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FREDERICK III.
A Letter to Bismarck in Which
the Man of Iron Is
Summoned.
The Son Declares that the Policy OF
the Father Shall Be
Continued.
[Cable dispatch from Berlin.l

Emperor Frederick has addressed the
following letter to Chancellor Bismarck:
my DEAR PRINCE: At the mmencement
of my reign IL Is necessary for me to turn to
you, for many years tho trusted chief servant
Of my late father, who now rests in God You
are true and courageous counselor, who gave
to his policy its aim and form and secured its
complete fufllment You am in duty bound to
warmly thank for the maintenance OF my house.
You have, therefore, the right before all others
TO know whet are the standpoints which will
bo the guiding principles for upholding my
Government The ordinances. constitution, and
rights Of the Empire and Of Prussia must, be-
fore al, be consolidated In veneration and in
the customs OF the nation. Conclusions which
frequent changes in state regulations and
measures cause should be avoided as much as
possible. The advancement OF the adminls-
tration of the Imperial Government must
be left undisturbed on tho firm foundation
whereon tho Prussian state hitherto rested
in security in tho Empire. The constitutional
rights of all federal governments must as
conscientiously be respected those of the
Reichstag, but from both similar respect for
the rights Of the Emperor must be expected at
the same time. We must keep before our eyes
that these mutual rights must only servo for
promoting the public welfare, and which re-
main the supreme law Of the land, and which
must always be employed in fully satisfying
any further and undoubted national require
ments which may arise. As the necessary and
surest guarantee of unimpeded execution OF
these tasks, believe in the unabated mainten-
anco OF the warlike power OF the country, Of my
weII-tried army, and OF the navy now Growing
up. for which important duties have arisen in the
requirement. Of our transoceanic possessions
Both must ut all times be maintained by the
fun completion of their organization, which has
alreany formed the foundation for their famo,
and which insures their further effective SER
vices.
Il am resolved TO conduct the Government
both In the Empire and in Prussia, with a con-
soientious observation of the provisions OF the
constitutions of each. These have been founded
by my predecessors ON the throne on wise rec0g-
milton Of irrefutable necessities and the settle
ment Of difficult tasks arising in the social and
official life OF the country, and must be observed
on all sides In order TO insure their forco and
beneicent efficiency. desire that the bases of
religious liberation, which for centuries past
were held sacred by my house, shall continue
20 be extended 10 all my subjects OF whatever
religious community or creed. Every
one OF the proposals Of financial re-
form shall be assured in advance
unless long-proved economy in Prussia will not
permit the avoidance Of tho imposition Of fresh
burdens ana affecting alleviation OF the do
mands hitherto made upon the country.
-Self-government granted TO the greater and
lesser communities In the state consider BEN
hcial. On the other hand, I would suggest for
examination the question whether the right OF
levying taxes conferred upon these communi-
ties, which II exercised by them without sum
cient regard for the burden simultaneously frn-
posed by the empire and the state. may not
weigh unfairly upon individuals. In like man