Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-12
ROOSEVELT TALKS
TO GERMANS ON
WORLD MOVEMENT
Former Presidents Throat Inn
proves, and Cheers Greet
Him In Berlin.

BERLIN, May 12.-Theodore Rooss-
Welt. former President of the United
states, delivered a lecture today atthe
University of Berlin and received from
the university the honorary degree Of
doctor Of philosophy.
Word that Mr.. Roosevelt would be
heard was communicated swiftly
throughout the city this forenoon, and
when at the hour appointed he reached
the university the historic Aula was
occupied by a; distinguished company.
Emperor 9 William was present. The
former President received a gratifying
reception
1t was the first time that his ma
jesty had graced a conferment, n the
courtesy was significant in view of the
fact that the German cour is in
mourning for the monarch's uncle,
King Edward. The ceremony of con
ferring the degree was staged and con-
Quoted with impressive simplicity. There
We're no flags or emblems of royalty
and the government. and the walls OF
the aula were bare save for the rows
OF busts of Germany's famous scholars
and scientists.
The only touch of color was furnished
by! the senators of the university with
their robes of scarlet and blue and
the flvefheads OF the student corps, who
wore blue jackets, white b~reeches, Jack
boots and parti-colored sashes.
Emperor and Roosevelt Together.
Tour hundred guests of the upiver-
sity who held cards of admission were
seated when Emperor William, accom-
psning Mr.. Roosevelt. entered from a
side door of. the hall, AS they APP
peared the university choir chanted
Hell dir i'm ~siegerkranz." The two
gwere. followed by Empress Auguste VIC.
.toria, Princess Victoria Louise, Prince
and Princess Eitel Frederick, Prince
and Princess August WILHELM, Prince
'Adalbert. Mrs, Roosevelt, Miss Roose-
welt and Kermit Roosevelt.
; Surrounding them were seated Amer
lean Ambassador Hill and Mrs. Hill, the
other ambassadors and their wives;
Henry White, formerly American am
bassador to France. and Mrs, White;
Seth Low and Mrs. Low, American
Consul General T~hackara. T. St. John
Gaffney, American consul-general at
.Dregden: Imperial Chancellor Won
Bethmann-Hollwag, Foreign Minister
Won iSchoen and the members of the
cabinet. On either side of this block Of
chairs were the senators of the uni
,versity., grt t.t
Mr.. Roosevelt occupied the seat at the
reading desk and at his side stood the
heads of the student corps with drawn
swords. This striking guard of honor
remained standing and almost immov-
able for the three hours of h lecture
and Ceremony.
~ The auditorium was filled to it's capac-.
itys OF, 1900 persons by the faculty Of
the university, students and guests.
Rector Erich Schmidt opened the pro-
gram by giving an outline of the life
of Mr.. Roosevelt from the time that he
WA a delicate child until he became an
African nimrod. When he had finished
this sketch he introduced the former
President. who was received most SYM
pathetically.
Former President Rugged.
Mr.. Roosevelt appeared rugged and
in the pink Of physical condition. His
voice, husky at first. gained steadily in
clearness as he proceeded, and was able
to deliver his complete written thesis of
5000 words.
The subject of, the address was The
Would Movement" Among other things
he said:
"One of the prime dangers of civili'
cation has always been its tendency to
cause the loss of the yirile fighting
virtues, OF the fighting edge. When
men get too comfortable n lead too
luxurious lives, there is always danger
less the softness eat like an acid into
their m%anliness of fiber. The barbarian,
because of the very conditions of his
life, is forced to keep and develop GER
tain hardy qualities which the man of
civilization tends to lose. whether he
be clerk, factory hand, merchant, or
even. a certain type of farmer.
Z AThis world movement of civiliza-
ton. this movement which Is now felt
throbbing in every corner of the globe,
should bind the nations of the world to-
eetfer while yet leaving unin1paired
that love of country in the individual
citizen which in the present stage of
the worlds progress is essential to the
worlds well-being. You. my hearers,
and / who speak to you, belong to
different nations. Under modern condi-
tons the. books we read, the news sent
by telegraph to our newspapers, the
strangers we meet. half of the things
we hear and do a day. all tend to
bring us into touch with other peo-
pies Each people can do justice to
itself only If 1t does justice to others;
but each people can do its part in the
world movement for all only If 1t first
t, does, it's duty within its own house
hold. The good citizen must be a good
citizen of his own country first before
he can with advantage be a citi-
zen of the world at large. l wish
you we'll. / believe in you Inc your
future. I admire and wonder at the
extraordinary greatness and variety of
yopr achievements in so many and such
widely different fields; and my admira-
4 ton and regard are all the greater, and
not the less. because I am so profound
q, believer in the institutions and the
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