Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1910 — PRAISE FOR ROOSEVELT [ARTICLE]

PRAISE FOR ROOSEVELT

Former President Makes First Lecture in Europe.

Former President Theodore Roosevelt, praised by French savants for his ideals.and his actions, appeared before a great Parisian audience at the Sorbonne to make the first lecture of his life in Europe. He was introduced by a leader in the University of Paris, who said that Mr. Roosevelt had turned “noblesse oblige’’ into “richesse oblige” and stood for the elevation of the world’s moral standard. Mr. Roosevelts appearance among thfe famous educators was regarded as the most significant event for education that has taken place in Paris in years. By .the French speakers the educational systems of America and Europe were compared and Mr. Roosevelt’s connection therewith was discussed. In his address Mr. Roosevelt referred to the subject of human rights and property rights in the following paragraphs: “My position as regards the moneyed interests cai ta put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded. Ordinarily and in the great majority of cases human rights and property rights are fundamentally and, in the long run, identical ; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upperhand; for property belongs to man and not man to property.”