The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-06-20
THIN EIEL CELEBRATION.
The Town Crowded with Visitors
from All Parts Of Germany.
EMPEROR WILLIAM FOR PEACE

Fhe German Ruisr's Significant Utteranoe
ut Banquet In Hamburg Description
of tho Great Canal which Cost ths Ger
man Government SIS, 100000. 80
KEEL June 90 ALI day long yesterday
there was n ccaseless incoming OF trains
hither on tho railroads each one flied to
the last inch OF available space with eager
humanity Visitors have nocked in thou
sands in the streets Of tho town and in the
harbor, and every place is overhowing
with people. The main streets are almost
impassable with the streams of men,
women and children.
The crews of the American, French,
Austrian, Roumanian and Spanish war
shi ps were allowed shore leave. The Aus
trians, as the representatives of one OF the
powers in the triple alliance were the
chief objects M interest to the spectators.
Pleasure steamers, loaded to their ut
most capacity with crowds of sightseers,
made numberloss trips all day in the har-
Dor, each one going the rounds Of all the
warships, which are the central feature
In the great spectacle. Each pleasure
steamer as they came abreast man-of-
war exchanged cheers with the jolly tars
on board, and none OF them ever seemed
TO grow weary.
The Empress Augusta of Germany ar
rived here at O'Clock last evening, and
was received at the station with great GER
smony and driven to the Schloss amid
salyos Of artillery and the cheering Of the
multitude which tined all the streets,
Tho great event at Hamburg yesterday
was the arrival of Emperor William, who
reached the city at 4:15, accompanied by a
staff brilliant in uniforms A company
of the Hamburg regiment, with band and
banner, rendered military honors at the
station, where also the entire senate and
burgomasters of the republic and Hanse
City Of Hamburg were in attendance.
After the reception at the station the COM
pany was driven in open state carriages
through the principal streets of Hamburg.
In the evening there was banquet at
the Rathaus, with the emperor as the prin-
oipal figure. Burgomaster Lehman well
coined the emperor to Hamburg in pa
triotio address, and the emperor responded
AI q brief speech, in concluding which he
ssid:
I'VE have cast glance upon the eter-
nal sea. Lot us now direct our looks to
the sea Of the peoples hearts. All nations
uplift themselves to us here today with a
questioning look. They need and desire
peace. In peace alone oan the world 8
commerce expand. In peace alone can IL
thrive, and peace we shall uphold"
At the banquet the rlmbsr of guests OF
his majesty 9 table was sixty four; the total
number Of guests, including tho members
Of the diplomatic corps, who dined in Q
separate room, was 600. The varied uni
forms of the guests, the contrasting colors
the profusion OF military and other deco
rations, and the general aspect of stately
magnifoence and power presented Q
splendid spectacle. .."-
The great canal which joins Baltic SCI
% the German ocean was eight years In
building, and cost eos, 900, 900 1t inter
scots the penih1ula Of Schleswig- Holsteir
from Brunsbuttel, near the mouth of the
Elbe, to Holtenau, on the Kell bay and
opposite that city, q distance of about
tAfty- nine miles. The entrances at both
grairminis have been provided with does
white hunthe passage of vessels both en-
contrasting pnving the canal
Of the forejh hiel end the gates will be gen
rally open. At tho Brunsbuttel end tho,
will be opened in normal weather during
nood tide for a period of three or foul
hours each day. Each of the gates is 27y
yards wide, ana the space inclosed by IT.
walls is 16l yards In length. Tho loves
possible depth of water at Brunsbutte
end Is almost five fathoms and at Holte
nau trifle more.
The whole canal is lighted by electricity
and the light furnished is powerful enough
90 enable navigators to plainly discern tn
route by night. At all those points when
the canal runs through small lakes ant
ponds, Of which quito "a number lie alonI
The route, the buoys are lighted by gas.
Steam tugs are stationed at each mali
gate to the canal to assist the passage o
vessels, and inside the gates are harbor
for the accommodation of vessels whiol
have to wait for passage. At the loves
possible water the canal has a depth O
four and half fathoms. The breadth a
she bottom of tho canal is twonty -fou
and one-tenth yards. At several point
the canal Is crossed by movable bridges
which, when opened, leave free space @
afty-four and one-fourth yards. There ar
also number of ferries.
Tho men of the German ironclads Holm
Gall and Hagen regaled the American
and Danish sailors at the Waldwelz res
faurant on Tuesday Yesterday the crew
Of the German ironclads Sachsen an
Wurtemburg desired to similarly compl
mont the crews of tho French mon. OF, wa
Hoche and Dupuy Delomis, but the Frenc
admiral declined to allow the Frenchme
togo on shore explaining that tho Freno
crews arc not permitted to land durin
their presence in Kiel kslAar.
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