St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-12
The KAISER AT REVIEW
Germany's Ruler Was in His
Element on Wimbledon
Common.
England'S Finest and Some
Of Her Poorest Troops
Paraded.
The British Public Wonders
at the Young Emperor's
Activity.
German Opinion Of the Visit
and What Is Likely to
Result.

LONDON. July 1.-THE volu nteer re-
view at Wimbledon to-day was highly
successful in every respect, except that
the number of men assembled was not
quite so large as had at first been eX-
pected. The artillery used smokeless
powder in the salutes, and the results
were perfectly satisfactory. This is the
first time the smOkeless powder has been
used on so large a scale in public in En-
gland, and the novelty aroused much
interest. The kaiser seemed much
pleased at the review, and was very
mplimentary, but he is quite diplO-
mat, and it does not follow that he
was inwardly impressed by the af-
fair. 1t is probable that much more
imposing and precise array of citizen
soldiery would have to be produced be-
fore the emperor would be prevailed
upon to give up his prejudice against
the volunteer SyS TEN. He and his ad-
viserS shave always held views on this
subject directly opposed to those of the
British war officials. There is not
German officer, nor in fact any foreign
staff officer, who attaches more than
subordinate Importance to England'S
half-trained and iII-led militia. Mr..
Stanhope, secretary of state for war, is
responsible for the failure of the re-
view in point of numbers. The war
Office did not defray the whole of the
expenses incurred, and consequently
the review was
An Enormous Strain
upon the finances of the corps which
took part in it. Many were undoubtedly
deferred from coming out on this ac-
count. DetachmentS of life guards.
horse guards, Dragons, hussars and
artillery arrived early in the day, and
these picked cavalrymen were soon fol-
lowed by the regular infantry of the
line, and after them came the Grena-
dier guards, Coldstream guards and
Scots Fusilier guards. If these really
fine troops were well received by the
crowds which had been at the time
gathered OH WimbledOn's sward, it was
as nothing to the applause with
which the gallant Highland regiments
England;S bOnny Scots received when
they marched to the front, with bag
pipes playing the tunes the Highlands
love so well. By 2:30 p. m. all the
regulars, numbering from 5000 to 1000
men, were in the positions assigned to
them, though the volunteers were still
pouring in living streams upon the
common. Everybody admired and
openly commented upon the excellent
order and admirable steadiness with
which the volunteers marched upon
the ground, even veteran army
officers admitting that the trades
men did very WE'LL" The entire body
of troops was under the supreme
command of his royal highness the
Duke of Cambridge, the commander-in-
chief of the British army. The volun-
teers numbered abaut 10000 men. The
infantry was divided into two divisions
under the command of the Duke of
c. B.. respectively. All the GrenadIers
we're massed in readiness for the re-
view at $3.50 p. M, and at that hour the
Duke of Cambridge. followed by a
numerous staff, passed the line i'll
A Preliminary Inspection,
which showed the troops to be in very
creditable condition. BY this time the
emperor and party we're drawing near
the common, and at o'clock the artil-
lery thundered out salvo, and the Ger
man imperial flag was run up on the
staff at the reviewing stand In place of
the British standard, and almost I'M
mediately after the emperor, accom-
panied by the Prince of Wales and a
staff in brilliant uniforms, and followed
by an escort of the Life Guards, dashed
up to the saluting point in gallant
style, the horses laundering ever the
sward, the officers and soldiers arms
flashing and clashing with warlike har-
mony. The emperor was mounted on
magnificent black charger and was
dressed in the uniform of a field mar
shal of the White cuirassiers. When
the echoes of the last gun of the salute
had died away among the distant hills
the emperor, followed by his staff and
by that of the Duke of Cambridge. pro-
ceeded to inspect the regulars and vol
unteers. So much was the emperor i'm
pressed with the soldierly behaviour of
the volunteers that on several occasions
he addressed complimentary remarks to
the officers in command of the different
corps. The longer the emperor stays in
England the more wonder is manifested
at his energy and activity. The English
people cannot get used to the spectacle
Royalty Up Before Sunrise
and speeding fiery steeds in the park,
hurrying hither and thither with We
hemence all day, reviewing and sight
seeing. 1t is great change from the
spectacle of club lounging and baccarat
playing to which they have become ac-
| cuStomed. The kaiser has changed his
uniform on an average of three times a
day since his arrival. and has reviewed
something or inspected something every
| few hours. His restlessness does not
seem to be feYerish, but is the natural
expression of strength and ambition.
The newspapers are comparing the well
comes extended to the kaiser and his
| father, the late Emperor Fred
eritk. When the latter visited
| England his greeting was far less
demonstrative than that now being ac-
corded his successor on the German
throne. Still, Frederick was greatly
pleased at the warmth of his reception.
| United States Minister Lincoln was the
only diplomat absent from Guild hall
on the occasion of the kaiser's reception
| by the lord mayor last night. The rea
| son for his non-attendance is not given
out, but whatever it is, the fact of his
incorporating puts a quietus on the
rumor that the reason for his non-at-
| tending the Prince of Wales garden
party in honor of the emperor was that
the Tranbycroft people, among whom
| the baccarat scandal originated, were
| invited guests