The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-18
KAISER WAS IN HIS ELEMENT
LEADING FIGURE AT MANY ELAB-
ORATE CEREMONIES IN HONOR
OF TIE DAY
NEW KNIGHTS OF BLACK EAGLE
Included Won BueIow and the Crown
Prince-His Majesty in Court Cos
tune, Including II Crown
of Untold Value.

the bicentenary Of the kingdom Of Prus-
sia began today with all the po1np be-
fitting such an occasion. The weather
| was cold and clear, and all the ap-
| proaches to the palace, gay with pro-
fusion of flags and bunting, were
thronged at an early hour with sight
seers who assembled to witness the
| trooping of the guards colors in the court
| yard of the armory. Emperor William,
the crown prince and the Duke of Con-
naught arrived from the castle on foot.
| After an inspection of the color COM
! pany they proceeded to the covered
court, where the princes, generals and
| ocers deputations awaited them The
| empress watched the proceedings frCm
! the palace balcony.
At about noon the knights Of the Black
| Eagle were summoned to attend chap
ter held in the hall of the knights un-
der the presidency of Emperor William,
for the investiture of the new knights,
including the crown prince, Frederick
William, Prince George of SaXony, Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, Prince Rup-
precht of Bavaria, Count Won BGelow
and Gen. Planitz. The function was the
usual elaborate ceremonial, the emperor
personally decorating the new knights
with the chain of the order and giving
them the accolade.
Luncheon subsequently was attended
family and the royal and princely guests
staying at the castle.
BOUQUETS FROM THE KAISER.
In the lower house of the diet today
the president of the house read Emperor
Williams reply to the congratulations
of the house on the bicentenary in the
course of which his majesty declared
he was well aware that the kings of
Prussia would never have been able to
achieve such prominence in the worlds
history without the support of the peo-
pie, which supplied them with officers
soldiers and officials of all classes so sII-
perlor that their equal could scarcely be
found in any other nation. He was con-
1ident that the same spirit that raised
Prussia to her present emincnce would
continue forever to animate the people
Ihree cheers We're given for his majes-
ty
Thus far the celebration has been In
every way successful. When the sun
rose this morning it revealed all Berlin
In holiday attire. Many thousands of
flags waved from house tops and win
doWs. By noon immense crowds had
gathered along Unter den Linden, around
the schloss and in the vicinity of the
armory where the festivities were to take
place. Thousands of people from the
provinces were on hand to see the sights.
emperor William, the empress and the
court mad dropped for the day the mourn
ing donned in tribute to the late Grand
Duke of Sake Weimar. The members of
the Black Eagle were present at the
1nVestlture, among them three foreign
Knights, the duke of Cumberland of Eng
land; Archduke Francis Ferdinand of
Austria, and Grand Duke Vladimir of
Russia
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIAL.
The ceremony was in all respects un-
usually impressive. Those present stood
IN four lines on both sides of the throne.
emperor William wore big crown.
whose diamonds alone aggregated 75O"
karats, besides pearls and an enormous
sapphire, the whole crown Weighing three
pounds. The royal insignia were borne
upon cushions by pages on the right and
le1t During the crown princes investi-
ture, Princes Henry, Frederick and Leo
pold acted as parians or sponsors 1t Is
particularly remarked that the bearing
OF Count Won Buelow during the magnif-
lcent ceremonieS-made more impressive
by courlers attired in medieval costumes
and placed in the knights hall and above
on the galleries where they blew fan
fares from silver tubes-was modest.
whlle the kaiser showed the imperial
chancellor marked favor
AT the armory, where the generals and
high naval officers were assembled. the
ceremony was made more impressive by
the waving of battle flags and standards.
In his speech at the armory the en-
peror, referring to the navy, said:
WANTS A STRONGER NAVY.
''The great elector first had an idea
OF a navy during his stay in the Neither
lands. The German navy as well as the
house of Hohenzollern, is deeply indebted
to the house of Orange for the ideas
which were then foreshadowed In the
future l hope the navy will develop and
that. our officers will press forward un-
ceasingly.'
Throughout the day his majesty was
in high spirits. In the afternoon, accom-
panied by the duke of Connaught, he
drove to Charlottenburg, going through
the Thiergarten, the people cheering him
along the route.
No fewer than hundred principalities
are represented in the celebrations. The
universities, high schools and academies
| celebrated today or will do so tomorrow.
Today their delegations placed wreaths
| on the monuments of Frederic I. and
| William I.