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GER VA Y.
Lecture by Prof. FauIhabcr of the
sauycur Schuol of Languages

Prof. o. Faulhlber, of the Sluveur school
of Languages, delivered lecture on Ger
many, in the College street church, last
evening under the auspices of the y. Nj. &.
A. y very large audience was present, and
the president Of the association, Mr.. F. W.
Smith, said in introducing the lecturer, that
the encouragement given toy the public was
such as to warrant the announce
mcnt Of course of lectures BY
Prof. FaulhaAcr, upon the following
subjects: /. Music rs treated IN Germany
ana Iialy our cwn progress in the ART Illus
trated in song, July %. ,. France, July
30 s. Mountainous of the Alps Swltzer-
land aud Scottish Highlands, Aug. !. 4.
Foreign tourists 10 America, Aug. IA. The
lecture upon Germany was an exec, dingY
fresh, sparkling comprehensive and lnstrhc-
i've ell ri, and WAS received with frequent
applause, laughter and the most apprcclatvc
attention throughout. Prof. Faulbaber
speaks English with "A peculiar grace aud ell
| frclivcnCss On the PLATFORM and his delivery
was very pleasant. He spoke for about an
| hour ana twenty minutes, and then lett
| many points of his fruitful subject with
barrel touching uron them, to the regret of
both speaker aud audience. We present our
rcaieIs with an abstract OF the lecture
| The Lecture.
| In January, 1871, at the close Of the
| FraL CO. German war, the German empire wa:
constituted by decree, at the solicitation
| of the United German princes invited by Tho
present king Of bavaria to meet for this pur
pose at Versa allies. King William Of Prus
sia, of the junior branch Of the lOhcnzOl
lerns was invested with the traditional It'll,
of German emperor. The new empire con
sisls of four kingdoms, SIX grand duches
five duchies, seven municipalities, three FREE
cities and the recently conquered prov
inces of Alsace and Lorraine. The err
| of constitutional government in thu
| German States may be considered as havin
| begun in 1913, during the revolutionary pc
, riod, at when memorable time many Il Ger
, man throne was shaken by the so-cailc'
Kebd movement that spread like wild-1r
through Germany aud Austria. revival q
the spirit of our American revolution SCENE
to take possession of the German masses
n The late King OF Prussia, brother OF tn
present King Emperor became powerless
the garrisons in the German capitals had
be removed to the provinces aud tort
c resses from fear of infection with
r their ranks. The present Emperor himself
Il then Crown Prince of Prussia, bad to lie
s disguised as position from Berlin to Du!
h seldorf, the army headquarters on the Rhine
= ana from there temporarily to England
Things went from bad to worse. The or
:. for liberty developed into llbcrtlnlsm, Law
n lessness, disorgauization, plllage. The pre-
}. yisional government was too feeble 10 will
q staud the Prusslan army corps that can
J. from Pomcrlnii, that cradle OF Prussia
% giants The Freiscnaaren were met in II
VI duchy of Baden and in the Pala,nate owe
thrown and dislauded. The German gov
# eminent had learned valuable lessor
.r Order was restored, peace proclaimed, pre-
-, | motions granted t. the faithful, aud speed
~ trial followed for the leaders who Lad mssC
/ Their chance to escape from the country
M had now become imperative for tue Germa
If government to take new departure. ii
records Of other constitutional govtrnmen
were consulted able jurlsls and statesmC
engaged in framing and revising constit
,o tons. These measures rtslo ed co
va tidence in the rulers. Traditional 10
% atty soon became manifest. National festi
ais were frequented by all class' aud
MS came once more prlm;uCut features Of I
is national life. For the first time in maj
's- years the public press hnd II breathing spe
and journalism bcgan To lOucn upon pllluI
en- with something more thal II lalutheart,
les allusion to the proceedings in govcrnmc
ire matters. Prussia had gained "A iOOlhod
or south Germany, Two HoheuIplle'u nllnt
of having abdtcated in her favor during I
troubles of AS which proved an Imp lta
od stratesical advantage to her. Ihe wal W
ng Dehna'h o'',o ueN'' ,niT,r''h 'uI "nue'
the German cpui,dcTacy, Al that time s
VI under the leadership ot Austria. SuddcI
'sc there arose violent dispute between
two rival powers, Austria and PRUSSIA, G.
NE corning the government N Svhlcs~is- II
ne stein, winch eliminated m the short |
I've bloody war aud complete humiittlpn
Ausla. The old Bund vas dissolved A
he trla expelled tue fIee city OF Frankfort,
ri Kingdom ol Hanover, the duchles of lie
ON Casscll. Nassau and Sahieswg- llols ein
re- nexed to Prussia. The busy hand Of |
mark quickly organized a Northern q