The herald., 1895-04-01
An OVATION TO BISMARCK
Celebration of the ChancellOr's
Birthday
THOUSANDS VISIT HIS HOME
Triumphal Arches Have Been Built at
the Railroad Station
Visitors Hope to Get Glimpse Of the Prince
Presents of All Kinds Showered
Upon the Old Man

every day seems to add to the enthusiasm
displayed by the German people in the
anniversary of the old chancellor, every
train arriving at Friedrichsruhe is loaded
with presents for the aged statesman and
every post brings hundreds of congratu-
latory letters, not only from people in
Germany, but from Germans and Others
throughout the civilized world.
Thousands upon thousands of special
Bismarck post cards have been sold and
a great number have been mailed to the
United States. Those in Germany who
have received them have put them care
fully away to be preserved as memorials
OF the iron chancellor and the great out
pouring of the public heart in his honor.
Nothing preventing, it is believed that
tomorrow the actual anniversary of the
prince birthday will witness such a pop
ular demonstration as has not been wit
II ssed since the return to Berlin of the
conquering armies from France. Every
preparation has been made to accommo-
date the vast crowds.
The decoration of the station has been
concluded and the roadway from the
station to the Schloss has been tram
formed by willing hands into q veritable
trium phal arcade. A beautiful work of
art is the gift of inhabitants of Anhalt,
who took up subscription for the pur-
pose, and erected it in a field overlook
ing the princes home. The work, which
is in bronze, represents large stag keep
ing two dogs at bay. For the first time
since the beginning of the celebration in
his honor, Prince Bismarck on Saturday
was somewhat fatigued and indisposed
his old trouble, neuralgia, affecting him
slightly A good nights sleep, however,
restored his health and spirits and today
he was as bright as ever.
Thousands OF visitors arrived today,
hoping that they might get glimpse OF
the prince. Quite fair has been estab-
lished in the vicinity of the station. Re-
freshment booths have been erected, and
here and there and everywhere were itin-
Grant purveyors of Bismarckian cards,
medals, portraits and mementoes of every
description. Quite a thriving trade was
done. During the afternoon the sky be-
came overcast and then followed little
shower but the rain did not serve to
dampen the ardor OF the sight-seers and a
crowd surrounded Bismarck's residence
hoping they might get q glimpse OF the
prince.
Today the prince received his first con.
gratulatory telegram from crowned
head outside of Germany. 1t was from
King Oscar of Sweden and contained q
graceful expression of his majesty 5 in
terest in the prince and his hearty wish
es for the prince's s welfare ana longevity.
HAMBURG. March 31-One of the fea-
lures of the Bismarck celebration here was
the holding last night of the "Commers'
organized by the reichstag electors union,
at which 1900 admirers of the prince were
present and hundreds had to be turned
away from the doors, owing to the lack oi
room. Several senators. the president
of the house of burgesses and officers oi
the elite of Hamburg ciety were present
Toasts were proposed to the emperor and
Bismarck. His maiesty's popularity has
been greatly increased here by his grace
full attitude towards the prince.
Today all the public and the majority
OF the private buildings in the city were
decorated with flags and bunting in honor
OF the occasion. TONIGHT there was gen
eral illumination on a scale that has not
been attempted before in a quarter of Z
century. In the window of every shoI
there was dspayed either a wreathed por
trait or a bust of the great chancellor. Ii
addition some of the windows contained
historic scenes and portraits of Empeol
william. Photographs OF the emperor anC
Prince Bismarck are being sold in large
numbers.
The event of tonight was "Commers'
at which SO corps and every German uni
versity was represented. The proceeding.
were OF the customary boisterous char
acter Students sang songs, the singer:
being accompa panied by band. The view
of the city tonight is beautiful one. AL
the shipping in the harbor and the small
boats on the canals OF Hamburg were
also illuminated. There was grand dis
play of fireworks.
BERLIN, March 31.-Telegrams are
pouring in from all parts of the empire
announcing that the Bismarckian festi-
walls have been commenced with greaI
ar1Hs a
parts of Rhineland to the national statue
at Niederwald, where great meeting was
held.
In Munich, the Bavarian capital, 6
musicale in honor of the occasion wa:
given in the Odeon. Throughout Ger
many tonight jov reigns supreme. from
the Baltic to the Swiss and Austrian
frontiers, from the Russian frontier or
the east to the frontier of France, Bel
gium and the Netherlands on the west
Never before in the history of the empire
has there been such hearty and spon
taneous exhibition of love.
LONDON, March 3l.-The Times ha;
this dispatch from Berlin:
with few exceptions the newspaper:
publish leaders on Prince Bismarck. ac'
companied by poetcal effusions. They
artfully refrain from any utterances cal
culated to injure the feelings OF the Ger
man people"
The new president and vice presidents
of the Reichstag, having formally an
nounced their election to the Emperor, h'
has invited them, in addition to the Gus
tomary audience tomorrow, to attend the
imperial Bismarck banquet. His majest.
then remembered that Baron Buel Boren
burg and Herren Schmidt and SPAIN, re-
pectively the president and vice-presi
dent, represent parties who refused tt
congratulate Prince Bismarck and owec
their election to that fact, but the invita-
ton was not rescinded. The emperor
action reads like a grim satire. At frs
it was regarded as a first of April joke
The national press cannot refrain from
expressions of malicious Joy at this turI
of events, as Herr Schmidt is Radical
He extricated himself from the dilemm;
by declining the imperial invitation.
The Socialists have now abandoned al
idea of raising discussion in the Reich
stag on the Emperor's telegram to Prime,
Bismarck. after the Emperor learned 0
the Reichstag's action in refusing to del
egate Herr Won Levitzow to convey tn
congratulations of the House to th
prince.
According to the estimate of the posta
authorities over 1000 packages and 200
letters and postal cards have alread.
arrived for the prince.
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