New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14
KAISER TO Be LION
Of LONDON WEEK
Will Share Hon0rS with Queen
Victoria's Memory When
Bronze Is Unveiled.
BUT ISN'T ASKED TO SPEAK
Good Feeling Will Rule, and a
Stroke of Diplomacy May
Grown Period of
Festivity.

London Nav 13.-The German En-
peror and Queen Victoria will divide
donors in one of the busiest weeks OF
the season The unveiline of the great
national memorial 10 Queen Victoria IN
front of Buckingham Palace with reig-
ious ceremony and military function
which has been carefully rehearsed. will
he stately tribute TO the great SOW
ereign. The monument will be incom-
plete for the bronze groups have not yet
been placed on the retaining wall, and
may not he in position until midsummer.
This most costly if not highly artistic
work will he revealed when King George
touches the electric button in the pres
.nce Of many members OF the royal
family, the entire diplomatic corps ana
leaders in public life. Full tribute VIII
he paid in pounds sterling and private
generosity to a noble and useful reign
~hich reversed the uninspring tradi-
tions of the Hanoverian dynasty
The German Emperor. with his cleo
tric vitality and genius Tor taking the
front OF the stage will be his grand
mothers rival He will arrive with the
Empress and Princess Victoria Louise on
the imperial yacht at Sheerness to-mor-
row night AM will be guest at Buck
inSham Palace for six days
He will he the most conspicuous figure
3, the dedication of the monument. but
lie has lot been asked to make one Of his
Characteristic addresses.
He will be entertained with unWonted
spendor There will he d court ball.
with two thousand invitations, and a
series Of bauquets at the palace. Car
snce House and LanSdowne House.
There will also be production OF
"Money" at the DrUry Lane Royal
Theatre which will he the first command
performance in London theatre since
1873. when one was ordered in honor OF
the marriage of the Crown Prince oil
Prussia and the Princess Royal 1t VIII
Toe 2 representative comedy. enacted by
star artists. with a royal box for eighty
The new alleSOrical act drop shows
fountains playing on each side of the
urosceniun and marvellous floral deco
iations TIL German Emperor's own
music will be played between the acts,
and there will be a quaint display OF
early Victorian costumes on the stage
Good feeling will he promoted by TINS
visit. and possibly some diplomatic
stroke may he attempted. Arrangements
for completion of the Bagdad Railway
with definition Of the zones and revision
If the financial guarantees are predicted
in some quarters. but after the proposals
made respecting Venezuela In one OF MS
earlier visits any action recommended
b. the Kaiser will excite public dlstrust'
II is not likely that there will be Jocu-
Isr correspondence with anybody at the
Admiralty or that Lord Esther VIII be
singled out as the butt for imperial wit
Dinners and dances at the embassies
and great houses. which have been OK
,cptionallv brilliant this week. will be
deferred during the German festivities.
There will he one costume BAH OF un-
rivalltd interest. and the entertainment
Of the colonial prcmiers will be begun 10y
SIR George Reid. Lord Donman. Sir Gil
bert Parker and other hosts on the ar
rival Of Mcssrs. Fisher and BOtha, Sli
Wilfrid Lauricr ana other statesmen oil
the empire series Of town shows VIII
he opened under royal patronage among
them military and naval tournament
the coronation exhibition. the White City
and fresh attractions at Earls Court
\ Now portrait OF the German Emperor
vii be exhibited next week among PhiliT
I.aszlo's works in the Agncw Gallery.