New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-26
A ToRCHLIGHT PROCESSION.


RerIin. Jan 25-An Germany Is interested Ill
the reconciliation between Emperor "iI""ii'
or5 Prince Bismarck. Dispatches from 'o"'"
Germany say that many of the towns 'heie arc
>.,.a or have been decorated in honor of the
occasion. Or Schweininger passed leW hou'
,r Rern to-day. and started at o'clock TINS
,.r ~ tor Friedrichsruh He will accompany
p.rca bismarck on the journey to Berlin TO-
- Tho enacial train on which the Prince
will travel will leave Friedr1chsruh at wv
,,oot In the morning Returning. Prince BIS
,rorcl will start from this city at ':l9 O'CLOCK
=. ,,cbt The Emperor will accompany him to
the station.
II was learned this evening that Emperor
William will not go 10 the railway station
tomorrow. as had been expected, TO meet
Prince Bismarck. He is to meet the hing OF
saxony at 1926 p. at the Anhalt station anu
would not have time TO reach the Lehrte sla-
ton before the arrival Of the Princes train
prince Henry of Prussia, brother Of Emperor
William will, with a grand suite or omcers'
meet the Prince at the railway station. Inc
veterans' guilds fremen rifle unions ana mem-
bers of the Turn Veren will form lines from
the station all the way TO the castle, through
which lines Prince Bismarck. Prince henry ana
tha others Of the party will be driven. The route
Of
Mo,tke Bridge. which spans the Spree near the
station. through Bismarck-Strasse and the otner
streets skirtng the Thiergarten TO the Branden-
burg Gate: thence through Unter-den-Linden'
past the palace of Emperor William l. the
Onera House and the palace of Empress Fred
erick to the Emperors palace where Prince
Bismarck will stay during his sojourn in Berlin.
as the guest Of the Emperor. All the streets
along this route are being decorated In honor
of the Princes visit
Soon after Prince Bismarck's arrival at the
royal palace the Emperor will give in his hohor
a luncheon at which the Kings of SaXony ana
wurtemberg and all the princes will be present
Subsequently the ex-Chancelor will receive IN
innate friends and statesmen in his apartments
The Reichstag tomorrow will hold no session.
adiourning over the day in honor OF Prince BIS
narck's visit The Prussan Landtag voted
down motion to adjourn until Saturday.
The people Of Berlin will not be the only per-
sons who will welcome the ex-Chancellor.
Trains arriving at the various stations are
bringing thousands Of people from all parts OF
the country, who intend to take part in the
demonstration. II is doubtful if any occurrence
in recent years in Germany has created such
widespread enthusiasm the visit Of the
Prince Many thousands Of students. among
whom Prince Bismarck Is a great favortte. pur-
nose having torchlight procession in his honor.
II this shall be carried out, Berlin will see one
Of the largest affairs of the kind ever witnessed
here The people living along the route by
which the procession will probably move from
the railway station are taking advantage Of the
popular desire to witness the spectacle. and are
charging enormous prices for the privilege or
using the windows of their houses.
The report circulated few days ago that
Count Herbert Bismarck had been snubbed by
the Emperor probably had no foundation in
fact 1t IS not believed that. with the negotia-
tions pending for Prince Bismarcks visit to
Berlin, the Emperor even had he felt so in
clined would have treated Count Herbert dis
courteousy Another fact tending TO stamp
the report as untrue is that Count Herbert has
received a command from the Emperor TO visit
him at the castle.
The "Reichsanzeiger'' (officiaD says that the
mission Of Colonel Count Won Motke to Fried
richsruh sprang from the Emperor's personal
initiative TO heal the breach between himself
and Prince Bismarck The paper ADDS that no
member of the Government had any previous
knowledge Of the Emperor's intentions to send
his aide-de-camp to Friedrichsruh as the bearer
of a gift and letter to the ex-Chancellor. The
gift of wine. which accompanied the Emperor
first autograph letter TO Prince Bismarck, was
q case Of Steinberger.
report gained currency this morning that
the ex- Chancellor would reach the city early To-
day. Thousands Of persons credited the report
and at noon Inter den Linden and the Lehrte
railway station crowded with people anX-
ious TO welcome the aged tatesman. 1T was
o'clock in the afternoon before the crowds De
gan to dsperse.
The idea that Bismarck might come tonight
had possession Of the people until a late hour.
In the early evening crowds gathered again
at the Lehrte station and Inter den Linden to
welcome him. and refused to be convinced Tor
several hours that he would not arrive here be-
fore tomorrow noon. The official who Tor
years superintended the arrangements for the
Princes journeys started for Friedrichsruh this
evening.
POLITICAL ASPECT OF THE VISIT.