Arizona republican., 1913-02-13
KNOWN
 ID THE GERMANS
Count VOn Bernstorff, Am bassadOr From Berlin, Says But For Success of Union in America Would Have Failed in Germany
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 SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 12.-Count Von BernstoFf, German ambassador to the United States was guest of honor at the banquet given by the Lincoln cen tenniaI association tonight. Abraham Lincoln as the Germans regarded him was the subject of his address. In ad- dition to showing that the Germans were keenly sympathetic with the char acter and purpose of Lincoln, the am bassadOr quoted a number of eminent authorities to show what strong bond of sincere friendship welded together the common interests of Germany and the United States in Lincoln's day. H. closed with the fervent wish that such relations of friendship between our two countries may always continue
 Count Bernstorff declared Lincoln's courage and his big heart whose every throb was for the whole people strong ly appealed to the German sentiment He was born a leader: in truth the SaNlOf or your country.
 The ambassador quoted records to show that 1S7,157 Germans born in Germany, enlisted in the different reg iments of the northern states. He de clared the strngth and influence of the Germans saved Missouri for the uniOr. Germany" he continued. gave not only her sympathy. but her gold, in de fense of the union, and the purchase of United States bonds in German fi- nancial centers contributed very large ly toward sustaining the union. Refer ring to Lincolns courage when war drew near, the speaker said: He did not indulge in the delusion that the union should be maintained or restored without a conflict of arms. Although he abhorred war for any pur- pose the firmness of his moral char acter and courage enabled him to take the great responsibility of leading the nation into d war for union and free dom and through weary years of alter mating success and disaster. He did not waver for a moment when many anti i-coercion meetings were held and a cry for peace at any price arose on all sides"
 Count Bernstorff quoted Lincoln t0 emphasize his argument that the fate of the civilization in this country was | involved in the issue of contest. "The craving of the soul of the German na- tion for unity he declared. 'is the last 1 but not the least reason why l should mention what influenced our people in their sympathy with Abraham Lincoln and his policies
 | The count referred to the days when 1 the United States was represented in Berlin by George Bancroft, whose at titude assured him a cordial acpectance l in Berlin. He was received into the in ncr circles of scholarly, social and pO- | litical life, and formed habits of friend ship with Bismark and Moltke. Tine l political situation of Europe was such that Bancroft regarded the unitarian | tendencies in both countries a corelat- ing"
 He then quoted Bancroft as declar- ing:
 But for the triumph of the union 1 in America, it could never have sue ceeded in Germany"
 Moltke was quoted to show the
 
 Americans The count then recalled a dinner given by Bancroft in Berlin the day of the inaugura ton of President Grant Bismark was among the guests. related the ambassador" aud
 made a short speech. After referring
 to the times of Frederick the Great
 Bsmark continued
 " As to the relations between the tive
 countries it gives me the greates;
 pleasure to be able to state as a fact
 not only from my personal experience
 as a minister of Prussia, but from thf
 archives of it's history, that the cordia
 understanding so happily inaugurate(
 by Washington and Frederick has neV
 CT suffered even<the slightest jar. No
 only has no difference ever arisen be tween the two countries. but nothins
 has ever occurred between them whicl so much as called for an explanation.
 After this quotation from Bismark
 Count Bernstorff concluded with tn . hope that this bond of friendship woul;
 remain unbroken.