New-York tribune., 1878-12-26
AN EMPEROR WELCOMED.

| TTEs-AN IMPERIAL COMMERs.
| lFROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT THE TRIBUNE
| BERLIN, Dec. 6.-Not since the return of the
newly crowned Emperor from Versailles in 1871
has Berlin witnessed such a as that of yester-
day. For a week, editors have been celebrating
patriotic sentences, and poets training their muse to
burst forth into song in the Kaiser's honor.
Since last Monday, crowds of workmen have
been hurryng through the streets, followed
| by huge wagons loaded with mysterious German
machines. With an utter regardlessness of expense
these bands have driven the pick and bar INTO the
pavement and obstructed thoroughfares with their
tools, while the superIntendents of the work have
walked mp and down, aud issued their orders with
tone full Of apparent conviction that not only
Berlin. but all, workers and sight-seers, were made
especially to add some what to the glory of the Im
perial reception.
Before the Enperors palace, Inter den Linden.
high trumpha arch rose over the broad avenue.
Yesterday this was covered with silk flags and rich
cloths embroidered with notices, most OF them
texts from the Bible. The only one had time to
read as / was swept along in tremendous
crowd, was "The Lord watch over thee in
thy outgoings and thy incOmngs," The KaiseTs
affection and reverence for this Book gave to some
of the most highly decorated buildings an appear
ance somewhat like that of the Hippodrome during
Sir. MO0dy's famous meetings. The Germans know
at least enough of the Bible to quote texts from it
for such occasions. All the way from the Palace to
| the Brandenburg Gate, through K0niggratzer-st.,
to the Potsdam Railroad station, huge poles had
been ranged along the sides in the holes made by
tearing up the pavement. Early yesterday morn
ing they were trimmed with what we would call
Christmas greens, and hung with gay coored
bunting. At the great gate the Committee
of Arrangements had made extraordinary
efforts. Against the sides of this massive
structure, counterpart, II is SAID OF the Propylea
at Athens huge scatfOlding had been built, under
which, yesterday, on its removal appeared curious
excresccnces that last night shot forth all manner
of brilliant lights. But at the station where the
Kaiser was to make his entrance the committee had
strained brain and heart to the utmost to prepare
| most dazzling series of festoOned arches and gor-
geousy-decUrated 0be.isks. Wednesday night the
city was evidently III condition of great excite
ment. Men talked more loudly than usual III the
cafes Tie walters gave more width and life to the
usual smile of greeting to their customers, lOr
which somewhat larger fee was expected
and usually received. The old women who sell
parer, on the corner of the Arcadc-ncwsbOys are
unknown here, or Ut least have no. yet seen one
looked as if the dropping of few pfennfgs extra In
the open palm was the proper thing to be done by
every truly patriotic Bcriner If an accurate CEN
sus could be- taken, am sure 1t would be louhd that
there was q large number of beds Wednesday nlght
to which sleep refused to come. Should Fourth OF
.July. which in America one speaks of almost an
individual personality, take to itself flesh and
bones and together with Santa Claus accept pub
lie reception in New-York. then may you ex-
pect 10 see and feel there what Berlin felt
and saw il tho few hours before the Kaiser
WAS 10 make bis entrance. For several days
We had not seen the sun, and most of the time
We looked out on splashing drops of rain. but one
Of the snopkeepers said on Wednesday night. :" 1t
will not rain Tomorrow" 1t Is German proverb,
Good weather when the Kaiser comes" and 1t in
creased greatly the confidence Of the Nation III this
old saw tlat il was not till the Emperor had passed
through the doors of his Palace that the big drops
began again 10 make circles IN the pools which lay
IN the centre OF many OF the streets.
The official committee were not by any means the
only ones who cXcrcd themselves IN the work OF
decoration. Every house the whole length of
the Inter dcn Linden was covered with hags
and hung with greens. Ia the less arIstocratIc
portions OF tie city, well, innumerable
prussian and German banners hung from the win
dows of almost every story Many of the largest
and finest shops had swept everything out of then
show-windows to make room for an oil painting or
Inst of tho Emperor eucirclcd with flowers, ana
crowned with laurel. Az o o'clock Thursday a. H.
the students Of the University, some 5000 III num-
bcr began to assemble IN the CaStania Park behind
the lecture halls. The word had been passed the
day before among the Americans to meet around
their flag. which would be found by Hegcls statue
The hour had Just struck reached the place but
already q number of persons were RANGED under
the folds of the stars and stripes. The mild,
beautiful face of the founder Of the Hegellan
School Of Philosophy looked down upon us with
apparent approval. The officers oil the different
university corps, wearing swords and a prolusiou
of ribbons, aud mounted on fiery stccdS, hired Tor
thc occasion from some livery stable, rode wildly
in and out among the crowd. by 10 o'clock the
noIice were in line. By IL O'Clock, after we had
stood firmly by our flag for two hours, the order
came TO march. The crowd everywhere was inn
mense. In some way our little band OF tbiry-elght
became separated from the other 2,9G2 uni
verslty students. We were swallowed up by
an unsympathiZing mass, to whom DIR nag
was "A wonder and ourselves were curI-
osiy. We looked wildly for some ribbon-be-
dccked corps-Ocer. but they had forgotten our ex-
istcnce and that of the land whose ilag we carried.
Five minutes more would have thrown our un-
drilled ranks into panic AT TINS crltlcal Omeht,
n mounted policeman, dlyiniDg tho true condition
of things, opened path for us, and with run ike
that of Ellsworths Zouaves, rushed up the Lin
dents column. Instead of losing any of our num-
her by this experience, we had increased it by two.
While rushing about among the crowd, our ranks of
three each were broken, and in moment found
by my side two young men who said that they
were students, had lost their companions,
but were Swiss Republicans. and would be
clad TO march under our flag. We adopted
them at once. At 1880 we reached the place
assigned TO u.s. about half way between the Palace
and the Brandenburg Gate. We could not have
desired better position. We were close to the