The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-05
Count Won Rernstorf Is Guest
 of Honor In New York
HERMAN BIDDER SPEAKS
German Ambassador Makes aI Speech Full of German Good Feeling To- ward America and Wants
 Best Relations.

1erHldh ambaSSadOf To the United States, was given a reception by the New York Chamber of Commerce today and tonight dinner was rendered the ambassador by the New York Staats- zeitung at the Manhattan club.
 Ambassador Von Bernstorff expressed the hope that the friendship of Ger many and the United States will con tinue and deepen.
 Count Won Bernstorff received a gracious welcome at the hands of a large and distinguished gathering at the Manhattan club Herman Ridder presided at the speakers table, with Count Von Bernstorff at his right and Joseph H. Choate, formerly ambassador to Great Britain from the United States, at his left
 cable dispatch was sent to Elm peror William containing greetings to his majesty and emphasizing the en- during friendship that exists between Germany and the United States. The dispatch read:
 The German Emperor, Berlin.
 Three hundred guests assembled at invitation of New York Staats- -zeitung to give complimentary dinner of well come to your ambassador, Count Bern storff, beg leave to send cordial and frespectful greetings to your imperial majesty. We are mindful of the en- during friendship of Germany for the United States, a friendship which be- gan in the reign of your ancestor. the Great Frederic, has been cherished i with uphrolsan fdali+v for ynara than a century, and has been accentuated in so signal a fashion by you. As Amer jeans we beg to assure you that Ger many's attitude of amity is fully re- ciprocated. We wish your imperial majesty long and prosperous rule.'
 Rdder Speaks.
 Herman Ridder, in presenting Count Bernstorff, said:
 We are assembled here tonight to bid you welcome to land where the Ger man ambassador has always been re- garded as a friend of the nation From our earliest days an unbroken amity 1 has existed between the United States and Germany. The sturdy German inn migrants who shouldered a musket in i Wash hington's army and who had so | large a share In earning our national independence were messengers of lib erty. They prepared the way for you, an ambassador of peace. They cemented by their blood the bonds of friendship that. for more than a century, have so closely united the two peoples.
 Today we count millions upon mill lions of Americans of German descent or German birth-men who are so thoroughly imbued with American prin- | clples that no one can regard them as anything else than thoroughly patriotic citizens. They occupy conspicuous | places in every walk of life. In the | professions and In business they are among our leading figures. Because of | their influence upon American life and | of the esteem in which they are held | by Americans of other ancestral strains. I can say that you come to land where the German ambassador is heartily welcome All Americans you must regard as your friends. You come as a representative of a great people | whom all Americans honor and respect and of a sovereign whose eminence as statesman we all recognize, and wh ose kindly feeling toward us has often been demonstrated.
 Bernstorffs Address.
 Count Bernstorff rose to chorus of applause and "hochs." He spoke as fol- | lows:
 MT. Chairman and Gentlemen: ''I beg leave to express my most sincere thanks for the eloquent words of cordial greeting we have just been listening to and for the grand hospitality which you MT. Chairman, have extended to me this evening. It is a very great honor and pleasure for me to meet so many prom inent men of this great city most of whom have had hand in developing the i unlimited resources of this beautiful country, and in creating the wonders of i civilization which evoke the admiration of every newcomer
 Our amiable host spoke of the cordial relations existing between our two coun- tries He is well able to express an opin- ion on this subject he has always stood in the front row of those who desired to strengthen these bonds of friendship. All who have the same wish, and luckily both peoples are as good as unanimous in this respect can be highly satisfied, as better understanding of each other and deepening cordialty of their rela- tions has marked the passage of each of the last years You can rest assured. that l will do all in my power to make the next years come up to the mark of their predecessors.
 
 the first public dinner I attend in Amer iea should be given me by the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung. This excellent paper Is invaluable to all Germans living in America as well as to the American citizen of German origin. To the former it brings the much desired news from home, the latter it reminds daily of the country from which he, his father or his 1 ancestors came to these hospitable shores. Our paper I have heard it called here in New York by many American citizens i of German origin. We all know that the loyal allegiance of the latter to the Stars | and Stripes Is surpassed by no other cit izens of this great country. How could it be otherwise, as we Germans have all l ways considered loyalty to our duties to be the cardinal virtue of our race? Our people at home are quite alive to this fact. but they hope that the American | citizen of German origin will remain i'm | bued with German culture and ideals and 1 that they will bring these gifts as valu- able dowry to their new country, where a continual process of blending of races and nationalities is carried on with such success and has led to the formation of new, great nation different from all others. but kindred to those from which | it sprang. On these lines the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung is a successful leader of it's compatriots.
 'There is one other very good work the