Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-23
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.
Gable dispatch from Berlin.

Emperor Frederick has addressed the
following letter to Chancellor Bismarck:
MY DEAR PRINCE: At the commencement
of my reign it is necessary for me to turn to
you for many years the trusted chief servant
of my late father. who now rests in God. You
are IL true and courageous counselor, WHO gave
to his policy its aim and form und secured its
warmly thank for the maintenance of my house.
You have: therefore, the right before all others
to know what are the standpoints which will
Government. The ordinances. constitution and
rights of tho Empire and of PRUSSIA must be-
fore ALL be consolidated in generation and in
frequent changes in state regulations and
measures cause should be avoided us much us
possible. The advancement of the admins
be left undisturbed Oh the firm foundation
wherein the Prussian state hitherto rested
in security in the Empire. The constitutional
rights of al federal governments must us
consciei: ,.ously be respected those OF the
Reichstag but from both similar respect for
the rights OF the Emperor must be expected at
that these mutual rights must only serve for
promoting the public welfare, and which re-
main the supreme law Of the land, and which
must always be employed i'll fully satisfying
any further and undoubted national require.
ments which may arise. AS the necessary and
surest guarantee of nnimpeded execution of
aLce OF the warlike power OF the country of my
well-tried army, and OF the navy now growing
up, Tor which important duties have arisen in the
requirement Of our transoceanic possessions
Both must ut all times be maintained by the
full completion of their organization, which has
already formed the foundation for their fame.
and which insures their further effective SER
vices
Il am resolved to conduct the Government
both in the Empire and in Prussia. with con-
scientious observation of the provisions of the
constitutions of each. These have been founded
by my predecessors on the throne on wise recog-
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 force and
beneticent efficiency. desire that the bases of
religious liberation, which for centuries past
We're held sacred by my house, shall continue
to be extended to 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 the imposition of fresh
burdens and affecting an alienation of the de-
nands hitherto made upon the country
"Self-Sovernment erunted to the greater and
lesser communities in the state consider hem
fetal On the other hand, would suggest for
examination the question whether the right of
levying taxes conferred upon these commune
ties, which is exercised by them without sutii-
Gent regard for the burden simultaneously I'M
posed by the empire and the state may not
weigh unfairly upon individuals. In like man.