The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-12
IN HONOR OF WHITE
REPAIRING AMERICAN AMBAssA-
ROR HIGHLY RECOGNIZED.
A DINNER is GIVEN TO HIM,
AT WHICH HIGHEST GERMAN OFF,
GALS ARE PRESENT.

A. Well rs Scientists, Authors, Jour
nalists, Financiers and Manufac-
turers, Comprising as Representa-
tive an Assemblage as Berlin Has
seen for Years-Count POsadOw-
sky-Wehner Presided and PrOpOs-
ed the First Toast, Emperor WILL
lam and President Roosevelt.
Berlin, Nov. 11.-Members of the cab
met and of the Reichstag. scientists,
authors, journalists. financiers and
manufacturers, comprising as repre-
sentative an assemblage as Berlin has
seen in years, gave a dinner tonight
at the Kaiserhof in honor of former
AMBASSADOR Andrew D. White. Home
secretary Posadowsky-Wehn presid-
ed.
Count Posadowsky- Wehner in pro-
posing the health of Emperor William
and President Roosevelt spoke of the
Emperor's great admiration of the
magnificent development of the United
states, commended the vigor with
which President Roosevelt had con-
Quoted the affairs of the nation after
being called suddenly to their admin
strait and praised Mr.. Whites un-
usually meritorious services to his
country abroad. Prof. Harnack in his
speech proposing Mr.. Whites health
said:
Representative of every variety Of
German public life are here, but we are
only a small portion of those through
out Germany who feel reverence for
you. We beg you to widen these walls
10 the boundaries of the empire"
Continuing, Prof. Harnack eulogized
the spirit of Mr.. Whites work on the
conflict of science and theology, and
said the Prussian Academy of Sciences
was proud to number the author of
this book among its members.
While Mr.. White spoke in reply, Prof.
Mommsen left his seat and stood at
Mr.. Whites side, listening to every
word he said, and nodding his head in
approval. Prof Mommsen, who is con-
sidered the most eminent living Ger
man, presented an extraordinary fig
ure, with his long white hair falling
over an old-fashioned broad linen COL
lar and his bosom covered with deco
rations from all countries.
Mr.. White said that during the life
and death struggle of the American
Union Germany was the one nation,
which, throughout all classes of soci-
ETY.. took the side of the Union. while
everywhere else in Europe hostile feel
ings were expressed and malignant
prophesies made.
Therefore, - ne said when some of
my fellow-citizens endeavored to ;e-
proach Germany with anti-American
feeling in the more recent military
CT ioI,
gagged with another Power, 1 remind
ed them that this more recent es-
arrangement was infinitely outweighed
by the fact that in the struggle for
our very existence, one nation, Ger
many, stood by us through evil and
good report
Mr.. White, during the remand
er of his speech, interpreted
America to the Germans and
sought to give them views OF
the United States which are seldom ex
pressed here. He said that while thg
United States, on a superficial view, ap
peared to be the most materialistic O
nations. the people of America wer,
among those most powerfully swayeC
by beliefs and ideals of sentiment. II
no country could the action of thes'
two forces apparently so antagonistic
making on the one side for the practi
seen more vigorously acting and re
acting upon each other. He traced TIL
influence of ideals in political struggle
in the United States, and said he knew
no other country where money was les
worshipped as money. Mr.. White al
luded to the gifts made in America dur
ing the last year to colleges, libraries
and universities which he said amount
ed to $40, 900, 900.
Referring again to the indebtedness
OF the United States to Germany, Mr.
White said ii was a curious fact tina
While down to the middle of the las
century the ideas controlling Ameri
can institutions of learning had beer
derived almost entirely from Grea
Britain, during the entire latter par
Of the century the ideas and method
Which permanated and gave substance
10 American instruction in every field
whether literature. science. theology
medicine or mechanical process, and il
me entire range of higher instruc
uon, save in law, had come and ar
sui coming from Germany.
1t is a significant fact that in spit
OF the wonderful attractions of Eng
hsh university life hardly more thai
handful of American students ar
ever found at Oxford or Cambridge
while in Germany universities and spe
cal schools American students ar
round by the hundreds and even b!
me thousands. l need hardly poin
out the effect of this condition il
strengthening the relations between tn
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