Iron County register., 1889-08-08
VISITING HIS GRANDMA.

Emperor William OF Germany on a Visit
T." His Roval Grandma, Queen Victoria
Who Kissed Him on Both Cheeks-A
"rhunderins" Reception.
LONDON, Aug 2.-According to pro-
gramn,e the Prince of Wales left Ports.
mouth harbor in his yacht, the Osborne,
at half-past twelve O'Clock to day, and
proceeded outside the Solent to await the
arrival OF the Emperor Of Germany on
board the imperial yacht Hohen-
zollern. As the yacht steamed out of
the harbor she was saluted by the
guns on shore and on the war vessels.
SHORTLY before the departure of the royal
yacht the German squadron was sighted
stsaming toward Portsmouth, and pilots
were Immediately dispatched to take
charge of their movements. The weather
at Portsmouth is superb, the bright sun
shine being tempered by cooling
breeze. Every thing has been put
In readiness for the arrival of the
German Emperor, and the crowd which
are constantly arriving by every availa-
bic means by far surpass in numbers the
attendance which has marked any previ-
Gus Spithead maneuvers.
The enormous government flotilla and
numerous private craft as we'll as all
available space on shore are packed with
sight-Scers.
RECEPTION AND LANDING OF THE KAISER.
The spectacle attracted to the shore Of
the Solent hundreds of tn ousands of peo-
pie, while the water was literally covered
with every conceivable form of craft
bearing sight-seers, most of which, as
did all of the war vessels and transat-
lantic liners, serving as excursion steam
ers, displayed the German flag.
As the yacht Osborne approached the
Hohenzollern, the Prince of Wales sig
nailed his greeting to the Kaiser, to
which the latter responded. The Osborne
then accompanied the HOhenzollern with
her escort through the lines Of war vessels
drawn in parade" to receive her. Every
vessel. b 9th German and English, was in
holiday attire, and the specta Gle
as the German feet steamed slow
between the gaily- de cked war ships-the
flower Of the British navy-was impos-
ing. in the extreme. AS the imperial
yacht passed each ship she was saluted
by loud huZzas from the tars spread out
upon the yards or ranged upon the decks,
followed by the booming of the ships
guns which shot out their tongues
of flames again and again until
the Hohenzollern was hidden by the |
smoke. Then other voices took up the
welcoming huzzas and other cannon |
).
Through this gauntlet of fire and smoke !
the Hohenzollern passed with the iron
clads Deutschland, Kaiser Preuser and |
Friedsrich Der Crosse and the frigate
Zeiten in her wake. Off Cowes |
Admiral Sir Edward Commerell went on |
board the Hohenzollern while Vice-Ad-
miral Baird and the other flag officers, |
with General Sir L. S. Smith, awaited the |
kaiser's landing at Trinity pier. Here |
he disembarked and proceeded to Os-
borne, where he was welcomed by his |
grandmother, the Queen. The Emperor
will dine with the Queen this evening.
At the conclusion of the naval displays
at Spithead, Emperor William will leave
for Aldershot to witness the military re-
view, arriving there on Wedne Sday. He |
will return to Osborne in the evening to
pay a farewell visit to the Queen, and
will rejoin his fleet on the following day
for his homward voyage.
The Emperor's proposed visit to the
Sultan occasions considerable uneasiness
in st. Petersburg where the reports of
immense war preparations on the part of
Turkey have already had the effect of
quickening Russian sensibilities. Unless
some satisfactory explanation is given by
Turkey of her warlike attitude it is ex-
tremely doubtful if Emperor William will
care to assume the risk of offending the
Gar by visiting Constantinople at this
time.
KISSED THE KAISER.
LONDON, Aug. 3.-The Queen, in re-
ceiving the Emperor of Germany at Os-
bcr1>e yesterday, did so with every dem
onstration of affection, kissing him on
both cheeks. Last night the vessels of
both the English and German fleets off
Cowes and Osborne were brilliantly il
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