Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-19

luihSIenl races mere tend rapioi! &c
fuse together, il is rarely possible af
tier one or two generations to draw {
lsharp line between the various ele
lmentS; but there is no student of Oul
national conditions who has failed t
appreciate what an invaluable element
in our composite stock the German is
Here on this platform. Mr.. Ambassa
ldor. among those present today art
imany men partly or wholly Of German
blood. and among the officers of the
larmy and navy who have listened tc
lyou and who now join with me in
lgreeting you there are many whose
fathers or grandfathers were born in
Germany. and not a few who first saw
the light there.
| Important All should Prosper.
Each nation has its allotted tasks &c
do; each nation has its peculiar diff
lcultieS to encounter; and as the peO-
piles of the world tend to become more
closely knit together alike for good
and for evil. it becomes ever more i'm
portant to all that each should pros
per: for the prosperity of one is nor
mally not sign of menace. but a sign
of hope for the rest. Here on this con-
ltinent. where it is absolutely essential
that the different peoples coming TO
our shores should not remain separate.
but should fuse into one, our unceaSing
effort is 10 strive to keep and profit by
the good that each race brings to our
shores, and at the same time to do
away with all racial and religious ami
moSitieS among the various stocks. In
both efforts we have met with an as
ltonishing measure of success. AS the
years go by il becomes not harder, but
easier. to live in peace and good will
among ourselves; and | firmly believe
that it will also become not harder, but
easier. to dwell in peace and friend
ship with the other nations of the
earth. A young people. a people of
composite stock. we have kinship with
many different nations, but we are
identical with none of them, and are
developing separate national stock
as we have already developed a separ-
ate national life We have in our
veins the blood of the Englishman and
the freshman, the German and the
Frenchman. the Scotchman, the Dutch.
man, the Scandinavian, the Italian, the
Magyar. the Finn, the SIav, so that to
each of the great powers of the Old
World we can claim a more or less
distant kinship by blood; and to each
strain of blood we owe some peculiar
quality in our national life or nation
al character. AS such is the case it is
natural that We should have a peculiar
feeling of nearness to each of many
peoples across the water. We most
earnestly wish not only to keep I'M
broken our friendship for each, but
so far as we can without giving Of
Tense by any appearance of meddling
to seek to bring about better under
standing and broader spirit of fair
dealing and liberation among all ma
tons. 1t has been my great pleasure,
Mr.. Ambassador, in pursuance of this
object. recently to take with you the
first step in the negotiations of
friendly arbitration between Germany
and the United States
Accepts For People.
In closing. let me thank you. and
through you the German emperor and
the German people. for this statue.
which | accept in the name of the
American people; people claiming
blood kinship with your own; peo-
pie which. though with a national his
tory far shorter than that of your
people. nevertheless, like your Ieople.
is proud of the great deeds of its
past, and it is confident in the majesty
of it's future. | most earnestly pray
that in the coming years that these
two great nations shall move on toward
their several deStinieS knit together
by ties of the heartiest friendship and
good will.
Others Also Heard.
Remarks were made by Lieut.. Gen.
Chaffee, Maj. Gen. Gillespie. the master
of ceremonies, Lieut.. Gen. Won Loewen-
field, special commissioner of the en-
peror, and Charlemagne Tower. Amer
lean ambassador to Germany.
Scene Inspiring One.
When the Baroness Speck Won
Sternburg pulled the silken cords that
loosened the American and German
flags which shrouded the statue there
was a blare of military trumpets and
the marine band struck up the Ger
man national anthem amidst hearty
Cheers anu lue applause VI hiuitituuSo
which surrounded the pedestal.
As Roosevelt concluded his address
the assemblage arose and with uncov
cred heads remained standing through |
out the playing OF America" by the
marine band.
Replica of One I'm Palace.
The emperor's gift is a replica in
bronze of the statue which stands in
his palace at Potsdam. The statue |
is of heroic size, standing more than
seven feet and is mounted on pedes- |
tai of massive granite. Frederick is
standing erect, his right hand resting |
on his military staff, and he looks |
sharply ahead. The sculptor has WV
idly portrayed the powerful vigor |
which was SO striking a characteristic
of the German chieftain.