St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-05
WELCOME TO WILLIAM
The Kaiser's English Royal
Relatives Make a Great
Showing.
HonopS Such as Never Before
Marked a Rulers Re-
ception.
Wales in Uniform Looked
Overfed and His Son
Awfully Thin.
Good Queen Vic Warmly EN-
bpaced Her Warlike
Grandson.


| that depot was surrounded by large
| crowd of people bent upon cheering,
! commenting upon or guying the many
! celebrities who were expected to be
more or less on view at that point. An
| imposing force of police surrounded the
station, and the "bobbies" certainly
managed to preserve high degree of
| order and to make the arrival and
departure of the carriages of the
welcoming party matter of very
little trouble to anybody. The weather
was decidedly pleasant, fact
which tended to make everybody feel
| goOd-humored. In order that the feet
| of royalty and others highly diStin-
| guished might not be Soiled with the
common flooring of the railroad station,
gorgeous red velvet carpet was
| spread the whole length of the depot.
| The best Cf the saloon carriages, well
| stocked with refreshments,
Solid and Liquid.
| and the most powerful of the COM
pany's engines were provided for the
| occasion, the guards, engine drivers and
| other train attendants being quite daz-
| Zling in new uniforms and brass but
tons. Among the first arrivals at
| Charing Cross was Sir Edward Malet,
| the British ambassador at Berlin, who,
| like every other official in any way
! connected with the welcome given to
| the emperor, was clad in brilliant full
| diplomatic or other uniform of his rank.
| The Duke of Edinburgh, in the uni
form OF a Prussian general, was warmly
| cheered. Count Won Hatzteldt, the Ger
man ambassador here. appeared soon
after the Duke of Edinburgh. The
count was accompanied by all the at
taches of the German embassy, all in
| the uniforms of the diplomatic corps.
The Duke of ConDaught, in the scarlet
| and silver uniform of colonel of the
| Iiethn hussars of the guard, followed
the German ambassador a few minutes
| later. a minute or so before 1t was
time for the royal train to draw out of
the depot, the Prince of Wales, accom-
| panied by his eldest son, the Duke of
| Clarence and AvOndale. both wearing
| the uniform of the Red husSars and
| decorated with the HohenZollern order,
! arrived at the station, looking some
what annoyed at the fact that they
were behind time. People who were
near to the royal couple commented
upon the fact that
wales, Portly Figure
was decidedly i'll adapted to the tight
| fitting German uniform which he wore
| for the occasion in honor of the en-
peror. The same people who COM
mented upon the Prince of Wales too
| paunchy appearance also noticed that
| the same uniform on his son brought
| into unpleasant prominence the re-
| markable thinness of the young prince.
BY this time the station platform was
fairly crowded with men in uniforms of
| all cOlors and descriptions, while stars,
ribbons and crosses by the gross appar
emily adorned the bosoms of everybody
present. To judge from the number of
| decorations displayed. the royal party
must have been composed of warriors
| who had taken a glorious part in every
war and every battle fought any
where during the last fifty years.
| After short delay, during which the
| brilliant relatives passed the time in eX
| changing greetings and compliments,
an example which was followed by their
| equally brilliant stats, the suggestion
that they embark on the train was ut
tered, and some minutes later the royal
| party was on its way to Port Victoria.
At Port Victoria, the landing place of
royalty, near Sheerness, extraordinary
preparations had been made by the vari-
GUS OlllCldiS lulSItSteu, all uhuoi tlo
command of the Duke of Portland, who
had full charge of the welcoming cere-
monies in all their details. Nobody was
allowed to pass onto the landing pier
except the members of the royal fam
lilies, their suites and the diplomatic
corps. To such an extent was this
Intolerance and Exclusiveness
carried that the local postofiice, which
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structed by the postmaster general TO
refuse to accept all press dispatches
until the reception of the emperor was
at ali end. Sheerness harbor was
grand and beautiful sight. Vastly inn
posing and warlike were the huge iron
cladS, and swiftly terrible appeared the
powerful cruisers. Particularly deadly
appeared those fine vessels of the adj
mirable class, the Howe, Arson, Cam
perdOwn and Rodney, and the huge
belted cruisers Aurora and lmmortalite.
Roughly estimated, il may be said
that there were fifty vessels there dis
played, good, bad and indifferent, large
and small, from the line-ot-battle ships
to the wasp-like torpedo.boat. Thelwar
ships lined each side of the harbor, and,
backed up by the huge forts and smaller
fighting ships. all dressed from stem to
stern with fluttcring bunting, they
formed a picture calculated to make an
Englishmau's breast swell with pride.
In honor of the imperial guests, the
war ships, in addition TO their distinct
i've flags, also flew the standard of Ger
many TO the breeze. At 1880 o. M. eX-
actly, the handsome steel cruiser Tar
tar, accompanied bv ilotilla of war
ships and swarm of torpedo boats, put
to sea in order 20 give the main body of
the fleet due warning of the approach
of the imperial yacht which was bear
ing the German emperor towards these
sill ores. At noon the Tartar sgnaled TO
the ship nearest TO her that
The Hohenzollern
was in sight. This signal was repeated
from the second vessel to the third, and
so on TO the admral's ship. The flo-
henZollern was conveyed by the Ger
man protected cruiser PrinZeSseh Will
helm. As the German ships neared the
line of British war ships, all the latter
Numbered forth a royal salute and
manned their yards with almost miracn-
louS rapidity, while the bands played
the German anthem. The roar of the
guns. the cloud OF guupowder smoke
the distant music Of the naval bands.
the fine bracing weather, the splendid
war vessels. frowning forts and refresh
ing breeze. all combined to make rs at
tractive a picture of welcome" as any
emperor ever had or may ever expect
to have. TaNn as whole. the
greeting extended TO the queens
warike young grandson was without
parallel in the history OF England. The
general opinion expressed after the en-
peror had landed was that he cannot
have failed TO be delighted with the re-
eeptlon his relatives accorded him. The
first glimpse of the emperor was when
he was seen standing upon the bridge
of the Hohenzollern, dressed in the uni
form of British admiral. He was
with the empress. and both were ac-
compamed by brilliant suites. The
empress. IL was seen. was also eagerly
and apparently delightedly witnessing
the grand reception which was given
Germany's young ruler. The Hoheu-
zolern steamed slowly through the