The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-24
GERMAN CITIZENS
IN UNITED STATES
THEIR PART IN ESTABLISHMENT
AND DEVELOPMENT or
THIS COUNTRY.
BARON Won STERNBERC
ieiis " Friendship Between Washing
ton and Frederick the Great.
True Germaniam Covers
True Ainericansn.

Tampa, Fla Feb 49, 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 Pruseia and the United States
and after that, when Prussia had
founded the German empire between
the latter and the United States, has
never been severed 1t had its b.,
ginning in the nlu;uar high esteem
and good will 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
hersef willing to enter into CONNER
eial relations with America during the
heriod Of her distress and weakness
~ those hard years between 1883 and
ifS9-atld TO conclude a commercial
treay with this country Already dur
ing the colonial period there was a
strong German element In the popu-
atfon and men of German birth and
descent during the period of the reve
lnticn rendered great and successful
services as leaders I'm war ms well ~
IN peace. Ster ben schooled the revo
iutionary army and Muehlenherg was
The first speaker Of the house OF rep
fesentatives. Since the revolution
there has been a nearly uninterrupted
emigration from Germany To this
country which has proved OF the
Greatest Importance In the populating
0f vast districts of the United States
Alien 0f ceflaan hirta and descent
were nearly all devoted to the lfnion
body and sonl Thanks TO their now.
erfnl support the northwest territories
We're made free states, which constl
tuted the heart Of the republic. AT the
outbreak of the Civil war it was men
ot German birth or descen. who saved
Missouri and even Ken
tucky for the cause of the Union, and |
Turing this terrible period they rem. |
fered their adopted country by word
md deeds services which never can /
De- forgotten
Brit what was it that produced this
RITUAL esteem between George Wash /
hgton and Frederick the Creative |.
heh who had never met and who
Here separated by the wide ocean? /?
me answer is simple Americas vie
ofious liberator and the great Hohen.
oller 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 q
I his country. A sense Of duty was !
iso the foundation on which Fred s
rick the Great out of chaos founded Ia
powerful kingdom and that. with y
le help Of an army permeated with c
Is personal sense of duty In the
7nse Of duty lies the strongest tie $
hich binds our two mighty nations.
what great part the German ele, Ii
ent of the United States has PLAYED 8
the development of this country te
as few weeks ago stated by my ri
lend Herman Ridder in a splendid -
Id significant address before the =
erman Friendly society in Charles a
IN. True Germanism fully covers -
ue Americanism. Nowhere has this
zen made more manifest than I'm
yeral of President Roosevelt's in. |
iring speeches to the American n
ople. in which he took occasion to T"
antion German virtues. Whoever
kes TO heart the words of the presi. e.
Mt uttered on these occasions will
nder his country the highest ser.
e. Neither Americanism nor Ger
'nism is fundamentally dependent
place Of birth descent or religion.
it is the spirit alone that animates
IN. Aboye all every one. be he ff
lerican or German. should always an
member that the achievements OF wa
? civilization are not dependent i'm to-
first place on men Of highest tai col
S. They depend I'm the man on fro
n who fulfill the virtues Of the citi cid
best, and keep their homes mi
red 5