The German Emperor as Shown in His Public Utterances by German Emperor William II Christian Gauss

Author:German Emperor William II, Christian Gauss, [German Emperor William II, Christian Gauss,]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789355898890
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Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: 2022-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

OPEN THE WAY FOR CULTURE

Bremen, July 27, 1900

Events in China touched upon in the speech delivered on December 15, 1897, had finally brought about the Pekin crisis. Baron von Ketteler, the German Minister, had been shot down in the streets on June 20.

The following is one of five speeches which the Emperor delivered on the occasion of the departure of the German troops for China. This particular one was delivered to the troops at Bremen in the presence of the Empress, Princes Eitel Friedrich and Adelbert, Chancellor Hohenlohe, Secretary 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 journal, and which seems to have been somewhat edited. In order that the reader may realize more fully the impression conveyed by the Emperor’s farewell address to his troops, we print under it the account which a volunteer of the 1st East Asiatic Regiment of infantry sent home to his family.

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