The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-10-09
General Grants Trip Around the World.

General Grant left the United States
on tour around the world on May, IL,
1877, by the steamship Indiana, from
Philadelphia for Liverpool, being es-
OF the city and National Government.
He arrived at Liverpool on May 28-
the Inequalities of the city being ex-
tended to him by the Mayor. At Man
chester he received the like courtesy.
and on his arrival in London was ten
dered receptions, at which members of
the royal family were present. Military
and political clubs made him an honor
airy member. and the honorary degree
Of, d. C. L. was conferred upon him by
Oxford University. The freedom of the
City of London was next presented to
him, after which banquets, fetes and
balls followed, eliminating in dinner
given to him by the Queen at Wind
sor Castle. General Grant then
started on Continental tour, visiting
Brussels, Cologne, Frankfort and Gene
va, after that making short trips in
Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and
again returning to London. In Scot
land he was presented with the free
dom of five cities and two boroughs,
and then made a round of the English
provincial towns, leaving for France on
the oath of October. Banquets were
given to him by President MacMahon,
the American residents in Paris, and
Emile de Girardin. Visits were next
made to Gibraltar, Algiers, CONSTANT
nople, Athens, Naples and points in
Southern Europe. On January l, 1878,
he sailed from Malta for Egypt and
the Nile, visiting the Khedive at Cairo;
then travelling to Constantinople
and from thence to Athens, where
he and Mrs. Grant were formally
presented to the King and Queen
of Greece. A visit was next made
to Rome, where the General, his
wife and son jesse were presented to
the Pope by Cardinal McCloskey.
After trip through Italy, Paris was
once more visited, next Holland, Ger
many, Scandinavia, and then Russia.
At st. Petersburg the General had an
audience with the Emperor Alexander.
The rest of the year was spent in a
tour of Austria, Spain and Portugal,
and third visit to Paris. The long
deferred trip to Ireland followed, and
the ex-President was enthusiastically
greeted at Dublin, Belfast and other
points. A farewell visit was paid to
Paris, and grand dinner was given at
the Palace d'Elysee by President Mac
Mahon. On the 23d of January, 1879,
General Grant and party embarked at
Marseilles for India. Everywhere
throughout that country the eX-Presi-
dent was received with the most distin-
guished attention and consideration.
Siam was next visited, the King be-
slowing many honors upon the General.
China was the next point of travel, a
feature of the visit being the presenta-
ton of an address relative to the sub
ject of Chinese emigration to the United
States. On arriving in Japan, on the
Sd Of July, Grant proceeded direct to
Toxic, having an audience with the
Emperor on the following day. A series
of magnificent entertainments was CIV
en- in his honor, and he was burdened
with unexpected questions in regard to
Eastern policy, both sides of the Loo
choo controversy having been laid be-
fore him by Prince Kung, of China, and
the Japanese authorities. On the Sd
of September, after stay in Japan of
two months, General Grant sailed from
Yokohama, on the steamer City of To-
kio, for San Francisco, where he ar.
rived on the Goth, after an absence from
his native land of two years and -four
months. He was welcomed back by the
entire people of the Pacific coast, ire
spective of class or party.