The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-08-03
NJ lGNItICENT PAGEANT.
THE OPENING OF REICHSTAG BY
EMPEROR WILLIAM II.
Our 70 Carolina Correspondent Write
OF the Objects of Interest to be Seen in
Berlin.


the statements Of the contemporaueouS
| press be correct, Berlin witnessed Oh Mon
| day last the most magnificent pageant in
| the history of the German Empire the Oc-
casion being the opening of Reichstas by
| Emperor William H. Since the death of
his royal father the young Emperor had
kept himself very clo- ely within the walls
OF the Palace at Charlottenburg. and on
Sunday evening when he drove with great
pomp into the capital city Of Germany for
the first time as its Emperor the enthusi-
asm OF the populace knew no bounds Per
haps a few words about the location of the
haunts of royalty may not be without in
terest in this connection.
| Charlottenburg, where. it will be re.
membered, the late Emperor endured 50
| patiently many weary months Of suffering
is the western suburb of Berlin and must
! be distinguished from Potsdam which is a
much more magnilic Mt suburb on the east
ern side OF the city and where his Males
| ty, alter SO many brilliant military achieve
ments, tiually succumbed to the grim mon
ster. meeting this last enemy with such
fortlt ade. as said the President of the
Reichstag, THAT his corquests. by com
| parlson. We're laid in the shade
Separating Char'otteubnrg from Berlin
Is a beautiful park two miles long and
nearly half as wide, known AS the Thier-
| garten, resembling in many respects Cen.
tral Park, New York but with a better
| geological collection and much more pro
fusely ornamented with 5 atuary aud other
works Of art. Through the whole length
of this delightful park from Charlotten-
| burg runs a broad and rfectly straight
avenue densely shaded by stately elms aud
| chestnuts whose branches intermingle
overhead in forming an archway Of great
beauty. At the end Of this road nearest
| the city stands the Brandenburg gate, 205
| feet in width and 50 feet high, surmount
| ed by an attractive group Of statuary i'll
copper, representing Victoria. This
| imposing structure has five different en-
frances separated by massive Doric col
| umns, the central passage being reserved
exclusively for royal carriages. Coutinu-
Gus with the Charlottenburg road on the
eastern side OF the gate stretches nter den
| Linden, the most attractive street in Ber-
| lin and its main artery Of business and
| fashi n. reminding me forcibly OF Penn
| sylyania avenue Of our own capital city
This street, which is SO feet wide by one
| mile in length, was laid off more than two
| hundred years ago by Frederick William
who planted ou each side double row of
| lime trees whence the king it
| the most delightful boulevard in Europe
outside of Paris Leaving the Branden-
| burg gate behind, let US walk up the Lin
den while the Emperor prepares for his
| brilliant entrance into the city, and we
| will reach the Palace in time to see his
| courtly train. Here on our right the first
thing of interest which we notice is the
| Telegraph and Pneumatic Post office where
| kilograms and letters are BLOWN to all
parts of the city by the action of compress
ed air. Opposite this is the Guard House,
! but we will keep out Of that as long as
| possible. That handsome structure on the
| right is Prince Blucher's Palace but is
now o. cupied by the Austrian Embassy,
and on the opposite side of the street
| stands the Palace of the French Embassy.
| The apart ments occupied by the L. S. Le-
| cation are in a vely handsome building
| five blocks to our right from here, on
| Mohren Strasse where from one of the
windows our stars and stripes float majes-
| tically III the breeze reminding us that
| even here, more than four thousand miles
| from home, we will be vouchsafed the
| rights of American citizens 50 long as we
| behave ourselves.
Mr.. Pendleton is recuperating from his
| recent severe illness. though be is still un-
able to attend to the duties of his office
and we viii miss his presence in the royal
| procession to morrow. We hurry on past
| the palaces of various counts and enbas-
sizes and soon reach the Aquarium where
| we glance at a splendid collection of fish,
| amphiblous animals. birds, snakes, &c. 1t
| is amusing to see the snakes eat, because
one is 50 glad it is not oneself they are
| chewing on. 4 few blocks further on we
| come to the American Exchange where We
| inscribe our names in a book kept for he
| registration of Americans in Berlin, and
accept from the polite clerk an invitation
| to attend an excursion and picnic near
here on the 4th of July. gotten up by the
| managers of the Exchange. for Americans
| in this city. We will find the biggest ban
| danna to be had within an area of ten
miles and lay ii up against that day. The
next building Of interest is the Academy Y
| of Arts and Sciences on our left, and a
little further on ne stand in front of one
! of the gre attest institutions of learning in
existence, the University of Berlin. For
merly the main building of the L University
was the Palace Of Prince Henry, brother of
| Frederick II, but was remodelled i'll 1909,
and is now admirably adapted for its pres
ent use. The Geological Museum, Chris
tian Museum, (for philosophical sequence
see Darwins ''Oriein Of the Species J.,
Mineral Cabinet, Library. Anatomical Dis
secting Room. Chemical Laboratory, Phys
Illogical Physical, Pathological and Mid
wfery Institutes are III separate buildings
Dut FORM pdIlS Ol JulS Iteal lIllNttSil y .
We cannot take these III now for the crowd
on the boulevard is increasing rapidly and
| policeman tells US that the Kaiser and
| kaiserin will soon drive in. Where we
now stand only the royal Guard House and
Arsenal are between rs and the Spree,
while across the Linden with its flag pole
bare, rises the Palace Of Emperor William
| which Was the private property of the
grandfather of the present Emperor. Let
US go over and get nearer view The
plain white curtains Of the room on the
| ground floor to our left are closely drawn.
The corner window is where the good old
Emperor used to stand for short while
every morning after making his toilet and
look out on the busy street. Everything
in there remains Just rs he left it three
months ago. for the German people wor-
shipped William |, and his room is one OF
the most sacred spots in the world to them
Two Of the Royal Guards stand on the
porch and anon a young lady in heavy
mourning comes to the window, glances
out on the impatient crowds which now
line the roadway several thick and ther
disappears. | cannot tell you who she is
but am sure she is deeply interested il
what is going on. We leave the Princes:
to her meditations at tie window and wall
on past the Royal Opera House with it
Corinthian columns and exquisite sculp
tured corridors and stand for a momen
to admire the Palace of the Crown Prime,