The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-04
EMPERORS KISS.
Meeting of the Rulers OF Austria
and Germany.

Berlin, May emperor William in
an Austrian field marshal's uniform
of green colored coat, scarlet trousers
with broad gold lace, and a black
chapeau with green feathers, and wore
his Austrian decorations, when he went
out to meet he Austrian emperor to-
day. He drove down Under den Linde
to the Potsdam station at $40 a. m. in
an pen carriage accompanied by his
brother, Prime Henry, who wore the
uniform OF an Austrian admiral. His
majesty was cheered by the crowds all
the way.
Joseph arrived promptly on time. The
greetings between the two emperors
were most cordial, the monarchs en-
bracing and kissing each other on both
cheeks. The Austrian emperor wore the
uniform of the Prussian loot guards.
and across his breast was a broad
orange ribbon with the Prussian order
of the Black Eagle.
The procession passed through the
Brandenburg gate in he following or
der:
black cuirasses and helmets, tipped silver
eagles, preceding an open carriage with
~magnihcently attired outriders, in which
sat the two emperors. fianked by abide
camps. Then followed Prince Henry and
the Prussian crown prince, and next to
them were the younger Prussian princes.
Then came the generals and state digni-
taries.
The absence of Prince Hohenlohe, the
imperial chancellor, and the presence of
General Count Won Waldersee were much
commented on.
One carriage contained Count Gulochow-
ski, the Austrian imperial minister of
foreign affairs, and Count Won Szoegeny
I-Marich, the Austrian ambassador to
Germany, in the picturesque costume of
a Hungarian magnate. At the triumphal
arch the procession halted and Mayor
Kirchner delivered a speech of welcome,
in which he referred to Emperor Fran
els Joseph as the ''trusty ally of the first
three rulers of the newly created German
peace, who has ceaselessly, ~zealously and
successfully striven to preserve to the
nations of the world, the blessings OF
The Austrian emperor replied with a
: few conventional words, and the mayors
daughter recited Wildenbruch's order OF
welcome and presented a bouquet of flow
ers to Francis Joseph, who shook the
young girls hand and thanked her.
There was a loud outburSt of cheering
as the emperors drove away.
A short distance further the cortege
passed several embassies, which Were
handsomely decorated On the balconS
of the Russian embassy sat a score Of
d-iplomatists, to whom the emperors
Smilingly bowed
AS Emperor Williams eyes met a large
star spangled banner floating from th'
United States embassy and caught sigh
of the United States ambassador, AndreV
White, at the window, with a number o
distinguished Americans, his majesty
g~raciously bowed and then, turning t.
his aid-de-camp, Count Won Moltke, ht
ordered the escort to proceed at a canter
the progress being too slow to suit him
whereupon the outriders whipped thei
horses and the imperial party fast dis
appeared from sight.
Arrived in front of the castle the EN-
perors reviewed three of the finest Prus
sian regiments. Emperor Francis JOSEPH
c-omplimented Emperor. William upo1
their appearance and then entered tn
palace, where the empress and the prin
cesses were waiting to receive him.