The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-24
GERMAN CITIZENS
IN UNITED STATES
THEIR PART IN ESTABLI sHMENT
AND DEVELOPMENT or
THIS COUNTRY.
BARON Won STERNBERC
Tells Of Friendship Between Washino,
ton and Frederick the Great
True Germanam Covers
True Arnericanism.

/, Tampa, Fla.s Feb 23.--The German
ambassador Baron Speck Won Stern
burg, IN an address at the laying d
the cornerstone for the new German
club house today, said In part
The historical friendship first be-
tween Prussia and the United States
! aud after that, when Prussia had
founded the German empire between
the latter and the United States. has
never been severed 1t had its DO.
ginning In the ma:uai high esteem
and good win which had existed be.
tween President Washington and
Frederick the Great and which were
strengthened BY the fact that Prussia
alone OF all European nations showed
herself willing to enter into CONNER.
cial relations with America during the
period Of her distress and weakness
III those hard years between 1888 and
lfS9-~and to conclude d commercial
treay with this country. Already dur
ing the colonial period there was 4
strong German element In the popu.
lation and men Of German birth ana
descent during the period of the reyc.
lhtlen rendered great and successful
services az leaders I'm war as we'll an
IN peace. Sterbon schooled the reyo.
Autlonary army and Muehlenberg was
the first speaker Of the house OF rep.
resentatives Since the revolution
there has been a nearly uninterrupted
emigration from Germany to this
country which has proved Of the
greatest Importance LII the pupulating
~ vast districts Of the United States
Alen af Gefplan hirtsl and descent
were nearly all devoted to the Union
body and soul Thanks 10 their pow.
erful support the northwest territories
were made free states. which consti.
tuted the heart of the republic. At the
outbreak of the Civil war it was men
p German birth or descen. who saved |
Missouri and even Ken.
lucky for the cause of the Union. and |
turing this terrible period they rem
Tered their adopted country by word |
md deeds services which never can /
,c forgotten.
Brit what was it that produced this
ritual esteem between George Wash
ngton and Frederick the Creative |,
nen who had never met and who
ere separated by the wide ocean?
he answer is simple. Americas vic
1rious liberator and the great Hohen-
oiief looked at all conditions from
ne same point Of view-that Is from
ne point of view Of duty. A sense of
uty was the foundation on which
Washington began the development II
MS country. A sense of duty was !
lso the foundation on which Fred s
TICK the Great out of chaos founded a
powerful kingdom and that. with T.
10 help of an army permeated with c
Is personal sense of duty. In the
'nse Of duty lies the strongest tie s
men binds our two mighty nations.
what great part the German ele- 4
ent of the United States has PLAYED 8
the development of this country H.
as a few weeks ago stated by nv =.
lend Herman Ridder. in a splendid Il
Id significant address before the =
7rman Friendly sotiety IN Charles q
n. True Germanism fully covers -
ne Amerieanism. Nowhere has this :
zen made more manifest than I'm
veral OF President Roosevelt's IN. :,
iring speeches to the American X
ople' in which he took occasion to "
snuon German virtues Whoever
ses TO heart the words of the presi. e,
nj uttered on these occasions viii
lder his country the highest ser
q. Neither Americanism nor Ger.
nism is fundamentally dependent
place Of birth descent or religion
II IS the spirit alone that animates
n. AboFe all every one. be he ~
,erican or German should always an
nembeL that the achievements of wa
civilization are not dependent in to'
first place on men Of highest tai col
s. They depend in the main on fro
n who fulfill the virtues Of the citi- cid
best. and keep their homes mi
red :