St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-03
ALL BERLIN ABLAzE.
Dazzi1ng Illumination of the Citv
and SURROUNDINGS


LONDON, Sept. IA dispatcb from,
Berlin to the Times saws: Rv fsr the
most interesting feature of todav,s no
rade was the return of the enneror
from Tempelhof field with the coIors
The entire route to the nalaca ms
Hned with people and every window
was occupied. 1t was a. yeritable Fri
umphal progress for the representa-
tives of the empire and of German
unity, and the popular enthusiasm was
remarkable for it's spontanietv The
So,OV0 children lining the route sang
the national hymn as the emperor mass.
ed The day brought wildly before
! ones mind how many knights of the
iron cross and possessors of war med
ais are stlll alive among the popula-
tlon OF Berlin. 1t was with a inst
PRIDE that, with the medals conspicu-
Gus on their breasts, they mingled with
the crowd commemorating the deeds
which they shared. The chief basis of
the decorations is the German and
Pruss1an colors, which in every form
and size are draped in every conceiv-
able manner, and nearly cover the
fronts OF the houses at the center of
the capital. Away from the beaten
ters, the difference seems surprising
Instead of literal forest of flags a
Few were displayed at intervals here
ana there 1t must not, however, be
concluded that the people were ana
thetic. They regard Unter den Linden
as the natural place to celebrate fes-
tivities, and they focked thitber to
participate.
IhOlJph M cI,,
the population scarcely made a COM
plete holiday, enough patriotic senti-
ment has been manifested to compel
the conviction, if the occasion required
that the nation would hold firmly to-
gether to defend what they won in
1870. 1t is impossible to believe that
thousands made a holiday from a mere
spirit of idleness and curiosity, with
out desiring to give their actions a
deeper meaning. The most effective
decoration was that of the Branden-
burg gate. On the pediment was a
figure of victory, and blazed in letters
of gold the word Sedan" Below this
were the words How events have
shaped themselves under Gods guild
ance,'' these being the words with
which the old emperor concluded his
dispatch to Queen Augusta, informing
her of the fall of Sedan. 1t seemed to-
night as if the sun wished to give the
signal for the commencement of the
illumination, for it set behind the
Brandenburg gate in a flood of fiery
red, which threw into still deeper re-
lief the great gateway and the black,
seething masses of humanity behind
it. The illuminations on the whole
were more general than the decora-
tions, for those unable to buy flags
could afford the luxury of few can
dies in the windows to show their good
will. 1t is stated that the demand was
so great that no candles are to be had
in Berlin, and judging from the flood
of light, the statement is credible.
The emperor drove through the
streets late at night to see the illumin-
ations and was heartily received.
From all quarters of the empire tele-
grams announced that the day was joy
ously celebrated. At Hanover. the
Veterans club made a pilgrimage to
the military cemetery and adorned the
graves of the German and French
soldiers of 1870 with wreaths, and laid
a special wreath on the monument to
the French soldiers, AT Hamburg the
socialists attempted to disturb the fetes
by circulating thousands of pamphlets
denouncing the national festival, but
apparently without effect.