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Show The Young Kaiser at Ostend. The Emperor William has never yet received a more delicate compliment than that paid him by the king of the Belgians, who vacated the royal chalet at Ostend in his favor, and allowed the imperial standard of the Hohenzollerns to replace for twenty-four hours the national tricolor. tri-color. At the last moment the projected military display in the streets and the presence of the German consuls at the wharf were abandoned, but the first visit of the impetuous ruler of Germany to Belgium created, on the whole, a very favorable impression. The unwieldy Hohenzollern experienced experi-enced some difficulty in approaching the landing stage, but King Leopold, who, liko his brother and nephew, had donned the somewhat unpicturesque uniform of the Prussian cavalry, lessened the te-diousness te-diousness of the wait by conversing with his guest across the bulwarks in stentorian stento-rian tones. The bluff geniality of the young kaiser won all hearts, and his progress through the streets was marked by an amount of enthusiasm which Belgium Bel-gium is altogether unaccustomed to. The emperor never fails to make his strong individuality felt. London World. |