The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-23
IN HONOR OF WILLIAM |.
Century of His Birth Celebrated
Throughout Germany,

Throughout Germany
Berlin, March 22.-The celebration of
the centenary OF Emperor William |.
who was born March %, 1897, began to-
day. The day was observed through
out Germany as a national holiday.
The morning opened dull and cloudy,
threatening rain, but soon the skies
frightened and the remainder of the
day was sunny. In the early hours
Berlin presented the aspect of Sunday.
The shops were closed and the streets
were filled with persons in holiday at
tire, Everybody was astir at day
break and by s o'clock clouds We're
hurrying to the best points of observa
ton of the principal sights of the day.
While the people were assembling
eighteen regiments of the Berlin gar
rison, horse and foot, were marching
from different points to the rendezvous
at the Brandenburg gate.
The emperor on horseback, wearing
a uniform of a colonel of the Guard du
Corps. with a black cuirass his breast
glfttering with the insignia of various
orders, left the castle at 1890 o'clock
and at the head Of the guard marched
to the old Kaiser Wilhelm palace, where
the guards received the colors which
We're deposited there yesterday. From
the palace the Guards, with the en-
peror still at their head, marched to
the Brandenburg Gate in front of the
troops of the garrison which were
aligned from the Lustgarten to the
Brandenburg Gate. AT this point the
kaiser, with the guards headed the
troops and marched to the monument
where the troops were massed to the
right and left.
Upon arriving at the monument the
emperor saluted the empress the En-
press Frederick, the Prince Regent Of
Bavaria, the kings of Saxony and Wur-
temburg and the grand dukes of Baden
and Hesse, who were seated under a
canopy in front of the monument
Drums and bugles then sounded the
signal for prayer, after which Chief In
tendent Faber delivered an Grafton.
Another prayer followed. when the en-
peror, in stentorian voice, gave to the
troops the command, present arms!'
Then turning toward the monument
where a number of marines with the
unwilling cords in their hands were
awaiting the signal, the kaiser shouted
"Unveil!' The canvas coverings fell
and the colossal monument to the Kali
ser Wilhelm ]. was disclosed. As the
covers fell salute of 101 guns began,
the bells throughout the city were rung,
the bands played and the vast crowds
everywhere assembled cheered vocifer-
ously for many minutes.
After the unwilling the emperor ad-
vanced and saluted the monument, and
was followed by the empress, Empress
Frederick, the Prince Regent of Bara-
via. the king Of SaXony, the grand duke
of Baden, the grand duke of Hesse. all
of whom deposited wreaths at the foot
of the monument After this ceremony
a similar one was performed by depu-
tations by the Austrian Hussars and
Russian infantry. The expresses. the
sovereigns and the grand dukes re-
turned to the canopy, when the review
Of the troops began, the emperor stand
ing at the foot of the monument. The
spectators were greatly amused in the
course of the review at the spectacle
of the young princes, the emperor's
sons, trotting along in the rear of the
Foot Guards.
The crowds in the vicinity of the
monument were so great that several
accidents occurred and number of wo-
men and children tainted from the ef-
fects of the fearful crushing to which
they were subjected, but there were no
fatalities All of the officers wore the
new Kaiser Wilhelm l. medal.