Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-06
WAS EDISON DeRELIcT7
bismarck Has Photograph. but william
III. Has None.
New York world.l

New York worldl
II ia safe to say that there will be no in
ternational complications over the failure
of Wizard Edison to send q photograph
which he had promised to send, TO En-
peror William of Germany more than
year ago. To avoid any unpleasantness
Mr.. Edison yesterday shipped to Berlin
very beautiful instrument and numoe,
of cylinders containing delicately- traced
messages in High Dutch, Low Dutch. ana
English. On one basso profundo Win
powerful lungs impinged this distich:
Hail Emperor Of q mighty natlen,
thousand greetings to thee
From land across the sea
On another cylinder German assistant
spoke with sonorous emphasis the follow
ing sentiment in his own language:
He'll, segen und lsnges Leben dem Kaiser.
The other cylinders were sent over
blank, SO that the Emperor might use his
own pleasure and convenience in iillih bs
them with the voices of whomsoever no
cared to select.
Mr.. Edison was not little amused over
the cable from Berlin published yesterday.
in which il was stated that German news,
paper had referred to the American WIZARD
as IMAM of promises" that he had;
after promising that the instrument should
be forwarded, cabled that it was on us
way; that the Emperor after having invl'eo
large number of distinguished guests 70
witness the wonders of the American talk
ing machine, was sorely disappointed. as
well as his guests, because OF It's non
arrival A World reporter went to the,
laboratory at Orange yesterday and asKeu
the wizard whether it was really true tnat
n pbonorraph had been promised the ELL
peror and that il hadn't been sent.
~ guess I'm guilty." said MIR. Edison.
How did it happen Z"
well. it's simple enough. NV agent IN
Germany had been exhibiting the phono-
graph and we received word to ship one.
/ sent an order to our shipping department.
and never thought OF it again until TINS
publication attracted my attention. Then
found that the order had by some means or
other been overlooked. About those letters
said to have been written and not answer
ed am not quite certain. We try 10 DE
prompt in such matters, and l think there
must be some mistake in that assertion. |
hardly think letter of that kind would
be nut aside without attention. We re-
ceive letters about the phonograph IN ever
so many different languages and always
have them interpreted. l have one mere
from the Emperor of China and another
from the Emperor OF Japan, each OF wnon
has an instrument. Blsmarck has one' w.
and -"
Pardon me. bu, might not that account
for the young Emperor's sensitiyeness -
suggested the reporter >, -,
Mr. Edison laughed. Il hardly think
sou he said. when my agent visited,
Berlin he had several cylinders with him.
"'Would you like 10 hear them| he
asked the Emperor.
"Yes'
"'I have several here said the agent.
One of them has traced upon It some
words uttered by Won Moltke. VIII you
bear that trst!"
mol"
1.-THE reply was quick and sharp" went
on Mr.. Edison laughingly," and was SAID
with decision that was unmistakable;
The words on that cylinder were not ground
out. To come back TO the question OF the
letters from Minister Gossler, or the mas
ter of ceremonies who was topreslde at the
exhibition of the instrument, remaining
unanswered. certainly think there must
be some mistake. We would not inten.
tionally be guilty OF such discourtesy.
have done the best thing to repair the dam
age. as | told you, by shipping an instrul'
ment to Berlin. We will have no war with
Germany on that account. you can rest as
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