Wichita eagle., 1888-01-10
THE KAISER COMES.
low THE PEOPLE or BERLIN well
COME THEIR SOVEREIGN.

He Rides FYOB tine h2fHO90 SS3x1Ou
| Almost Alone-A Crowd Waiting for
the Emperor-His Appearance at the
! Observation-Disclosures ~
The emperor has come home, Berlin Is
again city Of life and hustle, and the Ger
man crowd again daily gathers Inter den
! Linden to see it's beloved kaiser come to the
palace window and bow and smile to them.
| His home coming, after his two months alb
sence, was in simple fashion except for the
| crowd that awaited hita.
He was to come in from his BabeBbere
| palace, near Potsdanl, an hour from BefliH,
on Aug. 81 Hs would arrive at 30 O'Clock,
so the police OF duty near the palace in
formed the crowd gathering there as early as
| 9 o'clock They waited hour after hour,
some holding to good points Of view, others
moving up and down the Linden.
TIE crowd before the ernperor's palace is
an every day scene when he is here. The
people never tire Of It. The feeling grows
| with the years of the cid sovereign, for they
| know that a man past 80 is not likely to smile
and bow to them from his window much
longer. The German crowd is not gentle
one 1t pushes and scrambles and is frequently
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people will stand for two or Three hours before
the emperor's palace, patiently waiting, and
almost SILENT They viii push and press for
eligible places, but without any words. Ii
the people choose to stand before the palaces
all day, they may do SO, provided they do
not encroach On TIE drive. They usually fall
| back to the open space about the big eques-
TRAN statue Of Frederick the Great Here
the polies do not, perhaps dare not, interfere.
This is directly in front of the emperors win
dows But on the day of the kaiser's return
the crowd was much too large for the protec-
ton Of Frederick the Great. It spread all
along the Linden, where the kaiser drove from
the station.
THE EMPERoR's ARRIVAL
allow will the emperor comeT asked of
German workman standing near by.
"Oh, like anybody else. Alone, perhaps, in
his plain carriage, you know"
little later plain, oIen victoria and
pair Of black horses left the palace gates and
ftrove 10 the station to BRING the emperor.
The emperor was not quite alone. His ia
vorite aide; Count LehenaerffJ whe is usually
with him, sat on hss left, Wearing Tie brilliant
uniform of the Garde du Corps, his silver
helmet shining out from the tuft Of white
feathers The emperor's uniform was that of
an infantry general and was strikihsly plain.
It was of dark blue cloth, the coat alone re-
lieved by collar and cuffs of scarlet cloth He
wore cap Of dark blue cloth, with a band Of
scarlet cloth around it.
As he slowly drove along the Linden, smil-
ing his hand raised in salute, looking not at
all like sick man, but quite well, the cheers
broke forth, and, like wave OF sound, rolled
on after him, swelling into "Hoch! Hochl
Hoch!" shouts of delight and satisfaction.
And when the carriage passed on to the pal
ace door the crowd rushed across the street,
closed in about the portico, and the police
made an effort to stay the tide.
The kaiser stepped from the lowly victoria.
not as man of 80, but as one twenty years
younger might. A little stoop of the shoulders,
but otherwise the tall form is erect The
kaiser has never used a cane, and viii not
use one now. But his step does not show the
feebIeness and uncertainty OF extreme age
No footman was in attendance Count Le-
hendorff passed around the carriage to the
emperor's side aud waited for him to go in,
then followed into the palace The trim
young coachman in black and silver livery
drove slowly back to the gate handling the
ribbons with conscious pride. The crowd
watched the carriage IL pleased silence until
it disappeared behind the gates. Then the
people moved about to rest themselves.
But not to go away.
AT THE WINDOW.
They waited nearly another hour. The 90
lice told them that the emperor would hardly
come to the window; that he was fatigued
and must get well rested for the review the
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they waited Umbrellas were put down to
give an unobstructed view of the corner win
dow, where the emperor most often appears
All the babies were hoisted on the shoulders
of their fathers or raised as high as possible
in their mothers arms, and the small bows
squeezed into every opening along the front
OF the crowd.
Then the emperor came to the window. as
they knew he would. They threw up hats,
waved handkerchels, and shouted anu dashed
in mass across the street to get nearer the
window. Then "Hoch! Hoch. Hochi" ex-
pressing the height of German enthusiasm,
burst out, and the shouts must have pene-
trated the very walls OF the palace. The fine,
kindly face at the window beamed with
Smiles and tbs next minute the old kaiser had
his handkerchief up waving it at the crowd.
Then the men and women laughed with de-
light, the babies clapped their hands, and the
small boys, irrepressible in Germany as else
where, vented their JOY in shrill whistles 1t
was enough for che day. The kaiser was at
home, the people We're satisfied and the crowd
dispersed
Later in the afternoon the empress came,
driving quietly from the station, unattended
to the palace. Her open carriage was drawn
by pair of brown horses, and the coachman,
a smooth faced young fellow, wore silver and
brown livery. The empress is fifteen years
younger than the emperor, but looks more
than fifteen years his senior. Few people
were about, and the empress arrival caused
no demonstration New York Sun.