The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-22

the centenary Oh Emperor W aiiAeNiiA -
which properly begins tomorrow, con-
sisted of religious services in the Will
lam I memorial church, at which the
emperor was present. The emperor was
received at the Potsdam railway sta
ton by color attachments from the
various regiments, which he reviewed:
After the review, the kaiser placed
himself at the head of the column
which marched through Koenlg Gratz
Strasse, Brandenburg Gate ana inter
Den Linden to the old kaiser Wilhelm
palace, where the colors were depos-
tied A banquet was given at the
Schloss to the royal guests. In the
evening there was performance u
grand opera at the Royal theatre and
gala performances at Krolls ana olher
theatres All of the official and many
private buildings were decorated with
flags, bunting, etc, and presented
beautiful appearance.
Tomorrow, there will be feteS at the
various schools, followed by parades OF
school children, societies, guilds, vete-
rams, etc The parade Of the Guard du
Corps and the Berlin garrison before
the emperor and the royal guests Will
come next, the kaiser riding along the
front OF the troops from the Lustgar-
ten to the Brandenburg Gate. Reach
ing the Brandenburg Gate, the emperor
will head the march for the troops to
the Kaiser Wilhelm l monument where
after the troops have been masSed to
the right and left, the ceremony of I'M
yelling the monument will be proceeded
with. When the unwilling takes place,
a salute of 1O1 guns will be fired and
all the bells in the city viii be rung.
In the evening a grand state banquet
will be given in the White Hall of the
Schloss, a performance of grand opera
in the royal theatre, and gala perform
anceS at the other theatres. One OF
the features of the evening programme
will be an illumination of the public
and private buildings throughout the
city.
ANOTHER UNDERSTANDING.
The understanding here is that Great
Britain has insisted upon the powers
according Greece two weeks notice be-
fore the foreign. warships enforce
blockade against the PireauS, the port
of Athens, and the port of Volo in
Thessaly, and it is not at all in favor
of Russia's project that the foreign
troops in the island of Crete shall at
tack the Greek army of occupation I'M
der Colonel VaSsos and compel their
withdrawal. 1t is known here that
Lord Salisbury continues to treat di-
rectly with the Greek government, but
no official opinion regarding England's
action in this matter has been publicly
expressed.
The unseen allies of King George at
the courts of st. Petersburg, London
and Copenhagen are splendidly assist
ing him. Without mourning a cent of
expenditure for a secret service fund,
the Greek government is kept apprised
of every move on the diplomatic board,
and has thus. been enabled to counter
the efforts of it's foes at the three i'm
perial courts. To this is largely due
the proionging of the negotiations,
which from time to time have threat
ened TO end in the most vigorous CO.
ercive measures. The kaiser's govern
ment, baffled and annoyed, has def
nitely retired from the front and now
limits its action to following the per-
sistently active diplomacy of Russia.
NJ Delanyis. the Greek premier, has
abundantiy shown in the course of his
career that he does not lack in courage
or initiative, sometimes approaching
rashness, but he is now reSorting as
BELTS the position, the Byzantine tao
tics.
The successive notes of his govern
ment to the powers have continued to
lead them into a series of diplomatic
colloquies, the tendency of which was
toward compromise, and the aim of
which has been TO give Greece, in the
ldSI L. SOUie way Vi T6lTGdI from
a most difficult situation. A most crit
zeal juncture of the past week was
when the Russian government. alone,
or in conjunction with Austria, and
supported by the approval of the kali
SER threatened to cut short all par
1eying with Athens and send the Rus
sian and Austrian SquadronS to the
Piraeus. Instructions We're actually
sent to Admiral Tyrtoff, Russian min
Isl of rina a Admiral AndrRiff
commander of the Russian squadron
in the Mediterranean to take his
squadron to the Pireaus and await
there orders from NJ. Onon, the Rus
sian minister at Athens. who was to
present an ullimatum from the three
imperial powers. This precipitate ac-
ton is understood to have been averted |
than by any regard on the part of
the cars government for the main |
tenance of the entente It had the /
effect, and. perhaps, it was so defined, /
of forcing the hand of NJ. HannotauX, |
French minister of foreign affairs, who |
was reluctant to offend French feeling |
by striking at Greece, and at the same |
time disinchned to hold aloof from |
Frances ally. While the kaiser like /
the car, has been all for action first |
and parleying afterward, Lord Sails |
bury's tentative policy has been di- |
rectly the reverse.
Probably the kaiser would not have |
hesitated at a direct rupture of the
concert. The hesitation came from st.
Petersburg, whether due to secret court
influence, or to the delay of decision
on the part Of France or to both com
bined, is a matter of surInise.
WAS BADLY NEEDED.
Greece has obtained a pause which
by all accounts was badly required
Out of most contradictory reports as
10 the state of the Greek treasury and
the Greek army which have been re-
ceived here. it is difficult to ascertain
the exact truth. Putting aside the OBJ
viously unreliable and fictitious reports
from Greek sources which credit the
government with having organized
perfectly equipped force of S.. 900
troops most of which are now on the
frontier. the statements from quarters
to Greece credit her war office
with managing TO send to the front
an effective force of about $4,000 men
including the best of the reserves.
There are besides about 10000 men I'M
Ter drill, but a small portion of which
force could be relied upon for service
n the field, though they could take
part in irregular warfare. The enthu-
siasn of the reserves appears to have
,ooied down and many of them have
to their homes. At all events
hey are no longer with the colors.
= hat happened in 1885 when the army
vas modified has occurred again At
hat time there was q fair rush of
men on the first call. The enthusiasm
spent itself rapidly. Out of so, 900 men,
hat the war office counted upon, not