The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-13

G E R M An DIPLOMAT
Responds to a Toast to the En-
peror of Germany
EYES ARE ON MICHIGAN
Thousands of Kaiser'S Former
Subjects Are Now There.

1 special Train from W dSHiNSlOu DIOuSAt
as guests Baron Won Sternberg. the Ger
| man amba ssador; Senator Dolliver Of
! Iowa, Congressman Cushman of the state
| of Washington. eX-Congressman Wise OF
| Virginia, and others. After the arrival
of the Washington party. a reception was
held in the Morton house in honor of the
ambassador.
This evening 900 people sat down to
banquet in the auditorium.
! Baron Won Sternberg was introduced to
respond to the toast, The German En-
pire'' He spoke as follows;
Baron Sternburg, the German ambas
/ sador responded to the toast The Ger
man Emperor He said:
Il am glad as a representative of the
! German emperor to be among you to-
night and to celebrate with you the birth
day of immortal Lincoln. 1 am proud
/ to shake hands with SO many OF you
/ whom 1 count amoung my countrymen.
| The eyes of the fatherIand are turned
| with pride and interest towards Michigan,
! where thousands of her children have
| built homes. They have remained true
! to the traditions which made Germany
: great and powerful, and through them
/ they have erected a structure which
| places the German in the front rank of
the builders of this great republic. His
/ tory tells US how Abraham Lincoln loved
/ the Germans who had come to America
/ to engage in his great work How could
! this have been otherwise? Did not the
| prophet of the new world find in them
/ those ideals which We're essential his own
/ and through which he raised his country
/ to such lofty heights? The German set
/ tier has borne these spiritual treasurers
! on his shield. not only in Michigan, Wis
1 consin. Pennsylvania, Maryland. Ohio.
! Missouri and Illinois, but all over North
| and South America and in every part of
/ the world. They have been the mighty
barriers when evil and false doctrines
threatened his existence When the ques-
/ ton of right or wrong was at stake, he
became the fearless defender of right and
he laid down his life for the defense Of
! his adopted country as unhinchingly as
/ his forefathers did when the fatherland
/ was in danger The history of the Amer
lean wars shows long lists of German
names, many of which have become i'm
mortal
If you look over to the fatEerland you
! will see her ideals on the same lofty ped
estal as at the time when your fore
! fathers left it The scions of the house
of Hohenzollern have been the dauntless
/ guardians and defenders of Germanys
traditions In the Hohenzollern we find
personified everything which has made a
nation good and great Germanys pro-
/ gress under Emperor William has aston
/ ished the world He has developed com
NH Cla
places her in the first rang among nations
This progress was not achieved by the
sword but by sixteen years Of labor in
peace and harmony with the world. The
Intellectual and artistic movement in
Germany, fostered by the genius of her
emperor, has been just remarkable as
her material progress. and never was the
honor of the German name lifted so high
/ If we study the mighty progress the
/ United States and Germany have made in
trade. commerce and science during the
/ last decade we will find that il has been
/ achieved through the same qualities
! possessed by the two peoples. one country
has helped the other. German Centers
/ of learning have been the Mecca Of thou
sands of Americans during the last fifty
! years and Germans of all classes. states
! men. manufacturers, merchants and men
! of letters have been visiting the United
( States to become closer acquainted with
! the American people and to exchange
/ ideas Their number has vastly increased
since the visit of Prince Henry Of Prussia
! to the United States He carried back
with him a warm remembrance Of every
/ hand he had shaken and of every word
+ he had heard spoken He became the
true Interpreter Of the true American
/ spirit to his imperial brother To foster
( the seed sown by the prince and TO de-
: velop ii to its fullest blossom is the wish
/ of Emperor William. When the United
States asked the nations to assemble at
/ ST. Louis and to participate in manifest
ing the progress of the world. il was
Emporer William who inspired his people
with the enthusiasm they have shown 10
make the enterprise bear its hest fruits
/ I arrived in Germany at the time the
/ emperor had been smtten by an Illness
! which through it's uncertain character
J had staggered the German people and
startled the world Now. thanks TO the
PRAYERS of the brave. His Majesty is again
/ ENJOYING absolute health. But during the
DAYS of uncertainty and suffering the
Enperor never abandoned the helm and
. never failed a moment TO answer the call
Of duty eGrmany's ruler has set an
example to his people as few men in his
I tory have done he has inspired Us with
that spirit which refuses TO submit to
defeat Faith and will were the slim
ulants which brought or his recovery.
+ b7It the recovery vas speedcd by the mes
ssges Of sympathy coming from ali parts
~ F-fs1
and warm hearts Of the American peo-
ME II has become a frequent saying
thar there is a strong resemblance be
tween the present heads If our two ma
,;ons This IS powerful guarantee for 0ur
( peaceful progress These two great lead
e-e n. -nen keep before our eyes those
ideals which make men worthy Of the
lives God has hjven them They form the
strongest ties between Is The more We
live M 70 these ideals the stronger the
loras viii grow which unite Is and the
-,o-A powerful vii - our influence IN
tha interest Of pace and civilization
ss-a-o- Douiver 81 Iowa responded 20
/ ,be toast The Principles ~ Lincoln
ara -ha twentieth Century Republican
Representative Cushman vas rext IN
,-,-1,,ced. his topic belng "LlncoIa's tx
ample Perpetual L&sht to His suoces-
I Sors
AT PROVIDENCE
I Pror.dence. p J. Feb. i2--Eiahorateiy
planned urograns II the public scho7-s
ard an official state Observance by he
/ general assembly At the state heuse
marked the anniversary = Lircaln s
birthday IN Rhode Island today Ther@
were addresses by civil war vete-aas-