Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-25
IBy Associated Press.l

NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-The stage
tonight was set for the historical
AN pageant on land and water which
opens here tomorrow and will continue
for two weeks along the length of the
stream that Hudson discovered ana
Fulton first navigated by steam.
Wilbur Wright was busy on Cover
ners Island preparing for his aerial
flights.
The great elevated battery Of forty
searchlights of 100000 candle power
each, which at night will play up and
down the Hudson and throw colored
patterns on a screen of smoke ana
steam, were placed in position.
The clumsy little Clermont-a repro
duction of the ship in which Robert
Fulton made his first voyage by steam
has had her official trials and proved
that she can do as We'll as her orig
inal.
The quaint Half Moon, with her crew
of old-world mariners, is historically
complete, even to the rude instruments
with which Henry Hudson shaped his
course to these shores.
Warships in Line
A great chain of warships-the larg-
est international gathering ever assem-
bled-stretched up the Hudson river
tonight from opposite the central por-
tion of the city until it was lost in the
distance beyond Spuyten Duyvil.
The arrival today of the British ship
Inhexible, one of the most powerful
ships of the royal navy, and of the four
German cruisers-the Hertretha, the
Bremen, the Dresden and the Viktoria
I,ouise-completes the preliminaries for
tomorroW's naval parade.
That day when justice, not force,
shall be the arbiter of peace will be
forecasted tomorrow, when in reply to
the international salute of twenty one
guns from the Hudson-Fulton fleet to
the national and international flags OF
PEACE, the chimes of old Trinity church
will take up the refrain of "Glory to
God in the Highest; Peace on Earth,
Good Will to Men"
The twin rainbow flags of peace will
be unfurled from the roof of a down.
town skyscraper by two little girls in
anticipation of the prophecy "A Little
Child Shall Lead Them"
Squadrons Arrive
The arrival of the squadron of Ger
many and Great Britain filled up the
last gap in the eight-mile land of war
Ships There was a great tumult of
welcome upon their arrival, cannonad-
ing the wagging Of flags, the hoarse
cheers of sailors and in the evening,
the long distance greeting of search
lights.
ton does not begin until tomorrow, it
Is estimated that there are already
more strangers in the city than ever
before with the possible exception of
the Dewey celebration in 1901. Fully
three hundred thousand persons went
to the river front yesterday to view
the international armada of warships
at anchor in the Hudson, and it is es-
timated that today there were more
{l,oD five b11n6rad thOus1n6
With the arrival today of the British
and German fleets the representation
of foreign nations will be complete.
The American torpedo flotilla which
reached the Brooklyn navy yard yes
terday will swing into its position in
the ten miles of mighty fighting ma
chimes on the Hudson today and half
dozen other American war vessels will
arrive from coast points.
Ships Are Dressed
The three British cruisers, which
anchored off Sandy Hook in the fog
night before last, spent all of yesterday
in dressing ship before entering in re-
view before the other navies of the
world.
These cruisers will await the arrival
OF the much heralded cruiser-batte-
ship Infiexible, the flagship of Ad-
miral of the Fleet Seymour, which has
been sighted by wireless and will ar
rive today.
sailors of the warships now assem-
bled here. besides a vast number of
laymen, are greatly interested in the
Infiexible, and it will probably be the
center of interest in the naval show,
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