The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-22
CELEBRATING ON THE CANAL.
THE FETEs AT KEEL OF A MOST
BRILLIANT CHARACTER.

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ships-The officers of the French
Fleet Pleased With the CourtexieS
shown Them-The Boiler of N
Launch From One OF the American
cruisers ExpIOdes.
KEEL June 21.-Everybody was astir at
\ an early hour this morning securing
places Of vantage to see the ceremony of
LAYING the keystone of the canal at HoI-
tenau. Dozens OF steamers went from
KEEL TO places near the lock, among
which was the press steamer. which was
allotted good place. The invited guests
and those who had secured tickets for the
tribunes arrived between 10 and 1879
n o'clock. Thousands focked to Holtenau
Fl nv land and water. Never did the harbor
Of Kiel present so animated an appear
ance The warm sun from early morning
shone uppn hundreds of gaily decorated
vessels and majestic looking warships at
anchor. Dozens of vessels were fitting
from one point of the bay to another
The kaiser went to Holtenau early on
n board his steam launch. The entire high
way from Kiel to the mouth of the canal
.
remarkably beautiful Trees line the road
. for the greater part of the distance. and
here and there groves of beech
woods affording cool shades are
passed. At places where the
country is open glimpses of the bay and
\ distant sea are afforded. Innumerable
. triumphaI arches, bearing notices and
ed and the village and hamlets on the
short route showed a profusion of flags
and bunting.
Holtenau, which gives its name to the
new lock, is picturesquely situated four
or five miles from Kiel. and nearly a mile
from the mouth of the canal, where the
foundation stone was laid. The arrange
ments at the scene of the ceremony were
excellently devised. Grand stands of vast
proportions had been erected for guests
and ticket holders. At II o'clock shouts
. of Der Kaiser kommt!' arose. The
emperor, whose arrival was the signal
F. for deafening cheers, in an admirars uni
form walked to his place with martial
bearing. He acknowledged the enthusi-
astlc greetings smilingIy. His majesty,
having taken a standing position before
the dais, Chancellor Hohenlohe asked the
imperial assent to commence the proceed
ings and then read document relating
TO the ceremony, after which the kaiser
approached the stone, and receiving a
mallet from the Bavarian plenipoten-
uary in the Brundesrath, tapped the stone
thrice. The stone also received blows
from the royal princes present from the
. members of the Brundesrath, ministers of
state and a score of other state officers.
no af1o an Law 70 n
. the canal, said: I'm memory of Emperor
William the Great, l christen this canal
4 the Kaiser Wilhelm canal" His majesty
then tapped the stone thrice, continuing:
a a. in the name of God, in honor of the
. Emperor William l., for the veal Of Ger
many and the welfare of nations" The
weather was brilliant and the spectators
H numbered by the thousands.
The stone being laid, the kaiser returned
to his place at the dais. At the conclusion
Il Of the ceremonies at the keystone, the en-
peror went OH board the HohenZollern,
where he took luncheon. salute to his
majesty was fired by several of the war
ships in the bay.
II had been arranged in the course of
n the preparations for the celebration that
Il the assembled warships should steam past
a the Hohenzollern in review, but for some
4 unexplained reason, it was decided later
that the emperor's yacht should merely
\ steam through the lines of the German
and foreign fleets lying at anchor. This
was accordingly DONE all of the ships
saluting the Hohenzollern as she passed.
4 All of the ships were literally covered
with flags, and in the bright sunshine
made magnificent spectacle. Miss Her
bert, daughter of the United States Secre-
tary of the Navy, with party OF friends
was on board the American cruiser New
York.
The imperial yacht Hohenzollern in be-
" IF
German warships assembled IN the mar
Dor, left her anchorage at o'clock ana
Is steamed out from the mouth OF the canal,
turning northward and going between
the first and second of the four lines OF
ships anchored above the entrance on the
west side of the bay. These two lines
comprised the Russian, Spanish, Swed-
ISL Norwegian and Dutch vessels Round
ing the northernmost Dutch ship, she re-
turned between the fourth line, comprised
of three Austrian and four German shlps
and line along the east bank consisting
Of one Austrian, two Roumania, two ItaI-
ian and one Turkish ship.
She continued on that side toward the
southern end of the bay, passing the
b French fleet and rounding the British
ship Blenheim, went up between the Eng
sh and the German lines. The emperor
stood alone behind the main mast and
above. the commanders bridge, the Ho-'
while the bands of the various ships, with
out regard to nationality, played Hell
Der Siogerkranz." Most of the warships
had their yards manned, and the cheer
Ing was incessant.
AS soon as the naval review was finished
a a grand banquet was held in the imperial
marquee at Holtenau, where loss guests
sat down to the dinner, which lasted a
long time. The great hall in which the
kaiser's banquet took place, is built on
the south side (Kiel side) of the canal,
along the torpedo shelter which runs
from the mouth of the canal towards
Wike Bay, and is separated from Kiel
harbor by mole The idea to give the
building such a look originated with the
emperor. When the design for such a
building, drawn in the usual style sur
mounted by turrets, etc, was submitted
10 him, his majesty reversed it and drew
on the back with a pencil, sketch OF
the projected hall in the form of a vessel
OF the seventeenth century.
Tonight the town is a seething mass OF
humanity. Thousands of sailors and sol
dlers in every variety of uniform are in the
streets or in the public resorts all mingling
WI IN of Con6 pOr0radpshiD. The