The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-23
GERMANY AND j.
S. FAST FRIENDS
BARON SETERNBURG TELLS OF
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
BETWEEN NATIONS.
THE OPEN DOOR POLICY
OF the Kaiser is Touched Upon and
Aid Asked in Maintaining it,
Notable Speakers at Cham.
Der Of Commerce.

New York Nov. 22.-Ambassadors
of two world powers to the United
States spoke at the annual banquet
of the New York Chamber of Com
merce tonight. They were paron
Sternburg, of Germany and Sir Nor
/ timer Du- and, of Great Britain The
4 fcfmers theme was THE Comm areial
Relations Between the German En-
pire and The United States, and had
been looked forward to as being pa,
culiarly apt at this time when the
German-American tariff questions are
under consider alton
The topic OF the latter ambassador
was diplomacy and Commerce Yet
another speech Of the evening of note
was that Of Senator Elkins. OF West
Virginia, who spoke to The toast of
The Senate of the United States In
lts Relations to Good Government.
Senator Elkins took pains to refute
the charges which have re entity been
made against the higher blanch Of
congress.
Toasts to the health of King Ed, !
ward, Emperor William ana President
Failieres, Of F.ance we're drunk. The
first toast of the evening wa reat
sponded to by the German ambassa
dor who in part said:
- responding TO the toa.t which |
You have assigned to me tonight, "The |
Relations Between the United States
and Germany" permit me first to re.
fer to some words taken from an al
dress of President Roosevelt last April
70 a deputation of German war veter.
ans at the White House:
The ties that unite Germany and
ne United States are many and close
and i must be a prime obiecl of onr
tatesm@nship 10 knit the two nations /
even closer together Tn no country is
there warmer admiration for Ger
man and Germany's exalted ruled En-.
peror William, than here in America
Gentlemen, these words show us in
A nutshell The present relations be-
tween our two nations they tell more
han volumes of political and dplo-
matte correspondence.
The historical friendship between /
Prussia and the United States. and
hen, after Prus sia had founded the
ierman Empire between this Empire
md the United States. began in the
mutual esteem that existed between
feorge Washington, your first presi.
lent. a2d the Hohenzoller, Frederick ,
he Great, and has reached its climax
l-ring the leadership of Theodore
roosevelt, your Twenty-sixth presi.
lent and the Hohenzoller, William
he Second.
During my years spent in America 7
frequently had occasion 10 observe a
hat if God and nature had ever mark {
ID three nations for perpetual peace
nd friendship with each other these q
hree were the United States. Great +
'r tain and Germany The favor with q
ihich | 50 frequently have noticed.
1ading men and the leading press in j.
1ese three countries have received S
his sentiment embcldens me TO repeat k
TO this distinguished gathering ehero b
might q
Now gentlemen, LET me ask. whore
es cur line Of cleavage? In our com
.erclal relations? Lei us hope not
'e know that our progress is regarded
.th no untriendly or Jealous eves
ON this side OF the Atlantic. The
orld knows that you have long since y
armed TO consider the prosperity of
hers not as hindering but as help
g your own. Let me recall the words
Ioken in an addre TO Prince Henry
Prussia by ore of your leading ~,
alesmen in this very city. Not even j,
e strides Of German trade and the q
'owth f the German navy disturb -.
{. Keep on expanding: and above all r,
ade more and more with MS and help ~,
10 keep The doors OF the Orient
zen to he trade OF he world" ~,
Germany hertily reciprocates these q,
7rds. Americas pro perity means nj
srnan's prosperity We both have nj
suy Increased our trade ST. c. the al
sht IN So memorable words were
Oxen and we have closely stood to- CT
ther 10 keep The doors Of the Orient ~
en for trade The commercial rela-
ms between Germany and the Uni .
! States are increasing every day n,
Il the trade done with Hamburz
lne amounts to- nearly forty million =,
5rli Der annum.
Only Ask a Square Deal -.
We are. as y=u are. a hard working ~
ople. We believe in the dignity Of =.
lor No man IS disgraced in Ger
my by enjoying in trades. We
We pride in our technical schools. n
2 manufacture. in our laboratories.
our scientifc investisstions-in an
our cC-trfbrat ons t1 the better ~
-n- r mankind All We ask is a H'
ter