The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-06-07
RULER FOR QUARTER CENTURY
Festivities Begin Tomorrow With
Parade of Athletes
MILLION VISITORS EXPECTED

beflln, June ALI Of the details
nave now' been arranged for the COM
memoration OF the kaisers jubilee. The
Germans are determined that the cell
ebration of his 2jth year of reign
shall be one of the greatest festive
events since the creation of the en-
pire. The celebration proper. which
viii take place the week of June Is.
will be preceded by numerous festiv-
tiles ana public functions The first
at these viii take place tomorrow,
when 10000 athletes Will parade he
Tore the kaiser on the occasion OF the
dedication of the stadium constructed
IA the Gruenwald race course. outside
Berlin. for the Olympic games of 1916
\ levce and court attended by all the
high ciyil and military officials Will
be held Monday. ana on each of the
following days there will be gala per
iormances in the Berlin theaters.
Military Visitors Expected.
The celebration will reach it's ell
max on Monday. June IL. ON that
DAY all Berlin will celebrate the jub-
lice with monster PROFESSIONS tn the
royal palace. and the kaiser, sur
rounded by his entire family, will
show himself on the balcony. or pos-
sibly In the historical corner window.
60 his loyal Berllners This will prob
ably be the only occasion during the
week of the jubilee when the pubic
at large will have an unrestricted op-
portunity to see the kaiser and 10
show their appreciation of the man.
who during the quarter of a century
that he has been on the thl"ne has
placed the nation ia te IRON, rank Of
the industrial. commercial ana naval
as well as the military powers of the
world
La anticipation of the celebration
Rerlin IL already becoming filled with
visitors from abroad and from the
various parts of the empire. Tn,
paseantry features Of the week will
attract nearly l,0OO,0O0 visitors il is
estimated and citizens are already
busy with preparations. There prep
arations by the way, include the in
crease in price of nearly everything
that is sold for food. while the price
Of lodging and hotel accommodations
has increased enormously.
Kaiser Designs Color Scheme.
Special ENJOYS. in addition to the
regular ambassadors will bc sent by
most of the rulers of the world To the
celebration. The twenty-five rulers
of the German states. including the
kings of SaXony. Bavaria and Wurt-
emburg, will come to Berlin person
ally To congratulate the ruler of the
empire.
The decorations for the jubilee
promise Ia surpass anything of the
Kind ever seen i'm the German capital,
II is estimated that not less than
$500 900 will he expended on the deco
ration of the streets and public build
lngs The kaiser himself has designed
the color scheme that will he used for
the embellishments of Inter den Lin
den. Pariscr PlatZ koenigstrasse,
Fricdrirhstrasse and other of the prin-
cipal thoroughfares and public squares
of the city. The expense of the deco
IN tions will be shared by Berlin and
the eighty largest cities in Germany.
The kaiser has intimated that he
does not desire To receive personal
gifts ON the occasion of his jubilee.
He asks those who wish to celebrate
his reign hy gifts Ia make them to
educational, charitable and philan-
ihropic Institutions. One notable ex-
ception will be made To the rule. The
exception viii apply To the gift from
the imperial army. \ committee has
been formed under the presidency of
General Field Marshal Count Won
Haeseler. who inthe name of the Ger
man army, will hand tn the kaiser q
costly field marshal's baton, To the
cost of which every officer of the army
has contributed
Discord BY Socialists.
The kaiser will signali2e his jubilee
by committing the sentences Of many
prisoners and pardoning others. He
win also grant titles Of nobility and
will probably record number Of or
ders and decorations
The general harmony ~ the celebra-
tions promises To he disturbed by the
discordant note of the Socialists. who
are said to he planning to hold i'm
mense mass meetings during jubilee
week to protest against the increased
military md naval expenditures. To
offset the effect Of these demonstra
tions the loyalist press is laying great
stress on the fact that the kaiser dur
ing his reign of twenty five years has
been one of the strongest peace fac
tors in Europe