The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-17
BISMARCK A BENEFACTOR.
People ThrOnsilg TO His Home for
Miles TO Express their Admiration.

| His Physician, Though His General
| Health Is Good-The Prince Speaks
| Forty-hve Minutes in Reply to His
! Visitors.
Varsin, Sept. l6.-This little village
never before saw such festival as began
| here this morning. Preparations had
| been making for days to receive the Posen
| delegation of Prince Bismarck's ad-
mirers. With daybreak visitors came
| from the surrounding districts by the
! score. They found the streets already
| decorated with garlands, flags and arches
! spanning the roads which lead to the
castle. Policemen who had been gath
cred from Stolpe, Coslin and other nearby
points, closed the approaches to tho
castle so as to leave free way for the del
| egation.
| The Prince and Princess Bismarck
rose at o'clock. Only members of the
! family circle were at breakfast, among
them Count William Bismarck, his
| sister, the Countess Rantzau, and DR.
| Schemeninger, who came to the castle
| last evening, so as to be with the prince
| during the excitement of the reception.
The railway arrangements had been
made so carefully that all the accommo-
dations of the castle and park were taxed
to the last point. Several trains left
! Posen, Gnesen, Bromberg and Ravitch at
! 10 O'Clock last evening.
At SChnediemuehl they were joined to
| the trains from other points The great
line of cars, all packed to the last bit Of
standing room, was divided in two sec
! tions, and ran thus TO Varsin about half
| a hon NJ ha ftaaf in roo ph nA
Hammermuehle at IL 20; the other one
| just before noon. Tents for their recep
tiou had been erected, and the tables for
| luncheon were spread before II O'Clock.
The young men walked from the railway
station to the castle. The older men were
carried in the princes carriages,
| in vehicles used at his fac
tories, and in whatever else had
wheels and something to sit on. The pro
cession was marshaled by Maj. Won Tiede-
mann, who divided 1t into three battal-
ions. At farm house near the station
! each battalion halted and had grog, coffee
! and sausages, served by men from the
princes estate After this refreshment
| the procession was reorganized. The
count then showed that 2,300 men were
| present and eager to take part in the
| march past the castle
Maj Won Tiedemann ordered q halt
again when the head of the column ar
rived at the platform which was erected
yesterday in front of the castle entrance
Delegates quickly broke ranks and
crowding forward, gathered IN a big
semi-circle TO await The princes coming.
Bismarck has already been on the
veranda. He found to the right and left
of the door several tables at which sat ell
bow to elbow the reporters Of all the
large journals in North Germany.
II am afraid you will find this rather
| pOOl. affair - he said after exchanging
greetings 81 am feeling rather tatigued
aud fear ! cannot give you much for your
papers. / can tell you that / hope none
of you will ever know the plague of lum-
bagO such as ! contracted at my work. "
Lieut.. Fisher, one of the origlnators of
the demonstration replied: 1--WE have
done very well, your grace
Bismark seemed hardly TO hear him.
He looked over the row of reporters,
clasped his hands behind his back and
said with a suggestion Of sadness: "And
all these gentlemen have sacrificed them
selves for two nights to come, and see
what is but ruin"
But what is thatl" Lieut.. Fisher
answered, considering that your grace
sacrificed so many nights for the benefit
of the fatherland." ="
"Those days are over" said Bismarck
with a slight gesture. "They will not
come again. Now | must go indoors aud
SIHV bnefG uubll bnC DTOCtSSIOu arrives ~
A reporter asked after the princes
health. 1T is hard to say" answered
Bismarck "just how ! do feel. / do not
know whether my lumbago is worse when
/ sit or when / walk"
AS he turned TO the door he noticed on
one of the press tables velvet and silver
bound volume. He opened il, disclosing
the text of an illuminated address, but
quickly closed it with the words al must
not peep into the secrets in store for me "
DIR. Schweninger, who had been beck
oning TO the prince for a minute or more
| at least. caught his eye and induced him
TO go into the house, Afterward DR..
Schweninger explained to a reporter that
| he feared for the prince on account of the
lumbago. The princes general health
was good, the doctor said, and would
carry him through many more years
IL was about 80 o'clock when the
bands were heard coming with the pro-
cession from the village After the dele
gates had gathered around the platform
a maennerchOr started, THE Watch on
the Rhine.n Nearly 1900 voices re-
sponded The last strain OF the grand
chorus had hardly echoed from the castle
when the old chancellor came for
ward A sea Of hats, hand
kerchiefs and flags swept in
stantly over the heads of the
crowd, and for several minutes every
.I |
ceased Mai. Won T1edemann stepped on
the platform and proposed final cheer
with some sentiment. IL was lost IN the
| tumult Of enthusiasm. Councillor Duene-
mann read the address. He said Thou
sands of men of all classes have gathered
here to honor the man who real
lied the dream Of many genera
tions Of Germans-the man who united
Germany, Of which our province shall
forever form an integral part There has
been occasional vacillation in the admin
istration Of our province, but this has
served only 20 deepen our attachment 70
the imperial idea embodied in Prince Bis
marcks work Cheers.
The maennerchor chauted "Hail, Bis
marck, ;" after the address, and amid re-
peated cheers Bismarck stepped forward
TO reply. He spoke forty-five minutes.
THE PRINCES SPEECH.
Prince Bismarck, ia the course OF his
speech. declared that Posen was more in
dispensable 10 Germany than even Alsace
and Lorraine. and Germany would spill
her last drop of blood and spend her last
coin in defending IL. IL was only the ele-
ments Of political impotence and iRnor-
ance that believed in the Pole. a friendly
policy might pacify some Of the Poles,
but it would not pacify the Polish lordly
population. IL is the Polish nobility and
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