The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-04

-iulleu III the InluSu OF the most pro-
found peace. Unhappily. this was TO
me not uneXJected
A crime of unspeakabIe insolence.
/ horrltying in its barbarity. has been
committed against the person of nv
trusted representative, and has taken
him from us. The ministers of the
other powers hover between life and
death, and with them the comrades
sent for their protection 1t may be
while l speak they have already fought
their last fight.
The German flag has been insulted
and the German empire treated with
contempt This demands exemplary
punishment and vengeance
Events have moved with frightful
rapldlty, and have become profoundly
grave and still graver. Since called
you To arms what I hoped to effect
with The help of the marine infantry
has now become a difficult task which
can only be fulfilled with the help OF
the Serried ranks of all civilized states.
This very day the commander of the
cruiser squadron has asked me to con-
slider the dispatch Of a division. You
VIII have to face an enemy who are
no less courageous than yourselves and
trained by European officers. The Chi
nese have learned the use of European
weapons
Thank God, your comrades of the
marine infantry and my navy when
they have encountered them have
proved true to the old German battle
cry. They have defended themselves
with glory, have won victories, have
done the duty COmitted to them.
Capture of Pekin Demanded.
Il now send you out to avenge the
wrong and ILL., Do not rest until the
German flag, joined to those Of the
other powers, floats triumphantly over
China's flag. and until it has been
planted on the walls of Pekin to die
tate peace to the Chinese. You will
have to maintain good cOmradeship
with all the other troops that you will
come in contact with over yonder.
Russians, British and French, all alike.
are tghting for one common cause
for civilization. We must bear in mind.
too. something higher. namely, our re-
ligion and the defense and protection
OF our brothers out there, some of
whom staked their lives for the Sa-
v:o-
Think, also, of the honor of our
arms. Think of those who have fought
before you, and go forth with the old
Brandenburg motto:
% 'VeTtrau auf Colt, dich TAPER wehr.
DARN besteht dein ganZeehr.
DEM wer auf Colt herzaftig wagt,
Nird nimmer aus der welt gejagt'
The flags which float above you go
under fire for the first time. See that
you bring them back to me clean and
stainless, ana without a spot. My
thanks, my prayers and my solicitude
so with you"
The emperOr's departure for Norway
has been postponed.
The following is a free adoption of
the Old German saying repeated by EN-
Deror William:
Trust in God, stand bravely.
This the whole of thy honorable duty.
For who, helped by God, dares battle
heartily,
Is never driven from the world"
More Troops Are to Go.
Privy Councillor Harmon says En-
peror William has been comforting with
a number of his military officers who
nave arrived at WilheImshaven from
Berlin. He adds that probably il will
be decided to send one division of land
troops to China, which means $4,000 To
zO'VCO men, including cavalry, artillery,
engineers and commissariat corps
Inc German government maintains.
as heretofore, that no division of Chi
ma would be allowed. the main object
being the saving Of the lives of the
whites and restoring order in Pekin
and elsewhere.
Asked whether the Chinese minister
would be dismissed, Herr Hammann's
answer was:
Not for the present, as we do not
know the situation of the Chinese gov