The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-21

parently having sustained some dam
age to her machinery by grounding
The British royal yacht Osborne
grounded, and all the vessels follow
ing had to anchor for long time.
Eventually, however, she was floated
and proceeded on her way to Holte-
nau, but the mishap caused break
in the procession.
Each side of the canal was guarded
throughout by infantry and cavalry
and behind the troops were gathered
/ crowds of people who loudly cheered
the vessels as they passed. The dit
ferent points along the route OF the
canal and about Kiel were decorated
in a most elaborate manner.
smart-LookfnE Yankees.
The warships of the United States,
! the New York, Columbia. San Fran
! cisco and Marblehead which latter
vessel took part in the procession,
formed striking features of the naval
display, standing out finely among
the other vessels, which as a rule had
I colored hulls. The white sides of the
( Yankee cruisers undoubtedly gave
them an extremely smart appearance,
and caused all the United States yes
selcs to be greatly admired.
There was one feature of the pro-
cession which should calm the excite
League of Patriots of Paris, who
raised such a hubbub when it became
{ known that the French government in
tended to send a squadron to part1cl-
pate in the Kiel fetes. As the French
/ gunboat SurcOuf passed the several
points along the canal route, she was
( greeted with hearty cheers and the
different bands played the ''Marseil-
laise" as she went by, proudly Haunt
ing the tricolor of France before the
drawn up troops of Germany. The
French officers acknowledged the
cheers from the shores by touching
their caps and bowling, and when haSs
were dipped in honor of the passage
of the Surcouf, the ensign OF the
French gunboat was promptly dipped
/ in Acknowledgement of the courtesy
Admiral Menard, the commander OF
/ the French squadron, entertained the
/ officers of the German battleship Bay
ern on board the Hoche, the French
/ flagship today in return for a Sllnlidr
| courtesy extended to the officers or
( the Hoche yesterday
Twas IL Wonderful Scene.
There was a wonderful scene today
! along the shores at the mouth OF the
/ canal at this place. The immense
/ crimson covered stands erected for the
accommodation of sight seefs were
/ flies at the earliest hours by inter
ested spectators in holiday garb
There was great excitement when the
people first caught sight of the i'm
perial yacht HohenZOllern coming
through the canal with the emperor
on board Some time elapsed Wnlle
the water poured out of the sluices,
lowering the stately vessels slowly but
gradually to the level Of the water OF
the harbor. Then the gates of the lock
no
out REALISTICALLY into the open water
Suddenly three shots were fired in
rapid succession from the German flag
ship, the Friedrich Wilhelm, giving
the signal for the saluting to begin
A deafening roar of artillery COM
menced almost before the flash of the
last gun from the flagship had disap-
peared, the noise of so many guns
from so many warships drowning the
tremendous outburst of cheering
which arose from the tens Of thous-
ands of threats as his majesty, En-
peror william II, was standing alone
on the bridge of the HohenZOllern in
the full dress uniform of an admiral
/ of the fleet. When the SaluteS were
finished the band on each ship struck
up Hell Die Riegerhl1ranZ. and fol-
lowed this with the national anthem
of its own country. It is difficult to
fully describe the general enthusiasm
which prevailed.
With Wild Enthusiasm.
One must imagine the vast fleet of
over fifty war vessels, representing all
nations, anchored in the blue waters
of KieI bay, their maSts flying count
less flags and pennants in the bright
sunshine and their sides belching
forth fire and smoke in honor of the
German ruler. To the ordinary OBJ
server it seemed as if all the nations
of the earth had sent their warships
here to do honor to the emperor of Ger
many, and the fact that the squadron
had simply assembled here to cele-
brate the opening of q new waterway
! between the Baltic and the FORTH sea
seemed to be entirely lost sight of,
especially by the masses of people
ashore. who proudly cheered and
cheered again with wild enthusiasm
as the Hohenzollern steamed to her
anchorage, with the emperor bowling
from side to side as the beautiful
yacht passed the various war vessels
and acknowledged salutes by touching
his hand to his hat. After the Hohen-
zollern anchored dinner was served on
board of her, and the Grand Duke
Alexis, of Russia, the king of Saxonv
and the king of Wurtemburg and the
various grand dukes and princes
boarded the imperial yacht and con-
graduated the emperor on the success
/ of the canal opening.
The Empress of Germany was NOT
| on board the HOhenZOIIern