The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-11-24
GERMAN:Y'S PRESENT
TO UNITED STATES
Fine Statue Of Frederick the
Great Unveiled in WASH
ington Today.
PRESIDENTS SPEECH
It Is Made in Response to the Remarks
of Ambassador Won S~ternburg,
Who Made tbs Presentation
for the Emperor.

Washington, Nov. 22.-Seldom has the
national capital witnessed a more bril-
liant and distinguished assemblage thar
that which gathered on the grand
~esplanade of the war college this after
noon and witnessed the unwilling Of
the bronze statue of Frederick the
Great, presented to the people of the
United States by Emperor William of
Germany. The ceremony was marked
by a great military and official display.
The statue was unveiled by Baroness
Speck Won ~Sternburg, wife of the Ger
man ambassador, and was presented on
behalf of the emperor by his personal
envoy, Ambassador Speck Won Stern
burg, in a brief address. He said:
Baron Won Sternburg's Address.
MI. President: The hearty and truly
sincere welcome which Prince Henry
of Prussia met with throughout the
United States during his visit in Febru-
AIRY, 1902, has left a deep and lasting i'm
preston on the German emperor and
the German people. The citizens of the
United States showed the prince the
true name of American hospitality,
and where he appeared he received a
greeting which did not merely come
from the lips, but which had the rue
ring of the heart.
In the many addresses with which
the prince vas honored, the name of
Frederick the Great was conspicuous.
1t was emphasized that the princes an
ceStor had shown himself a Stanch
true friend of those people who now
were welcoming his descendant on their
Nv soil. 1t was pointed out that Fred
erick had proved Americas friend at a
time When the young republic was in
curse of formation, ~Weathering nan
storms and perils. Thus it was this
GauntleSs H~oheuzOllern, the father of
Germany. who aid the cornerstone on
which the friendship between the two
countries might securely rest.
The Emperor's interest.
THE Emperor William followed with
keen interest the movement of his
brother in America. Il was touched
by the attitude of un~disguiSed friend
ship and good VIII which characterized
every step OF the prince, who returned
to Germany as the true interpreter of
the r u American spirit. In order to
give this visit, which had terminated
under such happy auspices. a lasting
memorial. the emperor called on the
genius of Ger1nany's most renowned
sculptor to create a statu Fof his an
CestOr
This statue ne has sent across the
sea as a gift of friendship to the
American people. We now behold it
Oh the pedestal from which it is des-
tined to watch the men who in the
magnificent building soon to adorn
these grounds are to be instructed in
those sci nces which the military gen
tus of Prussla's soldier king so mar
velously perfected.
Stands as an Inspiration.
May the spirit of his hero inspire
those men who are to stand as pillars
Of the future army of the United
States, with those qualities which made
the iron H~ohenzollern great among
leaders, and which alone can ender
any army mighty and invincible.
Mir. President. by order of the Ger
man emperor, | ave the honor Of esk-
Ing you to accept this statue as a token
of his majesty's and the German peo-
pies sincere friendship for the people
of America"
address of the day in accepting the gift
on behalf of the American people. He
said:
President Roosevelt's Address.
President Roosevelt said in part:
We receive this gift now at the hands
Of the present Emperor. himself a man
mis- great house and his great nation. a
man who has devoted his life to the vel
fare of his people, and who. while keep
ing ever ready to defend the rights of that
people, has also made it evident in en-
phatic fashion thar he and they desire
peace and friendship with the other ma
tons of the earth.
It Is NOT my purpose here to discuss at
length the career Of the mighty king and
mighty general whose statue we nave just
commander save only Hannibal fought
SO long against such terrible odds, and
while Hannibal finally failed, Frederick
finally ~triumphed. In almost every battle
he fought against great odds, and he al
most always won the victory. Wien de-
Il 1eated he rose to an even greater altitude
than when victorious: The memory OF
as there lives in mankind the love of hero
ism, and its operations viii be tudied to
the minutest detail as long as the world
difficult to know whether to admire most
the victories of Leuthen and Prague.
Frsal;n1 c and I ions ofts or the heart
when the great king. after having been
beaten to the ground by the banded
might Of Europe yet rose again and by
and daring such as had never before
been seen united in one person, finally
wrested triumph from defeat. Not only
must the military scholar always turn
to the career Of Frederick the Great for
lessons. In strategy and tactics; not only
must the military administrator always
turn to his career for lessons in organizing
success; not only will the lover Of heroism
read the tales of his mighty feats as long
as mankind cares for heroic deeds: but
even those who are not attracted by the
valor Of the soldier must yet. for the sake
of the greatness OF the man. ponder and
admire the lessons taught by his undaut.
ed resolution, his infieXible tenacity Of
purpose, his far sighted grasp of lofty
possibilities and hts unninching, unyield.
ing determination in following the path
he had marked out. II is crninently Citing
that the statue Of this iron soldier. this
born leader OF men. should find a place
IN this war college.
But, Mr.. Ambassador, in accepting the
statue, I accept it not merely because 81
IS the statue of a mighty and terrible SOL