The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-19
Crowds From Berlin and
/ h r o u g h t the
Realm Struggle f or
Sight Of Dead Woman
Who Once Bore the
Proud Title of K a i
serin of German En-
pire.

pire.
POtsdam. April 10 Amid the toll
ing Of bells that marked the solemn
hour. funeral services for Augusta
Nictria. former German empress, were
held today in this. the royal residence
suburb of Berlin which had witnessed
so many scenes of splendor before the
departed days of the HohenzolIern
rule.
Over the simple coffin in the mauso-
leum or Antique temple, in the Pots
dam palace gT.undS where the serv-
ices were held. had been raised the
familiar yellC" Standard of the EN-
press. At its inot stood the four sons
ol the former rry@l couple who were
Tree to attend lie services. Lacking
was the prescle3 Of the husband, the
, former emperor, ard of the eldest son
Of the family. :afner Crown Prince
Frederick Vii, 'A.l, exiles in Holland.
Led by the e! 'r@y and officers of the
eX-empress' OnI regiments, the fu-
neral cortege la,: Wildpark. the Pots
dam railway S. ion near which the
body had been GI4rded over night by
faithful mourrcys after its arrival
by special train rom Doorn, tthe ex-
cmperor's present home in Holland,
and proceed,d d shortly before 10
O'Clock for the ne usoleum in the pal
ace grounds.
Potsdam. April 19.-Oncers former
ly attached to Potsdam regiments
stood Z uard last night in the funeral
car which brought the body of the
former German empress to Potsdam
from Do0rn tod"l. The car stood near
the station at y N'hlpark about half a
mile south of t! new palace and near
the new entrance 20 the park of Sans
Souci.
Shortly after dawn preparations
were made to T"move the casket to
the antique temp'e in Sans Souci park
where final Sc: IS were to be held.
None but membrrs of the immediate
family and forr? " officials of the Ger
man court were permitted to attend
the service.
Numerous members of the Hohen-
zollern family ard others whose names
were prominent in the former imper-
ial regime were waiting on the plat
form OF the Ni'dpark station to re-
ceive the funer:.l train when it ar
rived last evening.
Among these were the former Crown
Princess Cecelie,, Prince Eitel Fred
erick and Prince August William and
their wives; the Countess of Ruppin,
wife OF Prince Oscar: Count Eulen-
burg. former chief of household for
the eX-empress, and Countess Won
Brockdorff. former chief lady In watt
ing. They Immediately entered the
-f lot
on the ex-empress' coffin.
At the foot of the coffin lay a
wreath of yellow roses from former
Emperor William and a great heap
of floral tributes which had been pre-
sented at the various stations at which
the train stopped on its way through
Germany from Holland.
\ party of former officers from the
regiments of which the former en-
press was patron, we're in attendance
with lowered swords, under the COM
mand of Major Schirnitz. The officers
who kept watch over the body during
the night were from the Cuirassier
regiment and the seth infantry regi-
ment, OF which the ex-empress was
the honorary colonel.
The removal of the body from the
Wildpark station to Potsdam this
morning was an impressive function.
The coffin was followed by a huge
procession of mourners, both men and
women, and numbers of army officers
and privates In uniform together with
students and deDutations from regi-
ments which formerly had acted as
body guards to the eX-empress.
In Potsdam the cortege was awaited
by an enormous crowd. All the hotels.
lodging houses and private houses
were filed to overfiowing.
The rush for places along the fu-
neral procession began early. Fif-
teen hundred security police fianked
the avenue leading from Wildpark
station to th? palace grounds and
their presence obliged hundreds who
were unable to get front-row view
to seek places On nearby fences and
tretops
The civic organizations in attend
ance we're assigned to places along
Victoria avenue and the private drive
way which led into the palace park
Berlin Attends En- Masse
Berlin, April 19.-All roads out OF
Berlin led to FCtsdam this morning.
The throngs which made their way
thither to wit?css the funeral cere-
monies for frcoer Empress Augusta
Victoria, crowcd all manner Of con-
veyances to this home of erstwhiIe
royalty.
In fact, for tho last As hours Poss-
dam has been tire Mecca of a pile
grimage, the like of which has moi
been known since the historic suburb
became the shrine Of the Hohensol-
lern traditions.