Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-04-04

dsitors from all parts of the empire to
congratulate Bismarck on his eighth
eth birthday. Dispatches of congratu-
lation were received from Emperor
Francis Joseph, of Austria, and King
oscar, of Sweden and Norway.
The weather vas glorious. The gen
eral public was not admitted to the
castle gardens where the reception
was held, but thousands of persons
gathered in the meadows, on the other
side of the stream overlooking the gar
dens. At 1890 the band of the fourth
regiment of foot guards took a posi-
ton in the garden opposite the palace
and played the Hallelujah chorus
from the Messiah and many popular
airs AS the strains of Die Wacht Am
Rhein were heard in the distance an
nouncing the approach of 1000 stu
dents, the terrace was then occupied
by Prince Bismarck, his family and
numerous guests. When the students
emerged from the triangular space I'M
der the terrace there was presented a
strikingly brilliant spectacle, the sun
glistening on the drawn swords and
displaying to advantage the gorgeous
gala uniforms of the various corps.
The crowds about the castle had by
this time swelled to quite 10000 per-
sons. The moment the princes state
ly form was recognized by the stu
dents there arose mighty cheer which
echoed far aud wide, and the students
clashed their swords together In the
air. Bismarck raised his helmet and
stood bowling until the cheers sub
sided. The spokesman of the students
deputation then conveyed to Bismarck
the congra tulations of his fellow stu
dents, representing thirty universities,
in a few, well-chosen words, and con-
cluded with presenting to the prince
an address and requesting him to ac-
cept as birthday present handsome
shaft of marble, iron, silver and gold,
with symbolical figures and surmount-
ed with a German eagle. Bismarck
after inspecting and admiring the mon
ument advanced to the baluStrade
and, amid renewed cheers, replied to
the address Of the students. The ex-
chancellor spoke for about twenty min
utes clearly and distinctly, but with
less force and point than when adj
dressing the delegation from the reich
stag and landstag week ago.
In his remarks Bismarck said, Your
greetings are to me pledge of the
future; that until the middle of the
next century, when l shall have been
dead, you will continue to utter the
same feelings which you proclaimed
today. What a German Is enthused
about in youth he never let's drop
altogether in his mature age. That
which the government of William |.
instilled into your hearts will always
bear forth its fruits no matter what
shape the institution Of the state may
take. The national feeling remains
even when one emigrates. l have
proof today that hundreds of thous-
ands 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 battles for our
national independence After Sadowa
every one foresawi a war with France.
After that war there was talk that in
five years another war would follow.
That was to be feared. But l used
every endeavor to hinder it. We had
no ground for it. | have always been
a friend of peace and to that end have
not stunned small sacrifices. yielded
the Carolina and Samoa islands ques-
tions in spite of the great value at
tached to colonial expansion, in order
not to have to make war. There lies
the advantage Of German characters
seeing satisfaction in the value of
our possessions, without seeking do
minion and privilege in political
affairs.
Il should like above all to ask you
young gentlemen not to give your
selves too much to the German cray
ing for criticising. Accept what God
has given you and what we have
laboriously won before threatened
with the guns of the rest of Europe.
Let us not be afraid Of those who be-
grudge us what we have. There have
always been conflicts in Germany and
today's party divisions are the after
effects of the old fights in the peas
ant wars. Without our internal con-
dicts we should eventually come to
the condition of the Chinese and
lapse into a fossilized state. But in
all our struggles we have a rallying
point for ourselves AMI that Is the
empire not as some wish it but as it
IS ask you therefore to join me in
the cry Long live the emperor and
the empire. Deafening cheers.)
After the cheers for the emperor
We're given by the students and
throngs beyond hearing Of the speak
er's voice the students sang the Bis
marck Lied bismarck Song in stem
torian voices and with great enthusi-
asm, The prince, attended by DIR.
Schweinger and Count Herbert. then
descended the steps and spent ten
minutes walking about among the stu
dents and conversing with a number
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