Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-03-24
POLICY.

FREDERlck's POLICY.
0ermany's FIXTURE Outlined In Messages
Of Emperor Frederick to the Landtag
and Reichstag-Hs Will Follow in the
Footsteps Of III S Father Alsace-L or-
raine.
BERLIN, March 20 The royal message
was read in the Prussian Landtag in united
session yesterday. 1t is countersigned by
all the Ministers It says:
:. We, Frederick, by the grace Of God, King Of
Prussia, hereby proclaim and make known that,
It having pleased God after the demise of the
Emperor and King William, our much loved
father, to call US to the throne OF our ancestors,
we herewith send to the Lantag our greeting.
The sentiments and purposes with which we
enter upon our government and the primo piles
on which we would exercise our royal office have
been proclaimed by us to our faithful people.
Walking in the path OF our glorious father we
shall know no other aim than the happiness and
welfare OF the fatherland. BY conscientiously
observing the constitution, fully safeguarding
all the prerogatives Of the crown and loyalty
cooperating with the national representation,
the King hopes with Gods help, to attain his
object, which is the happiness and welfare of
the country
The condition of the Emperor's health
prevents him from taking the oath person
ally. Desiring to declare without delay his
position regarding the constitutional laws,
although this could admit Of no doubt, he
now solemnly undertakes to adhere to the
constitution firmly and inviolably and to
rule In conformity with the laws.
The Emperor'n message to the Reichstag
was az follows:
We, Frederick, by the grace of God En-.
peror OF Germany, King OF Prussia, etc, pro.
claim that with the dem Sc of our beloved
father, under Gods inscrutable will the I'M
periaI dignity, with the Prussian crown, has de-
volved upon US, and we have taken upon our
selves the rights and duties bound up there
with. We are resolved to keep inviolabe and
to firmly uphold the imperial constitution, and
In this sense to conseientously respect and
guard the cons titutional> rights of the individ-
ual Federal States and the Rechstag. Fully
conscious of our exalted task, it will, after the
example of our ever-remembered father. al
ways be our endeavor in conjunction with the
Princes and free towns Of the federation, and
with the constitutional cooperation of the
Rechstag, to shield justice, freedom and order
throughout the fatherland, safeguard
the honor of the empire, maintain peace at
home and abroad and foster the welfare of the
people BY the unanimous readiness with
which the Reichstag agreed to the proposals to
strengthen the defensive power of the father.
land, in order to assure the security of the en-
pire, the late deeply lamented Emperor had the
last few days of his life rejoiced and
strengthened He was not longer permitted
to express his thanks to the Reichs.
tag. All the more, skherefore, do we feel the
need of transmitting to the Reichstag this leg
acy OF its imperial master, who is now resting
with God. We express our thanks in recogni-
ton OF the patriotism and devotion it has again
shown. Trusting confidently to the devotion
and tired love of the whole People and the peo-
pies representatives, we place the empires
future in Gods hands.
$50 Given at Charlottenburg the 18th day OF
March, 1888. FREDERICK.
"Countersgned, v. BISMARCK"
The message was read by Herr Piesdorff,
the president of the Reichstag. Then
Prince Bismarck, rising, said:
/" It will afford me greater satisfaction if am
permitted to consider myself charged by the
House to communicate the thanks of the Reichs-
tag to those friendly Governments whose Par
liaments have expressed sympathy with the
grief surrounding us. Such expressions have
come not only from our countrymen in
all parts of the world the latest received be-
ing from a far-away German colony in Corea
but from all quarters of the globe, mostly ac-
companied by requests to lay wreaths and
palms on the Emperor's tomb. Such wide
pread sympathy on the occasion 1.-THE death OF
sovereign has neveryet been recorded History
tells US that the disappearance of great men,
notably the death OF Napoleon I. and Louis
XIV, caused o violent shock. But that wreaths
and palms from neighboring peoples and from
peoples at the antipodes should be laid at the
tomb of o. deceased monarch is unprecedented
in history. No monarch ever before was so re-
srected as to cause all the nations Of the earth
to bring to his grave signs of sorrow. ZAP
plause.I
Regarding the special task desire to I'M
dertake, the expression of our graf tude can
lrox,f hon n 49,, <toa - A.
The communications lecefJded from our nearer
ne tghbors are especially sympathetic-for in
stance those from Austria, Italy, Portugal, the
Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium and Denmark.
The former relations OF the aforementioned coun-
try to Germany must have awakened sad recol-
lect!ons. The great figure justgone exercised
on all sides such a healing influence that not
only the Danish Government but both houses
OF the Legislature send to the German people
worthy expression of Sympathy. [Applause.1
Il shall thank you to empower me to express
thanks to these friendly nations upon whose
sympathy the peace of the future rests more
firmly than upon written treaties" Loud
cheers.1
STRAsBURa, March 90 The following
proclamation was issued yesterday:
Our beloved father, his Majesty Emperor
William having departed this life in accord.
ance with Gods decree, the imperial d. gnity
together With the laws of the empire and the
government OF the Reichsland, has devolved
on us. We have taken it up in the
name OF the empire and have deter
mined to preserve the rights of the en-
pire over the German territories reunited to
the fatherland after q long interval. We
are conscious Of our duty to cultivate in the
Reichsland German sentiments and German
customs, to protect right and justice,
and to promote the welfare and pros
perity OF the inhabitants. In our en-
Hoo t-S7
the confidence and devotion of the people
and the faithful fulfillment Of their du-
ties by the authorities. We demand and ex-
pect q conscientious observance of the law,
At the same time we shall do our part to ex-
tendimperial protection to the rights of all by
means OF an impartial administration of
justice and benevolent government con.
Quoted circumspectly, but with firm
hand. Fhe union of Alsace and Lorraine,
which a lapse of years can not impair, again be-
comes as intimate as it was in the time of our
ancestors, before these German lands were
severed from the ancient and glorious union Of
their kindred countrymen. FREDERICK.
'Charlottenburg, March 49,
Searching for Lost Treasure.
BUFFALO. N. Y, March 20 The people
OF Welland are very much excite at present
over the efforts Of Dexter Atwood, of that
village, to secure a fortune by raking the
muddy bottom of the Chippewa river Dur
ing the war Of 1872 some $500, OOOin gold
was dropped overheard by British paymas-
ter who was being holly pursued by Yankee
troops, it is alleged u has lain there ever
since Atwood heard the legend from the
grandson of the BritisheE Friday he sur
prised the villagers by bringing a diver,
who has boon at work ever since. No mon
ey has as yet been brought to the surface
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