Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-08
GERMANS To MAKE IT GREAT
EST EVENT SINCE FOUND
ING OF EMPIRE
GORGEOUS DECORATIONS
Surprising Anything Ever Seen in
the "einan Capital aud Esii-
mated 10 Cost Half Mil
lion Dollars

ny naH"t'"'H l'inas
BERLIN, June All OF the de-
tails have now been arranged for
the commemoratlon % the kaiser's
Jubilee The Germans are deter
mned that the celebration OF his
18th year % reign shall be one OF
,'o greatest festive e"erts since the
ci cation of the emp;,a The ceie-
biation pr0Ier. which will TAX, place
the week OF JIne 10, will be pre-
coded by numerous festivities and
fublic functions The first of these
viii take place tomorrow. when 30
000 athletes VIII paral before tie
Kaiser cp the occasion ~ the dedi.
cation OF the stadium constructed In
the Grunewald race course. outside
Berlin, for the olympic games Of
1916. 4 leyee and court attended
by all the high civil and military Of
ficials will be held Monday, and
on each of the following DAYS there
will be- gala performances IN the Ber-
lin theaters.
The celebration will reach It's eli
max on Monday. June lG. On that
day all Berlin viii celebrate the iu-
bilee with monster professions TO the
royal palace. and the Kaiser, sur
rounded by his entire family, viii
show himself on the balcony. or pos
sihly ia the historical corner window
TO his loyal Berliners. This will
probably be the only occasion during
the week of the jubilee when the
public at large will have an unre-
stricted opportunity to see the kai-
ser and TO show their appreciation
of the man, who during the quarter
o; century that he has been on
the throne has placed the nation In
iio front RINK OF me inlnslTip'
commercial aud naval. as well as the
military Powers Of the world.
In anticipation OF the celebration
Berlin IL already becoming filled
with visitors from abroad and from
the various parts OF the empire The
pagcantry features of the week will
attract nearly 100000 visitors, II
Is estimated, and citizens are al
ready busy with preparations These
preparations. by the way include the
Increase In price Of nearly everything
that is sold for food. while the
price Of lodgings aud hotel accommo-
datious has increased enormously
Special enyoys. in addition 10 the
regular ambassadors. will be sent by
most OF the rulers OF the world TO
the celebration The twenty-five ru-
lers OF German States. including the
Kings OF SaXony Bavaria and Wur-
temburg. will come 10 Berlin per-
soually 10 conerltulate the ruler oi
the empire.
The decorations for the jubilee
promise TO surpass anything of the
kind ever seen To- the German capital
II is estimated that not less than
100000 will he expended on the
decoration of the streets and public
buildings The Kaiser himself has
designed the color scheme that will
be used for the embellishmcnt OF
Inter den Linden praisor platz.
Koenigstrasse. Friedrichstrasse and
other OF the principal thoroughfares
and public squares Of the city The
expense OF thp decorations will bo
shared by Berlin and the eighty larg
est cities in Germany
The Kaiser has intimated tnat
he does not desire to receive person
al gifts on thp occasion ot his iuhi-
lee. Tie asks those who wish to
celebrate hiy reign b. gifts 10 make
them TO educational. charitable and
philanthropic Institutions one not
able exception will be- made to tho
rule. The exception VIII apply to
the gift from the imperial army \
committee ha, been formed under
the presidency OF General Field Mar
shal Count Won Hascler. who Co the
name OF the German army will hand
to the Kaiser costly field marshal $
baton. ~ the cost OF which every Of
ficer Of the army has contributed
The Kasier will -isualizc his
jubilee by committing the sentences
OF many prisoners and pardoaing
others be will also grant titles OF
nobility aud V.l probably record a
number of orders and decorations
Tho general harmony OF The cole-
hratlons promises 20 be disturbed hy
the discordant NOT of the Socialists
who are said 90 bo planning 10 hold
immense mass meetings during iubi.
lee week 10 protest AGAINST tho ln.
creased military and naval eVDendi-
turee. To offset the effect Of these
demonstration tho loyalst press is
laying great stress on tho Tact that
the Kaiser during his reiTn ~ 25
years has been one OF the strongest
peace factors IN Europe.