The Van Buren press., 1901-06-22
REGATTA ON LOWER E[B[.
Emperor William Attended and
Spoke at the Closing Din
ner at Cuxhaven.
ON BOARD THE YACHT vICToRIa.lUisE.
lie GIoried with His Comrades On
the Water and Promised to Make
the German Navy Adequate to the
Maintenance of the German Pres
tige.

Cuxhaven, June 20.-At the conclu-
sion of the regatta, held Tuesday on
the lower Elba, dinner was given on
board the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. yacht
Victoria-Luise, at which Emperor
William made speech.
His majesty, in reply to the bur
gomasters toast, said: 81 express TO
all of you, comrades on the water,
my delight that it has been granted
me once more to participate with you
in the races of the North German Re-
gata club. His magnificence, in his
brief, pithy speech, has just given us
picture of the progress made by
our fatherland IN the domain CT
aquatic sport. My whole task in H.
lure will be to assure that the seeds
now sown shall spring up in peace
and security.
Navy Of the Future.
Notwithstanding the fact that we,
as yet, have not navy such as we
should have, we have won for our
selves q place in the sunshine, and il
will now be my task to take care
this place remains in our undisputed
possession, so that the suns rays may
shed fruitful influence over our trade
and intercourse abroad and industry
and agriculture at home, and also on
the yachting on our waters, for our
future lies on the water. The moro
Germans go on the water, whether in
yacht races or on voyages across the
ocean, or in the service of the Ger
man naval flag, the better it is for US,
for once the German has learned TO
keep an eye on the far horizon, the
pcttiness surrounding him in his
daily life disappears. If man want 4
TO get this broad and higher view. q
Hanseatic tour is surely the most
suitable for him. We have drawn our
conclusions from what Emperor Will
Jam the Great and the great man
whose monument we have just I'M.
yelled LETT us at their creation.
The EmperOr's Conclusions.
"Those conclusions consist in this
that we start at the point at which
the old Hansa has 20 leave off because
IL lacked the viyifyins and protecting
power of the empire. May 1t there
fore now be the task of my house, in
profound peace, to promote and pro-
tect the trade and commerce for long
years TO come. ! behold in the events
of which China has been the scene,
and OF which the present return of
the troops marks the close, a guaran-
tee that European peace is assured
for long years TO come, for the serv-
ice performed by the individual con-
tingcnts have called forth an appre-
citation based oil mutual esteem and
comrndeship, which, can only con-
tribute to the maintenance Of peace.
! trust that prohting by this peace,
our Hnnsa towns will flourish and
that our new Hansa will mark out q
path for winning and retaining new
trade outlets. AS the supreme head
of the empire, / can only rejoice over
every Hanseatic man who goes forth
with far.seeing gaze, seeking new
points where we can knock in nails
on which to hang our armor.'
Emperor William concluded with n
eulogy of the dircctor-general OF the
Hamburg American line CHerr Albert
Ballin), who had gone out as bold
udventurer to make peaceful CEN
quests whose fruits our grandchildren
will reap"