Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-11-21
GERMANY PRESENTS TO THE
UNITED STAT s.: :::;; .;.:;:;:. s::;a: .:-.'.
OF FREDERICK GREAT

their time. founded the royal house of
Prussia two centuries ago. aud at last
n our own day established the mighty
German Empire as among the fore
most of world powers. We receive this
gift now at the hands of the present
Emperor. himself man who has
markedly added to the luster of his
great house and his great nation. a
man who has devoted his life to the
welfare of his people, and who, while
keeping ever ready to defend the
rights of that people. has also made II
evident in emphatic fashion that he
and they desire peace and friendship
with the other nations of the earth.
| II is not my purpose here to discuss
AT length the career of the might.
King and mighty General whose stat
ne we have just received In all his
tory no other great commander save
only hannibal fought so long against
such terrible odds. and while Hannib-
al finally failed, Frederick, finally tri-
umphed In almost every battle he
fought against great odds. and he al
most always won the victory.
When defeated he rose to an even
greater altitude than when victorious
| The memory of the Seven Years war
will last as long as their lives in man
| kind the love OF heroism. and its
operations will be studied to the mi
nutest detail as long as the world
| sees a soldier worthy of the name. II
Is difficult to know whether to admire
most the victories of Leuthen and
Prague. Rossback and Zorndorf or
the heart-breaking campaigns after
| Kuenersdorf. when the great King.
after having been beaten to the
ground by the banded might of ELL
rope. yet rose again and by an exhi-
bIuon of skill. tenacity. energy ana
| 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
10 the career of Frederick the Great
| lor lessons in strategy and tactics not
only must the military administration
| always turn to his career for lessons
in organizing success; mot only VIII
| the lover of heroism read the tales
of his mighty feats as long as man
kind 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 undaunted resolution, his in
| flexible tenacity of purpose. his far
sighted. grasp of lofty possibilities.
and his unflinching, unyielding deter
nination in following the path he had
marked out. 1t is emnently fitting
hat the statue of this iron soldier
| his born leader of men. should find
/ place in this War College; for when
| Soldierly genius and soldierly heroism
reach the highest point of achieve
ment the man in whom they are dis
played grows to belong not merely to
The nation from which he sprang, but
TO all nations capable of appreciating
he virile and masterful virtues which
| alone make victors in those dread
struggles where resort is at last had
o the arbitrament of arms.
But. Mr. Ambassador. in accepting
he statue given us today through you
rom the German Emperor. | accept
not merely because it is the statue
| # a mighty and terrible soldier but
lccept it as acymbol of the ties OF
friendship and good will which /
rust as the years go on viii bind
ver closer together the American
md the German peoples There Is
,inship of blood between the two ma
ions We of the United States are OF
mixed stock. In our viens runs the
| ,,f oil, oil h.. s.f mid
lie. northern. and western Europe
Ne already have a history of which
We feel that we have the right to
e legitimately proud. and yet our
nationality is still in the formative
eriod. Nearly three centuries have
lapsed since the landing OF the Eng
ish at jamestown marking the be
inning of what has since grown into
he United States.
Each nation has its allotted tasks
o do; each nation has its peculiar
lifficulties to encounter. and as the
If the world tends TO become more
closely knit together alike Tor good
and for evil, 1t becomes ever more
important to all that each should
prosper; for the prosperity of one Is
normally not sign of merace but a
sign of hope for the rest. Here on this
! continent where IL is absolutely es-
sential that the different peoples com
! ing to our sores should not remain
separate but should fuse into one, our
. unceasing effort is to strive to keep
and profit by the good that each race