The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-03-15
R0USING WELCOME
FOR RETURNING TRAVELLER
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members of the party will be publicly
entertained during the journey to Cairo,
while when that city is reached several
gorgeous fetes will be given in their
honor.
The British and Egyptian govern
ments are anxious to have Colonel
Roosevelt spend four days in Cairo, and
British Agent Iddings has prepared a
series of brilliant dinners in honor of
the distinguished guest.
The police arrangements have been
carefully looked into and every pre-
caution will be taken to ward against
possible danger. Alexandria is noted
as the hotbed of anarchy and during his
stay there in particular Colonel Roosc-
welt and his family will be surrounded
with every possible safeguard.
While in Egypt the members of the
Roosevelt party will be piloted about
by the representatives of the govern
ment.
Historic Ground.
In the course of his travels Colonel
Roosevelt has visited many Lbattlefelds,
but it is doubtful if any of them will
have interested him more than will his
toric Electromagnetic of the Sudan
and indissolubly linked with the name
of "Chinese' Gordon. Gordon was
killed January 26, 1885, and the twenty
fifty anniversary was recently observed
in London and Khartoum with memorial
meetings
Colonel Roosevelt will inspect the
scene of two famous engagements-th
capture of Khartoum and that of Om-
durham, September 2, 1898, when Gen
eral Kitchener avenged Gordon Is death
and reduced to ruins the capital of the
khalifa's forces. But he will find lit
tie that will picture to his mind the
scenes of carnage, so great has been
the march of progress.
The railway train has displaced the
| native caravan, and modern sanitary
Caucasian architecture, the unlovely and
unhealthy mud huts that marked Khar-
toum in Gordon Is time, though it was
then exactly what it is today-the cap
| ital of region of boundless possibili-
ties,
In Omdurman only will the travellers
see bit of the old regime. This town,
now almost suburb of Kbartoum, is
still Africa undiluted. It's stretch of
four miles ON the bank below the con-
fiuence of the Blue and White Niles has
shrunk to half that area, and instead
cf 100000 population it has about So
900.
West Represented
Among the Americans gathered at
Khartoum to greet the returning ex-
President were Fred Bonfls and George
Creel of the. Denver Post and the
Kansas City Post. Bonfils and Creel
made the long journey as the repre-
| sentatives of the people of the West,
empowered TO extend to Colonel Roose-
welt an invitation TO make his entry
into his native land by the way of the
western boundaries.
| Roosevelt is name to eonjure with
In the West and TO the citizens of the
great plains the former president Is n
popular idol, II is the desire of the
westerners 10 extend to the former
commander of the Rough Riders the
! greatest welcome which has been ex-
| tended 10 him.
Should Colonel Roosevelt find II inn
possible 20 return home By WY Of the
West, an effort win he made 10 induce
/ him 10 continue on his way after reach
| ing the Atlantic seabunfd that the
western cities and t0Hnf may be allow
ed 10 extend 20 him welcoming Maud
and 10 show him honors.
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