, 1870-10-29
The King OF Prussia MT Versailles

Tho London Times correspondent at Yer
sailles describes the entry Of the King Of ptua-
Ella 10 the historical headquarters OF French
royalty. He says: "The entry Of the kirg
into Versailles WIS simply what It w,s-A groai
historical event. But shsre was no Atsanipt to
make show or extract capltal cut Of it. The
kiug j. nov virtually the head Of armed Ger
Presidents, con-u's, and Empernra OF France,
BY right OF conquest, quite sure that ii
the Lord had not been on his side his o1n
eGorts at tho head Of the German people
Tould hare aralled uuss..ing. Il ia nut 80
essy to regulate royal journey in the 1iiii3ss
Of var AS II maybe when royal timetables
are expected to he true to the minute.
There arc many unforeseen obstacles-
..ccccTes turn out to see-the King; Generals At
the bead Of their stans are At tncir heAdquar-
ters 10 do him honor there IL kind Of in
formal levee along ths line; there ate hos
pitals in the field, convoys, ambulAnces,
trains, and, above al. there u the study Of
ground. The Crown Prince, attended
Gutenberg, Colonel Won Gottberg,
and q certain number OF the men3.
bers Of his stad, left Les Ombrages early in
the afternoon, In order to mest;fhe King on
~ The march Of the Prusaian battalious in
garrison, with drums and ffes playing, and
tl'e bauas now and then relieving them, put
the population on the alert. and many hun
DIR ds Of the peopla Of Versailles, men and
women and children, locked toward Porte de
ui, their positions alonE the street aud in front
oi the Prefecture to SEQ Le Aoi Guiaau.ue
and .,Ce Gismark' enter the
City Of the K,ngs. There was no
dense crowd any where. Many. Of the
which WAS pronpfly lined by, the troops, al
Eoet from the Barrier up 10 the gates OF the
Prefecture At the left of the gates a COM
pAny Of infantry, with the colors, I think, OF
the Hfty-eighth Regiment, was drawn up
great crowd Of cficezs were assembled in 4
picturesque n,eldnge Of uniforms, hsnkcd By
crcwd CT people Of the town en- bouraeoise,
and inclosiig groups Of strangers, among
! whom were General Hazen, United States
Army, and General Percy Herbert Tho baud
left near the colers, and the people we're allow
| cd to como quite close to the grille nrd up
| to the elbows Of the officers who lad assem-
bled to pay their respects to His Majesty. On
tho whole, there YVES not, think, ~ many
people in the streets Is there were on the ar
Prussians in Versailles may have worn on ;
but surely King Of Prussia, entering ns con-
queror, must le something worth seeing.
After several 'falee STARTS 4 train Of dusty
carriages, preceding the royal escort, gave
that shock to tho multitude winch the prslirn-
nanes Ct the great event they are assembled
to wlhcsa Always produce. At 5:s5
the cheers OF tic troops which lined tho Rne
des ChAntle1s he1alded the arrival Of tue
Kin6 1t last. Tie officers in front Of the
Prefecture formed front. Tie cheers sounded
nearer. A peloton OF lancers, with their lsnces
lowered, swept round the corner and took up
their post on the right front Of the Profec-
turc. These we're followed by small body
OF Dragons Of gendafmeric. Then came the
stahlmeister and come mounted equenies.
Officer, It whose heels clAttezed .
troop OF lancers, with lances raised, who
wheeled round and halted On the flank Of the
rest Of the squadron. Next, IL an open car.
rage, ,sppea1ed the King. He vas covered
aud strong. On his left was the Grown
Prince, dusty and gorous-lookinE also. Tho
troops cheered. the coicra were lowered, the
band burst into wild triumphl biarc OF
drums and trumpets, aud the whole crowd OF
ofieers, with up,aised sasq9ss, and caps, ,1 and
up some thirty yaris IN front Of tho IRE
lecture, and the King bounded rathes
than stepped out Of it, followed ~ the Crowd
Prince. His officers pressed forward to Erec'
him, and, with that pecular mixture Of FRO
not initiate, ,luonged close to the King. Il.
| shook lanJs most warmly With Gererals vol
, | Flchlach, volste Hhetz, and others, and tLen
. | With the Grown Prince = little belund him
| stzode on to inspect, sccordiog to custom. th'
color company, drawn up on ne lett Of tn
, houo,s. HIS Majesty walked along the front o
, the lipe and. As he went, the crowd Of Princes
pukeY Generals. and officers broke their place
+ aud followed him, being in turn Eemmed In b.
, the crowd, 10 Hhon, IN general. tho ge"dar1ne
cleared-no order kept, and the people 60
j quite cloee TO the person Of the royal COZ
Guerog. The excitement was quiet. As th
q Ring turned, be thook bands with tho men
, bersol the great German Confederation. who's
3 and then 10 talk TO eome old soldier, servant {
soma familiar friend. and followed BY tt
Crown Prince, General Blumenthal, Colon
GottberE. and his stah. he strode at las
vigorous, stsaieht, and strong, into the cour
= yald Of the Prefecture, turned round ar
t. saluted tie uniformed multitude, md the
paesed into tho hall, over tho portal Of whic
vas waving the EoyA standard. IT
u crowd slowly dispersed, but it was 1or
); before the groups Of cit:zens we're broke
l. up, and they stood IN front Of the Pr
g visitor. 'Cest IN bel honme, q cse1kz GU
u ldt.r1t n7dts je eereis frr content, po1tTf0n
de na'toir pas ru le bon Roi de Pr1Asae Fe
o sdiues' Count Nsmask came into the hot
+ des Reservoirs At ha'f-past s, dusty al
70 and ordered dinner In the sale masge
e which was crowded with the ha61t't
"a OF the place. Recognizing General Bur
+ side, who was seated At ta+
in with General Sheridan, GaneEal Fossvsa, =,
sH. Forl es, he took eb.u bsss'.ss them = !.
l. antest way possible W.T. The forme; T respe s
se ing bis v'sit to P.lis. Over his head on I
of wall there ws:s n map. and once he raised ]
I'd eyes to T. and SAID: tAh! / map OF Germs