Show I TO THE HEALTH OF GERMANS Prince Bismarck Quaffed a Royal Cup at Hamburg Yesterday GERWAWAMERICAK VETS They Are Heartily Welcomed at the Friedrichsruhe Gather Around a Table a4 Which Sit All the Members of the Princes Family and Listen to Reminiscences Reminis-cences of the War of 1S7071 Visit to the ParU Veterans Delighted De-lighted Via Bismarelcs Hearty Appearance and Affable Manner HAMBURG Aug SOThe German American veterans making a tour of the country prior to their departure for Friederichsruhe today placed a laurel wreath upon the war monument erected to the memory of soldiers from Hamburg who fell in the battles of 1870 71 The wreath was ornamented with a white satin ribbon upon which was inscribed an expression of love and veneration of the old soldiers of Germany now in America who fought in the FrancoPrussian war The veterans stopped a few minutes on arriving in front of Prince Bis marks chateau Friederichsruhe The chief forester appeared at the gate and invited four of those in attendance to I invied Bismarck who appeared in excellent ex-cellent health walked firmly forward to meet them welcoming them cordially cor-dially saying he was not able to express dlaly ex-press the joy felt at the thought that they had come such a great distance to see him Frequently he had an opportunity op-portunity to welcome Germans from America but today he felt especially glad to be able to greet so many of his former comrades in arms from the other side of the water He then invited in-vited the four members of the committee commit-tee to luncheon As they gathered I around the table in the dining hal all the members of the family of Prince Bismarck were present The conversation conver-sation is said by the members of the committee to have been most interesting interest-ing Prince Bismarck narrating many incidents of the war of 187071 I To Utah Germans A letter was handed him from a lady in Utah expressing regret that her husband felt inability to visit Germany Ger-many and saying that all the Germans Ger-mans in Utah were glad to send greetings greet-ings to Prince Bismarck The prince then drank to the health of the Germans in America of the Germans Ger-mans in Utah and mentioning especially espec-ially the GermanAmericans of Chicago Chica-go and adding as he spoke aboutChi cago If you like your mayor I will also drink to his health One of the visitors happened to remark re-mark the name of Bismarck had frequently fre-quently been given to American towns and that it was often mentioned in the United States Prince Bismarck replied re-plied smilingly But that is no fault of mine Luncheon over the prince asked all of the GermanAmericans to visit the park which forms part of his estates at Friederichsruhe After a visit to this park the members of the delegation delega-tion took up 3 position in front of the gate The prince walked up and down the paths several times and greeted all the members of the delegation He conversed with many in reference to the part they had taken during the war with France making jnany inquiries inqui-ries of a personal nature At the conclusion con-clusion Comrade Schlenker called upon up-on those present to give a ringing cheer for Prince Bismarck All stood with heads bared Prince Bismarck asked them to replace their hats on their heads for a slight rain was fall ing and he feared they might feel the ill effects of i The deputation then wheeled to the right with a soldierly precision which seemed to please the prince and cheering continuously the GermanAmericans marched away The prince and the members of his I family watched the veterans off toward to-ward the station All Delighted l the GermanAmericans were delighted de-lighted with Bismarcks heaty appearance appear-ance and the affable manner in which he had received them When the delegates dele-gates reached the station the prince emerged from one of the gates of his estates saluted the townspeople and farmers who had gathered near by and pointing to the veterans said Those people have made a very long journey and their greetings have caused me much joy |