The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-19


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Ambassador, anong those present to-
A daS are many men partly or wholly
Eof German blood. and among the off-
\ GERS OF til u army and navy who have
4 lfstened to You. and who SOW join
with me IN greeting you, there are
many whose fathers or grand fathers
were born in$G ermany. and not a few
themselves first saw the II ghtH there.
Each nation has its allotted tasks
TO do ]: each nation has It's peculiar
ldihculties to 5encount ter and as the
peoples OF the world tend to become
more closely iSni I together alike for
good and for evil it becomes ever.
more important to all that each
should prosper; for the prosperity of
one is normally not a sign$of menace.
bilt a sign of hope for the rest. Here
on this continent here It Is abso-1
llutely essential that the different speo-s
j5ptes coming TO our shores should not
remain separate but should fuse intp
ore our tnceasing effort is to strive
u keep End pro fl by the good that
each race brings to our shores, and
at the same time to do away with all
racial and religious anfmosities8
among the various tocks, In both
efforts we have met with an astonishs
ing measure Of success. AS the years
go by4f t becomes not harder but cas-.
,ierE to live in peace and good will 1
among ourselves; and / firmly be.
lieYe that It will also become not
harder but easier too well s in peace;
and friendship with the other nat ions
Of the earth a young peopI es a PEG
pie Of composite stock. we have kin
ship with many different nations, but
we are identical with none OF them.
md are developing "a separate ationst
al stock as we have alread y devellssl
oped separate national life. We /
have IN our veins th Is blood of theSStt
Eng ltshman and the Irishrna 4, he (
German and the Frenchnlan, the3E
Scotchman. the Dutchman. the Scan
the Italian. the Magyar, the
Finn, the Slay. SO thatE8to each Of
the great powers Of the Old World Z
We can claim n more or less dfstant5
kinship by blood ! and to each strain
Of blood we#owe some peculiar quail its5
in orr national life or national char
acter. AS such Is the case. 1T is nat
feeling Of nearness to each of many
peoples across8the wat ter! We mostS
wish not only TO keep I'M
brok en- our friendship for each but E
50 far a we can wi houts giving Off q
Tense by an ppearance Of eddling, E
TO seek to bring about a better undersi
Standing and a broad r8 spirit fSfair-I
dealing and liberation among al nal
lions. It has been my great pleasure,
Mr.: Am bassador, in pursuance of this lSi
object, recently to take with you the &
first steps in the negotiation Of a II
:reaty OF friend " arbitration be-
ween Germany and the United
States. Il
a N %closln&, ieL NJ 4l5
trough you the German Emperortc
md the German people, for this is
statue, which accept IN the name y
i the American people; people: i
claiming blood kinship with your s
,wn people owing much to Ger
many; a people which. though with AL 4
ationa1 history3far shorter than thatsfh
I your people, nevertheless, like u
our people: IS proud of the great
eeds of its past, and is confident He
!. the majesty Of its future. most
pray that in the coming y
ears these two great nations shall sl3tf
rove on toward their several destis Z,
les knit together by ties Of the hear {.
est friendship and good will. rs