The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-21
OPENING OF TIE NEW CANAL.
THOUSANDS or PEOPLE LINE ITS
BANKS TO SEE THE PARADE.

lily EnthusiasticaiIy Cheercd by
the Assembled MuItitudc-A Brill
iunt ASsembiage of Prominent
Persons.
Kiol. June 2o.-With imperial pomp and
ceremony and amid the plaudi,s of thou
sands upon thousands Of people. the great
canal connecting the Baltic and North
Seas was opened to commerce to-day. The
weather was perfect. ana the Inauguration
ceremony was highly successful save in one
particular, the grounding i'm the canal Of
( tHc North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm H., one of the vessels that took
part in the naval parade. She took bot
tom near Levensau. near the eastern ex-
tremity of she canal but she got of with
I out damage.
Al 3 o'clock this morning the dispatch
boat Grille entered the lock at Brunsbut-
tel, the western extremity of the canal,
and went through as scout, examining
the banks and locks, and taking soundings
in order to prevent, if possible. the oc-
/ currence of an incident when the great
parade navigated the canal to Kiel Long
before the hour set Tor the starting of the
parade every available space along the
river front was preempted by eager
crowds, all anxious TO see the emperor, the
German princes and the royal personages,
than which larger gathering has never
been seen in this part Of the empire
The scene, as the emperor and four Of
his eldest sons drove along the river front
last evening to embark on the imperial
yacht Hohenzollern was one long to be
/ remembered
Everything capable of being decorated
bore masses of flags and vari-colored
bunting, and the crowd filed with hoi-
| day fervor, cheered incessantly as the
| emperor and princes passed.
The Hohenzcllern passed into the west
| ern water gate at 345 o'clock this morn
| ing. As the Hohenzollern passed into the
| canal the entrance to which was be-
/ tagged at every point,a salute was fired by
/ park of artillery stationed a little dis
/ tance from the entrance to the lock, while
the soldiery, composed Of cavalry infan-
try and pioneers, lining both banks pre-
/ sentcd arms. At the same time a mill
| tary band played the German national an
, them.
The approaches were crowded with mill
tary students, visitors and residents Of
/ the vicinity, who cheered loudly. The en-
peror was on deck. and he bowed in re-
! sponse to the ovation he received, eX-
hibiting much emotion.
The Hohenzollern at o'clock cut the
shred which had been stretched across
the entrance 10 the canal, and began
her passage through to Kiel, the bands
on shore playing national airs and the
| crowds cheering.
The other vessels in the procession fol-
lowed in this order The yacht Kaiser-Ad-
lcr, having on board Prince Luitpold, re-
/ gent of Bavaria, the King of Saxony, the
/ King of Wurtomburg and Grand Duke
| Alexis of Russia. Then came the North
| German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
/ H., with the German princes and the for
/ eign ambassadors and ministers; the Len
sahn, with the Duke of Oldenburg; the
| British royal yacht Osborne, with the
4 Duke of York, representing Queen Vic
toria the Italian royal yacht Sayora, with
the Duke of Genoa representing King
Humbert; the Austrian torpedo catcher
4 Trabaut, with Archduke Charles Stephen,
| representing Emperor Francis Joseph; the
( HamburgAmerican line steamship Au-
/ gusta Victoria, with the members of the
/ Bundesrath and of the diplomatic CORPS;
! the same lines steamer Columbia, with
/ the members Of the Reischstag; the North
/ German Lloyd steamer Trave, also with
members of the Reichstag, and the Prus-
. sian Lantag, and the Hamburg
line steamer Rhealia, with members of the
Reichstag and Lantag.
4 The warships steamed through in this or
der: Grille, Arethus. Surouf, Grosiastchy,
1 Marques de Seade, Edda, Viking Marble
head, Marcia, Hecla, Alkmar The rear
of the procession was brought up by the
Turkish yacht Fevaid.
DIR. Hamann of the foreign Office re-
| ceived a number of representatives of
the German and foreign press on board
| the steamer Prinz Waldemar this morn
| ing. In the course of his welcoming ad-
| dress he said: Il believe that in follow
ing the events upon this occasion you Will
see things as they are meant and interpret
| them in the light of the words of the en-
! peror in his speech last evening, when
he said that this great enterprise is a
work of peace and civilization" After
/ the Journalistic guests had been well
coined the Prinz Waidemar steamed
through the lines of warships anchored
in the harbor All on the vessels were
/ dressed in flags and the spectacle pre-
| sented was grand. The steamer then
made a short trip into the open sea and
returned and anchored at Holtenau.
At 1890 o'clock last night every one who
was expected to 80 through the canal on
! the American cruiser Marblehead was on
board that vessel, though she did not
| leave her berth until this morning al !
1 o'clock. Among those on board were Ad-
miral kirkland and staff, Capt. Evans.
/ capt. SntIdfQ, the neuseldnlSs cnSlEnS
and marine officers from each ship of the
/ American squadron, the Rev Mr.. Trip,
/ chaplain of the cruiser San Francisco;
| Louis H Moore, representing the United
! Press and the Erie Zeitung, and the fleet
! paymaster. The Marblehead sailed slowly
+ down the Elbe and anchored at Brunsbut-
/ tel at o'clock, awaiting her turn to go
! into the canal. The Aiarblehead is very
popular, owing to the fact that her Off
GERS have shown every possible courtesy
| to visitors, and she was cheered by the
/ occupants of the hundreds Of steam and
1 electric launches and thousands of peo-
/ pie on shore.
At 1870 p M, the Hohenzollern was in
sight of the Holtenau locks at the east
end of the canal. The immense crowd
/ Of people who had assembled on the Hol-
4 tenau festplatz to witness the spectacle
! set up a mighty cheer as the imperial
yacht was sighted Five minutes later
/ she had steamed up to the locks, which
! she entered at 1876. The emperor stood up
/ on the high bridge, behind the main mast.
! attired in the fun uniform OF an admiral
| OF the German navy, suggesting the well
/ known picture 'AVith Full Steam Ahead"
4 The bands Of the regular and veteran
/ troops struck UP Hell Der Ricgerkranz,"
I v-hfch the kaiser Acknowledged by q sa-