The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-08
FOREIGN.
GERMANY AND SPAIr.

MADRID, Sept. l3-We have at last
entered upon uew episode in the affairs
of Spain--tLat at dipiunntic recep'ipns
Now that Germany iiads it To her Interests
To puck quarrel with France once more,
in the train of her Ambassador, the corps
DIP 'omatiqne is again entering NJ lirii
Yesterday We Witnessed a spectacle that
viii vie in brillia"cy With any similar dis
rlsy in the pal'ny days of Lady Isabel IL.
There were guady state coaches, drawu by
solemn courser-, beplumed AMI bedizercl;
there were iiuselled and powdered footmen,
fresh from the excavations Of the royal
palaces; there were gny hnnginss and
tapestry and flowers, such only as old
Spain, s.lll fonding the illusions of her
past great story, can xtfurd to. bring out.
And a.. this for the official reception Of a
brace # foreign ministers, whose masters
have suddenly seen something worth rec
ogn,iAg in a government which the coun
try itself has not yet been permitted to
recognize. and
+ Va UNDER WHOSE IRON HEEL
it groans as il sever did in the days o.
o'D )nnell and Gonzales Brabo. Still
crowd gathered on tire shady si.e Of the
street height of Aicala, where tie Pre,i-
dents ufcial residence stands; l. crowd
that eager yet patient, stood it through
~
Spaniards like crimson and goll, and
plumes and show. W ere it net SO they
would deny their Gal!o-Celtic origin.
While the Ambassadors were being sent
for in the state coaches, a comp any of
engineers, with music and banaers, arrived
aud formed in front Of the Presidency to
do the honors meet 70 the august occasIou.
The grand staircase sHas rich,v decor ated
with flowers aud n,irrors, and cuncealed
beneath pieces Of luxurious tapestry
Ancient ushers of the old royal househ d
vested in their traditional uniforms. stood
guard at he door 0f the salon. At last,
all being ready, the first netahle of The
twain, the Count yon Hatfield, minister OF
the German Empire, appeared aid drove
up to the palace at 2 2. m. lie VAS ac-
comranied by Brig. Gen. o. Lawor, chief
of gen. Serraue's staff, aud IN foilow ng
carriage came tie personnel of .he Lega.
ton. The band now struck up the Royal
March, the troops presented arms, and the
lutroduccr OF Amhassadors--an Office re-
established the day be eiore-announced
THE MINISTER OF GERMANY.
In the Hall of Recer ton Marshal Serrano
WAS accompanied by the Minister Of State
(Unoa), the CAPT. General Of Madrid
; primo de Riveral, and various other mil
tary and civil potentsses. Cpuat Hatfield
stepped forward, and the Marshal Dlke de
Ia Tore stepped forward handed the latte.
bis credentials, and then unfolding = paper,
/ read the following discourse:
! My Lord Duke: The Emperor, my au
gust soy eIeign, desiring to contribute, as
far as in him lies to the restoration ot
peace and order, and at the same time, Il
give Spun tIesh proof ~ bis sympathy
has resolved to enter upon pficial rel.tions
with the executive poxers represented BY
Your Excellency, aud whose authority i:
recognized by the large majsrity of the
Spanish IatiOn.
7 In ensrustin: me with the faiterirI,
nlission of his representative ia this coun
try, the Euaperor's government desires t,
prove It's intimate convictions that the GOV
srnment of Your Excellency will succee,
in restoring order and peace to Spain
while continuing to dsfena the eouserya
! tive principals which have hitherto ch.rac
, terixed it.
Il deem myself happy to have been select
ed to represent Germany near Your Excel
leucy, aud all my effort. will B. dhecte