The Portland daily press., 1895-08-19
Dedication of a Monument at Berlin
Yesterday.
EMPEROR WILLIAM TOOK A
PROMINENT PART.
1t Was Dedicated s'to Encourage the Living.
to the Memory of the Fallen ana as
an Example to Coming Ages.

an Example to Coming Ages.
Berlin, August 1s.-The foundation of
the monument to Emperor William L.
was laid today by his grandson, Emperor
William IL, with the most imposing cere-
monies. The whole festplatz was sur
rounded by soldiers, who kept the great
crowds back from that part OF the
grounds set apart for the use oil the
Emperor and guests.
The weather was splendid. At an early
hour the streets were alive with throngs
of citizens and troops marching to the
place of the festival All the infantry
and cavalry regiments had their standards
decorated with oak wreaths, and the guns
of artillery were appropriately decorated
Thousands of people from other cities
were in Berlin, and veterans from all
parts of the empire. and other countries
notably America could be observed every
where.
At half past seven the royal personages
assembled in the pavilion OF the Emperor.
There were present members OF the
Bundsrath and Reichstag, who had been
invited to tap the stone, and all had to
await for a considerable time Tor the
coming of the Emperor. AS His Majesty
emerged from the third gate of the palace
he was greeted with flourish of trumpets,
and as he came out and stood by the
stone, Chancellor Won Hohenlohe
rendered I him an address, which His
Majesty read. After he had read little
time the bells in the churches in the
vicinity struck the hour of nine, and this
drowned part of the text. The address
Tn, t6a of c0uQrpipnG and
free cities of the empire, we lay the
fundation stone of a memorial sof
Emperor William, the Great, which was
voted unanimously by the Reichstag. He,
to whom it was reserved to fight for the
liberation of Germany from foreign
oppression, gave to the German tribes
their long yearned for unity and power
full position in the states of the world. He
gave to Germany not only her army and
navy, but her trade, commerce, arts and
sciences To his enlightened initiative
Germany owes the first slept towards the
practical furtherance of the interests of
the working classes. May this monument
ever look down on a happy and contended
nation, if such be Gods will. -
Count Serchenfeld, the Bavarian
minister at Berlin. then handed trowel
to the Emperor, saying: Twenty five
years ago foreign foe threatened King
William. This prince of peace led Ger
many's sons from victory to victory.
What Germany thinks of the great Kaiser
is engraved on all German hearts.
May Germany's sons ever stand together
for the Emperor and the empire :" His
Majesty then threw some mortar into the
bed of stone and was followed by Baron
Bual Won Berenberg, president OF the
Reichstag, who made an address and in
the course of his remarks he said 'This
monument will be an everlasting land
mark that wherever German hearts beat
or German tongues are spoken, gratitude
to Emperor William l. will mover vanish.
hopefully commenced rule. -
He then handed hammer to Emperor
William who said amid the thunder of
cannon as the stone was lowered into its
place. "To encourage the living, to the
memory of the fallen and as an example
to coming ages. dedicate this monu-
ment to the memory of Emperor William,
the Great
As he spoke these words, he tapped the
stone with the hammer, after which 1T
was tapped by the Grown Prince, Grand
Duke Of Baden, the President of the
Bundesrath, President of the Reiohstag
and others. The court chaplain then said
a benediction, after which .Chancellor
Won Hohenlohe called for three cheers for
the Emperor. These were heartily given
by all present and taken up and repeated
by the crowds watching the proceedings
from the roofs of nearby houses. Troops
then marched past the Emperor, after
which His Majesty walked into the castle.
In the evening the Emperor attended a
banquet given by the first regiment OF
foot guards at Potsdam.