The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-04-07
The GERMAN
AMBASSADOR
Pays a Handsome COmpli-
ment
To America. Her President,
Her Army and Her Navy.

Hartford, Conn, April 4-Baron
5peck Won Sternberg. the envoy of
Germany to this country was the
guest of honor Friday night at the
annual banquet of the Hartford
Yacht Club and the distinguished
visitor was accorded a royal greet
ing. He responded to the toast THE
German Nation and its Emperor, the
noblest yachtman of the world" and
his remarks, particularly those re-
lating to the aquatic proclivities of
the Emperor, were heartily received.
After dinner John W. Hatstatt, the
toastmaster. introduced Baron Won
Sternberg. The German envoy in
part said:
Won STERNBERG'S SPEECH.
Gentlemen: 1 thank you for the
honor you have done to my country,
my Emperor, and to his brother,
Prince Henry. l also thank you for
the hearty welcome you have given
me.
"You have just spoken of Germany
as your keen and able rival in COM
merce and industry. l am delighted
to hear this. 1t is keen rivalry which
produces great men and great races
and which has given the people of
the United States and of Germany so
much in common.
THE days are no more when the
barbarian forged his blade to conquer
and to loot. Now we find our armies
and navies turned into great train
| ing schools in which we teach our
sons those qualities which they need
more than ever, just as much in the
struggles of peace as in the strug-
giles of war, and without which COM
mercial and industrial supremacy
never can be attained. Above all it
is the love of the sea and its dangers
which breed a virile race, the de-
velopment of which your institutions
and ours, gentlemen, are constantly
fostering.
Nobody understood this better
than the German Emperor when he
began to add a powerful navy to his
already powerful army. 1t was to
you to whom he felt the need of a
craft which only Americas nautical
Igenius was able to create-a craft to
Improve the skill of his crews and to
lspread the love of the sea among his
lpeople.
''Your words of praise for the Ger
man army and navy heartily recip'
rocate. The navy of the United
] Estates now commands the admira-
tion of the nations. Its fighters and
writer's, its material and the person
ality and spirit of its crews have
emphasized Americas position as a
great world power.
i. HIS TOAST TO THIS COUNTRY.
SIT is only few weeks ago since
witnessed the laying of the corner
stone of the War College at Washing
ton. To use the words of your Chief
Executive, that institution will de.
ve.op an army which will represent
for its size the very highest point OF
efficiency of any army in the civilized
world.
Il repeat what you have said.
hope that the relations between oul
two great nations may grow closer
and friendlier. We ask for what you
ask: fair play and good viii. Rivalry
we need, rivalry we want. But LEI
us hope that in all our future com
: commercial and Industrial contest.
) the same love of fair play and justice
may prevail which so far has ascharac
terized our dealings, and which ha:
found so strong an expression in the
keen contest between the yachtsmar
of America and the yachtsman ot
Great Britain for the coveted trophy
the American cup.
ITO paraphrase slightly the toast
given in honor of my Emperor and Of
my country, 1 raise my glass to:
"Repnblican America, virile ma
tion, great and strong on land and
sea, whose rapidly growing and pow
erful navy, like its gallant army
commands our admiration and re
spect, a nation at whose head stand,
one of the worlds greatest rulers.