The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-19
THE BERLIN Ceremonies
An Elaborate Celebration of the
Prussian BicentenaTy.
Emperor William Receives Foreign
RcprescntRtiyes Urges the Ne
cessity of People of TeutOnic blood
Standing Together - Ambassador
White Replies for America.

BERLIN, Jan. 1S.-The ceremonies in
connection with the celebration of the
two hundredth anniversary of the change
OF Prussia into a kingdom were continued
today.
In the morning the Emperor received
the Ambassadors of the various Powers
in his study. The Emperor made a speech.
in which he said that all the people of the
German race must stand together in all
great controversies the world over. He
also referred to the necessity of the
great Powers holding together in any
troubles like those in China.
After this there was a service in the
royal chapel. When Luther's hymn Elm
Freste Burgh Ist Unser Gott' was played
the entire audience Joined in singing it.
Later on there was dinner of the
order of the Black Eagle, to which for the
first time the foreign Ambassadors were
invited. All the foreign representatives
including the American Ambassador as
sembled in the white sale, where the En-
peror occupied table in the centre of a
hollow square There were 5000 guests
at the dinner and nearly every room in
the palace was occupied.
The Emperor drank the health of each
Ambassador and the foreign representa-
tives made suitable replies Ambassador
White, in presenting the congratulations
Of President Mckinley to Emperor Will
lam. said the people OF his country had not
| forgotten that HohenZollern was the first
to recognize the independence of the
United States. and that the first great
treaty made by the American Government
was a treaty of commerce with Prussia
He said the people OF the United States
were also indebted to Germany for the
university facilities afforded to American
students for securing a technical educa-
tior.
Berlin was magnifcently illuminated by
thousands of wax tapers in the windows
of official buildings and private residences.
Inter Den Linden was ablaze with illu-
minations.
There was gala performance Of
opera tonight When the Emperor re-
ferred in his speech to the Ambassadors
in the morning TO peoples of German blood
standing together, he meant Germany.
America. and England This is not con-
strued to mean. however. that he fayors
any hostile or exclusive combination.
Among the 3,772 persons upon whom or
ders of other decorations were conferred
on the occasion of the bi-centenary are
nearly all the military, naval, and civil
officials. The number of private indiyid-
uals thus distinguished can almost be
counted on the fingers. They include DR..
Behring. the inventor of the anti-toxin
for diphtheria. who is made a noble.
There is also Count Henkel to whom
gossip ascrihes the purchasing of the
right to publish the third volume of
Prince Bismarck's Recollections," and
who was thereby enable to suppress
number OF inconvenient revelations af-
fecting living ilIustrious personages. He
was created prince. The painters An
ton Won Werner Doeppler, and Knack-
fuss received decorations. The latter
made the picture of THE yellow Peril, +"
from the Kaissrs design.
Conspicuous among the orders is a rev
one called the Order of Merit of the Prus
sian Crown, which ranks between the Or
der of the Black Eagle and the Order Of
the Red Eagle.
The Emperor has directed that the ini-
tial W. be borne on the belts and sashes
of naval uniforms as ian expression OF
my especial pleasure at the success and
skill with which the navy has fulfilled its
manifold duties.
The amnesty to political and other Of
tenders. which had long been irrespOnsibly
predicted. was not decreed