Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-20
KEEL CANAL FETES.
Hamburg Full Of Kings, Princes, Grand
Dukes and Their Suites.
TIE EMPEROR WILLIAM SPEAKS.
lie Is More Guarded Thnn tsu"i In
His Utterances-Sayst tho Assemble"
Fleet, nrc n Proof of Guaranteed
Peace.


event OF to-day was the arriVai Oh ''e
Kaiser and the Imperial family. FROM
noon TO within half hour OF the arrNai
the streets were filled with carriages an"
cavalcades, taking the royal guests "
receive their imperial CHER. by cio0N
all had been arranged at the s'a''o"'
The Kings of Saxony and WurtemDurg'
tho prince-Regent Of Bavaria, ana the
Grand Duke of Baden, with thelr STAINS
and Ministers, took their places on Tue
platform at o'clock. while the ''fee''
outside were crowded with thronSs Oh
people all Gag to see the Kaiser
All vehicle traffic was stopped III 'he
nrincipaI streets OF the town this after
noon. Immense crowds OF people ira
yerssd the thoroughfares, but there was
no disorder. An elaborate luncheon WAS
given in the Thiergarten this afternoon
which was partakcn OF by 3,ovo ghcs.S,
including the King of Wurtemours anu =
many other royal and princely psrso"ase,
Chancellor Hohenlohe, ana nuihper VI
Ministers and senators.
After the luncheon the guests eh'ereu
carriages. and at lis p. NJ. Grove 10
the Elbe. where they embarked on
steamer. and made a round OF the hatuor'
They were loudly cheersd. lie parry re-
turned at 2:30 +. NJ, 20 await the arri'ai
OF the Emperor.
EMPEROR'S ARRIVAL.
The Kaiser arrived at 4l5 o'clock at the
Dammthor station, accompanied py
numerous retnue. A company OF 'he
Hamburg Regiment. with band ana pan
ners. rendered military honors al the
station. where also the entire senate
and the Burgomaster OF Hamburg were
In attendance. -
After the reception at the station the
company was driven In open state car
riages through the principal streets OF
Hamburg.
All OF the German rulers, with the ex-
ception OF the Kaiser. drove through the
PRINCIPAL streets TO the harbor, Whefe
they viewed the assembled warships.
They were continually cheered By the
people who lined the route.
The Emperor. In the uniform OF me
cuirassiers. and wearing the orange rlD-
bons and the decoration OF the Black
Eagle drove through the city in an open
carriage with out-riders. The imperial
carriage was preceded by a section OF
the Wandsbeck Hussars. the remainder
OF which followed a second carriage con-
tanning the Imperial Princes. Following
this carriage were "a number OF vehicles
I'm which rode the Emperor's suite. HIS
Majesty was greeted with tremendous
cheering.
The German Kings did not follow the
Emperor, but drove 10 their respective
quarters after visiting the harbor.
AT about go o'clock a banquet COM
menced i'm the banqueting hall. which ia
still unfurnished. Of the newly-built Rath-
haus which was temporarily decorated
to-day. -
At the banquet, after the toasts. the
Rurgomaster, Or. Lehman, attlred in
black gown with white ruifies, arose ana
addressed the Emperor and the other
sovereigns. He made a long, deliberate
speech, keeping the Emperor and the
Kings standing, with their glasses IN
their hands.
He wound up his twentieth" by de-
claring that the canal was the greatest
German enterprise, and the occasion OF
IFS onening the most notable event in the
history Of Hamburg. The city had never
berore seen such an illustriouS assembly
as were now its guests.
He then drank to the German Emperor
and the German Princes.
The Emperor returned thanks In an I'M
commonly guarded manner. His reply
shortness.
He said he did not presume to accept
the welcome which il was patent was
not artificial, but spontaneous, for HIM
self. but which was for all the German
sovereigns surrounding him.
The canal was a great work OF peace.
There are, he added, seas that divide
and seas that unite This canal unites
| two great seas for commercial and de-
| fensive purposes. At this instant the
ircn-clad power of United Europe. lying
| in Kiel harbor was the best self-evident
proof OF guaranteed peace.
A heavy thunderstorm interrupted the
| outdoor festivities at 3 o'clock. but its
cessation allowed them TO be resumed at
| 10 o'clock.
FIREWORKS.
The Emperor and his kingly guests
| boarded the Kaiseradler at II O'Clock
and steamed slowly down the Elbe. Fire
works were then soaring skyward from
| both sides of the river and at various
| points bands We're playing In private
| and public grounds.
| The people cheered themselves hoarse
| as the vessels bearing the Emperor ana
| the other sovereigns passed.
| The Kaiseradlers passed the Flnken-
| worder light-ship on the stroke OF mid
| night The fireworks display at Blanken-
zee was spoiled by the rain.