New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-01
KAISER AND SULTAN.
ABDUL HANDS, HOSPITALITY TO HIS GER
MAN GUESTS,

Constantinople November 6.
The city has been in gala dress for four days
Offering its homage to the Emperor and Empress
of Germany. Nature has done its best 10 heighten
the impressions Of cordiality in the SutaDs recep
ton of his guests for cloudless skies and summer
temperature have left nothing to be desired in the
way of environment.
Saturday morning the little scout boat sent
out by the Navy Department came scuttlng IN
from the MaImora about half-past 10, with the
news that the feet was coming. large NUMBER
of merchant steamers anchored under the Asatio
shore opposite to the Seraglio Point dressed snip
and displayed bunting from stem 10 sterh' Two
great state caiques of the Sultan put out from
the ancient boat.h houses of the Seragho falace
and shot through the water toward the palace OF
Dolma Raohche on the Bosphorus, propelled each
by twentv-six oarsmen pulling the peculiar turkish
Immortal stroke in which the oarsmen, IN regular
rhythm of motion. rise TO their feet and make
rrofound bow which carries the blade of the oar
a, least six feet into the air before it's sudden
nlpnpe into the water. Hundreds upon hundreds
Of oajques with sight-seers focked together in
the vicinity of the palace, driven hither and
thither like a frightened school of fishes by the
officious and unsympathzing police boats Thou
sands Of spectators the Sera Clio Point on every
available foot of the Kabatash shore on the
Scutsri quay, on all the housetops that command
the outer harbor, and IN every window and bal
tony overlooking the waterfront of the great
palace, waited In patience. At last, from out
Of the midst Of the heavy autumn haze looms
the great bl0ck mass of the German ironclad the
Kaiser which has sailed right through the treaties
that bar to ronolads the passage Of the Dardanees
at its mainmast-head floats the broad yellow flag
Of the head Of the German Imperial house! The
Turkish flag rises to the foremost as it halls
the Sultan from the Threats of its black guns;
salute feeby responded to by battery Of field
pieces on the shore Close after the Kaiser comes
the yacht Hohenzolern, flying the standard of the
Impress. Then come the seven or eight other
steamers and Turkish ironclads freghted with tbe
escort OF the great visitors.
At tie sound OF tue guns all tie vessels in the
horbor, down to The little Bosphorus ferryboats,
dress slnp. The German squadron casts anchor
within o hundred yards of the palace steps. A
state barge IL lowered away from the Kaiser and
carries the Emperor TO the Hohenzollcrn where
his wife is waiting. Meanwhile the police boats
by putting forth enormous efforts cleave a lane
through the midst OF the swarm of caQues from
the ships 20 the shore. Then the multitude hold
their breath, for a Turkish crowd does not cheer
RS the Emperor and Empress descend from the
Hohenzollern into the barge from the Kaiser and
traverse the short distance TO the palace Of Dolma
Baghche.
How will the Sultan receive the Fmperor p,
Is the question in the thoughts of all for Abdul
Hamid is not wont to go forth from his palace
70 meet guest. In a moment the question is
decided, and that moment is startling revelation
10 the Turks. As the Emperor's boat rounds TO
IN front of the palace grounds TO the utter amaze
ment Of every one the Sultan appears in the golden
gateway comes forward down the stops and offers
bis hand to help William II from the boat Never
before has a Sultan of Turkey received so great
European sovereign, and never any one on such
terms. In another moment the Sultan has offered
his to the Empress Victoria Augusta and the
party are moving between the ranks of a glitter.
ing mass of officials the rich silken carpets
which have been spread from the landing to the
door of the magnificent Hall Of Audience. After
o short pause in the palace for the presentation
on both sides of the dignitaries of the suites
the Sultan led the Empress to his carriage and
took his seat beside her; the Emperor and Prince
Henry, his brother, taking the second carriage with
the Grand ViZier on the front seat; Count Herbert
Bismarck and others of the Emperor's suite fol
lowing in carriages of diminishing state, proper.
toned TO their respective degrees of rank A
cloud Of kawasSes. pages and palace guards in gala
attire Of red and gold, preceded and surrounded the
carriages The magnificent cortege swept through
The winding streets of BeshilltaSh freshly sanded
for the occasion, and lined by interminable files
of troops of the Imperial Guard and by abso-
lutely number1ess rabble of Turks Greeks ana Ar
menians.
Thus escorted. the guests were conveyed TO the
Sultan's residence at the Yildiz Palace the
heights overlooking the Bosphorus where sep
arate building had been set apart for their occu-
pancy and furnished with the richest materials |
Of Oriental splendor. The spectacle of this I'm.
N ne
nificent. But the feature thereof that most i'm
pressed the strangers was the absolute silence of
the multitudes. Neither the presence of their own |
Sultan nor the advent Of these inustrious visitors
called forth single cheer, sign Of salutation, /
nor indeed any demonstration OF feeling save the
tiocling together Of the muhitudes and the stohd.
emotionless glare OF thousands OF eyes This is
one of the peculiaritieS of Eastern etiquette. In
the presence Of royalty the untitled subject Is
expected TO be humble as Uriah Heep; so in
initely humble that it is presumption for him to
De seli-conscious enough TO salute, or TO be so
little awed by the Presence as TO have the use Of
his voice for cheers. In the European quarters
Of the city the enthusiastic foreigners have al.
ways doffed their hats and cheered the Emperor
when he has driven by. But in his rides about
Constantinople the Emperor has not received one
demonstration of respect, much less anything hike
a cheer, from purely Turkish crowd. Nor have
the natives, aside from the officials Of the Turk
jsh Government, had any more active part in the
decoration OF the city in honor of the Emperor's
visit In Pera and Galata, and also in Stanboul.
foreigners have decked their windows with flags
and have avished their money on Examinations.
But in the Turkish districts the streets have been
bare; the most that the Turkish shopkeeper has
done 10 emulate his European neghbors has been
70 daub pot Of water tnged with red or yellow
ochre over the boards that his greatgrandfather
put together for his shop front and left unpainted
" this day.
But if the Turks have made little outward dis