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CHAPTER XXVII
Strenuously Visiting Old Europe

' TALK   ABOUT   BEING   PRESIDENT ! "
From the Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

THE BTG STICK IN USB AGAIN From the Frees  (Grand Ilapids)

T
HE expedition of our hunter and naturalist came to an end with its arrival and disbanding at Khartum, on March 14, 1910.    Here his wife and daughter were  awaiting  Mr.  Roosevelt,  as  were the   representatives   of   many   newspapers,

AS EGYPT SEES HIM From the Plain Dealer  (Cleveland)

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THE AFRICAN  COMET (Due to hit New York June 18.) From the American   (New York)

BACK IN THE OLD PLACE From the Eagle  (Brooklyn, N. Y.)

both European and American. The remaining days of March were spent in Egypt; and April, May, and the early part of June were taken up with a memorable tour of Europe. It is the object of this chapter chiefly to bring together some of the amusing caricatures and cartoons that were produced in consequence of a journey that caused more comment than any other of recent times. Our former chapters show how large a figure Mr. Roosevelt as President had become

A SITTER ; OR, BIG GAME TO THE LAST
mr. roosevelt : " Steady, Kermit! We must have one of these."
From Punch  (London)

THE SLEEPING CONSERVATIVE, DREAMING OF ROOSEVELT, SEES A "BACK FROM ELBA" NIGHTMARE !
From the Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

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ROOSEVELT   AS   "CHANTECLER From the World  (New York)
in the estimation of the world. It was not strange, therefore, that Europe should have manifested a keen interest in his visit, and

that there should have been a general desire to extend a hearty welcome to the best-known   and  most  typical
MAYBE MR. TAFT'S EARS DIDN'T TINGLE ! From tbe Sun (Baltimore)
MR. PINCHOT'S COHERENCE WITH COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN EUROPE From the News (Cleveland)

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Copyright by the American Press Association, N. Y.
KING HAAKON AND COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN   ROYAL   CARRIAGE  LEAVING   THE   STATION
AT CHRISTIANIA

Copyright, 1910, by Paul Thompson, N. Y.
MR. AND MRS. ROOSEVELT AND THEIR DAUGHTER AT NAPLES

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ROOSEVELT'S   WORD   TO   EUROPE.—From Pasquino  (Turin)
roosevelt: "In the name of America I call upon you to disarm!" european  sovereigns   (in chorus):   "Why don't you begin yourself?"

of  Americans   as  the   opportunity   offered. In an address at the University of Egypt he told the Nationalists what preparation 'for self-government meant; and was natnrallv criti-

A   STRENUOUS   VISITATION   OP   OLD   EUROPE
From   t!»e   Herald   (Boston)

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CONQUERING   CONTINENTS From the Times  (New York)
cised by hot-headed patriots for giving some excellent counsel. For the Egyptians to seek independence at the present time would mean chaos and ruin; and Mr. Roosevelt's words of praise for England's usefulness in Egypt were wisely spoken, and at the time and place where they could serve the best use.

LIKE   TO    SEE   ANYBODY   BEAT   THAT    FOR   TEN
MINUTES'  WORK (Apropos of some expressions by Colonel  Watterson  on
the subject of Roosevelt.) From the Pioneer Press  (St. Paul)

ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN From the American   (New Yorkl

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WILL THIS BE THE CKOWNING TRIUMPH?
THE BAIINUM OF HIMSELF.—FiscMetto (Ex-President Roosavelt, on his return from Africa, has traveled through Europe to show off his menagerie of stuffed animals. Why not capture him at Hamburg? The professional trainers could make the bunglers pay dear by taking him on a tour through the United States to make the Yankees open their eyes in amazement.)
(The cartoonist of Fisohietto, an illustrated weekly published in Turin, is of opinion that an appropriate and up-to-date way for Colonel Roosevelt to return to the United States would be by means of an aeroplane.)
Mr. Roosevelt was received with honor and cordiality by rulers and by people throughout Italy. His visits in Naples and Rome were notable, and he found ovations awaiting him at Milan, Genoa, and Venice. He was received with the highest honors at Vienna; and at Budapest and elsewhere in Hungary there was boundless enthusiasm among a people who remembered well the story of

" HERE'S THE  LION-HUNTEK "
-And the stone lions are fleeing for their lives !
From Kakas MArton  (Budapest)

' HE   WAS   NOT  BORN    A   RULER,    BUT, STILL,   HE   IS   A  BORN  RULER " From Bolond IsloJe (Budapest)

BETTER

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WELCOME, MB. ROOSEVELT
What is Roosevelt's daughter, say?
Lady,  lady, lady ! What is Kermit, s'mooth and gay?
Pretty, pretty, pretty ! Who's our darling of to-day?
Teddy, Teddy, Teddy ! What are we for Roosevelt play?
Ready,   ready,  ready !
From Klods-IIans (Copenhagen)

(The Floh, Vienna's best known cartoon weekly, in its " Roosevelt edition " pictures Uncle Sam announcing that our " most glorious Presidents " have been Washington Monroe, Lincoln, McKinley, and Roosevelt.)

PEACE   AT, ANY   COST (Apropos   of   Colonel   Roosevelt's   address   on   peace   at
Copenhagen) From the American (New ¥ork)

MR.   ROOSEVELT'S   ADMIRATION   FOR   VIENNA (According to Floh, Mr. Roosevelt was so charmed with Vienna   that  lie   has   decided   to   forego   future  American honors and accept the position of Mayor of the Austrian
capita].)

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HOLLAND'S   CORDIAL   RECEPTION
roosevelt :  " All this seems very familiar to me."
the dutch nation :  " It is the home of your ancestors.    You are thrice welcome.'1 From Der Amsterdammer (Amsterdam)

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THE FRENCHMAN GETS A  STRENUOUS  SHAKE roosevelt (shaking hands vigorously with M. Briand,
to  the  latter's   discomfort) :   " In   democracies,   my  dear
Briand, it is necessary to be energetic." From Le Rire (Paris)

SO UNUSUAL !
" How Is this, my dear Teddy, you are going without borrowing three or four hundred millions?    Is it possible that you were not satisfied with your reception?" From Le Rire  (Paris)

" EMPHASIZING  THE  OBVIOUS "  IN  PARIS
mr. roosevelt (addressing the Sorbonne) : " Educated folk know more  than Ignoramuses ;  peace is  less  bloody than war; rich men are not poor; race suicide is one of the causes of decline in population," etc. From Le Rire  (Paris)

WAR AND PEACE IN HIS HANDS,—A POLISH VIEW From Mucha  (Warsaw)

 

THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD
examiner roosevelt : " Kindergarten class in science of government is now dismissed."
From the World (Toronto)

THE COMING GUEST
the kaiser : " You boys will have to eat in the kitchen to-day; I expect company."
From the Herald  (Syracuse)

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GETTING   NERVOUS   AS   TEDDY   APPROACHES
the kaiseb  (to his Chief of Police) : "You're sure the fire alarms are all O.K.?"
From  the Journal   (Detroit)
Kossuth's reception in the United States.    The sympathy of Hungary was to be expected.
The many European cartoons that are reproduced in this chapter indicate at once the
amusement, liking, and aroused curiosity of the intelligent public all the way from Italy to

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ALL  READY TO  RECEIVE  ROOSEVELT From the American (New York)

YOUREAMANOFfUfTYPE!
THB COMPLIMENT SUPREME From the Eagle  (Brooklyn)

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UNTER DEN LINDEK
From the Tribune (Chicago)
ROOSEVELT   IN  BERLIN
roosevelt : " You are aware, my dear William, that I have already had an opportunity of speaking my mind to the other notions. In the interest of our work for peace I would recommend to you this exclusive use for the spiked helmet, especially in Alsace ! "
From A"(1bc7s7)«//cr   (Zurich)

BIRDS   OF A  FEATHER,—TEDDY  AND  THE   KAISER From the Inquirer (Philadelphia)

SONS  OF THE   WAR  GOD
maes : " Bless you, my children."
From the Spokesman-Review  (Spokane)

"SPEAKING  THROUGH   EUROPE '
From Kladdcradatsch   (Berlin)

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EMPEROR WILLIAM AND COLONEL ROOSEVELT AT DOBERITZ   ON MAY  11
(It was on this occasion that the Emperor, addressing Colonel Roosevelt, said : " My friend, it is my great delight to welcome you In the presence of my guards and my army. I want you to realize that you are the first private citizen to review German troops." Then turning to the assembled officers, he said: " Gentleman, it is a great honor for us to have among us the distinguished Colonel of the American Rough Riders.")

Copyright by the American Press Association, X. Y.
JMR. ROOSEVELT WITH AMBASSADORS BACON AND JUSSERAND AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED
MEN AT THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON

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Bin liebef Besiich.
THE   KX-PEESIDPjNT'S MODESTY
' Do not forget, gentlemen, that I am only a plain
American citizen."
From Vlk (Berlin)

ROOSEVELT   AS   THE   "WILD   HUNTER"   IN   THE ROYAL   GERMAN   PALACE—From UlJc (Berlin)

tfcrfrag in Berlin:
.'Die $f(id)(cii bca Siiraersi einer fconftilufioneOcn 31tonarcf)te-

.,2KijIorbs unb (gentlemen! t£rften& fiat biejer '}5iirger bas ftolje Getbftbetrm&ifein 3" seisin, bas idm [ein auf bie SBollsoemetung geftiifctes peifonlidjcs !Recf|t octletljt, bonn abet ouii) jsne pingaie ju betDei(en, beren nut ein edjt lonigstreues (Semiit fa^tg i[t!
annI)aft muff et jelftft bem Iljrone gegenubetmit!Conner' morten fetne tnbioibuelle
iDteinung oertretett —

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bodj [oil et ttoljbem ein Iplaljrfjen auf feinem, jum anbeten Zeil monat$t[<f) gefinnten §cr,ien freiftatten. roo tin Sronj beglQctenbei unb !DeIotalionen jebetjeitJiaumfinbel! m.br.
ROOSEVELT'S BERLIN ADDRESS

(A German humorous view of Colonel Roosevelt making his address at the University of Berlin, on May 12.)
From Kladderadatsch  (Berlin)

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THE COLONEL'S  DASH  THROUGH EUROPE
"Have you seen him passing by?"
From the Eagle (Brooklyn)

TELLING   HUNTER'S  TALES   IN   THE   WIGWAM   ON THE SPREE
roosevelt (to Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg) : " Picture my predicament, my clear liethmann-Hollweg ; on my right an alligator was preparing to rush at me ; on my left crouched a lion ; over me a vulture hovered, and under me crawled a rattlesnake,—how do you think I saved myself? By good luck I had with me a newspaper containing your election franchise proposal. I read it aloud, and the wild beasts promptly turned tail and fled in a panic. I was saved!"—From Jugend (Munich)

NOT  WORRYING   OVER   THE  VATICAN   INCIDENT
roosevelt : " I have been to Rome, and have not seen the Pope."
From Der Floh  (Vienna)
(This, of course, is in no way expressive of Mr. Roosevelt's feeling, for he had hoped to pay his respects at the Vatican.)

BACK  TO  EUROPE  WITH   HIS  AFRICAN   SPOIL (The view of Kladderadatsch, Berlin)

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Norway, and from Hungary to the British Isles. It was in Paris, on the 23d of April, that Mr..Roosevelt delivered his address on " Citizenship in a Republic," as had been planned long in advance. From Paris the journey was continued, by way of Belgium and Holland, to the Scandinavian countries. His reception in Holland was especially hearty because of his own Dutch ancestry. At Christiania, following visits and royal receptions in Copenhagen and Stockholm, he made an address

TEDDY'S LAST RESORT    (Mr.  Roosevelt  had  a  temporary  hoarseness  in   Germany)
(In order not to run the risk of again being without a voice through strain of speech-making, poor Roosevelt will have to rely for the moment upon the invention of another great American—illustrious Edison. For a premier such as he would like to be, this hoarseness is a great bore.)

From Fischictto   (Turin)

I

LONGED-FOR LAURELS
the kaisrr : " Ah, Teddy, if I only could talk as you did before you got hoarse."
From Kladdcradatsch  (Berlin)

TEDDY  IN  EUROPE
" The critic of monarchs."
From Kladdcradatsclt   ("Berlin)

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FROM A SNAPSHOT IN EUROPE
upon world peace, in recognition of his having received the Nobel Prize.
THE  " FREEDOM "  OF  THE  CITY
The  death of King Edward of  England
me. roosevelt : " Mornin', Brer Terrapin ! "	Changed   his   plans   somewhat,   but   lie   pro-
goin' to lie low and say nufira? "
me. roosevelt : " Well, what do you think? "
From Punch  (London)
city tuhtle : " Mornin', Colonel! Guess you ain't ceeded to Berlin, where he was privately received and entertained by the Kaiser, in company with whom he reviewed a body of

NOT   TAKING   ANY   CHANCES
(la advance  of the great hunter's arrival  in England,  the  public  statuary  has  been  surrounded  by  guards
and duly labeled " Not to be Shot' ") From Punch   (London)

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German troops, and where on May 12 (the Emperor attending) he addressed the University of Berlin on " The World Movement." In the meanwhile, President Taft had notified him by cable of his appointment as a special am-
THE  CAMEL AND  THE  EYE  OF  A  NEEDLE—From the Daily Dispatch   (London) teddy  (to John Bull) :   "You'll never coax him   with that soft stuff.    Take a stick to him."

bassador to England to represent the United States at the funeral of King Edward. He arrived in London on May 16, and his ambassadorial rank, together with his own prestige, made him one of the most conspicuous of the personages who were in official attendance at the royal funeral. A few days later he received a degree at the University of Cambridge, and on May 31 he was granted the freedom of the city of London, making an address in the Guildhall, in which he discussed especially England's status in Egypt.

 

the bishop bied : " Won't you come and have a
shot at us?" From the Westminster Gazette  (London)

JOHN   BULL  AND   HIS   TEDDY   BEAR From the Westminster Gazette  (London)

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THE   WISDOM   OP   THE   WEST From Punch- (London)

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" ENGLAND,  AWAKE ! " From the World (New York)

MOSES IN THE   (JOHN)   BULL RUSHES (A new law-giver appears in th'e land of Egypt.) From Le Rire (Paris)

JOHN BULL  FROM  MR.   ROOSEVELT'S   POINT  OF
VIEW From the Morning Leader (London)

THE ENTOMOLOGIST From the Sun (Baltimore)

MULTUM   EX   PAEVO
filipino (reading Mr. Roosevelt on the proper management of Egypt) : "Splendid! There's nothing he don't know about empire ! And to think that be picked it all up from me ! "
(" I advise you only in accordance with the principles o?a which I have myself acted in dealing with the Philippines."—Mr. Roosevelt at the Guildhall.)
From Punch (London)

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JOHN   BULL'S   PARTING   HANDSHAKE From the Inquirer (Philadelphia)
BOTH HANDS FULL
(After the much-discussed Guildhall speech,  for which Colonel   Roosevelt  received  both  praise   and   blame.) From the Eagle (Brooklyn)
His endorsement of a firm policy on the part of the British Government in the land of the Nile became a matter of world-wide comment and argument. The British Prime Minister, some time after Mr. Roosevelt's departure for America, commended the speech on the floor of Parliament; and it produced a visible effect upon public opinion as regards England's mission in Egypt and our own in the Philippines. On June 7, at the University of Oxford, he delivered the Romanes lecture, which was the primary occasion of his visit to England, his subject being " Biological Analogies in History." A day or two later he set sail for New York.

SAYING   GOOD-BYE   TO   EUROPE
" For he's a jolly good fellow ! " From  the  Post-Intelligencer   (Seattle)

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EX-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND MAYOR GAYNOR OF NEW YORK CITY
(As they appeared on the occasion of the Mayor's greeting to the returning  traveler at the official reception,
June 18, 1010, at the Battery.)