The evening world., 1906-10-27
ROOSEVELT PAYS
GERMANS TRIBUTE,
KAISER HURRAHS
President. in Letter, Tells
What Have Done
for America.

Il Y.
tiit.-Era-. g ,,s,hIIl- I,rllrera!ty
Naw York. the first incumbent OF the
Fheudora Roosevelt fsrufrssofsttip OF
American History and Institutions at
the University Of Berlin. began his
lectures to-day.
Emperor wiliiam. the Empress, Prince
August Wilhelm, United states Amtas-
sndor Tower. and Mrs. Tower. DIR.
studt tha Minister OF Ednenuen, and
about tltty professors and some resident
Americans occupied chairs netts The
reading desk in the leeture haiti wisiie
behind rhcta we're .DJ students. WHO ON
ergetlcally, cheered Prof. BURGESS when
he cntered ana applauded every refer
ence to President Roosevelt.
Al the npeninE Of the proeeedings
Prof. BURGESS read letter from Rresi
dent Roosevelt, IN whtrt ne SAID;
Allow me. through you. 70 greet s1s 1s
Entv-rsfE s-t.f ii,t-ySit u ! Ae llthf
good will. The h.storicai friendship os-
tween Prussia and she United statss,
and then. after Frussil had FOUNDED
the German Empire. between ems ems
t,;-lA:aif falTa-nAn- Tie lIllItsdS SIatss
has never been broken, nor even shahen
IN the least.
ms .r.,-..asAtfa began in the mutual
esteem and mutual good VII tibtt ~
lex the Great. and WAS coniirineo oy
the fact that Prussia alone aiIlEIis aiIllI - a.
the European powers snoWeue i.I. het sS,s e.
willing 20 nave trade relations Win "a
during The period Of our necessity si aiia
weakness in those trying years Dc WsaN
lTss and 1853, aud TO make TRACE
treaty with US. .a-,h,
ALREADY during the Colonial paass.sa4 pasna
OF our history there whs sna,,ie a m Men OF
Gsrinan birth ana GerTnnn blood gave
--.--tst-a.,.I aucceRslul service aatlnH
me Revolutionary period as r,.sss..,,a
trained she Continental Amy aad
Mnhlenbcrs was the first speaker ol
the Houze OF representatives. .tro,,u
Since the Revolution eoiillh4oas ,t,.s
German emigration has taken piaSt t,ans my
has proved ffiost Important Tor thc
pogelai9Tqh IslIsl. The f Nh 81 German si5,n aaa
race were nearly alt deSe,sa ,a ,e,ra IA pes. ex.
;raI,,eiv hostile TO slavery. ThrouRh
their powerful help the Northwest Ierf-
tories were made into the Zee 'stateS 'st,sL
that form tbe htiam ot ,an .ns of German
birth or origin that, MT the outpfsak .,
INC civil war MARYLAND, missouri, .s,,. nnu
evcn Kentucky held firmly TO the un,on ',.
and during that fca-thi- t','i t,,s, 70 ~
u,r,Is~h will never be forgotten - :,
Tha President also spoke OF the ~
fnenee OF German students IN the y"
lteiiect1ai life OF America. ,o,.,-
Subsequent to the reading o. tnS .s'ie. ~.
49, fnr. R.Sssepelt were follower os
S,.rrohs FOR the Emperor, whet risins.
aFeIlow sTudJrrE- Z pr c., All ",
,hrnxs FOR what has been expressea 50
alnaueptly by accepting the oHereu rr'r, t,amu
,,Seish has been extended to us from
4 S,ns.,.i.a ard by giving 4 cheer Tor the
man Who lis the incErHTttun 81 tHs Esosi
qualities ~ his people, -Pres.den, ~ ho0se-
Sycits n Hlraft. fftifsAsf t4nrra h 3, ~,
The members OF the EHpS Y,Ssa,. "a,
tho professors and the staaSasS AT
spondsi vigorously x,s,.v
'rhen he congratulated Pro-. snrsssss as,s
and asked nm to give hts thanks TO AZ
roosevelt, for the Presidents co7oPe'a'
aan,