The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-11-19
A BRILLIANT PAGEANT WAS THE
UNWILLING OF THE MONUMENT
OF FREDERICK, THE GREAT

the Swede at the mouth Of the Del
aware. Even in colonial days the
German element had become very
strong among our people in various
parts of this country; the Irish ele-
ment was predominant in the foothills
of the Alleghanies; French Hugue-
nots were numerous. BY the time of
, the Declaration of Independence that
process of fusion which has gone on
ever since was well under way. From
the beginning of our national history
men of the German parentage played
a distinguished part in the affairs
both of peace and of war. In the
Revolutionary war one of the leading
can Of German descent, just as among
the soldiers from abroad who came to
aid us one of the most prominent
was the German, Steuben. Mullen
berg was the first Speaker of the
House of Representatives.; and the
battle which in the Revolution saved
the valley of the Mohawk to the
American cause was fought under
the lead of the German, Herkimer.
AS all the different races here tend
rapidly to fuse together, it is rarely
possible after one or two generations
to draw sharp line between the
various elements; but there Is no
student of our national conditions
who has failed to appreciate what an
invaluable element in our composite
stock the German is Here on this
platform, Mr.. Ambassador. among
those present today are many men
partly or wholly of German blood, and
among the officers of the Army and
Navy who have listened to you and
who now join with me in greeting
you there are many whose fathers
or srandfathers were born in Ger
many, and not few who themselves
first saw light there
1t has been my great pleasure, Mr..
Ambassador. recently to take with
you the first steps in the negotiation
Of treaty of friendly arbitration be-
tween Germany and the United States.
In closing, let me thank you, and
through you the German Emperor and
the German people. for this statue,
which I accept in the name of the
American people: a people claiming
blood kinship with your own: a people
which, though with a national his
tory far shorter than that OF your
people, nevertheless like your people,
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and is confident in the majesty of it's
future. l most earnestly pray that in
the coming years these two great ma
tions shall move on toward their
several destinies knit together by
ties of the heartiest friendship and
good will
SPEECH OF THE BARON
Mr.. President: The hearty and truly
sincere welcome which Prince Henry
of Prussia met with throughout the
United States during his visit in Feb
ruary, 1902, has left a deep and last
ing impression on the German En-
peror and on the German people The
Citizens of the United States showed
Prince Henry the true manner of
American hospitality and where he
appeared he received greeting
which did not merely come from the
lips, but which had the true ring of
the heart.
In the many addresses with which
the Prince was honored, the name Of
Friedrich the Great was conspicuous.
1t was emphasized that the Princes
ancestor had shown himself a staunch
and true friend to those people who
now were welcoming the descend
ant on their own soil. 1t was pointed
out that friedrich the Great had
proved Americas friend at a time
when the young republic was in the
course of her formation, weather.
it was this dauntless Hohenzollern,
the father of Germany, who laid the
cornerstone on which the friendship
between the two countries might
securely rest.
Emperor William followed with
keen interest the movement of his
brother in America and was profound
ly touched by the attitude OF undis-
guised friendship and good will
which characterized every step Of
the Prince who returned to Germany
as tho true interpreter of the Ameri-
can spirit.
In order to give this visit, which
had terminated under such happy
auspices, lasting memorial. Emperor
William called on the genius of Ger
many's most renowned sculptor to
create statue of his ancestor. This
statue he has sent across the sea a
gift of friendship to the American
people. We now behold ii on the
pedestal from which ii is destined
to watch the men who i'm the mag
nificent building, soon to adorn these
grounds, arc to be instructed in those
sciences which the military genius
of Prussia's soldier king so marvel
ously perfected. May the spirit of
this hero inspire those men who are
to stand as the pillars of the army
of the United States with those quail
ties which made the iron HohenZoller
great among leaders and which
alone render armies mighty and in
vincible.
Mr. President, by order of the Ger
man Emperor, ] have the honor of
asking you to accept this statue as
token of His Majesty's and the Ger