The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-27

man Lloyd had refused its offer TO
build passenger steamer, alleging
that the English. because of their
years of shipbuilding traditions, could
build it better. 1t was a serious
emergency. l fastened to Prince Bis
marck and laid before him the matter
as have described above.
The chancellor was furious; his
eyes flashed, his fist came crashing
down on the table.
What! Do you mean to say that
these shopkeepers would rather have
their boats built in England than in
Germany? Why, that is unheard of
And is good German shipyard to fail
for such a reason? The devil take
this gang of traders!"
He rang the bell and a servant en-
tered.
Have Privy Councillor X come here
Immediately from the foreign office!"
In few Misunderstanding which the
prince stamped up and down the
room-the man summoned appeared.
Telegram to Hamburg, to our en-
voy-the Lloyd in Bremen is to have
its new ship built by the Vulcan com
pany in Strettin!"
The privy councillor vanished in hot
haste, with his coat tails sticking
straight out behind him" The prince
turned to me, and said: 81 am greatly
obliged to you. You have done the
| Fatherland, and also yourself, an i'm.
portant service. Henceforth ships will
| be built only in our yards-I'll take
care to make this clear to the Hanse
attic crowd. You my telegraph to the
Vulcan people that the chancellor
will guarantee that the ship will be
built in the Vulcan yards. May this
| be the first of a whole lot Of such
| shipsi AS for the workers whom you
have thus saved from unemployment
hope that they will express theil
thanks to you'll"
passed on the news to Privy Coun
| cilor Schlutow at Stettin and grea1
was the joy caused thereby. This was
the first step upon the road destined
/ to lead to the construction of the mag
nificent German express steamers.
When / went, after | had ascendeC
the throne in 1888, to Stettin, in ordel
to place honorary insignia on the flag
OF my Pomeranian Grenadiers, l alsi
visited the Vulcan shipyards. at thu
invitation of the directors. After m!
reception by the directors outside tn
yards, the great doors were flung opel
and I walked inside. But instead o
work and pounding hammers, fount
deep silence. The entire body o
; workmen was standing in a half-circle
with barred heads; in the middle stoo,
the oldest workman of all, man wit
snow-white beard, bearing a laure
wreath in his hand
was deeply moved. Schlutow viii;
pered to me: "a little pleasure 70
you, which the workmen themselve
: have thought up" The old workme
stepped forward and, in pithy, plai
[ words, expressed to me the gratitud
of the workmen to me for havin
: saved them, and, above all. thei
: wives and children. from hardship an
I hunger, by my appeal to Bismarc
:, about the building of the ship. AS
4 token of their gratitude, he asked m
permission to hand over the laurt
$ wreath. Most deeply moved, l too
4 the wreath and expressed my pleasuI
/ at receiving my first laurels, withol
the shedding of a drop of blood. frol
:, the hands of honest German WORKINGS
/ That was in the year 1888! In thoe
Y days the German laboring classe
e knew how to appreciate the blessing
n of labor
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