The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-09

tng the week. the emperor has amused
himself by springing surprises upon the
military and civilians as well. On
Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights
his majesty kept the batteries stationed
between Swinemunde and MisdrOy firing
against an imaginary enemy, supposed
to be endeavoring 10 land on the river
bank.
An incident which took place on Friday
gives a good idea Of the fun he Is having
IN other directions, requiring strict mil
ltary discipline. After visiting the bat
teries between Misdroy and Swinemunde
he left the latter place on board the dis
patch boat Grille, taking command OF
that vessel as soon as he went on board.
Reaching the mouth Of Tho ODER the EN-
peror ordered the boat to be sent ahead
at full speed. The order was obeyed i'm
mediately and resulted IN forcing the
water OF the river over the banks, which
were lined with people cheering the prog
ress OF the emperor The people were
so massed that they were unable to get
away from the waves which swept the
banks, and they were consequently
thoroughly drenched. but perfectly good
natured. The kaiser was mighty amused
at seeing the waves roll through the
crowd, many Of whom were bowled down
by the force of the water.
Chancellor Won HOhenlohe will return TO
Berlin on Sept. Is. He was accompanied
on his visit to St. Petersburg by his son
Maurice. At the foreign Office it is UNDER
stood that the chancellor has been charg-
ed by the kaiser with a commission 10
formally invite the czar to visit Berlin
in the spring of 1896.
Prince Bismarck has accepted the pres
idency of the Stettin Kreigverein (war
society.
The emperor has sent an invitation TO
Prince Bismarck to attend the banquet,
which will take place on Sept. 9, as the
representative of the province of Pomer-
ania The ex-chancellor declined the In
vitahon, pleading his inflrmities and adj
vanced age as reasons for his non-accept-
ance.
The Teachers Union of Stettin seran-
AIDED the empress in the great yard OF the
castle last evening The empress told
the conductor Of the band how gratfied
she was at the attention paid to the bands
accompanying the troops. The emperor
and empress attended divine service this
morning. The colors of the regiments as
sembled, decorated with garlands of oak
leaves, were grouped around the kaiser
pavilion, where an altar had been erected.
The Second army corps formed a square
around the pavilion with an opening to-
ward the gate leading from the street
The imperial party drove through this
gate and up the avenue at 1O15 o'clock.
The kaiser called out: Good morningr'
to each brigade as he passed, the men re-
plying Good morning" To a group Of Of
ficers and foreign attaches, the emperor
said: Good morning, comrades" and the
persons addressed returned the greeting.
Capt. Evans and other Representatives
of the German-American soldiers sang a
hymn without an instrumental accom-
paniment. Chaplain Kramm preached a
sermon, which the kaiser had ordered not
to exceed twenty minutes in duration
The sermon was followed by prayer and
hymn and the roll OF drums finished the
service. The emperor stood erect through
out the service At noon the troops
marched past the emperor and later his
majesty entertained the officers and for
eign attaches at luncheon in the military
casino. The heat throughout the day was
intense.