Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-02
Thousands of Germans Find TISNSS<M
to Friedrich ~
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A FeliCitOuS .ssS me Assembled
,dSandS.
A Grand Torch-Light Procession
the Feature of the Night Cele-
bration - Emperor William
Drinks to Bismarck 8 Health.
The Great Germans Birthday
Remembered in London, New
York and American Cities.

Friedrichsruhe, April 1.-Since early
this morning trains have been arriv-
ing loaded with visitors from all
parts of the empire, to congratulate
Prince Bismarck on his eightieth
birthday.
At eleven o'clock a deputation from
the Zeydlitz Cuirassier regiment, OF
which the Prince is honorary Colonel,
arrived The Cuirassiers were fol-
lowed by a stream of other deputa-
tions. including one composed OF Uni
versity professors and another of Sen
ators from Hamburg, Lubbock and
Bremen.
The despatch of congratulation
which King Oscar, Of Sweden and
Norway. sent to Prince Bismarck al
luded to the latter as the creator OF
German unity.
Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria,
was among those who telegraphed
their congratulations to the Prince
to-day.
The weather this morning was glor-
ious. BY 6 o'clock five trains, each
bringing about 1000 persons, had ar
rived. In addition, great numbers
iocked here by roads from the sur
rounding country.
The railroad station was hung with
garlands, flags and Chinese lanterns.
The students, numbering 1000, who
were timed TO arrive here at midday,
had temporary headquarters at Ham
burg. where. at Z o'clock this morning,
they met at various rallying places
and marched through the streets to
three separate railroad stations,
whence they were conveyed by special
trains to Aumehle, near this place.
| There the students were marshalled
and supplied with refreshments, after
which they
MARCHED TO FRIEDRICHSRUHE.
The general public was not admit
ted to the castle gardens where the re-
ception was held, but thousands OF
persons gathered in the meadows on
the other side of the stream overlook
ing the gardens. At 1890 p. IN. the
band of the Fourth regiment of Foot
Guards took up a position in the gar
den opposite the palace and played the
"Halleluiah" chorus from Messiah
announcing the approach of the stu
| dents procession. The terrace was
! then occupied by Prince Bismarck, his
| family and their numerous guests.
At 1:3O p. m. the students procession
was perceived vending its way to the
! castle through the trees, and when it
| emerged upon the triangular space un-
der the terrace it presented 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
| doubblets. many colored sashes and
| caps ornamented with ostrich feathers.
Prince Bismarck appeared on the
! terrace at lao p. m.
At the moment the Princes stately
form was recognized by the students
and the public, there arose a mighty
cheer. which re-echoed far and wide,
and the students clashed their swords
| together in the air. Prince Bismarck
raised his helmet and stood bowling
until
THE CHEERS HAD SUBSIDIZED.
The spokesman of the students dep
utation, Bruch, theological student
of the University of Bonn, then as
cended the tribune and conveyed to
Prince Bismarck the congratulations
of his fellOw-students, representing
thirty universities, in a few we'll
chosen words, and concluded y pre-
senting to the Prince an address and
requesting to accept as a birthday
nresent a handsome shaft of marble,
iron, silver and gold, with symbolical
figures and surmounted with the Ger
man Eagle.
Prince Bismarck having inspected
and admired the monument advanced
to the balustrade, and amid renewed
cheers, replied to the address OF the
students The eX-ChancellOr spoke
for about twenty minutes, clearly and
distinctly. but with less force and
point than when addressing the dele
cations of the Reichstag and Landtag
week ago
In the course of his remarks, Prince
Bismarck said:
..Your masters paid me a tribute of
Acknowledgement of the past refer-
ring to the visit of the University pro-
fessors this mOrning), your greetings
are TO me a pledge of the future-that
until the middle of the next century,
when I shall long have been dead, You
will continue to utter the same feel
ings which you proclaimed to-day.
What a German is enthused about in
his youth. he never lets drop alto
gether in his mature age.
I'VE had to fight hard battles for
our national independence. The pro-
logue was the Holstein war. We had
IN embark in the Austrian war in or
der to arrive at definite entente with
Austria and to obtain. so to speak,
judicial separation from her After
Sanowa, every one
FORESAW A WAR WITH FRANCE.
II was. however, advisable not to un-
dertake such a war too soon, but to
wait until the fruits of the North
German Union had been duly garner
Cd After that war there was talk
thar in five years more another war
vould follow. That was to be feared,
but 7 used every endeavor to hinder
II We had no ground for it. We had
what we wanted and to continue fight
inc ont of sheer desire for conquest ap-
neared TO me to be Bonapartist insta-
bility and not the German way
"Since our house was built l have
always been a friend of peace and to
that end have not Stunned small sac
rifces. 1 yielded TO the Carolina and