The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-22
DEDICATED TO PEACE
Emperor William Thus Describes
the Kiel Canal.
LAST STONE LAID AT HOLTENAU.
The Festivities Conclude with Monster
Banquet in a Banquet Hall Built in Fac
Smile of Huge Vessel of Ancient Con-
atruction

HOLTENAU June 90 After visiting the
Russian armored cruiser Rurik yesterday
Emperor William laid the last stone Of .
the Baltic and North Sea canal in the .
presence of many thousands of spectators. |
The weather was brilliant, and the cere-
mony took place in the open air, and not |
in the lighthouse adjoining the sluice, as
at first contemplated. The scene at the .
ceremony was embellished by handsome
designs in landscape gardening and the |
lighthouse standing close to the spot
showed the three bronze reliefs of En- |
peror William l. Frederick III and Will |
lam II. Under the relief medallion of EN-
peror William II is a black marble tablet !
on which is engraved in gilt lettering
'His Majesty Emperor William laid the |
corner stone of the Baltic canal on June3 |
1887, and accompanied his blows with the
hammer by the words, In honor of united |
Germany, to her perfect welfare in token |
of her might and power"
The lighthouse and the block of ma
sonry into which the emperor placed the
finishing stone were surrounded by enor-
nous scaffoldings rising in a semi-circle
and affording seats for about 10, 900 people.
Baron Won Bowl Berenberg, president
of the reichstag, in brief speech pre-
sented the emperor with mallet, in the
name of German national representation.
Taking the mallet the emperor said "In
memory of Emperor William, the great,
/ christen this canal the Kaiser Wilhelm
canal" His majesty then tapped the
stone three tim es with a mallet saying
"In the name of the Triune God, in honor
of Emperor William, the veal of Ger
many and the welfare of nations"
After the emperor had tapped the stone
parchment was placed inside of it re-
| hearsing the circumstances Of the build
! ing and completion of the canal. The
chancellor. Prince Hohenlohe, in full Of
fetal uniform, read the document aloud
before depositing it in the stone.
The guard of honor was furnished by
! the First Foot Guards and Marine Artil-
| lery, the former wearing the traditional
| miter head dresses and red faced uniforms
ornamented with silver worn by the Prus-
sian guards upon state occasions The ar
tillery soldiers were a singularly fine body
of men. The whole scene took place be-
meath brilliant sunshine and with a nice
| breeze blowing
AS the emperor, empress and the young
princes, the kings and grand dukes, stood
in their places on the dais they formed an
eminently picturesque group with the
background of variegated colors uni
forms, flags, white and red plumes, gilt
tering swords and bayonets, orders, parti-
colored flags, naval uniforms of dark blue
with gold epaulets the whole controlled
with military precision, and in the dis
tance the many thousands of holiday at
tired spectators.
The actual ceremony for the great mass
of onlookers was a mystery, and outside
the inner circle not one of Prince Hohen-
lohe's words was audible. When the set
of coins was placed in the stone, the en-
peror, empress and other important per
sonages, bareheaded, tapped the stone
three times in accordance with German
tradition, the massed bands playing diff
] ferent airs as the various persons touched
! the stone.
There was a royal salute from all the
warships as the emperor gave the first tap.
e The whole ceremony lasted exactly half
an hour. The emperor and the imperial
party, as well as all the foreign officers
/ and other persons, then returned to their
- respective ships amid renewed cheering
In the meanwhile, the stone was built
i in with bricks by the master builders of
L the canal, the people pressing in while the
work was going on and seizing scraps OF
brick and mortar as souvenirs.
The review of the feet began at p. IN.
The imperial yacht Hohenzollern, with the
e imperial family, kings, grand dukes, prin-
p ces and mayors of the chief cities etc, on
Y board, left her moorings, and at the same
a moment the crews Of all the vessels in the
harbor manned the yards or rails TO their
full strength, presenting another grand
spectacle The HohenzOllern proceeded
slowly down the line, the emperor, in an
admirals uniform, standing alone on the
a bridge, the crews Of all the craft in the har-
Z. .-s.- -Hsn H-.-r. 4 IA.
The great banquet, which practically
wound up the ceremonies Of opening the
Baltic North sea canal. took place last even
ing IN the much discussed structure rep
J. resenting the old German Warship NiObe
4 About loo guests participated in the en-
n tertaiumeut including the diplomatic rep
resentatives Of the various nations
i The banquet hall was fac simile of q
o huge vessel Of ancient construction. a. 10
e vogue in the seventeenth century. Ths
j. three masts. each lJ5 feet high. were taken
from the bulls gf the SloJs and GsGon ,ls
earliest TWO vessels 1f tls infant German
s navy u lsJ0. The b0Wsyr.t formed par
Of the MoItzs. zng-hsr I'D vessel WIKI
the two toymzs.s addsd- the total lslga'
q Of -hs masrs was ~ issE The Whsl
structure was 8lz feet Iolz and ~ fsst
wide The banquet ball Itself mezs1Fsl
~ 90 DF 1l ireE. one hundred ana atEJ zf'
ID lights furnished tLs illumination ard -l.
q. table arrangements were entrusted .s h1f
. chardt. Of Berlin. who rsss.7ss % p-
plate Or about sz5.O10 10 al. which Sun
54 Includes wines ssrylcs and transports alton
%. The French Admiral Msnard go d
By the emperJr's right hand and the Eusslai
Admiral 5krydlOa sat On his left. Attn
conclusion 0f the banquet the enper0
made a brief speech, concluding a. fJi
r. lows:
We "The participation 10 our fetss u %
is powers whose representatives ne BE-
" amongst US, and whose splendid ships ~
oi today admired, ! acknowledge the NOR
NJ readily. as / believe am right IN psrceiy
=, ing therein the complete VndicatiOn .
the efforts we have always directed toWar
the maintenance of peace. Germany vii
-. range the work iuaugurated today on th