Excerpt from The East and the West: Address Delivered at the Banquet Given by the German-Americans of New York in Honor of Grossadmiral Von Koester 1909 Any one who has followed the progress of this Celebration must have been impressed by the large part which has been taken in it by the german-american population of New You; I cannot deny myself the pleasure of saying, Mr. Chairman, in the presence of this company, what everybody knows, that no one has done more than yourself to make this Celebration what it has been. Many others have co-operated, of course, but I think I may say with literal truthfulness, that your enthusiasm, your courage, and your untiring efforts have inspired us all to do better than otherwise we should have done. But beyond all this, which is in a certain sense personal and accidental, it cannot have escaped notice that, whereas the historical parade of Tuesday revealed the cosmopolitan character of the population of New York City, the carnival parade of Saturday evening, which was of equal magnitude, was composed entirely of our fellow-citizens of German, Austrian and german-swiss descent. Three of the five concerts given for the entertainment of our guests were given by the Liederkranz, the Arion, and the United German Singers, those Splendid singing societies which have done so much for the cause of music in the City of New York. In the presence of facts like these, it is easy to believe what we are told, that one-third of the population of New York City has German blood in its veins. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.