The San Francisco call., 1904-11-20
TOUCH OF FAIR HANDS
UNVEILS GERMANY'S GIFT
Statue of Frederick the Great Is
Formally Presented to the
United States.
Army War College Scene Of Brilliant Military Display

transferred the statue to the CUSTODY
of his Majesty's personal envoy, Baron
Sternburg, the German ambassador.
The lieutenant general briefly ad-
dressed the ambassador, saying:
The Emperor is confident that, God
being willing, this monument will re-
main a lasting pledge for the con-
tlnuance of the friendly relations be-
tween America and Germany-rela-
tions whose foundation was laid in the
time of King Frederick.
In this city, equally distinguished
for its magnificent beauty and for the
abundance of its, historical memories,
1 hereby fulfill the honorable mission
of my imperial master and egive over
TO Sou Mr.. ambassador the statue of
Frederick the Great
Baron Sternburg, the German En-
baSsador, was introduced by Major
General Gillespie and. accepting the
custody of the statue from the special
commissioner. formally presented the
gift on behalf of the EmDeroY to the
American people through their Presi-
dent whom the ambassador thus ad-
dressed:
Mr.. President: The hearty and
truly sincere welcome which Prince
Henry of Prussia met with through
out the United States during his visit
in February, 1902, has left deep and
lasting impression on the German EN-
Deror 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 a greeting which
did not merely come from the lips,
but which had the true ring of the
heart.
FRIEND OF AMERICA.
In many addresses with which the
Prince was honored the name of
Frederick the Great was conspicuous.
1t was emphasized that the Princes
ancestor had shown himself a stanch
and true friend of those people who
are now welcoming the descendant on
their own soil. 1t was pointed out
that Frederick the Great had proved
Americas friend at time when the
young republic was in the course of
her formation, weathering many
storms and Derils. Thus il was this
dauntless HOhenzOllern. the father of
Germany, who laid the cornerstone
upon 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 pro-
foundly touched by the attitude of un-
disguised friendship and good will
which characterized every step of the
Prince, who returned to Germany as
the true interpreter of the true Amer
ican spirit.
In order to give this visit, which
had terminated under such happy aus
pices, last memorial, Emperor Will
liam called on the genius of Ger
many's most renowned sculpture to
create a statue of his ancestor. This
statue he has sent across the seas as
gift of friendship to the American
people. We now behold it on the
pedestal from which il is destined to
watch the men who in the magnificent
building soon to adorn these grounds
are TO be instructed in those sciences
which the military genius of Prussias s
soldier King so marYelously perfected.
May the spirit of this hero inspire
those men who are to stand as the pill
lars of the future army of the United
States with those qualities which made
the iron Hohenzollern great among
leaders and which alone render armies
mighty and invincible.
Mr.. President by order of the Ger
man Emperor ] have the honor of
asking you to accept this statue as a
token of his Majestys and the German
peoples sincere friendship for the peo-
pie of America"
OVATION FOR PRESIDENT.
The last notes of Die Wacht am
Rhein' were drowned in the enthu-
siasuc greeting given the President as
he arose and advanced to the edge of
the stand to deliver his address of ac-
ceptance. The Presidents address fol-
lows:
Mr.. ambassador: Through you l
wish on behalf of the people of the
United States to thank his Majesty,
the German Emperor, and the people
Of Germany for the gift to the nation
which you have just formally deliV-
cred to me. 1 accept it with deep ap
probation of the friendly regard
which it typifies for the people Of this
republic, both on the part of the En-
perOr and on the part Of the German
people. 1 accept il not merely as the
statue of one of the half-dozen great
est soldiers of all time and therefore
peculiarly appropriate for placing in
this War College, but / accept it as
the statue of a great man. whose life
was devoted TO the service of a great
people and whose deeds FASTENED the
approach of the day when a united
Germany should spring into being.
LAS a soldier Frederick the Great
ranks in that very, very small group
which includes Alexander, Caesar and
Hannibal in antiquity, and Napoleon,
and, possibly, Gustavus Adolphus, in
modern times. He belonged to the an
Gent and lllustriouS house of Hohen-
zCllern, which, after playing a strong
and virile part in the middle ages, and
after producing some men like the
great Elector who were among the
most famous Princes of their time
founded the royal house of Prussia
two centuries ago, and at last in our
own day. established the mighty Ger
man empire as among the foremost of
world powers. We receive this gift
now at the hands of the present En-
peror, himself a man who has mark
edly added to the luster of his great
house and his great nation, a man
who has devoted his life to the well
fare 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.
GREATER THAN HANNIBAL.
1T is not my purpose here to dis
cuss at length the career Of the mighty