The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-04-02

FRIEDRICHsRUHE, April 2.-Among the
many thousands who visited FriedrichS-
ruhe yesterday was deputation of 400)
students from different universities of
Germany, who came in honor of Prince
Bismarcks SOth birthday. They took up
positions in front OF the terrace. and wnpo
Prince Bismarck grpeared he was greet a
with deaIonng cheers. The spokesm2l
of tho students then read an address oi
congratulation, and presented the OK
chancellor with Il birthday gift subscribed
for by the students This is haudso'n,
shaft Of marble, IRON, silver and gold, W.,
symholical figures, and surmountcd w
the German eagle
Prince Bismarck having inspected an1
admired the monument, which occupied
prominent place in a corner of the terrace.
advanced to the balustrade and, amid rc
newed cheers and clashing of swords, re
piled to the address of the students. In
the course of his remarks Prince Bismarck
said:
Your masters paid me tribute of ac-
knowledgment of the past referring to
the visit Of the university professors in the
morning.; your greetings are to me a
pledge Of the future-that until the mid
hAt VI ullt uthb CtubuI9s Wlltu L oItll lOnR
| have been dead, you will continue to ut.
ter the same feelings which you proclaim
today. What German is enthused about
in his youth he never lets drop altogether
| in his mature age. That which the gov
ernment of Emperor William l installed
into our hearts will always bear forth its
fruits, no matter what shape the insttu-
tions of the State may take. The national
! fnpliuu tnaiDs avar whom ono prniuratag
l have today proof that hundreds of thous-
ands of Germans in the Cape of Good
/ Hope, in America and in Australia cling
with equal enthusiasm to the old father
land.
1--WE had TO fight hard battles for our
national independence The prologue was
the Holztein war. We had to embark in
the Austrian war in order TO arrive at a
definite entente with Austria and TO OBJ
tain, so to speak, judicial separation from
her. After Sadowa everyone foresaw a
war with France 1t was, however, not
advisable to undertake such war too
soon. but to wait until the fruits of the
north German union had been duly gar
nered. After that war there was talk that
in five years more another war would fol
| low. This was to be feared, and used
every endeavor to hinder it, We had no
ground for it. We had what we wanted
and to continue fighting out of sheer de
sire for conquest appeared to be Bona
partist instability, and not our German
way.
| since our house was built have been
! a friend of peace, and to that end have not
Stunned small sacrifices. yielded in the
! Caroline and Samoa islands questions, in
spite of the great value we attach to col
onial expansion, in order not to have to
make war. There lies the advantage Of
the German characterize find satisfaction
in the recognition Of the value of our op.
pressions without seeking dominion and
privilege in political affairs
II should like above all to ask youy young
gentlemen not to give yourself too much
to the craving for criticizing. Accept
what God hath given you, and what we
have laboriously won before threatening
with guns the rest of Europe. 1t is true
that there still remain justifiable claims
worthy of effort, but not too soon or too
hasty. Let us hold fast to what we have
"The greatest sacrifices made for the re-
establishment of the German empire were
made by the German princes, the Prus-
slams not excluded My old master hest
tated long before he consented to give up
bnt lllNbpGuubltt VI HIS bbubb bO UDb blll-
pire Let us be thankful to those princes
for having made sacrifices to the empire
which must have come hard to the reign
ing dynasties after their history.
"You will say that am an old conserv-
ative, but, l repeat, let us keep together
: 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 peasants wars Without
! fighting there is no life, Without our in
ternal conflicts we should eventually come
to the condition of the Chinese and lapse
into fossilized state. But in all our
struggles we must have a rallying point
for our ourselves, and that is the empire,
not as some wish it, but as it is l ask
you, therefore, TO join me in the cry, Long
live the emperor and the empire"
After the cheers for the emperor had
been given by the students and the throngs
beyond hearing of the speeches the stu
dents sang the Bismarck song in stentor-
ian voices and with great enthusiasm.
The prince, attended by Count Herbert
, Bismarck, then descended the steps and
spent ten minutes walking about among
the students and conversing with a mum
Der of them. Returning TO the terrace
the prince took a beer glass from a set pre-
sented to him by the students and having
filled it with beer he raised it aloft with
r the words; 'Vivat academia; vivat mem.
brum quo Tibet"
The deputations then began to march
t out of the grounds singing "Die Wachf
, Am Rhein, deutschland" and othel
patriotic songs. After each song therl
was prolonged cheering and further clash
e ing of swords the prince leaning over tn
balustrade, waving his hand and smiling
Then the idea apparently struck him tina
: the people in the meadows, who had no
, been admitted to the castle grounds, hat
not received sufficient notice. He RENE
died this by asking for his field glasses
+ and took long survey of the multitudes
who thereupon greeted him with round
of cheers and the waving of handkerchiefs
. To this Prince Bismarck responded b,
? waving his helmet.
As the students filed slowly out Prime
Bismark threw handfuls of flowers anC
e bouquets among them, which were en-
Enthusiastically scrambled for and carried