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with definite aims and methods, the results were splendid in their 

 fruits. 



Profesor Brant, President of the Shakespeare Society, pre- 

 sented the Colonel with a parchment creating the recipient an 

 honorary member of the society, which, the document stated, con- 

 stituted " a close tie between Germany and the English-speaking 

 world." 



Late in the afternoon the Colonel held a reception at the home 

 of Lieutenant Commander Belknap, the American Naval Attache 

 at Berlin, where he met many high officers of the German navy and 

 military. At this reception one of the officers, acting on behalf of 

 Emperor William, presented Colonel Roosevelt with several photo- 

 graphs, showing the American ex-President and Emperor William 

 together at the Doeberitz manoeuvers. The photographs bore the 

 autograph of the Emperor. 



DINED AT THE FRENCH EMBASSY. 



The Colonel and his family dined in the evening at the French 

 Embassy, the guests of Jules Cambon. This dinner was private, 

 and besides the Roosevelts was attended only by Ambassador and 

 Mrs. Hill and the staffs of the French and American Embassies. 



Amid the quiet surroundings of the Roosevelt Library at the 

 University of Berlin, the Colonel on the morning of May 14, again 

 tackled the correspondence which had outrun him from the moment 

 he emerged from the African jungles. He failed to catch up, but 

 before the noon hour he had made great progress. 



Later, the former President received and had a chat with 

 Professor C. G. Schilling and Paul Niedieck, two of Germany's 

 best-known hunters of African big game. The Colonel had lunch- 

 eon as the guest of Joseph C. Grew, second secretary of the Amer- 

 ican Embassy. Other guests were Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Roosevelt, 

 Kermit Roosevelt, American Ambassador Hill, Mrs. Hill, Miss 

 Hill, Henry White, former American Ambassador to France, and 

 Mrs. White, and Professor and Frau Schilling. Professor Schilling, 

 with a stereopticon, showed some flash-light pictures of jungle 

 animals and presented the Colonel with five of the collection. 



