 | History - 1872 - 802 pages
...Emperor of Germany in the person of the Prussian monarch, now absent at the siege of Paris : — " We, William, by God's grace, King of Prussia, hereby...German Princes and Free Towns having addressed to us a xinanimous call to renew and undertake with the re-establishment of the German Empire the dignity of... | |
 | Carl Abel - Europe - 1871 - 658 pages
...been forwarded through Count Itzenplitz to the Upper and Lower Houses of the Prussian Diet. It runs as follows : ' We, William, by God's grace King of...and free towns having addressed to us a unanimous request to revive the German imperial dignity, which has now been sixty years in abeyance, and the... | |
 | Edmund Ollier - 1871 - 648 pages
...Berlin on January i8th. This proclamation commenced: — "We, William, by God's grace King of Pnissia, hereby announce that, the German Princes and Free...us a unanimous call to renew and undertake with the re establishment blessed future " under the auspices of its ancient splendour." The King affirmed that... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1872 - 732 pages
...Emperor of Germany in the person of the Prussian monarch, now absent at the siege of Paris : — " We, William, by God's grace, King of Prussia, hereby...been in abeyance, and the requisite provisions having beeu inserted in the constitution of the German Confederation, we regard it as a duty we owe to the... | |
 | Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter - Economic geography - 1872 - 838 pages
...acceptance of the dignity of Emperor of Germany. ' We hereby make known,' the proclamation runs, ' that, the German Princes and Free Towns having addressed...re-establishment of the German Empire the dignity of Kaiser, which now for 60 years has been in abeyance, and the requisite provisions having been inserted... | |
 | Edmund Ollier - Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 - 1871 - 604 pages
...Houses of the Prussian Diet, and received at Berlin on January i8th. This proclamation commenced : — " We, William, by God's grace King of Prussia, hereby...call to renew and undertake with the re-establishment blessed future " under the auspices of its ancient splendour." The King affirmed that he undertook... | |
 | Henry Wager Halleck - War - 1878 - 588 pages
...Diet, announced that the King of Prussia having been addressed by the German princes and Free Towns in a unanimous call to renew and undertake, with the...re-establishment of the German Empire, the dignity of Empire which then for sixty years had been in abeyance, and that the requisite provisions having been... | |
 | Charles Lowe - Germany - 1885 - 676 pages
...then Bismarck stepped forth and read aloud the following Proclamation to the German People : — " We William, by God's grace King of Prussia, hereby...German Princes and Free Towns having addressed to MS a unanimous request to revive the German Imperial dignity, which has now been sixty years in abeyance,... | |
 | George Barnett Smith - Germany - 1887 - 372 pages
...united Germany and no Emperor, then stood forward at the King's command, and read this proclamation : ' We, William, by God's grace King of Prussia, hereby...German Princes and Free Towns having addressed to ns a unanimous call to renew and undertake with the re-establishment of the German Empire the dignity... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - Biography - 1895 - 476 pages
...empire, and then Bismarck stepped forth and read aloud the following Proclamation to the German People : "We, William, by God's grace King of Prussia, hereby...and Free Towns having addressed to us a unanimous request to revive the German Imperial dignity, which has now been sixty years in abeyance, and the... | |
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We, William, by God's grace, King of Prussia, hereby announce that the German Princes and Free Towns having addressed to us a unanimous call to renew and undertake with the re-establishment of the German Empire the dignity of Emperor... 