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

| FREDERICKSBURG. April 1-Since earIs
this morning trains have been arriving
here loaded with visitors from all
parts of the empire. DESTROYS of con-
graduating Prince Bismarck on his
eightieth birthday. Among them was
deputation from the cuirassier regi.
ment of which the prince is honorary
! colonel. one composed of university
professors and another of senators
from Hamburg. Lubbock and Bremen.
The dispatch of congratulation
which King Oscar of Sweden and Nor
way sent Prince Bismarck alluded tn
the latter as the creator of German
unity.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
| telegraphed congratulations today.
The general public was not admitted
to the castle gardens. where the recep-
ton was held. but thousands gathered
in the meadows on the other side of the
stream. overlooking the gardens.
AT 1890 D. m, the band of the Fourtls
regiment of foot guards took position
in the garden opposite the palace and
played the ''HaIleluiah'' chorus. from
the Messiah and other popular airs,
Soon the strains of Die Wacht Am
Rhein" were heard in the distance an
nouncing the approach of the students
procession. The terrace at the time
was occupied by Prince Bismarck, HIS
family and their numerous guests
The Countess Won Rantzau, daughter
OF Prince Bismarck, and the Countess
Herbert and William Bismarck Wero
attired in summer toilets. while several
OF the gentlemen in the party Wors
uniforms. but Count Won Rantzau.
Count Herbert Bismarck and Count
William Bismarck. were in ordinary
morning dress. Prince Bismarck's sis
ter. the Countess Won Arnim. and her
two grandsons were also present.
The Students Procession.
AT 80 D. m. the students procession
emerged upon the triangular space un-
der the terrace, presenting a Strik-
Ingly brilliant spectacle. the sun gliS-
tening on the drawn swords of the stu
dents and displaying to advantage the
gorgeous gala uniforms of the various
corps. consisting of white breecheS and
gauntlets and silk and velvet doubiets.
many colored SasheS and caps orna-
mented with ostrich feathers. AS the
students were marShalled in front or
the terrace and on the rising ground to
the left. the band played ''Heildier
SiegeskranZ.'
The crowds about the castle had By
that time been Swelled to 1900 per-
sons. At the moment the princes
stately form was recognized by the
students and the public there arose .
mighty cheer. which echoed far and
wide, and the students clashed their
swords together in the air. Prince
Bismarck wore a cuirassier uniform
his helmet and stood bowling until &ssa
cheers had subsidized.
The spokesman of the students
deputation, Bruch, a, theological stu
dent of the University of Bonn, then
assembled the tribune, and conveyed to
Prince Bismarck the congratulations OF
his fellow students, representing
thirty universities, in a few appropri-
ate words and concluding with the
presenting to the prince of an address
requesting him to accept, as a, birthday
present. a. handsome shaft of marble.
iron, silver and gold. with symbOlical
figures and surmounted with the Ger
man eagle.
Amid Great Cheers.
Prince Bismarck, having inspected
and admired the monument, which oc-
cupied a prominent place on the cor
ner of the terrace, advanced to the
balustrade and, amid renewed cheers
and -clashing swords, replied to the
address of the students. He spoke for
about twenty minutes, clearly and dis
tinctly but with less force and point
than when addressing the delegations
of the reichstag a week ago. In the
course of his remarks he said:
Your masters paid me a tribute OF
Acknowledgement of the past (referrinE
to the visit of the university professors
this morning); your greetings are to
me a pledge of the future that until
the middle of the next century, when
shall long have been dead, you will
continue to utter the same feelings
which you proclaimed today. When a
German is enthused in his youth he
never let's it drop altogether in his
mature age. That which the govern
ment of William I inStilled into your
hearts, will always bear forth It's
fruits, no matter which shape the in
situations of the state may take. The
national feeling remains ever when one
emigrates. L have proof today that
hundreds of thousands of Germans at
the Cape of Good Hope, in America
and in Australia cling with equal
enthusiasm to the old fatherland-
I'VE had TO fight hard for our ma
Honal independence. The prologue was
the Holstein war. We had to embark
In the Austrian war in order to arrive
at a definite entente with Austria, and
TO obtain, so to speak, a judicial sep
aration from her. After Sadowa,
every one foresaw a war with France
It was, however, advisable not to I'M
dertake such a. war too soon, but to
wait until the fruits Of the North Ger
man union had been duly garnered.
After that war there was talk that in
five years another war would follow.
That was to be feared, but I used
every endeavor to hinder it. We had
no ground for war. We had what we
wanted, and to continue fighting out OF
sheer desire for conquest appeared to
me to be bonapartist instability and
pot our German way.
Friend OF Peace.
''Since our house was built have al
ways been friend of peace and to that