The German Emperor as Shown in His Public Utterances

Emperor's mind. His statement that he had, from the first, strongly urged an increase in the navy must be accepted with certain reserves. Such increases as were suggested were sl

leet," is his sharpest pronouncement up to this time. It takes on an added significance if we remember that it was made nine days after the Boer ultimatum which began th

y have to face. We must therefore arm ourselves with a view to meeting the most dangerous naval conflict possible." The preamble to the German navy bill of 1900 reads: "Germany must have a fleet of such strength that a war against the mightiest power would involve risks threatening the supremacy of that power." Emperor William protests, and there is no reason for doubting his sincerity, that this policy of increasing the navy was not primarily directed at England. It was necessary to protect Germany's commerce and increase her prestige. On this point his famous interview given to the Daily Telegraph is interesting. Undoubtedly, however, this rapid increase in the navy, which began with the navy bill of 1900 and which happened to coincide with the events of the Boer War, di

es given by J. Ellis Bar

EED A POWERFUL

October

observe the anniversaries that commemorate the military prowess, the birthdays, and the achievements of the members of his house. The pres

ife of one of the cities of the Hanseatic League. It was a solemn act that we have just witnessed when we gave over to its element a new portion of the floating defense of the Fatherland. Ever

rland has been newly united through Emperor William the Great and is in a position to take up its glorious outward development. And right here in this great emporium of trade we feel the sense of power and energy which the German people are capable of putting into t

ts strength in fruitless party strife. I have had to watch with deep concern how slow is the progre

an Empire and the German people have grown greatly in extent and demand from me and my government extraordinary and serious efforts. They can be crowned with success only if the Germans stand behind us firmly united and give up their party divisions. But our people must make up their minds to make sacrifices. Above all things, it must give up the attempt to find the highest by dividing itself more and more sharply into parties. It must cease to put the party above the good of the nation. It must put a check upon its old hereditary failing to make everyt

Fatherland is great and powerful. The October fires which to-day he lights upon the hills and by which he

rederi

s, and apartments of this building are to look or how they are to be furnished; but may the people, burning like these October fires with an ideal enthusiasm, strive to follow its ideal second Emperor, and above all things let it rejoice in the beautiful edifice and help to protect it. Let it be proud of its greatness. Let it be conscious of its inner

nd to it and the health o

SHOLD OF TH

Januar

the entire Berlin garrison were for this purpose brought from the Royal Palace. The E

athered about its standards and kneeling before the Lord of Hosts. And, indeed,

d was interested only in petty and insignificant details; it was led by generals feeble with age and no longer capable of conducting active campaigns; its corps of officers had lost the habit of invigorating lab

vous slavery God taught our people to take thought, and under the pressure of the foot of an insolent conqueror developed the idea of universal military service, the idea that the greatest honor lies in dedicating

ur army. Victorious campaigns, nevertheless, gave his work an altogether unexpected sanction. His spirit filled the ranks of his army, even as his trust in God carried them on to unheard-of victories. With this, his own creation, he brought

yourselves up unconditionally to the royal service, that you must in ceaseless labor offer all the powers of body and soul to the building up and development of our troops, and, just as my grandfather labored for his land forces, so, undeterred, I sh

ear $425, from the seventh to the ninth year $550, and after the twelfth year $600 a year. A captain receives from the first to the fourth year $850, from the fifth to the eighth year $1,150, and the ninth year and after $1,275 a year. Of one hundred officers who join, only an average of eight ever attain to the command of a regiment. In Bavaria and Würtemberg pr

carry into effect the saying of Frederick William I: "If one wishes to decide anything in th

UNDARY

February

troubles in Kiaochow, the Emperor greeted him at a dinner held in the Royal Palace in Berlin. The question

ighness, My

ope that God would give you His protection and bring the work to a successful issue. The joyous and enthusiastic reception which all classes in my ho

understand the need of strengthening our sea power. The German people is of one mind with its princes and its Emperor in the feeli

d red, so the German people is now lending its efforts to forging the weapon through which, God wil

ful wife. As sponsor for the growth of our young fleet may you see

enry, born Ja

TS AND

June 1

eck in the presence of the Emperor. He again took up

hey have carried through with their irresistible Hanseatic activity not fall short in any way of their expectations, and I am convinced that it will not do so. You see, as you look upon the completed work, how significant it is that a united German Empire now exists. Its past glories Lübeck owed to the German Emperors, and its present glory it owes to the

t express this hope with the same satisfaction if I did not now stand before you joyously

ith his cannon to protect her flag, even in the farthermost corners of the wo

succeed through the building of the necessary canals within to simplify the pro

KNOCKS A

July 3

use of Bavaria, Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria was present at the christening and gave the boat its name. A ba

he friendly words which you have

which the house of Wittelsbach has given to the German Emperors. I would like to c

the recipient of a very unusual distinction. Mounted upon their horses and clad in armor, in sight of the hostile squadron of k

e battle for Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria. Just as at that time the houses of Wittelsbach and of Hohenzoller

en two competitors for the empir

moments which mark a new point in the history of our people. Your Royal Highness has been able to convince himself how powerfully the wave beat of t

e ocean also proves that even in the distance, and on its farther side, withou

to chapter IV, "The Begi

itics. If that could happen the idea that the German people are to be considered as a world-power would be dead and done for, and it is not my will that this should happen. To this end it is only my duty and

honor of the German flag, your Royal Highness should have accepted the honor of the à la suite position to the naval battalion. Just as the house of Wittelsbach took u

wish that the close connection which the à la suite position to my navy now

al Highness, Prince Rupprecht of

WAY FOR

July 2

1897, had finally brought about the Pekin crisis. Baron von Kettele

y of State von Bülow, Minister of War von Gossler, and Lieutenant-General von Bessel. Various versions of this speech exist and in many of them the harshness of the Emperor's expression has been toned down. We give first the version which was printed in the Reichsanzeiger, the official jo

e German Empire makes it a duty for it to protect its citizens no matter how far they may have penetrated into foreign lands. The new German Empire is in a p

ow called upon to give proof before the enemy whether or not you have observed them well. Your comrades of the navy have undergone this trial; they have shown you that the principles of our trainin

d, they have scorned the duties of hospitality and the sanctity of the Ambassador. This is the more revolutionary, as this crime was committed by a nation which is proud of its very ancient culture. Pres

me to grips with him, be assured quarter will not be given, no prisoners will be taken. Use your weapons in

an entire people and my wishes accompany you,

your journey!

as given in the letter of a volunteer in

the fact that we had before us an opponent equal in equipment and fame but ten times superior in numbers. But, and his words ran about as follows, "you will and must defeat him with the help of God and, indeed, in such a way that the Chinese in thousands of years will not presume to raise his hand against a German"; and his voice became deeply moved and powerful as he spoke the following words

PEROR

ROMA

useum, Saalburg,

an critics as somewhat theatrical. The guards had been drilled to clash their swords on their shields after the manner of the Pretorian guards, the rector of the school offered his homage in Latin verses, and boys whose hair had been dressed in Roman fashion swung their censers. The Emperor's historical references here about the relation of Germany to Rome are somewhat one-sided. It may be

r of everlasting memory, Emperor Frederick III. It is to his crea

ul Taunus Mountains the old Roman citadel has arisen again like a ph?nix from its ashes. It is a testimony to the Roman power, a link in the great chain which the legions of Rome built about the powerfu

at a world-empire means; with the third I dedicate it to our German Fatherland, to which I hope it will be granted, through the harmonious co-operation of princes and peoples, of its armies and its citizens, to become in the future

ER TO THE P

ary,

o the Prussian Kings here refe

My

lose personal relationship between me and every single one of my officers and soldiers rests upon a tradition that dates back 200 years. The spirit which from the time of Frederick the Great has been fostered in the army by all the Kings, the sp

y owes its power and the consideration which it enjoys. For 200 years she has proven true the sentence of the great King: "The world does not rest upon the s

n its unceasing service for the Fatherland. So long as this spirit binds the army to its Kings, so long we need fear no storms; and Prus

iam,

Royal

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made him think of the possibility of an uprising and deliver the following address to the population of Berlin. The Social Democrats and many others resented his suggesting the possibility of turning the troops upon the citizens. We give first Penzle

Emperor Alexa

s primarily your duty to be ever ready to defend. The Emperor Alexander Regiment is called upon in a sense to stand ready as body-guard by night and by day and, if necessary, to risk its life and its blood for the King and his house; and if ever again (the Emperor here called to mind the faithful bearing of the Al

l the regiment repress with the bayonet the impertinence of the people toward their King." Doctor Liman states that it was currently reported that

. May it cherish above all things its memories of its earlier leaders and its enduring relationships to them. These memories can only be fostered through courage,

nting of the Alexander Regiment on the evening of the battle of St. Privat. The offi

ter it. He, too, on his side, wished to contribute something to the decoration of their new home, and to this end had chos

from the Alexander Regiment defended themselves with heroic spirit against an entire brigade and finally victoriously repulsed it. My grandfather expressed to the body-guard as a whole his gratitude for its brave conduct in the face of the enemy and for all its heroic deeds. I am firmly convinced that the officers of the Alexander Regiment will always be mindful of its task, seeing that it educates soldiers

alte, g

STUDENT

l 24

-inlay, Prince Adolph von Schaumburg-Lippe. After singing two student songs, the student leader of the Kommers, "Studiosus" von Alvensleben, greeted the Emperor with a speech of welcome. In this friendly gathering the Emperor took occasion to discuss the history of the empire and

in beautiful Bonn. There unrolls before my mind's eye the glimmering picture of sunshine and happy contentment with which the period of my own sojo

ms by nature to have been designed to no other end. Here the Crown Prince will find memories of his glorious grandfather who could not forget Bonn-his kindly eyes brightened whenever the name of the city which had become so dear to him was mentioned-memories of his great-grandfather, the no

ueen V

joyfully pass the cup and sing a new song, then I hope that your spirits may rise and enjoy the beautiful moments as becomes happy German youths! But may the source from which you draw your joys be as clear and pure as the golden juice of the grape, may it be deep and constant as Fath

t write the telling words of Tacitus, that great student of Germany: "Propter invidiam." The princes were envious of the power of the Emperors, just as once they were envious of the power of Arminius in spite of his victory. The nobility was envious of the cities which had become wealthy, and the peasant was envious of the noble. What unhappy consequences and what grievous woes our dear and beautiful Germany had to suffer "propter invidiam"! The shores of Father Rhine can tell you long stories about this. But finally God allowed one to accomplish what before had been impossible. Aix and Mainz are for us historic memories; the longing to be brought together into a single nation remained in the German breast, and Emperor William the Great, in union with his faithful servants, achieved it. So cast your eyes from Coblentz to the German Eck and from Rüdesheim to the Niederwald! The pictures teach and prove to you that you are now Germans in a German land, citizens of a definitely bounded German nation. You are here to prepar

remain pure and that your aims may be lofty! The love of father and mother, of the ancestral home and Fatherland, is rooted in the love for Him. Then will you be provided with a charm against temptations of every sort, above all against pride and envy, and you can sing and say: "We Germans fear God, no

E IN T

, June

position by the directors of the Hamburg-American Line. He is using his famous phrase, "a place in the sun" with reference to the happy outcome of events in China, for on May 27 of this year China had finally accepted the terms of the powers. Of the 90,000 men sent by the powers, Germany had furnished 22,000, and the general direct

u and all comrades on the water the pleasure which I feel that I should once more be allow

ment of our Fatherland during recent years in the field of water sports and of our relations to foreign countries. It

it be in journeys across the ocean, or in the service of the battle-flag, so much the better will it be for us. For when the German has once learned to direct his glance upon what is distant and great, the pettiness which surrounds him in daily life on all sides will disappear. Whoever wishes to have this larger and freer outlook can find no better place than one of the Hanseatic cities. What we have learned out of the previous history of our development amounts really to what I already pointed out when I sent my brother to the East Asi

Bis

the particular contingents have brought about a mutual respect and feeling of comradeship that can only serve the furtherance of peace. But in t

l on which to hang our armor. Therefore, I believe that I express the feeling of all your hearts when I recognize gratefully that the director of this company who has placed at our disposal th

ven further, I raise my glass and ask all of those who are my comrades upo

REAT

June 2

th the services of the Dutch admirals it is interesting to note that one of the Emperor's heroes was the God-fearing Dutch admiral De Ruyter, who always offered prayers before

m England and France. In thirty years Germany has here achieved not only complete independence but something approaching very nearly to supremacy. His service in this field has been generally recognized. A German critic not usually favorable to the Emperor speaks thus: "Perhaps nowhere in the development of our political

e Great Elector, the founder of the Ge

young Elector in his earliest youth was called to the throne by the sudden death of his father. Truly, no enviable heritage; a task that

ing nothing to turn him aside, the Elector raised up and strengthened his country, put his people in a position to defend themselves, freed his borders of enemies, and soon acquired for himself such a position

his country in this work, was the first prince who called our a

o disposed that the Elector should pass his youth in the Netherlands and learn to foster and appreciate labor, industry, foreign relationships, and the advantages of trade. He carried over into his own country what he had a

ecay. They were not destined to harvest the fruits of their labor. His successors in power had first to establish through battles their rights, in order to have a voice in the world and to be allowed to rule, und

one which he had laid. It was this princely power that made it possible for the house of Hohenzollern to take up the German imperial dignity. They founded that dynastic power whi

belongs, which is to cultivate the seeds that we have sown and to reap the harvest of

n these merely as trials sent him from on high. In this way the Great Elector lived his life, and this is the example which we are to follow. The motto which made it possible for him never to lose his hope and courage,

elopment of the navy and of our Fatherland which God's providence may have in store for us. Let that be the way that you shall go! Let that be the founda

erish, and honor it, so that in the future she may develop characters wh

CE EITEL FRIEDRI

7,

mpletion of his eighteenth year. On this occasion, in the presence of many princes, officers of the a

examination with a "good." His childish years lie behind him, and to-day he takes up the tasks of life for which he has prepared himself-his foremost task the d

oughgoing officer and a faithful servant of his Fatherland. Particularly gifted for the military life, with a quick eye for detail, the Prince, as

this, that he may be an earnest officer who turns an experienced eye upon life, unbending as iron in everything which constitutes the chivalry of the officer's position, stern with himself and maintaining in strict

rom all sides the glorious traditions of Prussian history in good and evil days will be brought before him. The grenadiers of this regiment will

joy, and from this time forth I hope that you will experience joy in the lif

UE

December

ent if not a decisive r?le in directing sculpture, painting, and drama in his capital. Just as he has directed modifications in battle-ships, so also he has directed modifications in public buildings. As he is in a position to distribute rewards, his advice is frequently accepted without question. The following anecdote, told by a prominent German architect and recounted by a recent writer, may serve as an illustration: Drawings for a new church in Berlin were submitted to the Emperor for assent or correction. His Majesty, intending to make a marginal remark, with r

ves against the peril which is proceeding from there. He is quite right from his coarse, pagan, patriotic point of view, which is eighteen hundred years behind the times. The European nations, forgetting Christ, have in the name of their patriotism more and more irritated these peaceful nations and have taught them patriotism and war, and have now irritated them so much that, indeed, if Japan and China will as fully forget the teachings of Buddha and of Confucius as we have forgotten

and the drama, he has very little sympathy with the modern German tendencies. Klinger and Stuck, Ludwig von Hofmann and Thoma have found no favor, a

his historiographer. The style is supposedly classic; there are many incidental animal figures, and a sphinx and the sibyl help to represent Bismarck. The attempt to make heroic and classic certain of the fairly mediocre representatives of his line, like Albrecht, Otto and John, Joachim, Frederick, and George William, seems to have been too difficult a task even fo

y mother, who was so gifted in the arts, dedicated on that day, fifteen years ago, the Anthropological Museum. This was in a way the last great closing act which my father accomp

ed me to carry out my original plan. The accomplishment of the programme for the Siegesallee has required a number of years, and it was the able histori

d upon, then the most competent men in the way of historical research were found to help the gentlemen in their wor

f all: Would it be possible, as I hoped, to find enough artists in Berlin who woul

go about it, I believe, consists not in the appointment of commissions, not in the establishment of all possible kinds of prize contests and competitions, but in following the old established method which they used in class

ubt but that there were enough artists of all kinds in Berlin to carry out such an idea without difficulty. With his help and on the basis of friendships formed in the circle of sculptors here through

en you absolute freedom, not only freedom in the combination and composition but precisely that freedom to put into it a certain amount of yourselves-a thing that every artist must do in order to put his own stamp upon h

elves. I believe, therefore, that from this point of view we can look back upon the Siegesallee with general satisfaction. You have individually solved your problems as you saw fit, and I, on my side, have the feelin

s that the Berlin school of sculpture stands at a height such as could hardly have been surpassed even in the time of the Renaissance. And I think every one of you will agree, without j

me, also, the sovereign and art-loving prince who offered the commissions to the artists at the same time found the masters, about whom

mportant portion of our art history and as a good omen and a happy coincidence. A more magnificent collection cannot

Nature, in spite of her great, apparently boundless, limitless freedom, acts according to everlasting laws which the Creato

law of beauty and harmony-of ?sthetics. This law was expressed by the ancients in so surprising and powerful a manner and in so complete a form that we, for all our modern perc

e from the so-called modern tendencies and influences; it still stands high and sublime. Keep it so; do not let yourselves be

flag one often falls into indefiniteness, boundlessness, conceit. However, he who cuts loose from the law of beauty and from the feeling for ?sthetics and harmony which, whether he can express it or not

a lasting possession, while with other peoples they have been more or less lost. It is now the German people whose special province it is to protect these great ideas, to foster them, to set them forth; and to these id

e ideal is the greatest work of culture; and if we wish to be and to remain a pattern in this for other peoples, then we must all work together; and if culture is to accomplish its

e best intentions, is to be found among the devotees of this tendency. The real artist needs no advertising, no press, no connections. I do not believe that your great examples in the realm of science, either in ancient Greece or in Italy

y one, be he never so simple, has a feeling for that which is beautiful or ugly, and it is to foster this feeling further among the people that

r German sculpture is noticeable. May you remain standing upon these heights; may also my children and my grandchildren, if they shall one day be gran

the health of all of you; and,

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l 20

enberg, in Hanover. After the unveiling of the monument the

powerful an appeal that it has called the horsemen together from all quarters of the German Empire and from the contingents

to an officer through his service in life is to fill his position to his own complete satisfaction. Looking back over the life of General von Rosenberg, we ca

he mark bears the features of the general inlaid in bronze; so may we hedge and protect that piece of granite of

ed in the Reichstag January 8, 1902, in speaking of the Engli

eneral, to the German cavalry, and to its most conspicuous repre

ORDER

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was here that Charlemagne was probably born and here that he died. The present Rathaus was built upon th

and enthusiastic reception which has been prepared for us by all classes of the city of Aix. I earnestly desire

past and of the present? Who would not think of the providential guidance of Heaven as he looks bac

nheritance of the Imperium Romanum-certainly a splendid recognition of the capability of our German stock as it appeared for the first time in history. For the Roman sceptre had fallen from the hands of the C?sars and their successors. Crumbling and decayed, the Roman edifice was tottering to its fall, and only the app

ful personality Fate denied to his followers; and through their desire for a world-empire, the Emperors of the later generations lost sight of the German people and

pward, develops flower on flower and fascinates the eye of the astonished beholder, while the plan

e flutters high in the breeze once more. With the same enthusiasm and love with which the German people held to the imperial idea has the new empire entered into being; but the tasks are now different. Limited fro

nd far away flows the stream of our knowledge and research. There is no work in the realm of later research which is not written in our language, and no thought is born of science which is not first utilized by us in order later to be taken over by other nations. And this is that world-empire which the German spirit strives for. If we, then, wish to discharge adequately our further great responsibil

ople. We must work together in order to preserve the moral foundations and the healthy strength of the German st

my congratulations and in private conversation had explained how things stood in our German country the Holy Father answered him that he was happy to be able to say that he had always thought highly of the piety of the Germans and of the German army; he said he could even go further and commissioned General von Lo? to

t received official sanctio

eyes the idea of strengthening and preserving the fear of God and respect for religion. The fact that we are modern

people, and my army, symbolically represented by this baton, under the cross and under the protection of Him of whom the great apostle said, "Neither is there salvation in any other;

n good ground, just as I am assured from what I have seen among both the older and younger citizens of this city that

PP AND THE

ber 2

to 4,250,000 in 1912, when it numbered more than twice as many voters as its nearest competitor, the Centre party, 1,996,000. The Emperor had tried to introduce repeatedly subversion acts which would have made for the persecution of this the largest political party in his empire. When, on October 13, 1895, a man

cal respect. It is not necessary to refer to talent. Everybody in Germany knows that with brains like those of Bebel it would

e who are far from sharing their aims. Our Liberals might well take a lesson from the disciplin

er on the one hand and a party of revolution on the other, and that it is the prime political duty of citizens belonging to the

else, had made possible the realization of the imperial naval policy. The Emperor is altogether mistaken in ascribing the stories circulated about Krupp to the malignity of Social Democratic editors. Very ugly rumors, whether true or fal

waiting-room of the station at Es

rupp. I have often, with my wife, been a guest in the Krupp house and have felt the charm of his lovable personality. Our relations have become so well established in the course of the years that I dare call myself a friend o

eld of the German Emperor over the house and the memory of this man. Whoever knew the deceased intimately knows with what a sensitive and delicate nat

to the cheeks of every German patriot, because of the disgrace brought upon our entire people. The honor of a man, German to the core, w

sonous drink and offers it to another and him who from the safe ambush of his editor's office destroys the honorable

re now unworthy of this name, who sprang from the classes of the German working people, who have such a tremendous amount to

ide I have seen everywhere abroad the name of the Fatherland honored through the work of your hands. Men who wish to be the leaders of the

good and honorable working men to have any community of interest or close relationship with the perpetrators of this shameful deed; for it is the honor of the worki

y are conscious of the extreme seriousness of the present moment and th

ING MAN

Decembe

tisfaction, for two reasons. In the first place, you have not disappointed the expectations which I expressed in

and are taking firm root among you. Your condition has indeed become the object of my deepest interest and consideration, for I observed with pride in foreign l

n of existence has been created for the working men through old age, and this has been accomplished often at great sacrifice to the employe

First Declaration of P

thers have allowed yourselves to be deluded by the agitators of the Socialists into thinking that if you do not belong to this party and acknowledge it n

against the church, and have in this way taken advantage of you, terrorized you, and flattered you in order to strengthen their own power. And to what end is this power used? Not for fur

n ranks, the simple, plain man from the shop who has your confidence. Such a man stands for your interests and your wishes, and we will gladly welcome him as the representative of the German work

nds upon loyalty to the King, upon respect for law and for the state, for the honor of one's f

HIP AND

February

mperor gave his opinion in the following open letter, which was printed in the Grenzboten. It is said that this very significant letter

ar Ho

understood by the audience and therefore had to stand as it does; but I am very pleased that through your inquiry the matter of this second le

w Testament it soon became evident that I could not agree with him in the ideas which he developed concerning the person of the Redeemer, and I was compelled to state my own standpoint, which was diametrically opposed to his. He does not recognize the divinity of Christ and therefore concludes in regard to the Old Testament that it does not refer to Him as the Messiah. Here the Assyriologist and investigating historian ceases and the theologian with all his lights and shades steps in.

investigation, explanation, and exposition of which must have interested us laymen to the highest degree and would have demanded our deepest gratitude. But he should have stuck to this. Unfortunately, however, in his zeal he has overshot the mark. As was to be expected, the excavations brought to light communications which bear in a religious way upon the Old Testament. He should have collated this material and pointed out and explained coincidences, when such occurred, but he should have left it to the listener to draw for himself all purely religious conclusions. In this way his discourse would have commanded the interest and good-will of the lay public. That, unfortunately, he has not done. Pretending that he could explain it all on historical and purely human grounds, he has attacked the question of revelation in a very polemical manner and more or less denied it. That was a serious mistake, because he touched many of his hearers in what was deepest and most sacred to them. And whether he was right or wrong-that for the moment is all one, since we are con

ten explained it to you, my dear Hollmann, and to other gentlemen. I distinguish between two different kinds of revelation: one a c

, Homer, Charlemagne, Luther, Shakespeare, Goethe, Kant, Emperor William the Great. These He has sought out and made worthy, through His grace, to accomplish according to His will splendid and imperishable deeds for their people in the spiritual as well as in the physical world. How often has my grandfather expressly said that he was only an instrument in the hand of the Lord. The works of great spirits are given to the people by God in order that they may imitate them and feel their way further through the intricacies of th

ef in a single God. They must cherish it-. Separated during the Egyptian exile, the scattered portions, welded together a second time by Moses, strove ever to hold fast to their belief in a single God. It was the direct working of God upon these people which allowed them to rise again. And so it continues further down the centuries until the Messiah, who was announced and foretold by the prophets and psalmists, finally appears. The greatest revelat

ical descriptions of events of all kinds which took place in the life of the people of Israel in the realm of political, religious, moral, and spiritual matters. So, for instance, the giving of the law on Mount Sinai may be looked upon as inspired by God in only a symbolical sense; for Moses was compelled to have recourse to some means of giving new force to old and well-known portions of the law (which were probably derived from the Codex of Hammurabi). O

dresses to our society. On the other hand, he may continue unmolested to bring forward whatever connections there may be betwe

in one God,

his we need a form, esp

and excavations, this form will certainly change materially; that does not matter, and even the fact that much will be lo

e but the outpouring of the heart and b

t thanks and

true

)?Willi

est use of these lines; who

THE GREAT

z, May

cated the obelisk to Frederick the Great. The character and

tate to trust his columns to the direction of his experienced field-marshals. Here the great soldier King, working restlessly, not overlooking details in his interest for the greater concerns of history, trained his regiments for the difficult tasks of the Seven Years' War, which was soon to set in, and created that inner bond between himself and his sol

ern granite is erected in memory of that time. A memorial to "Fredericus Rex, the King and Hero," to be emulated by us all in working with unabated strength to the end that we may be ready to strike in any emergency. When in a moment the curtain shall fall, when the flags and standards dip in greeting, swords are lowered, and presented bayonet

URE OF

, June

s grandfather the title of William the Great, and the Emperor's friend Ballin, of the Hamburg-American Line, has given this title as well as that of Imperator to the well-known transatlantic steamers. It is perhaps significant

astic citizens; never have I found it so difficult to find the correct, pertinen

e utterance to the gratitude which so stirs my heart, that the citizens of Hamburg have been able in such a brilliant, handsome, and noble manne

and low. The many thousand faces which lighted toward me to-day gave evidence that the greeting came from the heart and from feelings which we

the great Emperor is already a historical personage, and the events which weave themse

people, surrounded by at least as many legends and as powerful and as conspicuous for all time as once the figure of the Emperor Barbarossa was. Truly, the young

. For no one could resist the charm of the personality, the simple modesty, the winning lovableness of the lofty ruler; and so it was permitted to him, surrounded by his powerful paladins who were devoted to him and who worked with him, to smooth the way and reconcile the differences; while he kept ever before his eyes the goal, the union of t

which were assigned to the great Emperor have been accomplished; yet when things for a while seem dark and the tasks which are assigned us seem too hard we must not forget what that noble ruler

t! Therefore it is my opinion and firm conviction that a great future awaits us also, if we are but determined to make it so. Tasks are assigned to us, and, whether they are light or heavy, we must face them

hen, as the block of granite yonder bears the great Emperor, so will the German people, true to their traditions, bear upon their hearts and discharge with their strength the new tasks and undertakings which come t

ised them from the dust. Put your hand on your heart, direct your gaze into the distance, and from time to time give a backward glance for memory to the old Emperor and his time, and I am convinced that, as Hamburg is pro

nd to this wish I empty my glass: Long life t

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of administering the oath to the naval recruits at Wilhelmshaven, he was concerned about explaining to them the r

ed through a letter o

y. He said that we must not conclude, however, from the Japanese victories-the victories of a heathen over a Christian people-that Buddha was superior to our Lord Christ. If Russia was beaten, it was due for the most

e of a war would have any special right to pray God for victory, to wrest it from Him in prayer as Jacob di

such a scourge, etc. The Emperor spoke very earnestly but very imp

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f her "manifest destiny" in the decade which had passed after the celebrations of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Franco-Prussian War. Germany had entered upon a period of great prosperity and had begun to possess the sense of latent power. The Emperor gives us here the purely historical reasons which have led him to refrai

red Bur

ng transmitted to me the wish of your countrymen that I should participate in this festive day and be present at

ly the first Crown Prince of the German Empire, and, finally, second Hohenzollern Emperor, should be fêted in a free German city just as though this were

nvinced that in later generations his powerful personality, which will have become surrounded by the glamour of legend, will through this statue be brought nearer to the hearts of the people. And I am sure th

her stand in this loyal German city and furnish mile-stones for

stowed upon our people and our country. The portion of time which is represented by both of these two noble leaders who stand here in bronze has, like a found

s a lad, I stood before the model of the Brommy[40] ship, I bitterly felt the disgrace which our fleet and our flag had been forced to suffer. And perhaps, since on my mother's side

y the German National Assembly in 1848. He organized the first modern German fleet and as admiral drove off the three Danish ships blockading

order that jealousy and envy from without should not disturb us in the development of our garden and our beautiful house. I have made a vow, as a result of what I have learned from history, never to strive for an empty world-dominion. For what

d peaceful neighbor; and that, if in the future they shall read in history of a German world-empire or of a Hohenzollern world-ruler, it shall not be founded upon acquisitions won with the swor

of the great war, not a great and glorious one for the seafaring part of our nation. I, too, have here drawn the logical conclusions from what

eagerness and the spirit are the same as those which filled the officers of the Prussian army at Hohenfriedberg, at K?niggr?tz, and at Sedan; and every German war-ship which leaves

vered at Hamburg on October 18, 1899, with its

with their medals and their crosses, comrades in battle and in deeds under both the great leaders whose st

herland as it is and not to strive after the impossible; to hold fast to the conviction that our God would never have tak

oples, and to preserve their morals, good conduct, reverence, and religion. Then some day may we write over the German people the motto on the helmet of the 1st Regiment of my guard: "Semper talis"-"Ever the Same." Then we sh

up to the present with God's help we have maintained we may preserve still further and that under this peace Bre