Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-27
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to Paris, NJ De Villon Evue, president
Of the Academy of Sports, presented
TO Col. Roosevelt, as honorary presi-
dent, the academy's gold medal.
During the course of the afternoon Mr..
Roosevelt received a deputation from the
French parliamentary group for interna-
tional arbitration, headed by former Pre-
.nier Leon Bourgeois and Baron D'Estour-
nelles de Constant. The baron. who
shared last years Nobel peace prize with
VI. Beernacrt of Belgium, expressed to
the former President regret that Parlia-
ment was now in session as the group
had planned great demonstration in
his honor Nevertheless the group, he
said, desired to show it's gratitude, many
lines expressed. for Mr.. Roosevelt's de-
cisive intervention in favor of consilia-
ton, justice and international peace.
He continued: ITO our gratitude for
the past is added our confidence in the
benevolent influence that you will con-
tnue to exercise in the future This con-
fidence is all the greater because your
conception of peace conforms with our
own. Peace for you. as for us, is not
peace at any price, but justice. Our prop
uganda is continual fight for the right.
despite skeptics, who are your enemies
and ours. We will not stop the good fight,
so glorious for democracy, against the
abuse of force, which is the begation of
all morality human dignity and civiliza-
ton"
Mr.. Roosevelt thanked the deputation
heartily for their cell, saying that one
of the priceless gifts which he had re-
ceived while he was President was the
Life of Sully," the famous minister and
friend Of Henry of Navarro, which was
presented to him by the French Inter-
parliamentary Group. He repeated what
he had said several times in Europe, that
he believed that the laws governing ma.
tons should be the same as those govern
ing men, and that a state should be as
respectful toward other states as gen.
tleman is toward his fellows. He added:
above all, it is not words but deeds
that count"
M. Bourgeois, after saying that Mr.
Roosevelt was responsible for the second
peace conference at The Hague, declared
that he looked forward to a third confer
ence and counted upon Mr.. Roosevelts
influence to that end. Mr.. Roosevelt re-
piled that his influence could be taken for
granted and added:
But you must remember that ] am
now private citizen"
Il, loo am private Citizen" remarked
NJ. Boureos.
Il am proud to admit" continued Mr..
Roosevelt, that am the first statesman
to make an appeal to The Hague court
in n dispute between the United States
and Mexico. A former government Off
cial should not give the impression that
he believes he is still a government Of
fetal, but with this reserve, | am en-
tirely in accord with you upon the nee
essity of a third Hague conference"
After 4 visit to the Luxumberg gallery
in the morning Mr.. Roosevelt was con-
Quoted to the famous revolutionary prfs-'
on in the wing of the Palas de Justice,
known as the conciergerie, where he in
spccted the dungeons. among others that
in which Marie Antoniette was confined
prior to her execution
This afternoon President Fallieres,
Commander Bard, the officer of
his military household, presented Mr..
Roosevelt with magnificent tapestry,
the design OF which is n copy Of Gerome's
famous painting Love Mounted on a.
TIE tapestry was made at
the celebrated government factory at
Beauvais and involved seven years work.
1t is considered one of the handsomest
pieces turned out By the factory In a
generation.
Mr.. Roosevelt also received delega-
ton from the Franco-American commit
tee, which is devoted to the deevlop-|
ment of the mutual interests Of the two
countries. The members of the delega-
ton were presented to the former Presi-
dent by NJ. Leroy Beaulieu and Gabriel
Hanotaux, the president of the commit
tee.
:, Asa souvenir of Mr.. Roosevelt's visitl
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