The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-02

end have not Stunned small sacrifices.
I yielded in the Carolina and Samoan
Islands, in spite of the great value at
tached to colonial expansion, in order
not TO make war. There lies the adj
vantage of the German character
seeing satisfaction in the value Of our
possessions without seeking dominion
and privilege in political affairs.
1t is much easier to do that which one
should avoid than one should do. Ger
tain principles, honor and courage,
forbid one to do several things, just
as during army maneuvers one IS for
Dldden to touch certain Specihed neldS.
But as to resolutions regarding
what is to happen in the future, there
is no exact provision. They are de-
pendent upon the decision of others. II
friends alter their opinions, your friends
alter their opinions. the whole plan
often niiScarries. Positive undertak-
ings, are very difficult in politics. II
they succeed, one should thank Coo
and not find fault because they fail
in trifiing points. Man can neither
set in motion nor control the stream
of time. He can only steer his boat
upon it with more or less skill. II
he come safe into harbor, we may
gather from the sounds of overwhelm-
ing approval, and we must be content,
and keep what we regained for the
empire as it now is, and not as many
wish it to be, with additional instltu-
lions We want to preserve Scrupu-
lousy what we have. Germany was
q mighty empire under the CarloVln-
gians, the Saxons and the HohenstauI-
fens. When this position was lost
five or six hundred years passed pc
fore Germany got again upon her legs
Political development is slow, ike the
geological stratas which lie on on
another and form mounds and noun
tains.
Hold Fast to What We Have.
81 should like above all to ask you,
Young gentlemen, not TO give your
selves TOO much to the German craze
for criticising. Accept what God has
given you and what we have laoor-
iously won before the threatening guns
of Che rest of Europe. That was no
light matter. If we had on those Gays
been cited before q conclave Of the
elders of Europe, we would not nave
come out so we'll 1t is true that dnere
still remains Unsuitable claims Worrhy
of effort. but not too soon or too Nasty
let us hold fast to what we nave.
ssTbe greg est sacrifices made Tor Lhe
establishment OF the GERMAN elllpii : :
were made by the German princes HHe
Torussians not excluded. My old mas
ter hesitated long before he consented
10 give up the independence OF ms
state to the empire. Let US be 9hanA-
full to these princes for having Inaue
sacrifices to the empire which must
have come hard to the re1gnlhS o5
.nasties after their history. Let us also
be grateful to science and TO It's oe
voices for keeping alive the hre Oh
unity in the hearts of knowledge:
s~Then YOU will see am an old con-
servative. but repeat, let US keep To-
gether what we have. Let US hot pe
afraid of those who begrudge what we
have. There have always been con-
fiicfs in Germany, and today's party
divisions are the after-effects OF the
old fights in the peasant wars. WIN
out fighting there is nc life. Without
orr internal conflicts We should even
tuaIly come to the condition OF the
Chinese and lapse into a hostile state.
But in all our struggles we must nave
a rallying point for ourselves, ana tnat
is the empire, not as some wish 1t, but
as II is I ask you, therefore, TO JOIN
me in the cry: Long live the emperor
and the empire" Oeafening cheers-)
Bismarck's Song.
After the cheers for the emperor had
been given by the students and throngs
beyond hearing Of the speakers voice.
the students sang 'BiSmarckS song
IN Stentorian voices with great enthu-
siasm. The prince, attended by DR..
mark, then descended the steps and
spent ten minutes among the students
Returning to the terrace, the prince
took a beer glass from a. set presented
10 him by the students, and, having
filed it with beer, he raised II aloft
with the words: Viva lacedama, viva
membrum quo libel" After this toast
Prince Bismarck drained his glass.
holding it upside down to show that it
was quite empty. The Populations be
gan 10 march out Of the grounds sing
ing Deutschland, Deutchland Ueber
Allies" and other patriotic songs.
The grounds were narrow and the
progress made was slow. principally
as the students were 10th to leave
while the prince remained on the ter
race. After each song there was pro-
longed cheering and further clashing
of swords, the prince leaning over the
balustrade, waving his hand and
struck him that the people in the
meadows had not received sufficient
notice. He remedied this by asking for
his field glass, and took a long survey
CT the nultitudes who thereupon
greeted him with rounds of cheers and
The waving Of handkerchiefs. To this
the prince responded by waving his
helmet In the meanwhile the Gongs
and cheers and clashing' of swords con-
tinued, the students slowly crowding
OuL or the grounds.
a Scramble For Flowers.
The prince, a little later, took few
flowers which Countess William Bis
marck had laid on the balustrade and
threw them one by one among the
students, who struggled wildly to OBJ
tain possession of them. The countess
thereupon entered the house and
brought forth fresh supplies of flowers
and garlaads which Prince Bismarck
for a long time threw down to the
forest of outstretched white-gloved
hands, finally throwing at wholesale en-
tire bouquets and wreaths, which were
torn to pieces and distributed among
the students. Then. as they passed the
garden in front of the house where the
dents began picking a leaf or a flower
until nearly all were gone. 1.-THE mugs
in which the beer was served were
alse taken by the students as souven-
s5s
During the evening there was great
sorchlight procession, the Sachenwald
was Illuminated and Prince Bismarck
and his family watched the proceed
ings from the terrace.
Replying to the address Of the pro
fessors of the universities this morn
ing. Prince Bismarck said that though
he had been treated with much hos
tility by political parties. 1t must not
be taken too tragically. It was the
way of the world to fight, he added,
and the fact that the people still at
tackled him he concluded that his
thoughts were not dead.
Groups Of socialists, Centrists and
Tooiac took IL i'll in him for calling