Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1910 — ROOSEVELT IS HERO IN CAIRO [ARTICLE]

ROOSEVELT IS HERO IN CAIRO

Egyptians Extend Great Welcome to the American. EVENT TALKED OF FOR DAYS Week’s "Program of Entertainment and Sightseeing Arranged for the Distinguished Hunter and His Party. Cairo, Egypt, March 25. The old and new civilization of the Egyptian metropolis co-operated to'give Theodore Roosevelt, the distinguished American, a welcome that in cordiality and enthusiasm surpassed that received by any foreigner within the memory of the present generation. Said an American tourist: “New York’s reception may be on a grander scale, but this old town has set us a lively pace.” For days the one topic of conversation had been the expected arrival of the American statesman and hunter, and in the restaurants, on the streets and in the corridors of the hotels, his name was heard continually. The city was decked with American flags from the old Arabian Cairo through Ezbekleh Garden to the fashionable foreign quarters of Ismaillya. Colonel Roosevelt was received formally by Major L. O. F. Stack, British agent in Sudan and director of intelligence, who expressed the regrets of Sir Reginald Wingate, the sirdar, that the latter, owing to indisposition, was unable to personally meet the city's guest. With Major Stack were American Consul General Iddings, Mrs. ladings and Miss Iddings.

Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Iddings had lunch with Major Stack at the British agency. In the afternoon the state coach called for Mr. Roosevelt and conveyed him to the Abd in palace, where he was received by Abbas Hilmi, the Khedive of Egypt. The Roosevelts will remain here one week, and Jhe program of entertainments and sight-seeing ar’-nged will keep them busily occupied.