The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-06-22
GERMAN EMPEROR IN FRONT
Commerce of Continental Europe Saved
Hundreds Of Miles by This Gate.
way to the Baltic.

reached the canal lock here at l24O, the
first vessel to formally pass through
the canal and was greeted with vocif-
erous cheers from the mass of specta-
tors. The Hohenzollern replied with
guns to the salutes Of the foreign war
ships, and the opening of the Baltic and
North sea canal was an accomplished
fact.
The arrival Of the Hohenzollern was
witnessed by the empress Of Germany
Prince Henry of Prussia and their
suites, who occupied the Hotel Belle
vue. The Kaiser-Adler, with the Ger
man kings and grand dukes on board
completed the passage of the canal at
1915 p. M, and the last vessel of the
procession passed at lis p. m.
The following was the order of the
procession: A dispatch acting as a pilot;
the imperial yacht Hohenzollern, with
the emperor and four sons on board;
the Kaiser-Adler, with the German
kings and grand dukes as passengers;
the North German Lloyd steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm H., with the German
princes and other important personages
on board; the British yacht Osborne,
carrying the duke Of York and his
suite; the HamburgAmerican liner
Augusta Victoria, with the members of
Tic IclCilSIdS anu puDllC OIllCldlS OH
board; the German-Lloyd steamship
Trave, with other members of the
reichstag and other officers on board;
the Hamburg American liner Rhaeta,
with officers, members of the reichstag
and various officials; the Hamburg
American liner Columbia, with a large
party Of distinguished personages as
passengers; the German dispatch boat
Grille, with German naval officials; the
Italian gunboat Aretusa, with Italian
naval officers as passengers; the Brit
ish admiralty yacht Enchantress con-
veying large party Of British naval
officers; the French gunboat Surcouf
having on board a party of French mil
itary officers; the Russian gunboat
Grossjazhuschi accommodating the
Russian naval and other officials the
Spanish gunbOat Ensenada, bearing the
Spanish naval and other officers; the
Swedish gunboat Edda, having a party
of Swedish naval and other officials;
the Norwegian boat Viking, conveying
the Norwegian officials; the United
States cruiser Marblehead, having as
passengers Admiral Kirkland and staff
and officials from the San Francisco,
New York and Columbia of the United
States squadron; the Roumanian gun
boat Mircra the Danish gunboat Hecla,
with Danish officials on board; the
turkish gunboat ALBANIAN; the Portu-
guese gunboat Faud.
PASSAGE A SUCCESS.
On the whole the passage of the canal
py the imperial procession was success,
although there were slight mishaps. The
British royal yacht Osborne grounded
and all the vessels following had to an
chor for long time. Eventually, howev-
er, she was floated, and proceeded on her
way to Holtenau. The warships Funistas
the New York, Columbia San Francisco
ana Marblehead formed striking features
Oh the naval display, standing out finely
among the other vessels which as rule
had colored hulls.
AS the French gunboat Surcouf passed
the several points along the canal route
she was greeted with hearty cheers and
the dlHerent bands played the Mar
selllalse" as she went by, proudly faunt-
ing the tricolor of France before the
uraWn up troops of Germany. The French
omcers acknowledged the cheers from the
shores by touching their caps and bow
ing, and when flags were dipped in honor
Oh the passage of the Surcouf the ensign
OF the French gunboat was promptly dip
pea IN acknowledgment of courtesy.
II Is difficult to fully describe the gen.
erai enthusiasm which prevailed The
masses of people ashore cheered with
WHO enthusiasm as the Hohenzollern
steamed to her anchorage, with the en-
peror bowling from side to side as the
peautl1ul yacht passed the various war
vessels After the Hohenzollern anchored
thinner was served on board Of her, and
me Grand Duke Alexis OF Russia, the
king OF Saxony and the king of Wurtem-
ourg and the various grand dukes and