The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-11
MAaNIFlcENr PAGEANT.

As the procession left the palace
from every quarter within and without
the city boundaries, peals of bells rang
out from the church steeples and an
nounced ioyfully to the expectant
masses that the imperial pageant had
commenced.
Up the strand the decorations were
superb; not through unity OF design, at
which there was no attempt, but
through sheer plentitude Of display.
Every inch Of the way from the strand
to the Guild Hall llabounded in color. The
fronts OF the buildings were everywhere
draped with flowers; innumerable lines
hung in festoons, hung in arching
streets.
Flags were, of course, everywhere to
be seen and the bunting of almost
every nationality was displayed.
Clubland in the west, and where the
most costly display Of decorations might
have been expected, was unusually
bare, only the Carleton and the Junior
Carleton clubs rising to anything like
the flag and floral decorations of former
great state functions. Strange to add,
no great number Of on-lookers appeared
at the club windows, nor was there any
great popular effusiveness OF feeling ap-
parent until the Imperial party ap-
preached Trafalgar square. There q
mighty roar of acclamations filled the
air as the Emperor's carriage drew
near. From that point to Guild Hall
there was an incessant series OF ova-
tions.
A MIXED RECEPTION.
The reception of the Prince of Wales
was of mixed character. Appoints he
was received with unstinted cordiality,
at others loud hootings quite dominated
the cheers, though on the whole his re-
ception was favorable. The Lord Mayor
received the guests. At the entrance
procession was formed and moved to
the library, where o court OF the COM
mon council was held and the recorder
OF the city OF London read an address to
his majesty, declaring his visit to the
Queen OF happy augury OF continuance
OF the friendly and atfectionate relations
so long existing between the two ma
tions.
The address was presented in a splen-
did gold casket, richly enamelled and
decked with precious stones.
The Emperor replied to the Lord
Mayors address in the following terms:
THE KAIsER's SPEECH.
"MY LoRD:-Please receive my heart
felt thanks for tho warm welcome ex-
tended to US by the citizens of this an
cient and noble metropolis. I have
always felt at home in this lovely coun-
try, being the grandson OF your Queen,
whose name will ever be remembered
MS that Of noble character and of a
lady great in the wisdom Of her coun-
sells and whose reign has conferred last
ing blessings upon England. More
over, the same blood runs in English US
in German veins, and, following the
example OF my grandfather and OF my
ever lamented father, l shall always, so
far as in my power, maintain the histor-
ical friendship existing between these,
our two nations, which US your Lord
ship has mentioned, have SO often been
seen side by side in defense OF liberty
and OF justice.
81 feel encouraged in my task when /
see that wise, capable men, such as are
gathered here to-day, do justice to the
earnestness and honesty OF my inten-
tions.
"My aimi is, aboveall, the maintenance
OF peace; for peace alone can give the
confidence necessary to q healthy de-
velopment OF science, art and trade,
Only so long as peace reigns, real liberty
to bestow earnest thoughts upon the
great problems, the solution in which
fairness and in equity consider the
most prominent duty Of our time.
"You may therefore rest assured that
shall continue to do my best to main
tain and to constantly increase the good
relations existing between Germany
and other nations.
81 shall always be found ready to
unite with you and them in the common
labor for peaceful progress, friendly
intercourse and the advancement OF
civilization"
A dejeuner in the guild hall followed
the proceedings in the library.
When the city's guests had been
somewhat refreshed, by the good thing
on the table, other speeches Of welcome
were exchanged over the wine, but they
were purely Of an informal nature.
WALES JrooEKD AT.
At3:2O p. m. the journey back to
Buckingham and other places began,
returning westward by way of tho
Thames embankment, On the way 70