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Show PRESENT TO MISER Bartholdt'i Address Presenting Pre-senting Replica of Statue of Baron Steuben. BERLIN. Rept. 1 The address of Representative Rep-resentative Richard B.I hold t of Pt Ixiiila at the ceremony today when a replica of the atsiu of oefiergl Baron Rteuban waa presented to the German emperor by tha American delegales appointed for that purpose. Mr. Barlholdt and Wolf-Ira Wolf-Ira m of New York, was In part as follows: fol-lows: Your Majesty: -By direction of the president of the I'nlted mates we have coma across the ocean to fulfill tha purport pur-port of a resolution unanlmoualy adopted by the American congreea providing for the presentation to his majesty, the German Ger-man emperor, and the German people of a statue of General Von Bteuhen. a great German and erstwhile cltlsen snd hero of two continents, as A gift from ths American people. If In the performance of this honorable mission I may ba permitted per-mitted to Interpret the sentiment of tha people of tha I nlted Blates, I would say. on behalf of President Tafl'S speclsl sro-baeay sro-baeay that the proffered donation Is lo be a ple,ige of peace and amlly and a Ruarantee of the sincerity of the earnest ops. cherished by sll Americans, that tha street at thla ceremony may ba to draw mora and more closely tha bonds of traditional friendship and good will which, strengthened as they are by tha ties of blood, have always ao happily united the great German empire with the great republic re-public of the weet, the I'nlted Slates af America. Tribute to Baron Steuben. "The name of Steuben will ever awaken patriotic memories beyond the ocean. Its bearer eras the embodiment of Oerman order and discipline and of that loyally of which the poet says. If It were nol ae old as the world. Surely a Oerman would havs Invented It. 'He was not only the order creating genius of the colonial ermy, but also ths Indefatigable, though modest, orgsnlser of victories. In Just appreciation of hts great achievements a grateful people, nobly disregarding national na-tional distinctions, honorsd his memory by the erection. In front of the white house In Washington, of a monument Which la to commemorate his vsluable services as well as those rendered by the Germans generally to tha rauss of American Amer-ican Independence. And today's celebration? celebra-tion? it Is verily a beautiful act ot international in-ternational courtesy, but may ws not also Interpret the resdy acceptance of this status ss a Just and generous willingness on the part of Steuben's old fatherland and Its exalted sovsrelgn. to appreciate and honor those who by their conduct abroad have added lustre to I he Oerman nms? Millions of hesrts on the other side of the Atlantic which throb warmly on account of this dedlcsllon will rejoice esultsntly at such Interpretation. Lands World Wids Peace. "From tr,e material to the political and irieaU significance or today's act la but a stsp. The peace president extends to Ihe peace kslssr under whose rsign ths mrase. 'ths empire Is the peace.' has been vtiifled. ths hand of friendship fur hearty co-operation in the peaceful solution solu-tion of ths great problems It civilisation. And are there two other natlona which, reeling upon the tradition of andieturked friendship and looking forward to a future fu-ture of still closer relatione, could more Justly feel called upon to msks common cauee la the great humanising taeks of our time. In the promotion or art and) scl -ence snd In all tendencies looking to ths Increased welfare of the people? tv live in a time of International eonciliatioa. and have come to resilss thst peaceful development Is Of more trsnscendent Import Im-port sncs then, sll thst Is now dividing the natlona and Germany's forty years of peace M an ample guarantee id America that It reoulrea bat an Incentive In order to crystallise mutual eympathy Into a political po-litical fact. May this beautiful ceremony haslsa such a bsppy consummation! "As speclsl snvoys of the president of the I'nlted Statea we have the distinguished distin-guished honer of ssking yeur majeety to accept thla ststue aa a token of the sincere friendship or the American government gov-ernment and people for your majeety and th people of Germany. ' OBkMAJfT atrPSBOIATBS AMJ31I0AN YBIBTTfS SKPH.1N. Sept. I Th Norddeutsrhs AHgemslne Keltung prints g leading editorial edi-torial today relstlvs tn the presentation to Kmperor Wllllsm tomorrow by Repre-senistlves Repre-senistlves Rlchsrd Barlholdt and S. B. vl'olfrram. on bshslf of ths Amerlcsn people, peo-ple, ef a replica or the Baron voa Steuben Status In Wsshlngtnn. This event." the newspaper eava. "again directs general attention to the old and hietorlo relations between (ler many and the I'nlted States, reaching back to ths revolution. Oenersl von Steuben, who aa a young orncor fought under Frederick Ihe Great, devoted hla riper years to the young tree stale across the ocean, end he repreeents Ihe Oermsn ehsre in building ths great Amerlcsn stats, which now ss a world powsr Intsr-poees Intsr-poees to shape the history of nations. "vis. In Germany, can understand th apectal pride with which our racial kindred, kin-dred, who. have round Iheir second home across Ihe eveaa. regard their eminent countryman, and we regard with a high satisfaction the honor which the entire en-tire American nation nays lo ths leader and fellow rtilssa of Oerman stock." |