Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-21

ness of That Great Event That Has
Excited All Europe Some Rare
Gems of Art Told of After Leaving
tho Tale OF War Like Scenes.
DRESDEN, Jan. 81.
70 the Editor OF the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
Imsiled you long letter in November
last, giving an account Of the brilliant en-
try of Kaiser Wilhslm ii. into Dresden to
congratulate the King of Ssxony on the
fftisth anniversary of his entering the
Saxon army.
1t was a very magnificent and memors-
BILE occasion. That letter fear has gone
sstrsy. am cory If such Is the case, for
the contents might have been of interest
to your numerous readers. Ny future let
tors 1 trust may be more fortunate in
reaching their destination.
A very interesting event, and one which
will be considered in future times as truly
historic, has quite recently taken place In
Germany.
refer to the visit of Prince Bis narck
to the kaissr at Berlin, which took place
last Friday, January 90.
That day will for many reasons be mem
orabls throughout the vast German en-
pire. Your readers are doubtless familiar
With the causes which led to the reconcile
alton of those two representative person
sges. will not repeat the story here.
Extra trains ran from Dresden to Berlin
and very many focked to the great capital,
not frr,, Dr..San e1ona b,t from, all parts
of the empire. The whole country was
literally cen fs 3" and the celebration was
one ever to be remembered in Germany.
Flsgs were flying, guns were fred, and
the streets were thronged with oitizsns of
all Glasses, delighted that Bismarck, the
one who of all others had done more to es-
tablish and rivit together into one homo
geneous whole the component, integral
parts of United Germany.
The day was a perfect May day, and as
for ths csls brs,ion itself, imagine half g
dozsn oommipgled Four,hs of July, and
you will have some faint idea of the great
event.
Leave out the commonplace powder
equibs and dissgreesble fire crackers, and
IN their place substitute large bodies of
beautifully uniform-d soldiers moving
with perfect aud precies evolutions, and
you will have picture set In frame de
serving special attention snd praise. At
sunrise the strests of Berlin were thronged.
Unter den Linden was perfectly blsck with
people, and as we turned our eyes towards
the Theirgarten We beheld 1t crowded from
the Brsndenburg Thor to the Lshrter Ban
hof with an excited mass of spectators
esger to catch the first glimpse of the Iron
Chancellor. From hour to hour the crowd
increased, until at one p. m. 1t became an
enormous msss of living humanity.
Every minute special trains came from
all parts of Germany. Dresden, Ham
burg, Munich, Stuttgart and other cities
poured their populations into Berlin. The
city rulers strained ell their energies to
give special eclat to the memorable occs-
siop. Thousands of police on horseback
and on foot lined every street. The Inn
mense crowd was in the best of good ps-
ture, and were unmolested by the police.
Unter den Linden, the university, the
cafes, all public and private buildings from
the castle far away down to the great Thor
were covered with countless red, black and
whito banners. The noblest men of Ger
many, including the popular Prince Henry,
staff officers With their brilliant srits, at
tended with Stadt holders and chist city
magistrates, were asseD b.ed at the great
rsilroad station, awaiting Bismarck's arri
val. At one u. u. the din of arms and the
beating of drums wss heard, thus making
L Al -
Bismarck had arrived.
The old hero, arrsyed In the brilliant
uniform of Cuirsssier, WIS Visible to al
standing at the door of his car. Thos,
VINO were present can never forget ths
scene which ensued. Crowds of office; .
public functionsrles. ladies', clergy of high
est rank, in fac: everybody desired to grasI
the hand of the Iron Duke From all di
recsions there was one loud acclaim. Hoct
Bismarck. Hoch Bismarck Was heard
again and again.
The prince was deeply effected as b,
raised bis eyes and beheld million of hii
fellow Gsrmans assembled to give hin
their greetings of welcome TO Bsrlip.
Tears wslled up iuto h's eyes IS b,
thought of the old days whsn with vii
helm hs had worked out the great Ger
usnic prublsrn, and as he resolved in hi
mind the distressing events of the pss
four years, as cont as:ed with the brillisn
cy of his reception into Berlin, the OLE
man of seventy eight years was over
whelmed with u comming!iuR of ssdnes
aud great joy. With great difficulty press
ing through tha crowd of soldiers and cit
izens, Prince Bismarck aud Prince Henry
entered q carriage, snd surrounded with I
tquadron of Cuirassiers, proceeded to tbs
royal c.stle, where Ksissr Wilhelm awaited
them.
rhe GRO .ds about the great column oi
Victory, ere csed Just after the war of 1870
was immense.
AS the prince and the great procession