The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-02
THE ROYAL PAGEANT.
How a Seattle Boy Saw the
German Emperor.
TRACY RoBERTsoN's LETTER.
Splendid Military Review on wimble-
don Common-Scotch Regiments
Soldiers Gorgeous Uniforms.

Mr. Tracy Robertson, now travelling abroad,
was in London during the visit of the German
emperor. He sent the following letter to his
parents, Hon. and Mrs. William B. Robertson, OF
this city, under date of July u:
wish you could have been here yesterday.
We saw the flower of the English army pass by
his imperial majesty, Emperor William of Ger
many. II was great day for England. There
is in the suburbs of London great heath oil 1000
acres called Wimbledon commons: on u yes.
terday assembled the royalty OF England aud
Germany, together with thousands upon tnous-
ands of people from all parts OF the world 10 see
the English army file past the emperor. AT
about $50 o'clock in the afternoon royal sa-
lutte from the batteries announced the coming
OF the emperor and his retinue A
moment later and then the emperor;
Cambridge, Connaught, Clarence and Avondaie
and some hundred lords and officers all mounted
on magnificent chargers and clad IN silver ana
gold and bright eolors, rode by the grand STANDS
at headlong pace. They were followed by the
Princess OF Wales, the Princess MAUD, the
Princess Victoria aud other ladies' OF the royal
blood in carriages. 1t was grand. IL reminded
me of pictures had seen of the days OF chiy-
alry-only no picture ever compared with the
picture yesterday-the real picture. Alter the
royal party had inspected the lines the march
past commenced The emperor and the princes,
lords and ladies Of his party took their places
very near by in the court OF the grand stand
they were we could nearly near them
talk--and then the flower of Old England, thirty
thousand strong, half on horseback, went by
amid the crash OF martial music ana the
cheers and cries of the English people 1t was
a grand and gorgeous spectacle. There were
between 800 and 400 in each OF the bands
Such music was never heard before! The troops
were all arrayed in gala dress-but whom the
ROYAL Scotch brigade filed by in great bearskin
hats and royal Scotch plaids You would have
wept for joy. They were martialed by fifty hale
and hsrdy pipers, ell clad IN the gorgeous plaids
of the Royal Scotch Life Guard, and you can
bless the day. father, that your name was Rob-
ertson. The Scotch lines were as straight as a
needle, and their marching and maneuvering
the finest piece of military work l ever saw.
They marched by with their heads up, their
eyes front and their colors flying, and the crowd
simply went wild / think it was one of the
proudest and happiest moments / ever had.
Ali the Scotch blood in my veins boiled
After the troops had gone by, the cavalry
formed in line one-half mile long and
several horsemen deep and charged at full gal
lop, with drawn sabres, down upon the en-
peror and his party. 1t was about as grand
sight as one could possibly SEQ. 1t seemed as
perhaps some old Yankee veterans-that could
stop them. But they stopped, however, wheel
ing their horses in the face of the royal part and
dashed OFF again across the heath. Scarcely
were they out of the way when the artillery
dashed past us at full gsllop, and wheeling
about, fired another royal salute and the day
snd as eight rode p Se
and officers, shaking hands it seemed
with every one of them, and then the great
crowd cheered once more and broke up to go to
their homes-the strangers filed with true
and heartfelt admiration, and the sons OF old
England with proud and swelling hearts, and
the inward conviction that their army was tho
only army and their land the only land. And
yet We Yankees have whipped this people twice,
and can do ii again
Today Sunday we went to see old st. PauPs
cathedral and heard a thousand voices sing
"Glory be to the Father" while the great mar
BILE dome caught up the echoes and sent them
back again.
Tonight we went with awed steps into the
clustered walls of Westminster Abbey and there,
at the side and over the tombs of dead kings,
heard the LORD Bishop of Peterborough ask in q
grand sermon, "What Is MANI"