The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-10-05

HniuS ibissiOI III oeTmduy, WIIIeS o
most interesting letter descriptive OF
a visit 70 the Kaiser TO town In
which he and Elder J. r. Fuhriman
were. The Republican Is glad to pre-.
sent this letter to the public, and to
extend Elder Barrett's greetings to
all his friends and especially his stu.
dent friends at the B. Y.C. The let.
ter reads:
During the latter part of August
the city of Munster, situated in the
northern part OF Germany, and hav-
ing population of over $4,000 inha-
bitants, noted for It's very fine and In.
teresting churches and It's good uni
versity was the center Of attraction
In this part Of Germany, the occasion
being a review OF the German troops
by the Emperor Of Germany.
Several days before his highness,
the emperor, was to arrive, the city
was being dressed In Its best with
decorations, such as are seldom seen.
All the streets through which the
Kaiser was to pass we're hung with
garlands Of flowers supported by COL
umns covered with pine branches, the
streets for miles being hung with
flowers, at important places lilies
playing the prominent part. Many Of
these garlands were over thirty feet
long, composed principally Of roses amt
carnations as big as cabbages.
At the railroad station elaborate
preparations were made, the north cr-
trance being nicely hung In red and
gold and lavishly adorned with the
national flags and imperial emblems.
Here, unlike In America, nobody is
allowed to 60 on to the station plat.
form without first buying "Bahus
teig" ticket, and on this occasion only
privileged few being allowed to buy
these tickets. AS the emper0r's
special arrived, the military band on
the platform broke forth into the
national hymn. which, by the way,
has the same melody as america"
and was joined In by the thousands
outside OF the station. We, however,
sang my Country, IT'S of Thee"
simultaneously with the arrival Of
the imperial train bunch OF toy
balloons was sent up from the nearest
church tower as signal to the city,
and In a second every bell and whistle
10 the city was trying to make more
noise than its neighbor. The emperor,
dressed in the uniform OF his regi.
ment OF the "Garde du Korps,"
alighted from the train, and after re-
ceiving a few messages from his mill
tary men, left the station and mounted
his horse; at the same moment the
whole city loosened its throat and
cheered, "Heil unserem Kaiser, He'll"
Bravo" "Hurrah" Hell unserem
erhabene Kaiser Paar, Hail"
For fully fifteen minutes nothing
could be heard but the deafening yells
and cheers Of that seething mass Of
humanity. The people could not
Contain themselves-they danced,
sung and wheoped, every single one Of
them trying at the same time to
reach the Kaiser. They were held
back, however, By double line Of
soldiers with fixed bayonets, who also
kept tie street open. With the EN-.
peror were Crown Prince Wilhelm,
Prince Eitel Friedrich and Prince
Oscar Won Prussia. After nice little
speech, such as only German can
make, by the Mayor OF Munster, and
reply by the emperor, the imperial
guests rode through the festooned
streets to their quarters, amid the
deafening applause Of the people.
Bright and early the following
morning people by the thousands were
seen vending their way to the" Parade
Platz" parade grounds). The day was
ideal such as is seldom the case in
Germany, and assembled on the
grounds were between 10000 and
$4,000 soldiers, including infantry,
cavalry and artillery, the occasion