The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-25
LATE GERMAN NEWS.
programme For the vfsie OF German
aH American Veterans

ar american Veterans.
BERLIN, August 24.--The final pro-
gramme for the visit to Germsny OF the
9erman-American veterans has been
arawn up On their arrival at Bremen
tney Will be the guests of the Veterans,
association Of that city and one of the
fetss will include through town to war
monuments, which will be decorated
wish laurel wreaths. They will then
proceed to tho park, where there will
be number Of military bands, csmeras
and illusions, and where all the Ameri.
can veterans will receive q oommemo.
raelve medal struck for the occasion by
the senate.
The Veterans on August 80 will 90 BY
specisl trains to Friedrichsruhe and
thence to Berlin, where thew will arrive
on the following day. They will be met
at the Lehrer railroad station by com.
mittee OF the veterans associations;
procession will be formed and thew will
march through the Brandenburg gate
anu ME before the United States en-
oassy. On the following day the Ger.
man-Americsn veterans will attend the
inauguration of Kaiser Wilhelm's mem
orial churches and will then march to
tne ltsIian exhibition, where mum Der
OF fetes have been arranged.
On September there will be a parade
and review of the parade ground and in
the evening there will be military
tasto. The veterans will see the sights
the next day and on September they
Will lunch with the emperor in paviioa
at Wannsee, when thew proceed nv
steamer to Potsdsm. They 90 to Leipsic
on September 5, and from there to Msv.
ence. They will visit the battlefelds
snd afterwards start for homo via
Bremen.
Politically there has been nothing
stirring during the whole week, Tho
emperor has been busy reviewinp the
veterans and there has been a complete
turnover in the high naval commands
TINS week, the only official
retaining his old command OF an IRON
clad being Prince Henry, OF Prussia. on
board the battleship Woerth.
In spite OF the measures taken by the
provincial government of Reischland to
prevent large bodies Of German vet.
Grads from crossing the Reisoh frontier
to view the battlefelds and decorate
GERMAN graves, big crowds of German
veterans have visited Amaievillas and
Gravlottee, about three thousand old
soldiers depositing wreaths with the
German colors attached to them on the
graves OF their comrades. The French
authorities, however, had the colors re.
moved.
The veterans among the laborers and
mechanics employed upon the govern
ment works at Sspndau have each re-
ceived the sum OF 100 marks and leave
to visit the battlefelds of the Reisch.
land. The Bismarck monument on the
summit OF the Rudelsburg, erected by
the students, will be unveiled on Cato
Der 10.
Mr.. Louis Stern, of New York, who
WAS recently sentenced to two weeks'
imprisonment and fine of 600 marks.
for insulting German official at Kissen.
gen, is now in Paris awaiting the result
OF his appeal TO the prince recent OF
Bavaria to mitigate his sentence of inn
prisonment and make 1t another fine.
This appeal will be presented by Mr..
Storms attorney on Tuesday.
The latest inform alton W hich reaches
here, however, Is to the effect that
Prince Lieutpold is not likely to inter-
fere directly in tho matter, as it is
stated that information has been re-
ceived at the imperial foreign office.
which, 1t Is claimed. shows that Mr..
Stern paid only half fare 70. his son
from Now York. giving his age as IL
years, while he now claims the lads
age is 10. 1t Is the question OF the bows
age which led to his being ordered from
the dancing pavilion at Kissepgen, and
which caused Mr.. Stern TO insult the
official in charge.