Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-18
GUARDING ROYALTY
Members Of Reigning Families at
Coburg.
RUMORED ATTEMPT ON THE KAISER
Queen Victoria Drives About the
City.
GENERAL FOREIGN MATTERS

COBURG, Germany, April 1S.-The wealth
er Is splendid, the streets are thronged with
people in holiday attire and all the accom-
mediation at the hotels, cafes, boarding
houses and private houses thrown open for
the occasion has been secured by the thou
sands of visitors anxious to be present at
the royal wedding Of the Duke of Hesse and
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg.
The royal standard of Great Britain is
floating over the ducal palace. and on all
sides are to be seen flags. flowers bunting,
triumphal arches, Venetian masts and pic
lures of the bride and bridegroom, the
Grand Duke of Hesse and the Princess Vic
toria of Coburg.
During the morning the band Of the First
Dragon Regiment played under the win
dows of the apartment which Queen Vic
toria occupies in the palace, and many
thousands of people gathered upon the
square in front of the palace in order to
hear the music and cheer the distinguished
personages who were recognized going and
coming from the ducal schloss.
The morning was mainly devoted to a
continuous exchange of visits between the
many royal personages assembled in this
city.
Queen Victoria during the afternoon, &C
companied by the Princess Alexandria and
Beatrice of Coburg drove through the town
and viewed the decorations.
In view Of the great number of people
who are focking into Coburg the greatest
precautions have been taken in order to
prevent possible attempt upon the life of
some member of the royal families. Conse-
Quently the town is full of detectives of all
nations, and every person falling in any de-
gree under suspicion Is carefully watched
and Will be under surveillance until all dan
ger of an attempt at assassination is past.
All hotel keepers and others furnishing
board and lodging to visitors are required
to furnish the names and descriptions of
their guests to the local authorities. In ad-
dltion. the police are making regular rounds
of all such places in order to satisfy them
selves that the town is free from anarch-
lists.
Especial attention is being paid to the
safety of the czarewitch, who Is considered
to be In more danger than any other i'm
portant parsonage now present at Coburg.
In addition to his body guard Of Russian
police, the czarewitch has attached to his
person some of the most experienced police
agents in Germany.
The Queen Of England, in addition to the
special English policemen who have been
guarding her during her sojourn at Flor
ehce, Italy, has also been given a guard of
German detectives, although her majesty
expressed herself as being perfectly salts
fed with the police escort which has been
accompanying her.
The ducal palace and all the other build
1nss In which members OF royal or imperial
families are quartered are guarded night
and day, by uniformed police. troops and
detectives. making 1t almost impossible for
an anarchist to approach dangerously near
the temporary habitauons of the distin-
guished visitors.
Particular attention is also being paid to
the safety of Emperor William Of Ger
many; the body guard of detectives who
accompanied him to Abbazia will follow
him to this city and keep constant guard
over his imperial majesty. The Prince of
Wales has two British detectives attached
to his person and he claims that even this
precaution Is unnecessary. But, in spite
of the princes unconcern, a detail of Ger
man police will watch over his safety while
the heir apparent of the throne of Great
Britain is In this city.
At ITO ex-Empress Frederick Of Ger
many. accompanied by Prince and Princess
Henry OF Prussia, and the Princess of SAKE
Meiningen, arrived from Meningen and
were welcomed, at the railroad station, by
the Duke and Duchess of Coburg. I'm
mense crowds of people surrounded the
depot and cheered the imperial visitors,
who were also heartily greeted as they
drove to the palace.
1t is stated by the Allgemeine Zeitung,
upon the authority of a prominent diplo-
mat, that an attempt was to have been
made upon the life of Emperor William of
Germany during the latter's stay at Ven
Ice, and that the attempt was only frus-
trated by the vigilance of the police.