Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-06-21
The Triumphal Entry into Berlin.

| Z BERLIN, June 16--The triumphal entrN
] of the army and the Inauguration of thu
1 equestrian statue of King Frederick VIII.
| liam III, took place to-day, in exact ac.
cordance with the programme given in tho
Imperial proclamation of the 18th. The
weather was favorable for the display, and
the city was crowded with people who
have been thronging hitheT for the fort
night. The streets on the line of march
were superbly decorated, and i'm the public
squares triumphal arches were raised and
platforms erected to accommodate thous.
ands of spectators.
The procession was one of the most mag.
nificent of modern times. Headed by the
eagles and standards captured from the
French, ii marched in the order set forth
in the Imperial programme from the Tenn
pie of Field to the palace, between two
rows of cannon, numbering some two
thousand, taken during the war;, At i'm
tervals along the line monuments formed
of captured arms were erected.
After the first division OF the victorious
column had passed the Brandeuburg gate,
the Emperor, with the German Princes in
his train, preceding the army, was received
at the portal by deputations from the mu-
nicipal governments of Berlin and the
principal cities of Germany. Addresses of
welcome and congratulation were pre-
sented, when the Emperor, at the head of
brilliant cortege, rode down the Via
IriDluDhdiis, which had been constructed
in honor of the occasion. The road was
strewn with flowers, as he advanced, by
hundreds of young girls dressed in white.
The army then entered the gate with the
Prussian Guards at the head of the line.
1t was mainly composed of detachments
representing every regiment which took
part in the war, each bearing the regi-
mental colors. Some of the regiments,
we'll known to the Berliners and others,
which had particularly distinguished
themselves during the campaign, received
special ovations, the people breaking into
their ranks, browning them with wreaths,
and overwhelming them with flowers.
When the procession had concluded its
march, the Emperor proceeded to unvail
the statue of his father, Frederic William
III. All the dignitaries of the Empire,
the victorious generals, and the members
of the German Parliament assisted at the
ceremony, in the presence of the army
and countless multitude of spectators.
The veil of the statue was removed amid
TREMENDOUS cheering, the firing of can
non, and music from the military bands
The Emperor, standing at the foot of the
statue, delivered n speech, closing with
these words:
"This monument, which was projected in
time of peace, now becomes the memorial
of one of the most brilliant though bloodiest
of modern wars. May the peace so dearly
achieved be q lasting one ~
The ceremonies closed with the confer
ring of honors on the Notorious comman-
ders. Numerous order' were granted by
the Emperor, and the hereditary commad
of the most distinguished regiments was
given to various Generals and Princes
Among those who received these marks
of fame from the hands of the Emperor
were Prince George Of Saxony and Prince
Leopold of Bavaria. General Won Room
was elevated to the rank of Count of the
Empire, and General Won Moltke was
made Field Marshal of the Imperial army
Tonight the entire city is illuminated,
and the rejoicings are at their hight