The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-25
How the Veterans From Amer
lea Will Be Entertained.
EMPEROR TO LUNCH WITH THEM
Police Pay More Attention 70 Threat
ening Letters Than Emperor.
German Colors Removed From wreaths
on Graves I'm France Merchant
stern's Sentence Not Likely to Be
Communication the ship He said
His SON Was Aged I2.
copyrighted 1895 by the Associated Press9

copyrighted 1895 by the Associated Presse
Berlin, Aug. 24.-The final programme
OF the visit 10 Germany of the German
American veterans has been drawn up.
on their arrival at Bremen they Will be
guests of the veterans association OF that
city. and the fstes there VIII include
march through the town TO war monu-
ment, which will be decorated with laurel
wreaths. They will then proceed 10 the
park. where there VIII be a number OF
military bands, commers and iilumlna-
tons, and each of the American veterans
viii receive a commemorative medal
struck for the occasion. The veterans on
August % will so by special trains TO
Friederichsruhe and then TO Berlin, where
they will arrive on the following day.
They Will be met at the station by a conf
mittee OF the veterans association. pro-
cession will be formed. and they VIII
march through the Brandenburg gate and
file before the United States embassy.
From that point. accompanied ny
two military bands and followed
by carriages containing the women and
children, they will return TO Inter den
Linden, passing William /. 5 palace and
the schloSs 10 the Fen Palast. where there
viii be a concert. On the following day
the German-American veterans Will at
tend the inauguration of Kaiser Nilnelms
memorial church. and will then march 30
fetes have been arranged. on Septem-
Der there Will be a parade and review
on the parade ground. and in the evening
there will be a military tattoo. The vet
erans will see the sights the next day, and
on September they will lunch with the
emperor in a pavilion at Wannze. whence
they will proceed by steamer to Potsdam.
They go TO Leipsic on September >. and
from there to Mayence. They will visit
the hattlefelds and afterward start for
home via Bremen.
Politically there has heen nothing stir
ring during the whole week. The emperor
has been busy reviewing the veterans and
making kind remarks TO those VINO at
tracted his attention.
The fact that the public was excluded
from witnessing the ceremony OF the lay
ing of the cornerstone OF the Kaiser VIII
helm monument last Saturday has caused
much comment. and ii is now understood
that this measure was due TO the fact that
several threatening letters had been sent
10 the emperor the day before, whose
authorship the police were unable 10 trace.
His ma ajesty. however, was desirous OF
the utmost publicity in spite of these let
ters. but the new chief OF police at Berlin
persuaded the emperor 10 allow the police
10 exclude the masses from the ceremony.
In spite of the measures taken by the
provincial government Of the reichlard 10
prevent large bodies of German veterans
crossing the French frontier 70 view the
battlefields and decorate the German
graves big crowds of German veterans
have visited Gravelotte and Amaillas.
about 5000 old soldiers depositing wreaths
with German colors attached TO them on
the graves OF their comrades. The French
authorities. however, had the coiors re-
moved.
Mr.. Louis Stern. of New York, who was
recently sentenced to two weeks imprts-
onment and a fine of go marks for insult
ing a German official at kissingen. Is low
in Paris. awaiting the result OF his ap-
PEAL TO the prince regent OF Bavaria 70
mitigate his sentence of Imprisonment
and make IL another fine This appeal
will be pleaded by Mr.. SteTns attorney on
Tuesday. The latest information receiv-
ed however. is that Prince Leopold is not
likely TO interfere directly in the matter.
as IL is stated that information has been
received az the imperial foreign office.
which. IL is claimed. shows that Mr. Stern
paid only half fare for his son on the
steamer from New York, having given his
age as Il years. while he now claims the
lad is 10 years Old II was the question OF
the boys age. II viii be remembered.
which led ito his beng ordered from the
dancing pavilion al kissineen and which
caused Mr.. Stern 10 insult the official in
charge