The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-23
HIGH HONORS TO
Won STERNBERG
Degree of Doctor of Laws Con-
ferred Upon Ambassador.
ADDRESS AT PHILADELPHIA
GERMANY's INTEREST IN THE
FAR EAST DESCRIBED.

Philadelphia, Feb. 22.-Baron Her
man Speck Won Sternberg, the German
ambassador to the United states. upon
whom the University Of Pennsylvania
today conferred the degree of doctor Of
laws. was the principal speaker st the
regular monthly meeting tonight Of the
American Academy of Political and So
eiat Science at the New Century draw
ing room. A large audience warmly
Ereeted the baron
Baron sternberg's Address.
Baron Won Sternberg. after referring
al length TO the part taken by German
Immigrants lin elevating IN" United
States 20 its present great ne5s. cUH-
cluded as follows.
III was not until the year 1891 that
The German empire. reunited and con
solidated by the genius OF Bismarck.
acquired foreign colonies. First in
Africa. Ia Jer on in the Pacific, where
she possesses various island groups.
In 1888 the Chinese port of KiaO
Chou. with a strip OF hinteTland i'm the
province Of shan TUng. was added to
Gcrmany's foreign possessions and her
latest acquisition of territory Is the
islands of UpOlU and Savii OF the Sa
u
fer that these islands were governed
i'y a condominium of three powers the
United states. Great Britain and Ger
many. Constant friction was the out
come Of this form of government Dur
ing the summer Of 1898 the three pow
ers sent each a high commissioner to
those unhappy islands with instructions
TO devise means to settle once and for
ever ali strife and to establish there a
stable government. 1t is chiefly owing
to the ability and f9r-sightedness of
the American commissioner, Bartlett
TTipp, that the vexed samoan question
was settled 50 quickly and i'm q manner
acceptable and hOnorab bic to the three
great and friendly nations.
Germany's Chinese Possessions.
"Time is too short for me 40 dwell
on the history and development of Gel
many's colonies in Africa and in the
Pacific, but / think it may be OF inter
est to you to hear a few words about
her Chinese possession Kiao Chou.
since the eyes OF the world are turned
toward the battle-ground in the far east
where the greatest political and social
problems which ever confronted the
statesmen and the diplomatic, dormant
for centuries, are now ripe for solution
That the time was rapidly approaching
was keerly felt by all students of the
far east long ago. The powers of the
world also fOresaw long go that to
have voice in the pending great coun-
els Of nations which should decide tbs
fate and future of China they. above
all, would need naval strOnghplds. Ana
10 Teap the advantages of. the coming
trade of the Ear east. they would mead
haTbors and trade emporiums.. Without
this backing they knew they would he
forced to the rear thus DerTnittng the
mOTepowe-ful TO reap the stupeHdous
advantages which the future of China
hda in store. Only to those who have
iIved ana lab0red in the far east IS IL
given thoroughly 60 appreciate this tIUe
value of these advantages. England
already. possessed HOnSkonS IN the
south, to which she added after t1c
Chnese-Japanes war in 1894 the har-
Dor and naval Ease of Wei fIai Wei in
Shan Tung province. Russia gained
after the same WAY the famous naval
stronghold of Port Arthur and the port
Of Talien Wan, where, within few
years has sprung UD one of the finest
cities and trade empOriumS in tire Tar
east