Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-20
WILLIAMS. FIRST ACT.
sIGNIFIcANT ADDRESSES TO THE
GERMAN ARMY AND NAVY.

he lsIGNIFIcANT ADDRESSES TO TIL
~ GERMAN ARMY AND NAVY..
n. The Army and He We're Born For Eacl
'cs Other and VIII Stand Together ii
Peace or Storm Comments of tIa.
Foreign Press ON the Deceased En-,
81 peror and His Successor
ltl BERLIN, June 16.-The troops of thu
N garrison have taken the oath of allegiance
n to Emperor William the Second. The
e Dowager Empress Augusta is expected to
= arrive at Potsdam to-day. Emperor
y William the Second has issued thefolowina
o general order to the army: While the army
e has only just discarded the signs Of mourn
!, ing for the Emperor King William First,
= my deeply revered grandfather, whose
: memory will ever live in ell hearts, it has
o lsuffered fresh and heavy blow by the
T | death OF my dear and warmly loved
father. This is indeed a serious and sor-
: rowful time in which Gods decree places
: me at the head of the army.
1t is from deeply moved heart 1 address
my first words to my army, but the con-
fidence with which / step into the place, to
which Gods will calls me, is immoyably
strong, for | know what sense OF honor
J and duty my glorious ancestors have inn
planted in the army and / know In how
great a measure this feeling has at all times
been manifested in the army. A firm and
inviolable
ATTACHMENT TO THE WAR BoRD
.
is an Inheritance handed down from
father to son, from generation to genera
ton. and in the same way 1 refer you to
my grandfather, who stands fresh in all
your memories as the personiication of |
| the glorious and venera BILE war lord, such |
as could not be more finely conc ived, or /
in form more speaking to the heart |
refer you to my beloved father. who, as /
Crown Prince, already won the place of
honor in the annals OF the army and to q
| long liae OF glorious ancestors, whose
names shine brightly in history, and whose
heart beat warmly for the army. Thus we
belong to each other-l and the army.
Thus we were born for one another, and
thus we will stand together in an indisso-
luble bond, in peace or storm, as God
may will it. now take the oath of fide.
ity and obedience, and swear ever to re-
member that the eyes OF my ancestors
L
and that shall have to some day render
an account to them OF the glory and honor
OF the army. [Signed] WILLIAM.
Dated at Friederichskron.
TO THE NAVY.
The following order has been issued to
the navy: II have to inform the navy with
deeply moved heart that my beloved
father, the Emperor of Germany and King {
Of Prussia, Frederick the Third, has de-
parted this life, peacefully in the Lord. and
I stepping to the place assigned by Gods
will, have assumed the reins of Government
of the land falling by hereditary right and
heirship; also to the chief command OF the
navy. 1t is indeed a profoundly grave pc l
riod in which address my first words to 9
the navy, which has only just ceased !
wearing the outward signs OF mourning
tor my ever to be remembered and
beloved grandfather, Emperor William,
who only Last ear during his presence at
Kiel expressed in the warmest words lively 1
satisfaction at, and appreciation of, the
OF the navy under glorious
government. The flags are already lowered
Tor my much beloved father, " ho so greatly G
rejoiced at, and took SO strong an interest ft
In the growth and progress OF the navy. -
Yet the time OF deep and sincere mourning
chastises and fortifies mems hearts, thus
we shall look confidently to the future .
while fully preserving in our hearts the d
of my grandfather. The navy
Knows that it not only II
GIVES ME GREAT JOY "
10 belong to it by an external bond, but
hat since my earliest youth a warm and L
lively interest has in complete sympathy L
nth my dear brother, Prince Henry, o.
lnited me with the navy. I have learned V
10 appreciate the high sense OF honor and =
aithful fulflment of duty prevailing in the sss
navy. know that every member Of the "
navy is prepared ioyfuly o give his life for D
he honor OF the German flag. whoever he
nay be. Thus in this sad hour | can say
With all confidence: We shall stand to- ~
ether firmly and surely in good aud evil y :!
lays as in sunshine ever remembering the vi
lory of the German fatherland and ever :,
to shed our hearts blood for the n
oflor OF the German flag. In this Gods 10 10
blessing will be with us. WILHELM. u :,
'''N- ~ :. I'll
'APAL SYMPATHY AND CONGRATULATIONS. W
ROME, June e16.-CardinalR Rapolla, Papal
OF State, visited Herr Won Schlo-
er. German Representative at the Vatican,
nd condoled with him on the Emperor's Sc
eath The Pope has entrusted Cardinal
salimberti, Papal Nuncio at Vienna, with
, mission to congratulate William Ii. upon
is succession to the throne. III
A FRENCH ESTIMATE.
PARIS, June 16.-Le Soleil says: France +,
AS not waited for the Emperor Freder-
,k's death to do him Justice. She has :
AIKEN account OF the good he was able to 70
H. t0o cha nd | :.
las not reproached him with evil he was ea
lnable to prevent. new scene is now
bout to be disclosed. The present EN-
,eror, William H., is young, active and
liph spirited. He succeeds a departed phi Il,
osopher But his personal influence will -
lot make itself felt Tor long time to &c
ome. William Ii can be but the executor vi
# the wishes of the German RiChelieu. III
William reigns. but more than ever Prince 1:
Bismarck governs" n
Another journal says: sit is not with u ~
,ut uneasiness that Europe including D
Germany herself witnesses the succession of
II William III. Bismarck, it is true, is on u =,
he SPOT But the Chancellor begins to OIL
eel the burden ofhis years. Besides there Y
8 no guarantee that his policy will be ex- tl
,ctly what it was under William l. Let pl
ia. therefore, be on our guard, without se
ear as without imprudence." al
THE RUSSIAN PRESS. lal
ST. PErERsEURG, May 16.-The Novosta o
ays it hopes Emperor Frederick's brief h,
humanity reign will leave an ineffable trace W
IN the German peoples future and upon 81
ermany's International policy. The
says it believes internal dill
iculty and Prince Bismarck's presence at
he head OF affairs will prevent the new
,mperers warlike instincts from gaining
,he ascendant over his predecessor peace :.
,ol;cv. the abandonment of which the 81
,ther German sovereigDs would seriously III
oppose. - 81
Russia shares in the mourning OF the =,
Hohenzellerns and the German nation. May :.