The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-11-25
EMPEROR'S GIFT Is
Formally accepted
STATUE OF FREDERICK THE
GREAT UNVEILED AT CITY
OF WASHINGTON.
ACCEPTED BY PRESIDENT
IN BEHALF OF NATION
Delivers Address Praising Great Ger
man Commander - Ceremony Is
Marked by Brilliant Official and
Military Display.

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Military Display.
Washington, Nov. 21.-Hailed by q
military blare of 20 trumpets, whose
prolonged note of welcome rang out
sharp on the crisp November air, and
was echoed far down the Potomac, the
bronze statue of Frederick the Great.
presented to the American people by
Emperor William, vas unveiled Satur-
day afternoon by Baroness Speck-von-
Sternburg, the wife of the German am
bassador. This beautiful American
woman was the central figure Of an
elaborate ceremony, which was marked
by great military and official display.
The statue was presented on behalf OF
the emperor by his personal envoy, the
German ambassador, who made a brief
address. The president made the chief
address of the day, and accepted the
gift ON behalf of the American people.
Remarks were made by Lieut.. Gen.
Chaffee, chief of staff; Maj. Gen. Gill
lespie, Of the general staff, master of
ceremonies; Lieut.. Gen. o Loewen-
field, one of the special commissioners
sent to the unwilling by the emperor,
and Charlemagne Tower, American am
bassador to Germany.
Address of President
The president, in accepting the gift.
thanked the emperor, through the am
bassador. AS a soldier, he said, Fred
erick the Great ranked with those most
renowned in history. I'm all history"
he said, mo other great commander,
save only Hannibal, fought so long
against such terrible odds, and while
Hannibal finally failed, Frederick finally
triumphed. 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 alti-
tude than when victorious. The mem
DRY of the Seven Years war will last as
long as there lives in mankind the love
of heroism, and its operations will be
studied to the minutest detail as long
as the world sees a soldier worthy of
the name. Not only must the military
scholar always turn to the career Of
Frederick the Great for lessons in STRAIT
egg and tactics; not only must the
military administrator always turn
to his career for lessons in or
ganizing success; not only will 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, pom
Ger and admire the lessons taught by
his undaunted resolution, his infiexible
tenacity of purpose, his fa~r-sighted
grasp of lofty possibilities, and his I'M
fiinching, unyielding determination in
following the path he had marked out.
Symbol of Good Will.
"But, Mr.. Ambassador, in accepting
the statue given us to-day through you
from the German emperor, / accept it
not merely because it is the statue of a
mighty and terrible soldier, but / accept
it as a symbol of the ties of friend
ship and good will which I trust as the
years go on will bind ever closer to-
gether the American and the German
peoples. There is kinship of blood
between the two nations. We of the
United States are of mixed stock. In our
veins runs the blood Of almost all the
peoples of middle, northern and western
Europe. We already have a history of
which we feel that We have the right to
be legitimately proud, and yet our ma
tionality is still In the formative period.
I'm closing, let me thank you, and
through you, the German emperor and
the German people, for this statue, which
/ accept in the name of the American
people; a people claiming blood kinship
with your people; a people owing much
to Germany; a people which, though
with a rational history far shorter than
that of your people, nevertheless, like
your people, is proud of the great deeds
of its past, and is confident in the mai
esty of its future. / most earnestly
pray that in the coming years these two
great nations shall move on toward
their several d~estinies knit together by
ties of the heartiest friendship and
good will"
Description Of Statue.
The emperor's gift is a replica in
bronze of the statue which stands in
his palace at Potsdam, the original be-
ing the work of the sculptor, Prof. Up
hues. The statue is of heroic size.
standing more than seven feet. It is
mounted on a pedestal of massive gran
lite. Fredericy is standing erect, his
right hand resting on his military staff.
and he looks sharply ahead. The sculp-
tor has wildly portrayed the powerful
vigor which was so striking a charac-
teristic of the German chieftain.
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