The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-06-07
s kAISER'S
BIG JUBILEE
HE CELEBRATION WILL REACH
ITS CLIMAX MONDAY,
JUNE 10.


memoration OF the Kaiser's jubilee
The. Germans are determined that the
celebration Of his 25th year of reign
shall be one Of the greatest festive
events since the creation of the en-
pire. The celebration proper, which
will take place the week of June Is,
will be preceded by numerous festivi-
ties and public functions. The. first
of these will take place tomorrow,
when 10000 athletes will parade be-
fore the Kaiser on the occasion of the
dedication of the stadium construct
ed in the Grunewald race course, out
side Berlin, for the Olympic games of
1916 A levee and court attended by
all the high civil and military officials
will be held on Monday and on each
of the following days there will be
gala performances in the Berlin
theatres.
The celebration will reach its cli-
max on Monday, June 16. On that day
all Berlin will celebrate the jubilee
with monster professions to the royal
palace, and the Kaiser, surrounded
by his entire family, will show himself
on the balcony, or possibly In the his
torical 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 unrestricted opportunity to
see the Kaiser and to show their ap-
probation Of the man, who during the
quarter of century that he has been
on the throne has placed the nation
in the front rank of the industrial, |
commercial and naval, as well as the
military Powers of the world.
In anticipation of the celebration
Berlin is already becoming filled with
visitors from abroad and from the
various parts of the empire. The
pageantry features of the week will
attract nearly 100000 visitors, it is ,
estimated, and citizens are already !
busy with preparations. These prepa-
rations, by the way, include the in
crease in price of nearly everything
that is sold for food, while the price
of lodgings and hotel accommodations
has increased enormously.
Special ENJOYS, in addition to the
regular ambassadors, will be sent by
most Of the rulers of the world to the
celebration. The twenty-five rulers of
German States, including the Kings of
Saxony, Bavaria and Wurtemburg,
will come to Berlin personally to con-
graduate the ruler of the empire.
The decorations for the jubilee prom
se to surpass anything of the kind
ever seen in the German capital. 1t
is estimated that not less than $780,
300 will be expended on the decora-
lion of the streets and public build
ngs. The Kaiser himself has designed 4;
he color scheme that will be used for ,
h establishment of Inter den Linden, 7
oariser Platz, Koenigstrasse, Freder- .
chstrasse and other of the principal
and public squares of !,
he city. The expense of the decora- :
ions will be shared by Berlin and the !,
eighty largest cities in Germany. :,
The Kaiser has intimated that he 6
ioes not desire to receive personal
lifts on the occasion of his jubilee.
lie asks those who wish to celebrate
lis reign by gifts to make them to .
charitable and philan- .
hropic institutions. One notable ex- A
eption will be made to the rule. The 4
Exception will apply to the gifts from 4
he imperial army. A committee has .
een formed under the presidency of
ieneral Field Marshal Count Won
1aeseler, who in the name of the
ierman army will hand to the Kaiser
costly field marshal's baton, to the p
ost of which every officer of the
rmy has contributed. +
The Kaiser will signalize his jubilee
y committing the sentences of many
risoners and pardoning others. He
ill also grant titles of nobility and
I'LL probably record number of
rders and decorations.
The general harmony of the cele-
ration promises to be disturbed by
ne discordant note of the Socialists,
'ho are said to be planning to hold
immense mass meetings during jubi- II
" week to protest against the in
reased military and naval expendi-
Tres. To Offset the effect of these
the loyalist press is
lying great stress on theAfact that
lie Kaiser during his reign Of twenty
We years has been one Of the strong
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