Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-28
SECOND EDITION.
FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 40. 1888
"GERMANIA.n "
A JOYOUS GALA DAY IN GERMAN,

A JOYOUS GALA DAY IN GERMANY.
Unveiiing OF tho Great statue on tho Rhine
"A Description OF tho Monument
Other Affairs In Europe.
WiEsBADEN, Germany, Sept. 29.-Tho
Emperor William and the German princes
have arrived hero. All the hotels and
lodging houses here and in tho noighbor
hood are OVERLOOKING with visitors. The
| streets are decorated with flags banners
and patriotic notices. Besides the Ger.
| man princess, the princesses, tho mayors
| of Hamburg, Bremen and Lubbock and
nearly every provincial town and military
and civil government will be present. The
army will be well represented. There will
be also about $1,000 members Of the
Kricgor Vcreine, | 1000 members of various
singing societies and 5000 turner's.
Tne Joyous Fa,heriand.
BiEGEN, Germany, Sept. 2S-l T.. NJ
| Salutes from the batteries hero and from
| the guns on the hills are now being fired
announcing the unveiling Of the statue of
"Germauia" on tho -Niederwald. The
| church bells are ringing. The steam
whistles on the steamers anchored in tho
Rhine are sounding and tho whole vast
assombage on the Niedorwald is singing
! the national anthem.
| Kaiser Wilhelm at Rudephein.
RUDEsHEIM, Sept. 2S.-Tho Emperor
William and Prince Frederick William
| arrived here ut noon and were received
| with great enthusiasm and cheering.
] The Monument.
RUDEsuEiM, Germany, Sept. 2S.-Tho
| total cost of the statue of tho national
monument, Germania," which was
unveiled today on the Nciderwald, was
! over /, 600 coo marks.
A Description of IL.
Tho Germania monument il an inspiring
feature on the landscape of the Rhine.
The Ncderwad, on which it is erected, is
| over seven hundred feet high, and the
spot chosen overlooks one of the most
beautiful points of tho river-whoro the
troops marched past into the war, and
where King William, returning from
| France, "saluted the Rhine for the first
| time as Kaiser" The monument attains
the height of 10 feet, consisting of sub
structure, a quadrangular stone base con
tanning relief, pedestal and the figure of
| Germania, the latter being about Thirty
three feet in height. In front of the sub
structure there are sculptured the figures
of Father Rhine and the nymph Moselle.
| Tho Moselle is represented by young
| woman of ideal beauty, who is receiving
| from the hands of Father Rhine a large
| watch horn. At either side are figures of
| great beauty, the ono symbolizing
War being represented by young
| Roman warrior with drawn sword, call
| ing his comrades together by tho sound
of tho trumpet to defend the threat.
ened fatherland. The other statue
is an angelic figure representing Peace. y
The two figures illustrate the first line and
the refrain of tho "Wacht am Hhein,' v
"Es braust Elm Ruff vie Donncrhall," and
"Leib Vaterland kannSt ruhig sein. v
The arrangements of the figures is supcrl
and the embellishments are of consummatt
beauty and skill. This arrangement was
a very difficult matter, but Professor
| Schlling accomplished it with eXtraordin
| ary appropriateness. Bencth the relief arc
inscribed tho verses of the "Watch ou the
Rhine" ending with the refrain -
| Fost steht und treu die wacht am EhCin,
The two relicfs on the sides OF the
square represent "The Departure o
the War" and "The Return OF the War.
la tho first the order for mobilization ha
been given. Tho relief is divided into
three groupings. Around tho foot of tho
pedestal, on which the figure of Germans
stands, are the arms of the various Germa
monarchs. Above these is tho folowin
inscription
IN MEMORY
or THE
| UNANIMOUS AND YICrOmOUs RISING
OF THE
GERMAN PEOPLE,
| AND THE
| RE-EsrABLIsHMENT or TaE GETMAN EMPIRE.
| lSIO-lS1l.