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Show GIFT OF THE KAISER Statue of Frederick the Great Is Unveiled in Washington. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. Hailed by a military blare of twenty trumpets, the bronze statue of Frederick the Great, presented to the American people by Emperor William, was unveiledi this af-! af-! ternoon by the Baroness Speck von Sternburg, the wife of the German Embassador. Em-bassador. The ceremony was marked by great military and official display. ' The statue was presented on behalf of the Emperor by his personal envoy, the German Embassador, who made a brief address. The President made the chief address of the day, and accepted the gift on behalf be-half of the American people. Remarks were made by Lieut. -Gen. Chaffee, chief of staff; MaJ.-Gen. Gillespie Gilles-pie of the general staff, master of ceremonies; cere-monies; Lleut.-Gen. Loewenfeld, one of the special commissioners sent to the unveiling by the Emperor, and Charlemagne Charle-magne Tower, American Embassador to Germany. Seldom has the national capital witnessed wit-nessed a more brilliant and distinguished distin-guished aspemblage than was gathered on the grand esplanade of the Army War college around the pedestal of the statue. |