The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-06


ing an occasional giving way OF the
voice. Theodore Roosevelt made deep
impression on the audience which
gathered to-day in the Sationa!
Theatre TO hear the ex-Presidents az
dress on international Peace oeiore
the Nobel Prize Committee. "as
described hy the members OF thc CON-
,,tt.ee as the most notable assembly
straa ,he NoneI prize was founded.
King uaakoil and Queen Maud were
,roacnt as we'll as all the members
~ .ae eovernrn eut, and the entire par
lila rnentarv body. among whom vas
S,t.q poystad, Tho first woman 70 be
eiarted to the Norwegian StorthlnG.
Tbe overture by the orchestra was
sneciallv composed by the royal band
n1aster. Johann Haiverson. Rho oeoi-
catcd II 10 Mr. Roosevelt Ihe theHa :,
embodied the star -Spangled BanHer,
.sors. solk songs aud melodies. ..
= Isay,and the former Premier. and
eh.irman of the Nobel Prize Commit. !.
100 introduced Mr.. Roosevelt. VINO rcaa
,,;s snaecb From time to time, now
ever he departed from the text 10
ronest In the same words or IN some.
y,bat different words the ideas ne hao
just expressed.
Tribute to Biornson.
Before taking UP the subject OF ms
official address. Mr.. Roosevelt spoke
@, the late Bjornstjerne Bjorns son.
II wish TO pronounce a tribute, ne
s.,d .,o great Norwegian who has
just died."
The whole house arose and stood
with bowed heads for moment, ana
Mr. Roosevelt continued: w nose
death leaves a gap in the literature OF
the whole world"
He alluded TO Rjornson as man
who had always stood for the right as
he conceived the right to be.
The address was broken by aounoan'
applause. in which the klng joined.
The King and Queen received MT
poaseyc1t in the reception room out
side the royal box and congratulated
him warmly.
This was holiday in Christiania,
and the people gathered on either side
OF the broad drive to the palace In
such numbers that Mr.. Roosevelt was
moved to remark that he had not seen
such immense crowds anywhere else
in Europe on this trip.
sits for statue.
The eX-President to-day gave Sculp-
tor Vigland a forty-five- minute sit
i;nr for a statue. which his admirers
In North Dakota intend to erect. Col
onel Roosevelt wrote to Representa-
tive Louis b. Hanna, who has the
matter in hand, that he did not believe
In putting up statues to living men,
nor until considerable time after
they were dead, but, he added, II his
friends were going to have statue ne
thought it ought to be typical OF MS
early days in North Dakota, either as
frontier farmer or cowboy. The
main thing was the right sort OF pic
ture: whether 1t was a likeness OF
him or not did not matter.
DR. Fridtjof Nansen, the explorer
paid visit to Mr.. Roosevelt to-day
and recalled that he had told Mr.
Roosevelt ten or twelve years ago tina,
II any American discovered the North
Pole he would pick Peary
The municipality of Christiania to,
night gave a dinner in honor of the
ex-President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
The full text of Mr.. Roosevelt's ad-
dress follows:
stand here to-day to express the deep
appreciation feel of the high honor
conferred upon me by the presenta-
tion Of the Nobel Peace Prize. The
prize I shall always keep, and shall
hand it on to my children as pre-
cious heirloom. The sum Of money
provided as part of the prize by
/
founder of this world-famous prize
system, 4 did not, under the peculiar
circumstances Of the case. feel at
liberty to keep. I think it emnently
lust ana proper that in most cases the
his own use the prize in its entirety.
But in this case, while J. did not act
officially as President Of the United
States 1t was nevertheless only be-
cause / was President that l was
enabled to act at all; and I felt that
tho money must be considered as hav-
Ing heen given me in trust for the
United States.
Forwarding Cause OF Peace.
therefore used 1T as a nucleus for
a foundation to forward the cause, OF
Industrial peace. as being we'll within
the general purpose OF your committee;
for in our complex industrial civiliza-
; ness and Justice. the only kind OF peace
worth having. Is at least as necessary
nations. There Is at least as much
need to curb the cruel greed and ar
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