapers are filled
with Roosevelt. His name is practical
ly upon everybody's lips.
The government will try to stop race
suicide because he recommends such
a course in his speech today lie will
be asked formally and informally to
help the French preserve their nat
ural resources. He is being applaud
ed for his stand in Rome and here
he becomes anoth er national issue IN
the attitude of the French government
toward the Roman Catholic church
which is not at all friendly.
Ora}ors are pointing morals and
adc 4 ng tales with the name of Roose
ly>t.
Orators hostile to the vatican's
i French policy paint Colonel Roosevelt
as great republican who set his heel
do'sf boldly upon the Roman Catholic
church's efforts to restrain intellectual
freedom.
Colonel Roosevelt was elated at the
interest taken in his coming at first
Then he became mildly surprised. Next
he passed into the stage of perplex-
ity, and now he is angry Despite his
apparent anger, he is pleased at some
features of the frantic acclaim of the
French people
He is glad to know that his rema rk 5
about race suicide struck home. He
is further pleased to know that he
! is regarded as conservator away from
home.
The French people have been invited
to show their appreciation for the SER
vice Ito liberty and justice done by
the American" And the French peo-
pie have resp onded nobly.
M. BRAND has conveyed indirectly
to Mr.. Roosevelt that he could Go
France a great service in assisting to
prevent further increase in race suicide
and by aiding in general plan to
conserve the French natural resources
The first -balloting in the general cleo
tions will come tomorrow, and tonight cr-
ators devoted more talk to Roosevelt In
| their final campaign utterances than they
did to the strictly local issues. The final
balloting will follow on May 8.
Following Colonel Roosevelt's speech
at the Sorbonne. he was greeted by near
| ly 5000 persons on his way through the
boulevards. The police were apprehen-
sive for his safety. but the American
| laughed at their fears. The police agents
who have been keeping a wary eye open
for American anarchists kept secret po-
lice in close wake of the automobile that
| contained Colonel Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt's displeasure over the
fact that campaign capital is being made
out of his Vatican affair has not openly
manifested itself. Religious issues were
mixed in the campaign which was brought
to a close tonight, although it will be
opened again after tomorrow. Colonel
l u 4l,nA l.
/ wish of being kept out of religious dis
cussions has been overlooked.
Drowning of RooseveIt's Ambition
| Paris, April 23.-To use Colonel Roose-
velt's own words, today marked the
crowning pleasure of his trip abroad and
| the crowning of his ambitions He was
the guest of Intellectual Paris until mid
| night, participating as member at the
session of the French academy delivering
lecture at the Sorbonne, which as he
| himself said was the foremost seat of
learning in Europe before America was
| discovered, and remaining as the guest of
| the faculty for dinner and the grand re-
ception given by the university in his
honor.
| Mr. Roosevelt's reception at the French
institute and that at the Sorbonne were
equally impressive, but In different way.
At the former he was introduced merely
| as q member and he took seat among
| his distinguished conferees, most of whom
have grown old in the service of science.
| After listening to the words of M.
Boutroux, the president of the Acad-
envy of Moral and Political Sciences,
who spoke eloquently of American
ideals and character of which he said
Theodore Roosevelt was the best ex-
ponent, the former President of the
United States replied in French his ut
| IL tn h IL, a<l-
| leagues to unwonted applause.
| At the Sorbonne no attempt was
amphitheatre interrupting again and
The facade bristled with American and
French flags and fully $4,000 persons
packed the streets and acclaimed Mr.
Roosevelt on his arrival.
Within the building the enthusiasm
was unbounded, the vast crowd in the
my attitude as regards the moneyed
again with storms Of applause as the
speaker defined the duties Of individual
citizenship in republic, scoring the
sluggards, cynics and idle rich, and
preaching the gospel of work, char
acter and the strenuous life.
Several times he interjected obser-
vations in French and after he had
defined his attitude on the subject of
human rights he repeated this In
French. saying that 1t constituted the
| crux of what he had to say and he
desired everyone to understand him.
| His words in this connection were:
IN yattitude as regards the moneyed
interests can be put in a 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 fundamentally and in the
Hong run Identical. But when it clear
lly appears that there is real con-
fict between them human rights must
have the upper hand for property be-
longs to man and not man to prop
erty.'
Mr.. Roosevelt made his auditors
clearly realize that he considered re-
publican institutions still on trial both
/ in America and in France. The distin-
guished personages occupying seats on
the estrade who included besides tho
deans of the various faculties of the
universities Premier BRAND and
his entire cabinet and such men as
Leon Bourgeois, former premier; Ana
tole Leroy Beaulieu, director of the In
stitute of France; Jules Poincaire. Jules
Claretie, Gabriel Hanotaux, Marquis de
Sager, the historian, and Paul M. Des-
! chanel All were as much impressed
as the students and other auditors In
front and Joined heartily in the ap
plause, especially when Mr.. Roosevelt
spoke against race suicide and the me-
cessity of nation perpetuating itself
- one of ~ principal duties.