The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-08-23

at st. Louis and brought suit against
him, and in his complaint this is what
William said. Listen to this. Icopied
it myself from the report. It is under
the seal of the court, and gave a
copy of it to my friend, Bob, and you
will see it in the paper. Frederick
William, King of Prussia, brought an
action in the supreme court Of Mis-
souri, you will find it in volume %,
page $50, to recover seven thousand
dollars against an absconding Prus
sian postmaster In his complaint
YOU know a man who brings a suit |
or a king who brings a suit must state
the reasons for his suit-he said that
he is the absolute monarch of this
kingdom of Prussia and as king there
of is the sole government of that
country, that he is unrestrained by
any constitution or law, and that his
will expressed in due form is the only
law of the country and is the only
legal power there known to exist as
law. That is Prussia. That is the
kaiser. That is the law Of Prussia
and of Germany So far as the en-
pire is concerned today the kaiser is
the only power.
My friends, some good is going to
come out of this war, thank God.
Some reforms have already been worked
in England in spite of their laws. At
the beginning of this war England had
a king who had a little something to
say, at least VIXEN he sneezed they
would listen; he did not have much to
say. But he has got so sick of his
job that he had to change his name
the other day. would like to tell you
a story of little thing. A Swede you
know never can tell story. And I
speak Of myself as a Swede in the
same sense you have a right to speak
of "old gray-haired Lind" When it
, comes to this war am not Swede,
and I hope there is no other Swede on
these grounds. The United States
flag and American institutions-th
| is my nationality, and no other. But
if you want to designate me by term
by which I am we'll known, I take no
offense Well, up in neighboring
, town I landed en- a mission which l
: lhave performed in many towns in this
state: I wanted to ask the good peo-
pie to vote for John Lind. l was sit
ting at the ahotel in the evening before
dinner, and in comes little man about
that size and jumped up and grabbed
f. me by the hand and said, 81 am so
f glad to see you, I am so glad to seeyou,
e I haven't seen you for long time
. The last time saw you 1 was in court
$ and you helped me out. I want to tell
|you I have got nice store here, a
r good clothing store here. I have had
n this store seven years and I never
q burned out once, and I didn't change
n my name, my name is still Simon
4 (Applause.) I said, ''That is very
T good" and I went and called on his
! good wife. Now, the king of England
y cannot say that much for himself
q He has been in business less thar
4 seven wears, but he had to change his
" name.
FL I saw a cartoon in the paper the
g other day that amused me grea
d deal. Sometimes we learn more from
d what we see in black and white thai
y we can from two hours talk by m!
y friend, Campbell, and myself. Their
IS is a picture of park, pretty lone
l. some park, there is board seat t.
n one side, and two rather disconsolat
e, men were sitting on the seat. One ha'
at little dinky crown on his head an
le the other one had an old worn-ou
1e crown on the back of his head. An
Of the kaiser was walking along at
r; little distance, and he glanced out Q
d. the corner of his eyes and said, q
c. used to know those boys when the
G. had pretty good jobs" One wa
a marked the car of Russia and tn
ed other was the king of Greece. Nov
an my friends, there are going to be MOI
do kings and kaiscrs occupying benche
?" of that kind before we get through
to (Applause.)
m AS for our self-defense, why, we al
p. comparatively people Of bushes
I What difference does it make to I
en- whether we stay on this footsto
lot three or four years longer or less
in We are only links in the great cha:
an of humanity. While we are here L
ad us do our duty, so that this will be
let filter place for our children than
ny was for US, so that this nation will
lat greater nation for our children thu
it has been for us, although it h;
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