Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-06-21
BACK FROM LION HUNT.
ROOSEVELT AGAIN
SETS FOOT ON NATIVE SOIL.
Reception In New York Only Equailed
by That Accorded General
Grant.

Victoria steamed slowly into New York
harbor Saturday with Colonel Roose-
Welt and his family aboard, and docked
at her pier in Hoboken, one of the
most remarkable and spectacular jour-
neys ever made by an ex-president of
the United States or any private citi-
zen of this country, came to an end.
Only the famous European tour OF
General Grant could be in any way
compared with it and this lacked the
pyrotechnic features which charac-.
terized the Roosevelt tour. One year,
2 months and 81 days have elapsed
since the ex-president sailed from
New York for Africa, and scarcely
day has passed that he has not been in
the public eye. Only when he and his
party We're hidden in the thickest jung
les of the dark continent, hundreds of
miles from a newspaper correspond
ent or a telegraph station, were the
news dispatches abbreviated, and even
then the killing of an elephant, lion
or some other denizen of the forest
by the mighty nimrod, was duly
chronicled.
Roosevelt Luck Remains.
Despite the predictions of alarmists
that he would succumb to fever or the
poisonous sting of some jungle insect
the proverbial Roosevelt luck remain
ed with him. and he emerged from the
jungle in excellent health to find the
royal arms of Europe extended to him.
The doors of kings were thrown
open. European monarchs We'd with
one another in entertaining their dem
ocratic guest. His transit from city to
city and country to country partook
of the nature of a triumphal tour
The press in every country heralded
his approach and at every station
where he stopped he was greeted by
the enthusiastic cheering of large
crowds.
In every country through which he
passed he was welcomed by its rulers
and leading statesmen, and gave the
conclusion of his trip an official tinge
by acting as special ambassador Of
the United States to the funeral of the
late King Edward of England.
His Own Feature Maker.
His entertainment however, by Eu-
ropean royalty was not the most spec
taeular feature of his trip. These in
cidents were furnished by Mr.. Roose-
welt himself, and began on his emerg-
ence from the jungle. He had scarcely
thrown aside his khaki suit for his
frock coat and high hat when he de-
livered his famous speech at Cairo
criticising the Egyptian Nationalists,
and denouncing the assassination or
Boutros Pasha Ghali. The storm of
criticism was still at its height, when
the news was cabled that the ex-
president had cancelled his audience
with the pope, on account of certain
conditions that the Vatican imposed.
This was quickly followed by his re-
fusal to visit the Methodist mission In
Rome.
In Paris he delivered lecture at
the Sorbonne emphasizing the gravity
of the race suicide question. This was
followed by lectures in Christiana and
Berlin. The next bomb shell fell in Lon
don where, after being extended the
freedom of the city at Guildhall, he
criticised Englands rule of Egypt, and
brought down storm of criticism
from all sides In delivering his last
lecture at oxford university on June
7, he was compelled to stop, owing to-
an affection of the throat.
Honor From Universities.
The high regard in which he is held
by the leading educators of the world
is reflected in the honors conferred on
him by the various universities. The
University of Cairo conferred on him
the highest degree in that institution;
from King Frederick's University at
Christiana he received the degree OF
doctor of philosophy; at Berlin uni
versity he received a similar honor;
Cambridge honored him with the de-
gree of doctor of laws. and Oxford
conferred the degree of doctor OF civil