The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-09-02
ALL GERMANY CELEBRATES
TWENTY-FIFTH 4NNIVERSARR OF
 THE RATTLE OF SEDAN.

erans or the Ge man Veterans When He
 Lett the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial
 Church.
 Berlin, Sept, 1.-The inaugural cere- monies to the celebration of the twen- ty-fifth anniversary of the battle of Sedan, the final engagement of the Franco-Prussian war, took place to- day, The houses along the principal streets here were decorated in a fine manner. There were long lines of ever greens, masses of flowers and a pro- fusion of flags and banners. Thou sands of people arrived here early in the morning and continued arriving un- til noon when the Berliners were crowd ed out by the Provincials, who throng- ed the streets. The police had taken extraordinary precautions to avert ac- cidents. The weather was cool and clear throughout the day.
 The program in this city included the inauguration of Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church. Crowds lined the streets from Bellevue in the Thiergar- ten over the Hercules bridge to Kur- furstendam. Galleries were erected opposite to the main entrance to the church which were occupied by 2000 girls Aattired in light colored dresses. The church was completely covered with flags, banners, flowers and gar lands.
 Troops lined the roadway in front of the church and the German-Ameri- can veterans held a position around the porch commanding the entrance. This was really the position of honor.
 At 9:50 o'clock this morning the ring ing of the church bells signalized the emperor's crossing of the Hercules bridge. His majesty rode with the empress in an open carriage with out riders and escorted by a squadron of body guards. The crown prince and his next younger brother, Prince Eitel, were seated in the carriage opposite the emperor and empress. Their ma jesties were received by prominent off, cials. When the emperor reached the top step of the entrance to the church, Herr Won Wedel, minister of the royal house, addressed him, saying:
 Upon the anniversary of Gravelotte
 
 to the great Kaiser Wilhelm I was laid. Now the fifth anniversary of the Sedan your majesty opens the church which was built with the funds contributed by the poor and rich equal ly throughout the country in memory of the emperor, who in his simple and religious feeling attributed all of his great deeds and victories to God, giving us all in the coming ages, an impress sive example of trust and belief in God, without whose aid we are unable to stand. May Gods blessing be upon us all, coming into this church, Will your majesty now please receive the key from the architect?"
 A procession then entered the church headed by the kaiser. The grand duch- ess of Baden and the empress followed the emperor and then came the inn perial princes. The coors of the regi- ments to which the royalties belonged were placed on the right and left of the altar The emperor, empress and oth- CT members of the royal family sat in chairs placed at the left of the altae steps. Court Chaplain Faber deliver ed an address sketching the life of William the Great
 After the liturgy Superintendent Lange, who presided at the organ, be- gan the musical part of the ceremony. Through some misunderstanding he started the music before the Amen" had been pronounced, causing an awk- ward break in the services. Dr. Mueller had J,a of 26th psalm.
 After the ceremonies at the church the emperor, the empress and the rest of the royal party, preceded by Herr Won Wedel, left the church by the cen- ter aisle. As they reached the steps leading from the edifice they stopped while the bells rang. As they got out side of the church the children, arrang- ed on each side of the walk, sang Die Wacht Am Rhein." The soldiers, who had been stationed at various points in the vicinity of the church, headed by bands of music and with colors flying, then passed before the emperor while the children sang Hail Der I'm Siegask- rantz" While the children were sing ing the emperor and empress entered their carriage and drove away amid the cheers of the people.
 After the departure Of the emperor the high officials left and the German American veterans, together with the German veteran societies, with their banners, entered the church and march ed up and down the aisles. The vet erans were followed by the children and several singing societies. The emperor, made, did not walk along the line of German-American veterans or the Ger man veterans, nor did he notice either of them.
 Dispatches received here this evening show that almost everywhere in Ger many the twenty-fifth anniversary of the capture of the Sedan from the French was celebrated with much en- thusiasm. At Frankfort-on-the-M Main the celebration was specially notewor- thy Eighteen thousand veterans with bands and banners, marched to the zc- ological gardens, where a grand ban uuet was given. Enormous crowds gath cred along the route followed by the veterans and cheered them again and again as they passed.
 In Munich there was similar celebra- tion The city was decorated with flags and bunting and the streets were crowded with the inhabitants of the place and people from the surrounding towns and villages. Everywhere the