New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-11
NORTH SEA CANAL OPENING.
EMPEROR WILLIAM PERSONALLY SUPER
INTENDING THE ARRANGEMENTS
GREAT NAVAL. PARADE TO BE ONE OF THE
FEATURES-THE CIANCEILOR's DAILY
ROUTINE PENSIONS INFLUENzA.

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rEATURES-THE cHANCELLoR's DAILY
ROUTINE pFNsIoNs-INFITENzA.
Berlin March lO-The preparations for the OPEN
ing OF the North Sea and Baltic Canal are on
grand scale. The activity ali along the line from
nie the North Sea shows that the Emperor IN
tends to celebrate the occasion with a series OF
splendid fetes lasting a week. The Emperor IS
experimenting personally most Of the arrange
ments which are still incomplete Before the IN
auguration ceremonies he will again traverse psr'
Of the canal with several warships 10 lnspeo' ','
locks harbOrs and forts and reheaNe prlenS ,'ie
whole programme as he desires 10 see II O'''
out The Emperor visited al the locks as l'i 10
Brunsb,ittel on Thursday, and then conferred WIN
the chief engineers who assured him that 'ne'e
was no possible obstacle in the way oil oPe"'9 '
canal the original date ~
The Hamburg banquet will be held on 'ne ~ ,,,
Inc OF June 49, The climax Of the ce''o'""o W.
no the reception Of the Emperor wi'r Sq"iu' vi
AT KIel on June %. The welcoming hecI WIN ~
Al ,.ar ,,e..sels representing all the great haNcs
OF the world all the excursion steamers Oh e nea.
nv ports and "A host OF yachts from 'he ""o'e
North German coast The kie' authorities are
Manning anchorage for $50 large vessels. The
vortb German Regatta Society Will open the BOAT
inc week on June 90 The Imperial Yacht club
win follow this with series of matches lasting
from June "a to June q Racing will end on June
2s with an ocean match over the course TO Trave-
minde.
The recent brilliant receptions at the ChanceV
lery have given the impression that Chancellor
Prince Hoherlohe is living in luxury and pomp
quite unknown in the Wilhelm Strasse during the
DAYS Of Bismarck and Caprvl. The United Press
correspondent has obtained from Count Won Schon-
born Wcsenthied chief of the Chancellors special
bureau a few details of Prince IIohenlohes daily
life which throw light on his personal tastes ana
inner character. The Chancellor rises in winter at
o'clock, and in summer much earlier After COT
fee with buttered roll. he smokes a cigarette
At 7:So he begins his work over the morning mall.
lie often scans his letters he walks in the gar
den at the same time scattering crumbs among me
birds in the paths. At o'clock he goes TO MS
workroom the furniture OF which is the same as
in the days Of the Iron Chancellor ana the Ola |"-
peror At $50 the daily official routine opens
Of the Foreign Oflice The chief OF the Press Bu-
reau brings in foreign and domestic newspaper
A about i2:$o o'clock The Ministers haif honT for
consultation with their chief begins INNS IT,,
vited eat luncheon with tie Ch"noeior o, VINO
usually has at he a6@ af9 Ihf me- meal o con
S h Si ancior akes another cigarette after which
he drives to the Reichstag TO remain untl ihe
,nc NTH the deputies. however He works ia
his One quite remote from the House. usually
taI,ing over State business with conspicuous OH
Gals and politician He walk back to the han
and at 73o o. clock goes the family dinner. when
is Ear from elaborate At 10 O'Clock the chancellor
retires TO his workroom and resumes his laoorS
with his interminable correspondence NJ nh'"-
night he goes % bed
Mr. and Mrs Runyon gave a small ball al the
Embassy on THURSDAY: Last evcnng ih"y , ,"r
dinner with the Brazilian Minister, Wno cn, .ho
tajrad AZ the same time the full stafs OF me
American Embassy and Consulate.
The death rate has been rasei rapily IN me ~
week by the epidemic Of influenza throushon' me
ennre Hamburg mas suffered most severely.
r,b ..tu,,sche Z4itung" is publishing letters
from persons who think that the widow, "i "'hc'rF
and soldiers killed in lS10-7 10 not &C. pig n"uRh
ygnsions Questions and debates IN the ls'l'hstas
viii surely come next. as the d'plolA"f lh9u',
ncicncy Of the pensions has been SHOWN ''Soh'
doubt.