New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-31
DOING HONOR TO BISMA REX.
A NOTABLE AssEMBLAGE AT THE COM
MERS IN BERLIN,
THE OLD CHANCELLOR ErLOGIZED EY VARIOUS
sPEAKERS-TOASTS TO THE EMPEROR lhH
GERMAN EMPIRE AND THE ARMY
ALSO RESPONDED 7

GERMAN EMPIRE AND THE ARMY
ALSO RESPONDED To
Rorlin March :O-The great Bismarck Commers
was held at the Philharmonic TINS eVe'i'"e'
walls and ceiling OF the large hall were otooi"''
in black. white and red. on the front Y the p'"'
form which was occupied by the orchestra' s'o'u
a huge bust OF the old Chancellor. triunphai
arch rose from the Aoor before the PLATFORM almost
IN the ceiling IL was flanked with colossal lions
and surmounted with the imperial spread easie
At the corners of the platform were busts OF " "a.
lam ! and Frederick III At the end OF the man,
directly opposite the tr.umphal arch. there was
gigantic bust OF the present Emperor su'rou'"''
with exotic plants
The galleries were filed to sufTocatOn at 49,
O'Clock Half an hour later the orchestra played
the Partisan and Hohenfrieiberg marches, ana 'le
committee ascenied the platform. Conspicuous III
the committee Herr Won Levetzow, eN-pres'-
dent of the Rechs:ag and chairman of the BIZ
msrck Fund Committee; Count Mlrbach. the Agra
rian leader, and Or. Hahn. member OF the he'c's-
tag.
Among the guests were Or. Miguel. Minister OF
Finance Dr. Bose, Minister of Public Worship
Dr. Sch6nstadt, Minister Of Justice Ut Won DOT
tlcher. v!ce-presldent of the Prussan Ministry
whom Bismarck de;ests above all other members
of the Cabinet, DR.. stephan. Postal secretary.
General Bronsart Won Schelendorf. Minister OF
War: Or. Kayser, Director Of the Co!oniai DepaiF
ment of the Foreign Office; Count Won l.eFcneh-
field. Bavarian Envoy in the Federal Couhci' rTe'-
herr Won Varnbu,er. Wirtembergs Envoy count
Won Hohenthal. Saxony'o Envoy; DR. Won JaGer-
man Baden's Envoy: the Governor OF the I'M
perial Bank numerous Deputies FROM the Rsichstag
and Landtag and officials and officers representing
about every department and regiment IN TINS us
trict Chancellor Prince Won Hohenlohc was repre-
scented by Councillors Wminskl ana Schohp'fh
and Under Secretary Rohenhahn.
Dr. Hahn, as chairman. gave the toast to the
nj no LOYALTY felt through
out Germany from the earliest times for the mon
archy. Bismarck himself he said, had set the
everlasting example of this loyalty After re-
peated cheering for the Emperor and Bismarck,
DR.. Trojan read patriotic poem Dr. ScAlemahh
then made the speech of the evening. He reviewed
the history of Germany's disunon and humiliation
her fruitful wars and repeated castigation by the
invader Bismarck came" he said. like Sieg-
fried to kill the dragon. He was man of action
He realized and effected what millions of Ger
many's best sons had drcamed-a united Father
land"
There was an intermssion with music and any
amount OF cheering before Rector Pfeiderer rose
to euogize the Old Chancellor. He spoke OF Bis
marck's sincerity in religion. Regardless OF outward
show, he said this great man mad always carried
God in his heart Bismarck had always been "
loyal monarchst. He never had favored govern
ment by Parliament. To be sure. he had intro
garded this step as mistake. TREMENDOUS cheer
ms in which the chairman toinedl In eosns:
that he saw hundreds of Catholics present
Freiherr Mantaufrel gave the toast 10 the
Army in which he said, Germanys greatness iaE'
Dr. Hahn ended the formal speaking with toast
to the German Empire. The ASSEMBLY teIegraphed
CONGRATULATIONS TO Fredrlchsruh In all the schools
in the Empire the teachers talked with the pupIs
about Bismarck. related his services 10 the country
and announced that Monday would be a holiday.
The big "commers" in honor OF Bismarcks birth
day will be given by the Germans of New-fork to-
morrow night at $50 o'clock in Terrace Garden.
East Fifty-eighth-st.
AUSTRIA AND THE CELEBRATION
Vienna March Gothic National German party
in the Reichsrath submitted to-day a proposal thaI
the Government cancel the order Of Graz's Munich
pal Council against Bismarck demonstration. The
MARQUIS of Bacquehem. Minister Of the Interior.
replied that the Government could not assent to
the proposal. In such matters the Austrian Ma
tional idea often eclipsed the most conspicuous
virtue of the great hero whom 1t was proposed TO
honor Devotion TO ones own fatherand and GOV
ereien ought always to come first. The Chamber
declined TO vote urgency for the proposal The
promoters of the project were the only Deputies
Voting in the affirmative. Later. twenty-three