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Show IN hONOR Or Replica Statue' Is Presented Pre-sented to the German Ger-man Emperor Berlin, Sept 2. The address of Representative Rep-resentative Richard Bartholdt of St. Louis, at the ceremony today when a replica of tho statue of General Baron Steuben was presented to the Ger man emperor by the American delegates dele-gates appointed for that purpose, Mr. Bartholdt and Mr. S B. Wolfram or New York, was in part as follows: "Your Majesty: By direction of the president of the United States, we have come across the ocean to .fulfill the purport of a resolution unanimously unanimous-ly adopted by the American congress, providing for the presentation to his majesty, the Gorman emperor, and the German people, of a statue of General von Steuben, a great German and erstwhile citizen and hero of two continents, con-tinents, as a gift from the American people. If, In the performance of this honorable mission, I may ibe pers mltted to interpret the sentiments of the people of the United States, 1 would say, on behalf of President Taft's special embassy that the proffered prof-fered donation is to be a pledge of peace and, amity and a guarantee of the sincerity of the earnest hope, cherished cher-ished by all Americans, that the effect ef-fect of this ceremony may be to draw more and more closely the bonds of traditional freindshlp and good will which, strengthened as they are by the ties of blood, have always so hap. pily united tho great German empire with the great republic of the west, the United States of America. "Tho name of Steuben will ever awaken patriotic memories bevond the ocean. Its bearer was the embodiment of German order and discipline and of that loyalty of which the poet says, 'If it were not as old as the world, surely a German would have invented it" He was net only the order-creating genius of the Colonial army, but also the indefatigable, though modest organizer of victories. In just appreciation appre-ciation of his sreat achievements, a grateful people, nobly aisregarding na-i tional distinctions, honored his memory mem-ory by the erection. Jn, front of the WhUeKouaarjY-BhiagtonTof' a monument which is to commemorate his valuable services as well as those rendered by the Germans generally to the cause of American independence And todays' celebration'' It is erily a beautiful act of international courtesy, cour-tesy, but may we not also interpret the ready acceptance of this statue as a Just and generous willingness on the part of Steubens 'old Fatherland and its exalted sovereign to appreciate appreci-ate and honor those who by their conduct con-duct abroad, have added luster to the German name? Millions of hearts on the other side of the Atlantic which throb warmly on account of this dedi-cation, dedi-cation, will rejoice exultantly at such interpretation. "From the material to the poetical and ideal significance of today's act Is but a step. The Peace President extends to the Peace Kaiser, under whose relqn the phrase 'The empire Is the peace,' has been verified, the hand of friendship for hearty co-operation in the peaceful solution of the great problems of civilization And are there two other nations which, resting rest-ing upon the tradition of undisturbed friendship, and looking forward to a future of still closer relations, could more justly feel called upon to make common cause in the great humanizing humaniz-ing tasks of our time, in the promotion of art and science and In all tenden cies looking to the Increased welfare of the people. "We live in a time of International conciliation and nave come to realize that peaceful development Is of moro transcendont Importance than all that Is now .dividing the nations, and Ger-manys' Ger-manys' forty years of peace Is an ample guarantee to America that It requires but an incentive In order to crystallize mutual sympathy into a political fact. May this beautiful ccr emony hasten such a happy consummation consum-mation v "As special envoys of the president of the United States, we have the distinguished honor of asking your majesty to accept this sUvtuo as a token of the sincere friendship of the American government and people for your majesty and the people of Germany." |