Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-21
ANCHOR IN INNER HARBOR
Dispatch Boats Meet Uncle Sans
Ships and Show Every Courtesy.
ADMIRAL BADGER COMMANDS
Flagship Louisiana. the Kansas, the
New Hampshire and South
Carolina Represent q. S.

IcI many. JuHe Sl-l Ht
lean warships, second division of the
Atlantic fleet arrived here early this
morning and are now moored in the in
ner harbor before the town. surrounded
by the array of warships and yachts
gathered for the emperors great an
nual naval festival
Emperor William arrived here this aft
ernoon from Hamburg aboard the Hohen-
Zolern, and was saluted with thirty
three guns by every warship in the har-
bor The American crews, like the Ger
mans, manned the sides of the vessels at
the approach of the imperial yacht and
foisted the German ensign.
The Hohenzolern, with the emperor on
the bridge, the imperial standard flying
from the mainmast and the Stars and
Stripes from the mizzenmast, steamed
past the German and American lines,
while the crews of each vessel in turn
cheered
At the end of the American line the
Hohenzollern came about and passed be-
tween the South Carolina and the Lou
isiana to permit his majesty a closer
inspection of these battleships.
Americans Presented to Emperor.
Soon afterward Ambassador Hill and
Admiral Badger, with the other Ameri-
can commanders. visited the imperial
yacht, where they We're presented to
the emperor His majesty was in the
1 hos nf fc and a the end Of a Ion q
| conversation invited the Admiral and
Mr.. Hill to dine with him tonight. The
Americans were presented also to the
empress and Princess Victoria Louise.
Practically the entire German navy,
including a full division of the new
dreadnoughts. are assembled, the only
absentees being the cruiser Won der
Taon, which is at Spithead for the
coronation, and the obsolete reserve
division at Wilhelmshaven Admiral
Won Tirpitz admiral of the fleet, min
lister and creator of the new German
navy. heads an imposing list of ad-
miral commanders.
The Americans were met at sea by q
| dispatch boat, carrying Lieut.. Com
| mander +. \. Trent. American naSai
attache at Berlin: Paul H. J. Sartori,
1 American consular agent at hiel, anu
| German officers who had been assigned
/ to pilot the visitors to their anchorage.
Passed as Salute Was Fired.
The arrival of the battleships was
| timed so that they would pass the
outer fortitications of Friedrichsort at
s O'Clock in the morning, when the ma
tional salute is fired by the fortress ana
answered from shore
/ AS the American battleships, led by
the Louisiana. flagship OF Rear Admiral
| Badger, slowly steamed through the
narrowing ford and passed long lines
| of German ships they turned TO their
assigned places between tne nag snlps >
Deutschland and Kaiser Wilhelm II and
the other vessels of the German fleet.
| The German ships, in light gray paint,
presented a cheerful appearance unuer
| the brilliant sunshine, ana contrasted
markedly with the dark sides OF the
Americans
American Salute Answered.
A. soon as the visitors were moored
| tho Louisiana saluted Admiral Won Tir-
uitz's flagship and the salute was
| ,ron,n,lv answered From then on the
guns were kept hot with an almost un-
i,terr,,nted exchange of salutes for sew
eral hours as the admirals, commanders
| DIPLOMATS and consular representatives
| same and went between the entertain
ing and visiting craft, exchanging ohlclal
| calls Of courtesy.
| DIR. David JAYNE Hill, the retiring
! American ambassador to Germany ar
| rived during the forenoon and boarded
| the Kansas. where he will be quartered
during his stay here.
later in the day the United States col
| Iier Cyclops arrived and attracted almost
| more attention from the crowds on the
nuays than the battleships.
In addition to the Louisiana and Kan
sas the American battleships of the Wis
| iting division are the New Hampshire
| and South Carolina.
nrN EVANS CRITICALLY I'LL.