Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-10
EDWARD and WILLIAM KISS
King of England Cordially Received
by Emperor Of Germany.
CITY CELEBRATES ROYAL VISIT
Berlin GRily Decorated and streets
Are Crowded with People, who
Brave Cold Co watch
Procession

BERLIN, Feb. Skiing Edward of Eng
land, accompanied by Queen Alexandra, ar
rived in Berlin this morning from London
and was given a warm welcome by EN-
peror William and the German authorities.
The city was gaily decorated in honor OF
the visitors. and large crowds gathered in
the streets, which were literally decorated
with flags, to witness the procession to the
palace.
The special train bearing the king and
queen arrived at the Lehrter railroad sta
tion at IL o'clock. There had mi to
meet the king Emperor William, the crown
prince, his eldest son. the other princes Of
the royal house, including Prince Henry OF
Prussia. the emperor's brother; Chancellor
Won Buelow, Foreign Minister Won schoen
and a number of other members of the cab
met and high officials OF the court. A
squadron of the Queen Victoria egimen
Of dragons, of which King Edward is hon
orary colonel, was drawn up within the
station, and the band Of this regiment her
aided the arrival of the especial train with
music.
King Edward and Emperor William
greeted each other heartily and repeatedly
kissed each other on the cheek.
Procession Moves TO Palace.
These exchanges over. the procession for
the march to the palace was at once
formed. AT the head was the squadron of
dragoons and then came King Edward and
Emperor William in one carriage, with
Queen Alexandra and the empress and
Princess Victoria, the empress daughter,
following, in a second.
The route of march to the palace was
lined with large crowds that had been wait
ing for at least two hours. The weather
was cold and nipping, but still the people
stood patiently to witness the progress OF
the emperor and his guests.
Within the Bradenburg gate mayor, Herr
Kirschner, and the aldermen of Berlin well
coined the royal visitors. The mayor deliv-
cred a hearty address of greeting, to which
King Edward made a brief response. The
mayors daughter then presented Queen
Alexandra with a bouquet. The Pariser
Platz, where these greetings were ex-
changed, was deliberately decorated with
evergreens and garlands Of artificial
flowers.
The German and British colors played a
conspicuous part in the decorations.
Cheering Crowds Fiji Streets.
After the welcome here the royal pro-
ceSSi0n moved SLOWLY up Ontef Zen Lin
den to the palace. The broad street was
tn ronged with people who displayed a
great degree of enthusiasm, many cheer
ing and waving hats and handkerchiefs.
The windows of all the buildings 'front.'
ing on this, the main thoroughfare of Ber-
lin, were packed with eager observers, and
the driveways on both sides of this splen-
did avenue were filled with soldiers who
presented arms as they majesties drove
by.
AS the procession neared the palace a
battery posted in the L~ustgarten fired a
salute of 100 guns. The crowds at this
point broke into cheers.
Upon arriving at the palace, Emperor
William and party escorted King Edward
to the splendid apartments assigned him
on the north front, looking into the Lust
garten. The emperor and the empress and
King Edward and Queen Alexandra had
an informal luncheon together at l
o'clock.
The visiting king and queen were given