New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-25
LAST WARSHIPS ARRIVE
THE BRITISH AND GERMAN
FLEETS COME IN.
Guns Thunder WeIcome as Repre-.
sentati0es of Europe's Great Ma
tons Steam Up Hudson.

The long chain OF ships. bristling with guns.
extending from Goth street TO spuyten Duyvel.
q now complete. Besides the small vessels OF
the American navy which have been creeping in
until hfty-two of Uncle Sans ships are in the
Hudson, the two powerful fleets OF Great Brit
attn and Germany sent TO join in the honors
20 Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton have an
chored in the places reserved for them.
The arrival OF the fleets has been inter-
esting 10 many as anything in the great cele-
bration which begins to-day. OF all the foreign
visitors none attracted so much attention as
,bose which came in yesterday. nor could the
contrast between the fleets have been greater.
In the English squadron under Admiral Sir
FaUa-d Hobart Seymour. were the flagship In
sexible. the Drake, the Duke OF Edinburgh and
she Argyll The German fleet composed Of
she cruiser Victoria Luise. the flagship on which
admiral Won Roster hoisted his flag, the Hertha
ord the Dresden and Bremen.
SIN another important addition 20 the feet
was the old frigate Portsmouth. which saw SER
,sos IN the United States navy before the Civil
War.
T. was a little odd. perhaps. that the fleets Of
r7urone,s two great maritime nations should
on,er the Hudson on the same day. The Ger
., 1,as first From Newport he came out Of
-. mis-, of the ocean. and early in the morning
,.s SIGHTED of the Hook. The German sailors
,,nAa the rail, and the New York civilians lined
,be sea wall as the four battleships steamed
mast Quarantine shortly after o'clock. and in
.rarfaos alignment passed Governors Island.
where the cannonading began
GUNS THUNDER WELCOME.
rrb. coast artillerymen did their best 20 make
che booming Of their guns an emphatic welcome
% she Kaiser's representatives. and the warships
ha 1rse he fleet
steamed I'D the river at eight knots and found
tts anchorage, the flagship leading and dropping
he- mud hooks in the most northerly position
of lO5th street.
The Utrecht Of the Dutch navy and the Hol-
fundamental liner Nieuw Amsterdam left their
places in the lower part OF the river and were
the next to occupy the anchorages assigned 20
them. near the German feet. During this pass
ing up the river all che other ships expended
thousands Of dollars worth OF gunpowder in
laundering salutes that made old Manhattan
shake All the vessels in the harbor and on the
river shriled out a welcome
The Inhexible. with Sir Edward Seymour the
British admiral Of the fleet aboard. had a two
hour race with the Lusitania yesterday. but was
finally passed by the big Cunarder. The British
battleship Joined the rest OF her feet at Sandy
Hook. where they had been lying in the fog since
Wednesday, and after discussion by wireless as
20 the best method OF procedure in entering the
harbor they hoisted their anchor chains at 1872
o'clock and made for the Statue Of Liberty. the
Inlexible leading
The Britishers Sere indeed a contrast 20 their
cousins, the Germans Slate colored. like the
French and American ships OF war. they glided
through the water like great metallic sea SER
penis. The Drake is old visitor but the
others were new 20 New York. and the crowds
az the Battery and along Riverside Drive noticed
with interest the long. unbroken lines OF the
Low. raksh hulls built for speed
The InhexibIe did not appear as ponderous as
- might be imagined one OF England's Dread
noughts. the biggest and mightiest type Of war
vessel ahoat, would look But she bristled with
i2-inch guns all over her massed bulk OF steel
and her smokestacks looked wicked enough
she took her anchorage above Grants tomb. near
the last in line Of the American feet. The Eng
Hshmen received the welcoming salute which the
rank Of Admiral Seymour demanded.