The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-22
BERLIN FETES BEGIN TODAY WITH
UNWILLING OF THE NATIONAL
MONUMENT.
CITY GAY WITH VISITORS
THE CORN FLOWER, THE FAVOR
TIE OF THE OLD EMPEROR, SEEN
EVERYWHERE.
Centennial Medal of William the
Great Will Be Be-
slowed.

BERLIN. March 21.-The Army Ca
zette publishes the following order Of
Emperor William to the German army:
The army will henceforth don the
German cockade, which is in accord
ance with the unanimous resolution of
the federal governments of the empire,
who have unanimously bestowed it up
on their troops as a visible injunction
to defend the greatness of Germany.
May the army to which the lamented
William l. devoted his unceasing So
licitude be ever mindful of it's high
mission. In memory of March %, 1897,
the emperor Institutes a medal made
Of the bronze of captured cannon and
ornamented with the portrait of Will
lam the Great, to be bestowed in the
first instance upon members of the
army May every one who has proved
worthy to wear on his breast the pic
ture of the august emperor, William
l., emulate also his pure love for the
fatherland and his devotion to duty.
Then will Germany VIGOROUSLY with
stand all storms and dangers
Prince Luitpold, regent of Bavaria,
and other federal princes of the empire,
publish a similar order
Inc weather today has been cloudy,
bdt With occasional glimpses of sun
shine. The streets of Berlin are crowd
ed, ana present an animated appear
ance, almost everybody wearing the
corn Hover, which was the fayoritt.
floral decoration of the old emperor.
The members of the imperial house
hold attended divine service at the
Emperor William Memorial church.
Court Chaplain Saber delivering a dis
course suitable to the occasion, dwell
ing upon the virtues of William l., and
upon the example presented by his
life and character to all Germans
After the service the emperor drove
in the state carriage to Potsdam sta
ton. There. mounting his horse he
went at the head of a military process
sion to transfer the military colors to
the William /. palace, where the en-
press and the young princes stood at
the windows deeply interested in the
whole impressive spectacle, while the
cheers of the pOpulace all but drowned
the music of the bands.
The city is already crowded with
strangers who have come here to view
the three days celebration of the CEN
tenary fetes. The main event will be
the unwilling of the great national
monument, erected to the memory of
William |. on the Schlossfreihert. di-
reCuy opposite the Royal castle at Ber-
lin. The unVeiling ceremonies will take
place during the forenoon of March %,
the programme having been drawn up
under the personal supervision of the
emperor. Under magnificent tent
with embroidered hangings which is
to be erected in front of that main
portal of the Schloss facing the monu-
nent, the royal perSonages attending
the ceremonies will be advantageously
placed. Among them will be the en-
press, eX-EmpreSS Frederick, the kings
of Saxony ard Wurtemburg, ard the
prince regent of Bavaria, besides the
grand dukes of Baden and Hesse. The
emperor will leave the castle on horse
back, briefly review the troops and
then lead a select body of them bear
ing the colors and flags to the place
i'll front of the monument.
During the ceremony the ,:;cnument
Will show, on both sides, the colOrs and
flags taken in 1901, and these will be
surrounded by number of cannon
taken from the French, ornamented
with oak leaves. In the evening there
will be gala performance at the
opera house of a dramatic legend, by
Wilderbruch, entitled William the
German. Music, specially composed
by Humel, will be played for the first
time. All the royal persOnages will at
tend, and the audience will be invited
guests of the emperor, all in gala at
tire.
In all the city institutions banquets
will be served gratis, and a special me-
mortal celebration will he held and
| banquet served at tho city hall. All
the municipal laborerS will be paid for
the festival days on which they do not
work. The city, at an expense of 120.-
GOO marks, has fitted up a triumphal
way from the monument tc the palace
CT William L.. whose decorative effects
are quite novel and brilliant
CENTENARY FETES.
Jointly with the citizens committee
the municipal council has made ar
engagements for large procession on
March %. The whole procession will
be about three miles in length, and. at
regular intervals there will be floats
on wheels, representing scenes from
the life of the late emperor. Germany
will be represented by the wife of a
sculptor named Schott, and she will be
surrounded by 100 steel-clad knights.
The emperor will review the whole pro-
cession from the foot of the unveiled
monument.
Among the specially invited guests
in the city on this occasion are 100
knights of the Iron Cross of the first
class from all over Germany. Ger
I mania will address the emperor in
poem specially composed for the oc-
caSlon. and during the three days of
the festival a new national anthem.
composed by Prof. Hans Meyer. and
set to music by Prof. Theodore Krause
will be sung on all public occasions in
schools and clubs
On the evening of March % a. large
torchlight procession will be formed bv
the students of all the academic
schools and universities of Berlin, and
they will parade before the emperor
past the castle. This procession will
march about Z o'clock, and some 5000
students will take part in it.
Other features which will occur or
have already occurred in the memora-
bic programme eliminating tomorrow
with the unveiling of the monument
on the Schloss-Freihart are gala per-
fOrmanceS for school children at the
three royal theaters the banquet ten
dered by the emperor to two hundred
and twenty princes and notables, the
banquet given by Prince Hohenlohe.
the imperial chancellor, to the federal
ministers and other distinguished state
officials, impressive ceremonies at the
university, in the Kolin Bathhaus and
in the spacious halls of the reichstag
in the presence of the emperor, en-
press and imperial princes, a general
illumination of the city on an unprece-
denied scale and all kinds of popular
amuSementS.
Italian Elections.
| ROME, March 21.-The Italian general cleo
lions have been in progress today The re-