The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
KAISER WILHELM.
The Baltic Canal Christened in Memory
of Germany's Great Emperor.

After visiting the Russian armored cruiser
Rurik Friday morning 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 ceremony took place in the open air.
The scene OF the ceremony was embellished
by handsome designs in landscape garden
ing, and the lighthouse standing close TO the
spot showed the three bronze reiefs OF En-
perors william l.. Frederick III and William
III. Under the relief medallion Of Emperor
william /. is a black marble tablet on which
is engraved in gilt letters: Ills majesty,
Emperor William l., laid the corner stone OF
the Baltic canal on June 3, 1887 and accom-
panied 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 masonry
inte which the Emperor placed the finishing
stone were surrounded by enormous scaiiold-
ings, rising in n semi circle and afIording
seats for about $4,000 people. As the emperor
approached the stone Baron Won Buol-Beren-
berg, president OF the Reichstag, addressed
him rs follows:
May It please your majesty TO consum-
mate an enterprise the grandeur OF which,
from a mechanical and industrial point OF
view, has never been equaled on German
| soil. After eight years the labor has been
accomplished with Gods help and without
hitch. We now see the completed structure
1 which has long been planned, and the ac-
| cOmplishmcnt of which has been ardently
| desired by German hearts. This structure,
which was at first intended to increase the
/ defensive strength OF the mutton, will now
promote German trade and commerce. We
| may thus be permitted TO indulge in the
hope that the successful accomplishment OF
| OF the work will permanently and ia the
highest measure funll the further object OF
providing profitable opening for inteFna-
| tiOnal trade.
MAY your majesty eraciously deicn TO
/ take this maiet have the honor of present
ing in the name OF the German nation, aud
! give the finishing stroke by consecrating the
enterprise May Gods richest blessings ac-
company this action
Taxing the mallet tho emperor said;
"In memory OF Emperor William the Great
| christen this canal the Kaiser Wilhelm
canal
Ills majesty then tapped the stone three
times with the malet saying.
I'm the name OF the triune God, In honor
Emperor william. In the veal OF Germany
and the welfare Of nations
After the emperor had tapped the stone q
parchment was placed inside OF II declaring
! The circumstances OF the building and COM
pletion Of the canal. The chancellor, Prince
Hohenlone, in fall official uniform. read the
document aloud before deposlting II In the
stone.
In his speech at the imperial banquet at
Kiel Emperor William showed both good
taste, and statesmenship. His expression
that the navles OF Europe ought to be used
| for the advancement and maintenance OF
Europes mission OF civilization was judicious
and happy. As he said, all people need and
desire peace, in which alone they can thrive.
A great step was made when the French
consented TO take part In the Kiel fetes. The
French and British Ambassadors sat opposite
the Emperor at the imperial banquet and his
, words seem TO have been at least partly aim
cd at NJ Herbette.
With the two great war nations OF Conti-
nental Europe presided over by two En-
perors us desirons Of peace as the Car is
said TO be. and as the Kaiser now declares he
u, that general war with which NJ. Blowltz
aud other correspondents have been threaten
ing us for so many years ought TO be put a
long way OIL