Year: 1870

approach of mighty wind through a forest of
noble oaks, the Jokes and laughs In my vicinity
are hushed, and with earnest faces this vast
throng awaits its turn TO join in that most in
spring of all public emotions, the greeting of a
monarch returning in triumph-his is not yet
the triumph of arms, but this soulful demon
stration is filed both with thanks to the beloved
chief for bis noble bearing towards the French
bully and with thorough determination to make
it in the end a triumph of arms.


To give this last assurance its full weight you
must remember that every man in Prussia of
proper age is soldier, and must bear his share
in the struggle which he encourages. The wave
of cheers approaches as If it we're bearing upon
its very crest the object of its devotion: IL
comes very slowly, must have been mile away
when we first heard it. Now the restless crowd
in which your correspondent is wedged begins to
shout in unison and now L see the bare and
nearly bald head of William, the first King of
Prussia, as he rises above the crowd on the in
clined approach to the palace. To describe to
you the manner in which this vast crowd mani
tested its emotion is quite beyond my power:
the huge mass of hnman beings seemed merged
into one great heart which could only give vent
to itself In shouts and cries. not exactly cheers,
but a speech which went straight to It's mark
and performed its office. Now the King with
his handsome, honorable face is in full view, an
earnest, thoughtful expression rather bor-
dering upen sadness is turned towards his
people; no instant of pause ensues in the
shouting, OF this excited mass, and high
above oil rise the inspiring strains OF the ma
tional songs:-Heu dir I'M jSsegerkrdnz, and Ich
BIN Elm Preusse. / cannot say how long this
unequalled enthusiasm kept itself in motion,
but the pressing thousands from the lower end
of the street began to render it q little danger
ous in the vicinity of the palace, and the crowd
sought escape through University street, thus
thinning itself little, and giving room to new
and endless numbers of people which poured
restlessly up from Frederick and Charlotten
streets.


Four times the King appeared upon the bal
eony in front of his residence to speak, and four
times returned without uttering word-the
people were bound to do all the talking this
time and they did it, either in the shape of
cheering or singing. For several hours the
crowd in front of the palace remained almost
without change in the half hope OF something-I
could not tell what-but always in good nature
and always singing as only German crowd can
sing


After describing the scene in other localities,
the correspondent continues


But here comes a crowd from the direction
OF Wilhelm street. with cries and cheers, and
the universal German singing. Who are the
two martial forms that move in front wrapped
in heavy military cloal<s with red Innings, and
who seem to be the objects of all this devotion
The one nearest us is the Bismarck whose face
in wood-cuts and photographs is familiar to
every American; the other with the slight stoop
is General Moltke, chief of the general staff and
a general of considerable local reputation.
These two weighty heroes are on their way to
the King to consult him as to the best means OF
crippling the French eagle, and this noisy but
respectful crowd will follow them with their
praises until they disappear within the magic
doors of the royal mansion.


Row the King Looked Enthusiasm of the
.ra People.


The Berlin correspondent of the London
Times, in describing King Williams reception
at Berlin, says:-


The King looked majestic as ever, but with
a melancholy shade overcasting his features.
He had scarcely arrived when tables were put
Inter den Linden, and loyal addresses, pro-
missing to lay down life and property for the
country signed al tresco. As o specimen of the
spirit that has seized the masses / subjoin a
translation OF one of these impromptu effu-
sions:-


"'May il please your Majesty-French imperti-
nence has insulted our honor, and menaced, without
the shadow OF a pretext, the peace of Prussia and
Germany. In this hour of peril we beg to approach
your Majesty and to express the loyal and enthu-
siastic sentiments with which we face the impend-


ing war. AS fathers stood by the father Of your
royal Majesty from 1s13-1sl5 so will we all devote
our lives and property to the support and security OF
your throne. In return we have but one prayer to
offer. We beseech yonr Majesty not to sheath the
sword till French insOlence has been chastised and
put down beyond the possibility OF recovery, and
Germany restored to its ancient grandeur


" Our cry is, With God for King and Fatherland!
Hurrah! At them!


awe subscribe ourselves faithfully, respectfully,
and with every confidence in the future etc.
"The above address was covered with many
thousand signatures. There were similar de-
monstrations at Coblentz, Cassel, Gottingen,
and other cities through which the King passed
on his way home."