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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1913,
THE GERMAN
CELEBRATIONS.
RECEPTION AT THE GERMAN
CLUB.
The German Community in Hongkong celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the reign of the Emperor of Germany yesterday, by a reception at the German Club at noon and by a banquet at the Club in the evening. All German business houses were closed for the greater part of the day, and the German flag was much in evidence. S.M.S. His was the only German warship in port, and there was no British warship but the receiving ship Tamar, which, like the Iris, was dressed for the occasion.
The Reception at the German Club was; very largely attended. It is probably no exaggeration to say that every male German in the Colony was present, but it would
also probably be
true to say that there was quite as large a number of British subjects present. H.E. the Governor (Sir Henry May, K.C.M.G.), H.E. Major-General Ander- son, C.B., and practically all the heads of Departments in the Civil Service of the Colony were there, besides a large num- ber of Naval and Military Officers and leading residents of all nationalities. All the Foreign Consuls were also present. The Consul (Dr. Crull) with Mr. Becker (Chairman of the Club), Mr. Friesland. and Mr. Siebs received the guests as they entered the building.
The function took place in the large dining room, which had been artistically adorned for the occasion with greenery, Bags, etc. At the head of the room stood an excellent bust of the Kaiser amid a bower of palms, with the German and British ensigns on the wall above, while at the opposite end of the room was a large etching of the Kaiser, and in another part of the hall a large photograph of His Majesty.
Just before 12 o'clock Mr. A. BECKER, Chairman of the Club, paid the graceful compliment to the Colony of proposing the health of H. M. King George V., which was duly honoured.
Dr. CROLL, the Acting Consul for Ger- many, then proposed the bealth of H.M. the Emperor of Germany in a speech of which the following is a translation:- Your Excellency, Gentlemen, Twenty- five years have elapsed since Kaiser Wilhelm II. succeeded his late lamented father on the throne. These 25 years have proved to the German Empire an era of blessing and of peace, and it is with justifiable pride and genuine expressions of joy that the German people review it. We also, we Germans living afar from our Homeland, join with the festive throng
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throughout the world in offering to the J 13 Kaiser our loyal homage. That we do not stand herein alone, but that we see taking part representatives of that nation on whose territory we live, whose protection we enjoy, and to whom we shall always feel grateful for the hospitality granted us during long decades, is to us & special cause of satisfaction. In the name of the German Colony, I beg to express to your Excellency our apprecia tion of the great honour which you have deigned to confer on us by your visits to yesterday's and to-day's festivities, and your Excellency may rest assured that the remembrance of the more than ordinary share of goodwill meted out to us Ger- mans by your Excellency on these occa sions will be retained in the hearts of my fellow-countrymen, as I will always keep is, with sincerest gratitude. We Germans have also to thank those who, either a representatives of their respective nations or as heads of departments, or in the simple capacity of friends and acquaint- ances, are helping us to celebrate this day of rejoicing. Gentlemen, let me give expression to the hope that to wor venerated and beloved Emperor may yet be given long years of happy reign, that the German Empire under his rule may further prosper and develop while at peace
with ita neighbours and always in closer relations with the nation that hails from the same stock as we do, 60 that the words remain true, which our Emperor uttered during his first sojourn in London in 1881 as a reigning monarch: "Following the example set me by my grandfather and my never-forgotten father, I shall always maintain the bis. ! torical bond of friendship between our two nations, as well as may rest in my power, thanks to which they have been so often united in the past for the protection of freedom and of justice." Gentlemen, His Majesty the Kaiser! Hurrah! hurrah hurrah!
The toast was honoured with enthusiasm. H.E. THE GOVERNOR then addressed the gathering in German, speaking with a perfect accent. His speech translated, was to the following effect:-Gentlemen and hopoured Consul,-On behalf of my compatriots, and indeed I may add in the name of the whole Colony of Hongkong, I must express our heartfelt participa tion in the rejoicings with which our German friends are rightly overwhelmed to-day on the occasion of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the accession of the Emperor and Empress of Germany. I can assure you that we are one and all animated by the earnest hope that His Majesty the German Emperor may long be spared to his people, nay, to the world; and that the dourishing Empire whose destinies are placed in his hands may, under the government of His Majesty, continue uninterruptedly on its career of glorious achievement.
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