The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-09
VISITING HIS GRANDMA.

VISITING HIS GRANDMA.
Emperor william Of ON - Witt
&" His Roval Grandma. Queen Victoria
who Kissed Him On Both Chesks-A
"rhundersnG'' Reception.
LONDON, Aug. 2-AccordinC to pro-
gramme 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 tho
arrival OF the Emperor Of Germany ON
board the imperial yacht Hohen|
zOllern. As the yacht steamed out af
Tho harbOr she was saluted by tho
guns on shore and on the wal vessels.
Shortly before the departure of the royal
yacht the German squadron was sighted
steaming toward Portsmouth, and pilots
were Immediately dispatched ( o take
charge Of their movements. The weather
at Portsmouth is superb, the bright sun
shine being tempered by q cooling
breeze. Every thing has been put
in readiness for the arrival Of the
German Emperor, aud 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-seers.
RECEPTION AND LANDING OF n 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 b war vessels and trausat-
lantic linsrs, serving as excursion steam.
ers. displayed the German flag.
As the yacht Osborne approached the
H~Ohenzollern, 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 line of wal vessels
drawn in ~"parade" to rec We her. Every
vessel. both German and English. was in
holiday attire, and the spectacle
as the German fleet steamed Slow
ly through the narrow ailse left
between h gaily-decksd 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 b booming Of the ships
guns which shot Out their tongues
OF flames again and again until
the HOhenzollern was hidfen by the
smoke. Then other voices took up the
welcoming huzzas and other cannon
doomed forth thunderouS greetings.
Through this gauntlet Of fire AMI smoke
the H~ohenzollern passed with the IRON
clads Deutschland. Kaiser Preuser and
Friedsrich Der Crosse and the fri,ate
Zeiten in her wake. Of 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 tho
Kaiser's landing ut Trinity pier. Here
he disembarked and proceeded t. 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 Wednesday. He
will return to Osborne in the evening To
pay a farewell visit to the Queen, and
will rejOin his feet on the following day
for his downward voyage.
The EmperOr's proposed visit to h 3
Sultan occasions considerable uneasiness
in st. Petersburg. where the reports o.
war preparations on the part
Turkey have already had the effect
quickening Russian sensibilities. Unle(
satisfactory explanation is given
Turkey Of her warlike attitude. il is ex-
tremely doubtful if Emperor William will
care to assume the risk Of offending the
by visiting Constantinople at this
time.
KISSED THE KAISER.
LONDON. Aug. 3.-The Queen, in re-
ceiving the Emperor of Germany at Os-
borne yesterday. did so with every dem-
OF affection, kissing him Oh
both cheeks. Last night the vessels of
both tine English and German fleets off
COwes and Osborne were brilliantly il
and the effect as viewed from
the shore was magnificent.