The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-17
HONOR TO BISMARCK
HIS STATUE UNVEILED IN BERLIN
YESTERDAY.
COUNT Won BUEL0W'S SPEECH
A ROYAL AND DISTINGUISHED AS
SEMBLAAGE.

Present-Count Won Bueioyv Paid
Eloquent Tribute to the Great
German Unifier, and sketched His
Life Work and Principles-Em-
perOr william Deposited the First
Wreath.
Berlin, June 16.-The Bismarck statue
facing the Column of Victory in front OF
the Reichstag building was unveiled at
midday to-day in-the presence of the EN-
peror, Prince Herbert Mismarck, Count
Won Bueiow, Prince Hohenlohe, the MIN
listers ana the members of the legislative
houses, and the Memorial Committee.
There was an imposing array Of officers.
officials, veterans, associa tons, students,
ETC., and an enormous gathering of peo-
pie. Emperor William inspected the
Guard of Honor and then took his place
under the baldachln with the Empress.
thousand school children sang in cho-
rus and Dr. Won Levetzow Conservative
leader of the Reichstag, delivered a brief
eulogy. Count Won Buelow, the Imperial
chancellor, then made a speech as fol-
lows:
Among the whole German people there
is no one but knows that no vestige of
the iron chancellor's days upon earth will
disappear; that the admiration and graft
tude towards him will increase while Ger
man hearts beat or while German fists
are clenched. Bismarck's was a leonine
nature. Upon earth he stood amid the
dust of battle. Battle brings with it just
opposition, unjust misunderstanding, hon
orabe enmity and blind hatred. When
the dust is dispersed, there remains only
the memory of unparalleled deeds and of
peerless personality"
Bismarck's Great Work.
Count Won Buelow then eloquently
sketched Bismarcks stupendous work in
establishing the empire, that aspiration
of centuries for which the noblest spirits
array of martyrs in the German cause had
fought and suffered.
Continuing, Count Won Buelow said:
Only fools and fanatics would maintain
that Bismarck never made a mistake or
that the maxims he laid down must be
applied to all circumstances. Rigid dog
mas do not hold either in political or
economic life. Bismarck himself did not
lay great stress upon the doctrine he
taught us, that no personal fancies, trans
itory ideas or antiquated theory, but
only the practical and enduring interest
of the community should govern the ma
tional policy. What his whole work
teaches us is that it is essential in poll
tics always clearly to recognize the lin
its of the attainable and to stake ell
upon the attainment of what will be of
advantage to the country. Bismarck be-
longs to no party; he belongs to the
whole nation. In the domain of politics
Bismarck was what Goethe was in the
domain of mind He is our guarantee
that the nation can never surrender its
right to unity, independence and power
Living in Middle Europe, we have no
alternative but to be always zen vidette'
We are strong enough, however, to MAIN
tain our independence on every side. Di-
vided by opposing principles in politics,
economies and creed, the empire will
never be without internal conflicts, but
these will no longer be able TO shatter
what was forged thirty years ago. Exegi
monumentum acre perennius. q have
reared for myself monument more en-
during than bronze.)
May the name of this great man al
pillar of fire on good as in evil days. May
our German people face their future in
peace, freedom. well being and strength
under the leadership of the glorious
house of Hohenzoilern, on whose should
ers the nations future rests"
The HOhenzolIern, of Course.
Count Won Buelow concluded his speech
by calling for three cheers for the EN-
peror and the fatherland
The 5000 people present then sang the
national anthem and at a signal from the
Emperor the veil fell from the statue,
and the fountains started playing amid
the ringing cheers of the assembly. On
the pedestal of the statue appears the
single word Bismarck" Emperor Will
liam alone mounted the steps and depos-
tied the first wreath at the feet of the
statue. He then turned to Prince Her
bert Bismarck while Deutschland Ueber
Allies" was sung. The Emperor and the
Empress then inspected the memorial and
the various populations laid a mound of
.wreaths at the feet of the statue before
their majesties took their departure.