The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
With This Ceremony the Big
Waterway Is Opened to
the World.
REVIEW OF THE WAR.vEssELs
While the Bands of Many Nations
Play the Emperor Passes on
the Imperial Yacht.

MEL, GERMANY, June 2l.-EverybodN
was stirring at ar early hour this morning
securing places of advantage TO see The
ceremony of laying the keystone of the
canal at Holtenau. Thousands hocked tc
Holtenau by land and water. Never did tht
harbor of Kiel present SO animated an ap
pearance. The Kaiser went TO HOltenaJ
early on board q steam launch. The en-
tire highway from Kiel to the mouth O
the canal had been behaggcd.
At IL o'clock shouts of DER KAISER
kommtr' arose. The Emperor, whose ar
rival was the signal of deafening cheers
was in an admiral's Uniform and walked tC
his place with martial bearing. He &C
knowledged the enthusiastic greeting
smilingly.
His Majesty, having taken 4 standing
position before the dais Chancellor Hohen
lohe asked the imperial assent to com
mence the proceedings and then read 6
document relating TO the ceremony, after
which the Kaiser approached the stone
and, receiving a mallet from the Bavariar
plenipotentiary in the Bundesrath, tapped
the stone. The stone also received blows
from the royal Princes present, from the
members of the Bundesrath and Other
state officials. The stone being laid, the
Kaiser returned to his place at the dais.
The Emperor, in laying the keystone o.
the canal, said:
I'm memory of Emperor William the
Great 1 christen this canal the Kaiser
Wilhelm canal" His Majesty ther
tapped the stone thrice, continuing:
''In the name Of God, IL honor of EN-
peror William l, for the veal of Germany
and the welfare of the nations
Chancellor Hohenlohe's document Civ.
ing history of the canal with a set oI
coins of the reign of Emperor Frederick
III was placed in the stone, which was
then closed. After the Emperor had
tapped the stone with maIlet, the En-
press stepped forward and performed the
same act, followed by the Crown Prince OF
Prussia, the Prince Regent OF Bavaria
the King of Saxony, the Grand Duke ot
Baden. the Grand Duke of Hesse and q
number of others.
1t had been arranged in the course o.
preparations for the celebration that the
assembled warships should steam past the
Hohenzollern in review, but for some un
explained reason it was decided later thai
the Emperor's yacht should merely steam
through the lines of the German and for
eign fleets lying at anchor This was &C
cordingly done, all of the ships saluting the
Hohenzollern rs she passed. All of the
ships were literally covered with flags anc
in the bright sunshine made magnificent
spectacle.
The imperial yacht HohenzollcIn in be
ginning the review of the foreign and Ger
man warships assembled in the harbor left
her anchorage at 3 o'clock and steamed ou1
from the mouth of the canal, turning
southwark and going between the first and
second of the four lines of warship.
anchored above the entrance OH the
west side of the bay. These two
lines comprised the Russian, Spanish
Swedish, Norwegian and Dutch vessels
Rounding the northernmost Dutch ship
she returned between the fourth line, com
prised of the Austrian and French and
German ships, and line along the east
bank, consisting OF one Austrian, two
Roumanian, two Italian and one Turkist
ship.
She continued on that side toward the
other end of the bay, passing the French
feet, and, rounding the British Blenheim
went up between the English and German
lines. The Emperor stood alone behind the
mainmast, and above the commander.
bridge the Hohenzollern's band playing
INCREASINGLY, while the bands of the variou.
ships, without regard to nationality
played Hell Dir i'll Siegerkranz. Most O.
the warships had their yards manned, and
the cheering was incessant.
The international feet which was in
spected by the Emperor comprised the
following vessels:
Germany-H -Hohenzollern, Kaiser Adler
Kurfurst, Friedrich Wilhelm, ,Brandenburg
Weissenburg, Woerth, Baden, Baiern
Wurtem berg, Frithiof, Hildebrand, Helm
dahl, Hagen, Beownlf. Sicgfried. Stosch
Gneisenau, Moltke, Kaiserin Augusta
Jagd, Pfeil Blitz, Meteor, Grille, Mars
Corola, Bluecher and Hay.
Great Britain-Under Rear-AdmiraI Lore
Kerr and Captain Abingdon: Royal Sover
eign. Empress of India Resolution, Re
pulse, Blenheim, Bellona. Speedy, Haley
on. Enchantress, Osborne. Total, S0,51(
tons.
Italy-Under the Duke of Genoa, Vice
Admiral Accidi and Rear-Admiral Gran
vile: Savoia Re mberto, Sardegna, An
drea de Ria, Ruggerio di Laura. Stromboli
Etruria, Arutrusia, Partenope. Total, 3S,-
3l7 tons; $50 officers. 1909 men.
United States = Under Rear Admiral
Kirkland: New York, Columbia, San Fran
cisco, Marblehead. Total, q ,747 tons; rs
officers, 1479 men.
Russia-Un Under Rear-Admiral Skrydlow
Imperator, Alexander II, Rurik, Grosias
tochy; 20 officers, 1906 men.
France-Under Rear-Admiral Menard
Hoche, Dupuy de LONE, Sarcouf.
Spain-Pelayo, Infanta Maria, Teresa
Marquesa de La Easenada; So officers,
1892 men.
Austria a-Hungary-Under Rear-Admiral
Archduke Charles Stephen; Kaiserin und
Konigin Maria Theresa, Kaiser Franz
Josef |, Kaiserin Elizabeth, Trabant; 81
officers, 1912 men.
Sweden and Norway-Under Admiral