Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-03

sd o. take part On a magnificent ccle-
bm;ion. 70 was also intended 90 nave
the wedding Of Prince Eitol tricdor-
sch second son 0l the emperor. 10
Duchess Sophie Charlotte on Oldcn-
burg take place on ihe same day, AN
muu remcut Which would have made
tho lly even rrJC memorable But
this arrangement was completely
changed by the emperor. Various
rcasons have been assigned for the
change in the program. but SO Oh fairly
well Understood thar The action of thr
emperor is due principally no his de-
sire 90 ay3id fhC oclnt of "a humlllntlng
slight by the British court by clever
c0ntrc.COup. 10 haJ been semi -1iiCial.
81 announced that tho British royal
houso would no. sa represented az
the celebration ln Berlin, owing tu the
existing friction between Germany and
q~og' Britain. That would have meant
a serious slight and would surely have
caused bad blood Jctwccn the two
countries. To avoid such am evoniu-
ality the emperor decided mat the cell
ebration should bee mere family AZ
fair. devoid OF any olhcia. character
and that 30 Official invitations should
De sent TO any European court
All that happened some time be-
fore tho death Of kins Christian ~
Denmark The uneSpect 4 death OF
chat monarch who was so CLOSELY
connected with nearly every ruling
family in Europe. naturally put a
damper upon AN public court iunc-
tlons ln on European countries Tho
fact taat the court rs in mourning for
King Christian mikes % appear per
fociiy natural that on state display
should be- omitted and the celebration
cSnnnod. as much as possible, 10 tho
immediate family 0f the imperial
o0uple.
The reason Cor the pOaip0nement
Of the wedding OF Prince Eitcl Fried
rich is said 90 have been that the
emperor did NOT wish so deprive hts
son uf the pleasure 0f "a brilliant cere-
mony, with an the pump attending
the presence or "a large number oi
royal and imperial persGnagcH. such
diaplay would have bC9n Impossible
un the wedding anniversary ui the
emperor. after De had decided tu
make % a close family amnlr
BY No Means Tame.
Although for the double reason of
the omperurs wish and ihe state of
mourning the silver wedding of iho
Imperial couple Was NOT Hitond bF
any state ceremonies. there wg-
enough GO see to hear and Zoo read
about the event 10 satisfy tho gas
and loyal people boo Berlin and
throughout Germany There wlH d
Thanksgiving service in inc SENIORS.
kircho this morning rae which the en-
tire imperial family waH present be-.
sides many oihCrs in some way cone
nCctod with the royal imperial house
and Che court us such The emperor
and Me- empress received "a number
OF dCputhiiuns 90 military ANA cIVi,
organizations. Offering their congut
ulati0ns end rendering "a large Mum
t'er uf valuable presents 60 common
orate the day
ny popular subscription. s 25nnn'
have boon raised in honor of Ih'
event and iho popular gln is 90 Doe
used iu various ways go cumuiemufHtt
enc silver wedding anniversary The
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial church iI
thlH city So 20 ho decorated with max.
ninccnt mosHics A church to thi
memory OF thc late Empress August,
% 90 be- erected A home for cOnva.
icacents Ia a. be- built un the Mount
al Ollyost near Jerusalem, on ait,
which tho sultan Df Turkey presented
60 the emperor on the occasion ol hh
ERR 90 the Holy Land And, finally
che workrooms oi the imperial uaya
constructor are to receive aet %
models of ihe leading types OF th'
ships which nave belonged tO Cor
many's navy since the days OF ihi
uroat EloctOr. all ln silver. Of course
American Punch Bowl
Many hundreds Of presents cam
froT nl parts Of the empire AM
from nearly an parts Of the world
wherever there are Germans IN am
considerable number one ~ thI