Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-11-15
KAISER IN ENGLAND
AFTER CHILLY TRIP.
Lost in Fog for Hours, He Finally
Reaches Portsmouth-Prince of
Wales Finds Him.

PORTSMOUTH, Eng. Nov. 11.-Ow.
ing to a chilling. impenetrable fog, which
made a passage from the Isle of Wight
impossible, the German imperial yacht
Hohenzollern, having ON board Emperor
William, the empress and other mem.
bers of the German imperial party whc
are to visit King Edward and Queen
Alexandra. was unable to cross the har
Dor bar here on the early tide and did
rot reach the jetty until three hours after
the appointed time this afternoon.
Kaiser Lost for Some Time.
The Hohenzollern with the escortinc
fleet anchored last night off SclSea bill
not having been able to enter Sandown
bay, Isle of Wight, according to pro
gramme. The German Emperor's faith
III the healing qualities of the climate of
the Isle of Wight must have received Il
rude shock as. owing to the thick fog.
even the precise position of the imperial
yacht was not known until nearly noon
when it was discovered that she had felt
her way through the gloom to the Nab
Gghtship and had anchored there pending
sufficient lifting of the pail to enable
the imperial party to land ut Great Brit
aims premier dockyard.
AS it was then too late to catch the
tide and enter the harbor, the reception
party ashore waited patiently until the
HOhenZollern succeeded i'll finding her
way into Portsmouth and making fast
to the naval jetty used as Il landing place
for important personageS.
Wales Goes Out on a Hunt.
The Prince of Wales, however, who
had been delegated by King Edward to
personally welcome the German Emperor
and Empress had, i'll the meanwhile,
boarded a torpedo boat accompanied by
Field Marshall Lord Roberts. gone out
in the darkness to find the imperial
yacht and succeeded i'll getting on board
OF her just as the fog lifted sufficiently
to enable the Hohenzollern to proceed to
Portsmouth
The imperial party reached Windsor at
5 O'Clock and were warmly greeted by
King Edward and Queen Alexandra.
The two monarchs and their wives cor
daily embraced and then went to Wind
sOr Castle. The visitors had left the
fog behind them, and as they entered the
ancient town the weather was bright and
everything tended to extend a joyful
greeting to the travellers.
Put Paint Above Gunnery.
An extraordinary incident has come to
light i'll connection with the visit of En-
perOr William. 1t is related that at the
conclusion of the recent mancuverS the
channel fleet and the first crusier squad
ron were ordered by the admiralty TO re-
paint etc, in honor of the German EN-
peror.
Upon receipt of this order Sir Percy
Scott commander of the cruser squad
ron, sent the following signal to two of
his vessels. Paint work appears to be
more i'll demand than gunnery, so you
had better come in i'll time to look pref
ty by the Sth instant
Admiral Lord Charles Bcrcsford in
general order n tho tho
instructions to repaint. refers to the sig
nal sent out by Sir Percy Scott as con
temptuous i'll tone and insubordmate in
character,' and orders Sir Percy to have
it stricken from the signal logs.
Sir Percy Scott and the members of
his staff were summoned aboard Admiral
Beresford,s flagship and the Admiral's
reprimand was read to them.
This affair has created CONSERVATION
in the fleet, and there is a probability
that it will lead to the resignation of
Sir Percy.