The San Francisco call., 1896-08-17
WILL THE CAR
VISIT BERLIN 2
The All-Absorbing Ques-
tion at the German
Capital.
ANXIETY AND. JEALOUSY
In Cafes and Other Public Places
the Subject Is Much
Discussed.
IMPERIAL PARTY'S ITINERARY
Grand FeteS and Military Displays Are
in Preparation at Vienna and
Breslau.
IMPERIAL PARTY's ITINERARY
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Presses

the inhabitants of the German capital is,
Will the Czar come to Berlin? Up to this
time it has merely been officially an
nounced that the Gear and Czarina will
be the guests of the Emperor at Breslau
and Goerlitz, but as Vienna and Paris will
be the scenes of elaborate receptions to the
Russian autocrat and his consort, the Ber-
liners are jealously anxious lest the Gar
and Czarina should be sighted here. The
Berlin and provincial newspapers are
variously discussing the question and the
matter is the subject of much argument
in the cafes and other public places. Some
of the newspapers in the course of their
articles point out the advantages of Bres-
lau as the scene OF the reception of the
Gar in Germany, while the others assume
pessimistic tone and declare their belief
that it is the intention of the Russian En-
peror TO come here. but to give to his visit
an aspect of minor importance as COM
pared with his visits to the Austrian and
French capitals.
This sort of thing has aroused the
leaders of the official circles, as evidenced
by an inspired article in the Cologne
Gazette, which not only sharply rebukes
the grumblers, but is seemingly intended
to give positive intimation to the public
that it is not the intention of Nicholas II
to visit the city of Berlin at all and has
not been from the first. The paper makes
no direct announcement to this effect,
however, and the whole matter probably
awaits the definite decision OF the Gar.
There has been prolonged series of
communications between the German and
Russian Cabinets in regard to the sequence
of visits proposed by the Czar, and it is
generally presumed that full and final
arrangements have been concluded. Some
time ago tentative communication from
a Russian source suggested that the Gear
should make visits to Vienna, Munich
and Darmstadt prior to his Getting the
Kaiser, but this programme was in no
way acceptable TO Emperor William, who
set the diplomatic Ministers to work to
effect the changes which he desired made
in the Cars itinerary.
The result of the efforts of diplomacy
was that the Russian Cabinet maintained
their contention that Vienna must take
precedence over the German capital, mas
much as Emperor Franz Josefs was the
older imperial court, Berlin coming next.
This view of the matter was acquiesced in
by the Emperor, and according to the
existing arrangements the Gar Will start
from Krasnoe-Selo on August "a, accom-
panied by Prince Lobanoff Rostovsky, the
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Count VorontZoff- Daunhkoff, Chief of the
Ministry of the Imperial House and I'M
perial Domains, and six other attendants
of exalted rank.
The customary extreme precaution will
be taken in the matter OF guarding the
railroads over which the imperial party
will pass and in protecting his Majesty at
other points along the route. Upon the
arrival of the Gear at Vienna he will be re-
ceived at the station by Emperor Franz
josef in person, VINO will conduct the
Russian Emperor to the Hofburg Palace.
The programme for the entertainment
of the Car in Vienna includes grand
state performance OF "Manon" at the I'm
perial Opera-house and a concert at the
Hofburg Palace on the following day. Be
fore finally leaving Austria the Gar will
pay visit to the ex-Queen of Hanover
and the Duke and Duchess Of Cumberland
at Gmunden.
The Car and Czarina will arrive at
Breslau on September 5, ana The German
Emperor and Empress, with brilliant
assem- blage OF princes and other notabili-
ties, will greet them at the station, where
a guard OF honor consisting of the EN-
peror Alexander of Russia's Grenadiers,
of which the Car Nicholas III is the chief
will await them. This regiment; together
with the Second Regiment or Dragon
Guards, of which her Majesty the Gar
ina is the chief, has been ordered to Bres-
lau especially for the occasion. In addi-
tion to these troops, 1900 veterans will
form double line through which the
Car and Czarina and their suites will
pass upon leaving the station.
The two days OF the visit of the Russian
Emperor and Empress to Breslau will be
largely taken up by military reviews and
parades, in the course of which the Car
and Czarina will lead their respective
re0iments past the Kaiser. A gay per-
formance will be given in the theater in
honor of the visitors on the evening of
September g. Among the personages of
note who are expected to assemble at
Breslau to take part in the honors TO the
Russian Emperor and Empress are the
King of Saxony; Prince Albrecht, Regent
of Brunswick; Prince Heinrich; the Count
of Turin, nephew of King Humbert of
Italy; Prince Albert of Belgium; repre-
sentatives of the courts of Bavaria and
Wurtem berg; Captain K. K. Evans mill
tary attache to the United States en-
bassy; attaches to the other foreign en-
bassies and LEGATIONS in Berlin; the Earl
of Lonsdale and Lord Charles Beresford.
On the morning OF Septemb Der all of
the imperial guests will go to Goerlitz,
where there will be more military parades
and maneuvers. On the evening of Sep
tember the Gar and CZarina, with their
suites, will take their departure for Copen-
hagen, unless IN the meantime 1t shall be
decided that the Russian imperials visit
Berlin. A suggestion that the three EN-
perors meet at Breslau has been quite
seriously discussed, but it is not probable
that such meeting will take place.
Emperor William on August 2 will at
tend the unyeiling of moment in Berlin
in honor of the Third Regiment OF Foot
Guards.
Arrangements are in progress for
sporting week in Berlin from September
20 to September q, upon the lines of the
annual sporting week in Dresden. The
Emperor has been asked to become a
patron of the sports. The programme as
at present contemplated will include a
water corso, sailing regatta and fat
steeplechase races at Carlshorst. concours
hippique on the exhibition grounds and a
battle of flowers. bicycling, athletic sports,
fencing and shooting contests at other
places.
The health of Prince Bismarck, accord
jr9 to the Hamburger Eachrichten, is