Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-12
VISIT OF THE KAISER
Program Adds to Interest in
Coronation Ceremonies.
LONDON IS TAKING NOTICE
German Ruler to Be Accompanied by
His Royal Spouse.
PAY HONOR TO KING GEORGE
Work Of Artisans in Preparation for
the August Proceedings at
English Capital.
LONDON IS TAKING NOTICE
PAY HONOR TO KING GEORGE
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, March 11-Asde from poll
tics. it is the coming visit OF the kaiser
and the kaiserin which interests all Lon
don just now. a visit which will practical
ly mark the beginning Of the great coro-
nation festival.
The imperial couple will arrive here
May Is, Just after the ending Of the long
season Of mourning. and their arrival will
be the signal for an uninterrupted flow
Of entertainments such as London has
seldom seen.
Although the Victoria memorial itself,
the unveiling Of which is the cause Of
the kaisers visit, is finished and the
workmen are now gliding the Victory"
group which surmounts 1t, a good deal OF
work still remains to be done at the base.
On the four pedesta!s. which flank the
broad flight of steps on each side, have
to he placed the bronze lions and figures
respectively symbolizing Peace Prog
ress,' Labor" and Agriculture. Sur
mounting the fountain arch on each side
also will be groups representing Science
and Art" and the Army and Navy.
These have all been modelled in clay, but
have not yet been cast in bronze.
Extreme Care Necessary.
AS seon as the gliding is completed the
work of removing the scaffolding will be
commemorate slow and laborious process
which is expected to occupy six weeks on
account Of the extreme care which must
be exercised. The slightest slip In han
ding the heavy timber. twelve inches
square, might cause irreparable damage
to the sculpture.
ha towers height
about eighty feet and must to some ex-
tent obstruct the view down the Mall
from the lower windows OF Buckingham
palace, with whose dingy exterior It's
white marble and gilt will challenge dam
aging comparisons 1t is now fourteen
years since the royal residence received
even a coat OF paint.
Before the coronation takes place new
entrance gates are to be placed in the
iron ratings forming the Enclosure in
front Of the palace. At present there are
gatewayS on the eastern and western
sides, but none Immediately IN the mid
die OF the palace facing the archway
leading to the quadrangle. The king. 1t
S understood, proposes to have a centrai
gateway provided for state occasions
Naval Review June "a.
There seems to be little doubt that the
date for the coronation naval review at
Spithead will be Saturday. June d. the
second day after the actual ceremonial In
Westminster Abbey, and though 1t Is
yet too early to speak of details, it Is
safe to say that the naval pageant will
be CT an especially imposing character.
1t is understood that the home and At
lantic fleets, with their attendant cruiser
sQuadrons, will constitute the principal
portion Of the naval force assembled,
which will thus comprise battle squad
ron of dreadnoughts and battleship
cruisers Of the Invincible type. with the
Neptune as the principal flagship. This
vessel is now absent from British waters,
carrying out an important series of gum
merry trials, but will soon return to hoist
the pennant and flag OF the new COM
mander-in-chief of the home fleet.
If precedent is followed the vessels will
anchor in five to seven lines between
Ryde and Portsmouth, the battleships
and cruisers nearest to the Isle OF Wight.
leaving space in the center Of the line
for the royal yacht to take up her moor
ing after the review for the illumination
Of the fleet.
The lines nearer to Portsmouth and
Stokes bay viii! probably be occupied by
smaller war vessels - scouts, torpedo
craft Of the various classes and sub
marines. The foreign visiting vessels
would be ranged in a line by themselves
or on the TANKS Of the dreadnoughts,
though in the event Of royal personages
being on board they would be assigned
position Of honor in the immediate vi
cinity Of King Georges own flotila-
Plans for Fleet Illumination.
With regard to the illumination Of the
fleet, it may be recalled that this was
one Of the most remarkable features OF
the aquatic display at the last corona
ton, when every ship was traced in bril-
liant lines Of electric light, and the use
Of the fleets searchlights proved most
picturesque. The play Of beams Of light
upon escaping steam made the scene one
Of fairylike delicacy, and the use Of col
ored slides. changing in rhythmic fashions
as the successive signals came from the
flagship, enhanced the beauty Of the
picture.
Another picture that appealed to the
imagination on that occasion was the
firing OF the salute by the fleet on the