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Show WORLD ADMIRES GERMAN ALLIES London, Jan. 20, 7:59 a. m. A Rou ter's dispatch from Amsterdam says that at the banquet given in Nish on Tuesday last on the occasion of the presence there of Emperor William Wil-liam and King Ferdinand of Bulgaria both monarchs delivered addresses. King Ferdinand thanked the emperor em-peror for his visit. "The world learned to know with surprise and admiration the strength of Germany and of her allies," said the king, "and believes in the invincibility invin-cibility of the German army under the guidance and leadership of Its emperor." em-peror." Emperor William in his address thanked King Ferdinand for the appointment ap-pointment as chief of the Twelfth Balkan Infantry Regiment. Have Found Hard Fight. "Your words prove," said Emperor William, "that we, in estimating this hour, are filled with the same feeling. Challenged by our enemies we and our loyal allies have been struck at the very root of our strength. We found a hard fight which soon spread further. When Turkey, threatened by the same enemies, joined us, and by stubborn fighting reassured hor world's position, Your Majesty's prudence pru-dence recognize that- the hour had come for Bulgaria to bring forward jour old Rood claims and to smooth the way for your brave country to a glorious future Your majesty's na Hon in arms added one sublime leaf cf glory to another in the history of Bulgaria. "In order to give expression to my feelings for such deeds and to the ffehngs of all Germany, I have begged beg-ged your majesty to accept the dignity dig-nity of a Prussian field marshal and I, with my army, am happy that you, i In accepting it, also in this sense, become be-come one of us. "With furtherest confidence I raise my glass to the welfare of Your Majesty's Ma-jesty's house, to the victory of the glorious Bulgarian army and to Bulgaria's Bul-garia's future." |
