Evening star., 1895-06-20
THROUGH THE CANAL
The Kaiser on His Yacht Formally
Opens It.
IMMENSE HHRONGS ON THE BANKS
Greeted by Thousands During the
Passage.
MENSE THRONGS ON THE BANKS
SALUTE OF THE FLEETS

BRUNSBUTTEL, Germany, June 20.--At
a quarter Of this morning the imperial
yacht Hohenzollern, with Emperor William
and the princes on board, entered the west
ern water gate of the Baltic and North Sea
canal in order tc formally open it. The
gate was magnifcently decorated, and the
Hohenzollern passed through amid ringing
cheers from the military associations, stu
dents, delegations and mas ses of the popu-
lace. the bands playing the national an
them, and accompanying the music were
the voices of the crowds asse embled, who
joined heartily in chorus. His majesty
stood on the deck of his yacht and bowed
his thanks, with visible emotion, on all
sides.
At O'Clock the Hobe nzollern severed the
thread stretched across the canal and COM
menced the passage of the new waterway.
GRUENTHAL, JuEe 20.-The imperial
yacht Hohenzollern, with the emperor and
princes on hoard, passed the bridge at 6:15
am.
Passing of the Emperor.
RENDSBURG, June 2O-At an early hour
this morning the town, which is gaily dec
Grated for the occasion. was full of life,
the influx of sight-seers being enormous.
The various local and visiting associations
and schools, headed by bands of music,
marched to the stands set apart for their
use and prepared to enjoy a view of the
imperial procession through the canal.
The imperial yacht HohenZollern passed
here at o'clock this morning and was fol-
lowed twenty minutes later by the Kaiser
Adler, having on board the Kings of Sax
ony and Wurtemberg, the regent of Bava-
rias Prince Luitpold and the Grand Duke
of Baden.
The passage of the two steamers was the
occasion for loud and prolonged cheering
from the imn enSe crowds of people gath
cred on both banks Of the canal.
Formal Opening Accomplished.
HOLTENAU, June 2O.-The Hohenzollern
reached the canal lock here at 12:4O pm,
being the first vessel to formally pass
through the canal, and was greeted with
vccifcrous cheers from masses of specta-
tors. The appearance of the Hohenzollern
was the signal for a simultaneous cannon
aiding from the various fleets of warships
In the bay, as they fired salutes in honor OF
his majesty.
The Hohenzollern then replied with her
guns to the salutes of the foreign warships,
and the opening of the Baltic and North
Sea canal was an accomplished fact.
The arrival of the HohenZoilern here was
witnessed by the Empress of Germany,
Princess Henry of Prussia, and their suites
who occupied the Hotel Bellevue.
The last vessel of the procession passed
the canal at 1:55 pm
Frocession Through the Canal.
The following was the order of the pro-
cession:
A dispatch boat, acting as pilot.
The imperial yacht Hohenzollern. with
the emperor and four of his sons on board
The kaiser-Adler. with the German kings
and grand dukes as passengers.
Ihe North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm II, with the German princes and
other important personages on board.
The British royal yacht Osborne carry
ing the Duke of York and his suite.
The Italian royal yacht Savoia, bearing
the Duke of Genoa and his suite.
The Hamburg-American steamship Au-
gusta Victoria, with members of the reich
stag and public officials on board
The North German Lloyd steamship
Trave, with other members of the reich
stag and other officials on board
The Hamburg American line steamer
Rhaetia, with senator's members of the
relehstag and various officials.
The Hamburg American line steamship
Columbia, with large party of distin-
guished personages as passengers.
The German dispatch boat Grille, with
German naval officials
The Italian gunboat Aretusa with Ital-
ian naval officials as passengers. .
The British admiralty yacht Enchantress,
conveying large party Of British naval
officers.
The French gunboat Surcuff, having on
board marty of French naval and mill
tary officers.
The Russian gunboat Grossjaseptch, ac-
commodatiig the Russian naval and other
officials
The. Spanish gunboat Ensenada, bearing
the Spanish naval and other officials
The Sw edish gunboat Edda, having as
passengers party of Swedish naval and
other officials
The Norwegian gunboat Viking. convey
ing the Norwegian officials.
The United States cruiser Marbleheai
having as passengers Admiral Kirkland
and staff and officers from the San Fran
cisco, New York and Columbia of the Unit
ed States squadron
The Roumanian gunboat Mircea
The Danish gunboat Hokla, with the
Danish officials on board.
TIE Turkish gunboat Alkamar.
The Portuguese gunboat Faud.
Going to Meet the Kaiser.
KEEL, June 2O.-The weather this morn
ing was magnificent, and the greatest ami
nation prevails everywhere. At the ear
liest hours Of the day thousands of per-
sons were already en- route to Holtenau
and LevensaIl, in order to await the ar
rival of the imperial procession from Bruns
buttel.
The special train conveying the represe1-
tatives of the press arrived here from
Hamburg at ) o'clock this morning.
The shipping in the harbor was profusely
decorated with bunting, and the whole port
presented a very picturesque appearance
The stands on the neghboring heights were
filled with sightseers, and masses of people
who were unable to obtain seats were
grouped here and there and everywhere.
This being the fifty-eighth anniversary of
the accession of Queen Victoria to the
throne of Great Britain. by special COM
mand of Emperor William a royal salute
was fired at noon from all the German
warships, which at the same time hoisted
the British flag to the strains of the ma
tional anthem of Great Britain.
AT $50 a m. representatives of the Ger
man and foreign press assembled on board
the Prinz Waluemar, the steamer allotted
to their use for the day, and were well
coined by DR.. Hamann of the foreign office
When all the newspaper men were pres
ent DR.. Hapann addressed them as fol-
lows:
LAS the representative of the foreign Of
flee it is my agreeable duty to welcome you
on board this vessel. I trust that in the
fulfillment of your arduohs duties you will