The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-24
NOTABLE WAS ASSEMBLAGE.
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good work done by the Associated
Press, whose Representatives abroad
are impartial and we'll informed.
When | in the morning read some
rather erratic telegram concerning
Germany, / always search in the pa
pers for a Berlin telegram of the As
ISOLATED Presst as | feel sure that |
will then know what to believe. This
being so, can only say that l should
like TO read more Berlin kilograms
Of the Associated Press. There can
never be too much of good thing.
need not have any apprehension
of such kilograms, far as the presi-
dent of the United States few
weeks ago wrote to the editor of
German newspaper of this city; 1t Is
gratifying to know that the relations
between the United States and the
German Fatherland have never been
more cordial and full of mutual SYM
patty than today.
When we look back on the history
of these relations we generally recall
the memory of the great days of
Frederick the Great, George Wash
ington and Stephen. But the rela-
in the equally memorable years be-
tween lS60-70, when the unity of
the American and of the German ma
tions were re-established and forever
assured.
In those days the United States
were represented in Berlin by George
Bancroft, one of your most eminent
historians and statesmen. II is a
great pleasure to read the exceeding
ly interesting letters he wrote from
Berlin, the most significant of which
have been published not long ago.
Bancroft brought a true sympathy
and understanding TO the obser alton
and to the direction of the relations
with Germany. His attitude assured
him a cordial acceptance In Berlin;
he was received into the inner cir
cles of scholarly, social and political
life, and formed habits of friendship
with Bismarck and Moltke. The po-
litical situation of Europe was sucn
that Bancroft regarded the unitarian
tendencies in both countries as cor
relating. In one letter he writes
The inhabitants of Germany are thor
oughly friendly to us. And we'll they
may be. But for the triumph OF the
union in America. II could not have
succeeded in Germany. Again and
again Bancroft states that Bismarck
and the king were true to the union
during the civil war and averse to
any recognition of the independence
of the southern confederacy, when
ever sucn proposals were put for
ward from other quarters. In an
other letter we hear that Moltke
said to Bancroft: THE Americans
at least are truly our friends" I'm
der a later date Bancroft tells us of
a dinner he gave the day of the In
auguration of General Grant as pres
ident of the United States. Bismarck
was among the guests and held
short speech. After referring to the
marck continued: LAS to the subse-
quent relations between the two
countries. it gives me the greatest |
pleasure to be able to state as a fact |
not only by personal experience as
minister of Prussia, but from the ar
chives of its history, that the cordial |
understanding so happily inaugural
ed by Washington and Frederick, has !
never suffered even the slightest JAR |,
Not only has no difficulty ever arisen |
between the two countries, nothing
has ever occurred between them |
which so much as called for an ex-
PLANTATION.
/ am afraid of encroaching on your
patience, so | will sit down after hav-
ing read a few lines from the most !
significant letter in which Bancroft
writes the following words to the sec
rotary of state. Bismarck has al