The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-21
WILHELM IN GLORY.
The Kaiser Opens the Canal
With all Sorts of Noise
and Show.
IN HONOR OF HIS GRANDFATHER
Keystone qf the Holtenau Lock
Arch Laid With Imposing
Ceremonies.
NO NAVAL aAPADE
The Hohenzollern Just Steams Past
the Gathered Warships of
the Nations.
BIZ Cable TO the United Press.


stirring early this morning, securing
places of vantage to see the ceremony
OF laying the keystone of the canal at
Holtenau Dozens of steamers went from
Kiel to places near the lock, among
which was the press steamer. which was
allotted a good place. Invited guests
and those who had secured tickets for
the tribunes arrived between ten ana
half-past ten.
oas a0essa NsIsf to did Hqsnfa as habor eg
of Kiel present SO animated an appear
ance. The warm sun from early morning
sione upon hundreds of gaily decorated
vessels and majestic looking warships
at anchor Dozens of vessels We're fit
ting from one point of the bay to an
: other.
The Kaiser went to Holtenau early
. on board asteam launch The entire
highway from Kiel to the mouth of the
canal had been befiagged. The country
here is remarkably beautiful, Trees line
the road for the greater part of the
distance. here and There groves of
beechwoods. affording cool shade, are
PASSED At places where the country
is OPEN glinapses ofthe bay and distant
sea are afforded. Innumerable triumphal
arches. bearing notices and portraits OF
villages and hamlets on the short route
showed a profusion of flags and bunt-
ing. r,,,r ,,r,,-.r
Holtenau, which gives it name to the
new dock. is pieturesquely situated four
or five miles from Kiel. and nearly
mile from the mouth of the Canal,where
the foundation stone was laid. Prettier
rustic surroundings than those Of Hol-
tenau could hardly be imagined. The
arrangements at the scene of the cere-
lony were excellently devised A small
sandstone obelisk ofnmenlora bes
the construction of @sEinal canal q
century ago. Two & u stands of vast
-xt--te..,rffzze=r iT0fasrs me principal one
took the form of crescent. at each
end of which Kiel students in gala dress
were grouped. Venetian masts in great
number supported banners and pendants
of all colors. and here and there the
German eagle-fiag waved above the ami
mated scene. Special places were SET
apart for the Chancellor. the members
of the Bunderuth, the Prussian Minis
try, the Presidents and Vice Presidents
of the Reichstag and Landtag, and other
State and Provincial dignitaries. The
Navy and Army were also largely rep
resented by officers in brilliant uniforms.
THE CEREMONY.
At eleven. shouts of Der Kaiser
Kommt' arose. The Emperor. whose
arrival was the signal of deafenins
cheers. was in AdnliraPs uniform and
walked to his place with martial bear
ing. He acknowledged the enthusiastic
greetings snilingly.
The Kaiser. wearing the uniform OF
the Gardes du Corps, accompanied by
the Kaiserin. in a crushed strawberry
gown. approached the keystone, which was
ffanked by a battalion of marines. AS
his Majesty gave the stone the first
stroke a detachment of artillery sta
q Stioned on the hill behind the platform
4 f~ad a royal salute, which was followed
b. 70 flutes fired by the warships in the
Bay, Jay. and the bands played Hell der
Wit vi afsrkranz."
and spite of the rain. which fell heavily
@~.-stslg the night, the decorations were
in %airly good condition this morning.
I The VittIe damage that was done to them
was repaired early. and the sunrise later
gave them a bright appearance. the
keystone was laid at eleven o'clock and
after the ceremony the guests in attend
: ance were ranged in the following order:
Immediately behind the Emporer and
Empress were the royal visitors in the
rear of whom were tfa HaGseatic
Burgomasters. To the left of the I'm
perial marquee We're the suites of the
various royalties and to the right
Chancellor Hohenlohe, the Imperial and
Prussian ministers, the members of the
Bundesrath and the heads of govern
ment departments. To the left of the
stairs leading to the jetty stood the
foreign ambassadors and admirals, and
to the right were the Reichstag Com
mittee and the Canal Committee
Grouped behind these were the guards
of honor the members of the Reichstag,
the {neai,n lnH5ted oSTScsls guests and the
Chancellor Hohenlohe met the En-
Marquee. Chancellor Honenlone,s, iocu-
n1ent giving history of the canal, withe
a set Of coins of the, reign of Emperor
which was then closed. After the En-
peror had tapped the stone with
aet the Empress stepped foF@ard foIoaed and nd
the Crown Prince of Prussia, the Prince
Regent of Bavaria, the King Of Saxony.
Duke Of Hesse. and number Of others
It had been arr5sged IN the course of
the preparations for the celebration that
past the Hohenzollern in review, but for
some unexplained reason it was decided
later that the Enperorss yacht should
German and foreign fleets lying at
anchor. This was accordingly. DONE, all
as she passed All Of the ships were
literally covered with flags and in the
bright sunshine made magnificent
spectacle.
Miss Herbert, daughter of the United
states Secretary of the Navy, with q
American cruiser New York
The Emperor in fayfng the Keystone of
the canal said:-"in memory of Enper-
or William the Great. christen this
canal the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal
His Majesty then tapped the stone
Il. in the name of God. in honor of
the Emperor William I for the veal Of
Germany and the welfare of nations.
The weather was brilliant and the
spectators were numbered by thousands
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