The Portland daily press., 1888-06-19
WILLIAM TO THE PRUSSlANS.
The Young Monarch's Promise TO
Promote His Peoples happiness,
And the Arbitrary lActs with Which
He Began His Reign.
The Address to the Army Received
with Apprehension.


BERLIN, June 1S.-The following is En-
peror Williams proclamation in full:
To my People:
Gods decree has once more plunged us in
to the most poignant sorrow. The tomb has
scarcely closed over the mortal remains Of,
| my neVer-to-be-forg0tten grandfather, when
dis Majesty, my warmly loved father, is also
called from this life into everlasting peace.
Inc heroic energy, prompted by the Chris
tlan self-sacrlnce with which, despite his
suffering, he knew how TO fulfill his kingly
duties, seemed to justify the hope that he
would be preserved to the Fatherland still
longer God willed differently. The royal
sufferer, whose heart beat responsive to all,
was great and beautiful. He only had a few
months granted TO him to display on the
throne the noble qualities Of mind and heart
which won him the love Of his people. The
virtues which adorned him, and the victories
| which he achieved on the battlefield will re-
herman hearts beat. An imperishable
| glory will illumine his chivalrOus figure
| IN the history of the Fatherland. Called to
the throne OF my fathers, / have assumed
tne government looking up to the King OF
Kings and have vowed TO God that, after the
examples of my fathers, will be Just and
clement prince to my people, that will fos-
TER plety and the fear of God, that l will
| protect the peace and promote the welfare
oI the country, and that l will be helper Of
| the poor and distressed. and a true guardian.
in praying God for strength to
fulfil these kingly duties, which his
ported BY confidence in the Prussian
people, which glance at our past history
gives me. In good and evil, the Prussian
people have always stood by their King.
| Upon this fidelity, which my fathers have
found an indissoluble bond at al. times of
dlihculty and danger, 1 rely, with conscious
ness OF returning 1t from the bottom Of my
heart as the faithful PRINCE Of faithful peo-
PIE, Doth equally strong In their devotion to
| their common Fatherland From this con-
sclousness OF the reciprocated love uniting
me ana my people, l derive confidence that
| God Will y0uchsafe me strength and wisdom
70 exercise my kingly Office for the welfare
Oh the fatherland, WILHELM.
| The New Kalser's First Acts.
New YORK, June 1s.-The Herald's Eu-
ropean edition says:
Ii straws show which way the wind blows
two things which Kaiser Wilhelm III. did on
the very instant of his fathers death, and
which caused general comment, ought to
arouse the gravest apprehensions for the
future. Kaiser Friedrich died at twelve
minutes past eleven o'clock on Friday morn
Ing The then Crown Prince William, to-
gether with other members of the Imperial
family, was beside the Emperor's deathbed.
AT the very moment Of death the Crown
frince walked out Of the chamber, and gave
orders to his ald-de-camp, Major Baron Won
| Natzner, to have the palace surrounded by
fresh cordons of troops, and sent another
ofilcer to order the regiment Of hussars of
the guard to patrol the guards, and to let no
one In and to let no one go out
i The hussars arrived at smart trot and
dld their duty admirably. Even Sir Morrell
mackenzie was Tor half an hour held pri-
p;,. soner; Even the passes given by Prince
| Seckendortf, the late Emperor's Chamberlain.
were annulled within two minutes after
Kaiser Friedrich's death.
- A friend OF mine, provided with one of the
aoi Marshafs passes, who was in the palace
at the time OF the Emperor's death, was un-
aDle TO get out, and was kept a prisoner In
| the guard house from half-past eleven until
| hve o'clock in the afternoon. All Potsdam
was patrolied by troops exactly as II in war
Tune Ia the presence of an enemy. This rig
Id and uncalled for military measure was the
very hrst act OF the new Emperor
The second act was to order the Imperial
purple standard to be hoisted on his own
| young Emperor's Imperial standard was
| noisted within FIVE minutes after his fathers
| death, so that not much time was lost in as
sertlng his Imperial authority.
Ihese We're the the first two acts Of the
young Emperor. No one dares say much
uheasiness, and are regarded as embIematie
oil what is to come by and by.
The Funeral In Potsdam.
PoTsDAM, June 1S-This morning Pots
dam was in mourning. and emblems of grief
were to be seen everywhere, all the way
from the castle to the church, where the fu-
neral was to take place. Torches and cres-
cents were seen, illumining with their pale
flames. In the morning light everywhere
rose huge tlagstaffs and poles, bearing BAN
ners with mourning devices. The troops
which take part in the funeral ceremonies,
consist Of one combined infantry battalion,
two combined cavalry squadrons, two COM
bined batteries of artillery, a regiment of
the guard corps from Berlin and similar
combined battalions and batteries from
Spandau. Prince Bismarck and Count won
Moltke and a number Of foreign princes ar
rived at Potsdam this morning. The rail-
way stations at Berlin and Potsdam were
closed against the public. Crowds gathered
outside of these buildings, and soldiers and
police were posted all around the stations to
keep back the crowd. The palace at Pots
dam was guarded like fortress.
AT O'Clock this morning bells were tolled
the Emperor's funeral took their places
around the coffin. After the singing Of sew
eral hymns the commanders Of the twelve
regiments OF which the late Emperor was
chief officer, carried the coffin to the hearse
Eight majors then took the horses by the
brides, and the procession started for the
church. After the service at the church,
Chaplain Koegel pronounced the benedic-
tlon. There was no sermon. After the fir
ing Oh voileys and minute guns by troops,
the mourners took their departure.
Before leaving the Empress bent over the
CONN ana took solemn farewell look at her
dead husband. The court preacher then re-
peated the closing prayer and the choir sang.
In the procession from the castle to the
church the Prince of Wales walked with the
emperor and King of Saxony. Among
those who took part in the procession were
Prlnce Henry, second son Of the dead Em-
peror, and the generals OF the army, headed
by Count Won Moltke, who carried the
marshaFs staff. Bodies of the Prussian
corps and the Dragon guard brought up at
the rear of the procession.
The funeral ceremonies ended shortly be-
fore o'clock.
Prince Bismarck did not attend the fu-
neral. He is so exhausted by the recent ex-
cltement that he Is compelled to rest and
Emperor William expressly commanded him
to spare himself from attending the funeral
In Memory OF Emperor Frederick.
WASHINGTON, June 1S.-President Cleye.
land and members Of the cabinet attended
services at the German Lutheran church
this morning in memory of Emperor Freder-
ick. Many other distinguished people were
in attendance. including nearly all the mem
bers Of the diplomatic corps.
In the British Capital.
LONDON. June 1S.-Funeral services in
memory of Emperor Frederick were held
this afternoon in Westminster Abbey, Lon
don. Places were reserved for diplomats
and members of the House of Lords and
House of Commons. The war Office and
admiralty ordered that minute guns be 6red
and that flags be placed at haif-mast ON
British military and naval stations at home
and abroad as mark of respect TO the mem
ory of the Emperor of Germany.
From other Lands.
CAIRO, June 1s.-A service in memory of
Emperor Frederick was held in the German
church here today.
MELBOURNE, June 1S.-Uniyersal marks
of respect for the late Emperor Of Germany
are shown here.
Comment Of the Press.
LONDON, June 1S.-The London Daily
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