Show EMPERORS BIRTHDAY Excepting Court Fetes it was Kept in Usual Way FLAGS WERE DISPLAYED 1 ITewspapers Published Congratulatory Congratula-tory Articles In which His Majesty Is Praised as Champion of Peace I I Promoter of Civilization and the i Vigorous Helmsman of Germanys j Destines Court Mourning Stops j all Projected Festivities Tuesdays i 1 Court Reception was Brilliant j I i j Berlin Jaii 27 Copyright JOOO by I the Associated Press Excepting that I It was Jacking In court fetes the Km j perors birthday today was kept In the J j uaual way Fiagg were displayed ev j i j j eryxvhcrc anti the papers published con I gratulatory arliele In wbi h his j I Majesty Is praised ns the champion I i of peace lie romoer of civilization I I and the vigorous helmsman of Germanys I Ger-manys destInis I The Krcitr ieltungs house pool i I again puub1islis his usual congratulatory S tory Xlv The Center organs remind the Emperor that the Jesuits are not l yet recilled and say he would earn I their everlasting gratitude by signing j the Tesuit recall S FESTIVITIES ABANDONED 1 The court mourning stops all projected pro-jected festivities The Austrian Em I bassudors big ball arranged vfor the I 1Otli Is oft and the same Is the case with those of Count Sclmffgolch CountS Count-S Slerstorps Count Berolilingen Count Lnrcvhenfeid und Admirals Tirpltz and Sandebibrandeiu All of these balls xvere to bo honored by the Kmperorn I presence BRILLIANT COURT RECEPTION Tuesdays court reception which Mufi the only one tills winter was more brilliant than ever The ladles cos tunics dlsploycd unusual elegance miny of them Ivoing of peculiar design de-sign Dark flowing velvet with costly fur trimming and elaborate silk em biolderles were especially noticeable PEA UTIFU L DEBUTANT Among the debutantes IinroneHS WlcdeMuehnoslb attracted special al > teiulon by personal charms beautiful 1 i costumes and remaiknble diamonds Thg Princess Pleas and Countess von Goetgcn the hatter an American were also especially remarked In the small j American delegation Mrs Wurtx made i a gorgeous display of diamonds and pearls oven outshining1 Mrs Whites famous necklace S RIGID COURT CEREMONIAL Among the older court elements tomplnlnts thin winter were specially i strong because of the rigid new court ceremonial the style of reception be i ing copied by the Emperor more after the court of St James old gentlemen especially complaining about being S forced to wear knee breeches with silk I stockings Inducing rheumatism and gout Thay also complain at the increasing In-creasing eoBUjncEs of tlu gala coati which for high olllcials now cost UOJ nitirJts i i Munich celebi ate < l the Emperor birthday by a banquet In xxbich all the J Bavarian Princes shared The heir to < Ihe I Hi I rone IVfnce Luclx1 Ig loaKterl th ° i Mmperor and spoke In favor of the nnvil Increases JLTUMINATION NOT GENERAL The birthday ihlumnhnnt ion was less Krjipuil by half than In previous years i Nono of lh public bulldlnga except that yf lie Reichstag xvero illuinlnuLciJ and the crowd on lie streets were i much smaller than on former ocasloni j oxxing to storm of rain which prevailed I The Emperor conferred many decora j tlonn find promotions fount Posa doxvsIclWohner reed ved the decoration of the Wllhelm order Dr SchoetibteiU PrujsRlnn MlnlHter of Justice and Frel I herr Von HammerstelnLcxton Prussian Prus-sian Minister of Agriculture the grand rioas of the order of the Red Eagle and Dr Studt Mlniflter of Public Instruction In-struction arid Count Henberg the or tier of the Red Eagle llrstclass Prince GueiitJien of Schwarsburg litdeptadt mid lie hereditary Grand DiKe Ernest Ludxxlg of Ilepsc were promoted to be 1 Generalp of cavalry j All the EmbuflndorK and Ministers1 Including United States FJmbossador White attended the dinner given by Prince liohenlohe Dr Leyds and the i3tltishi Embassodor Sir Frank Las La-s exchanged frlenly greetings The subject of the xxnr In South Africa xvas not inenlJoncd during Die evening LISYOSS VISIT TO DJDRl IV S Though Dr J4iyds the diplomatli rcproscnlatlve of the Transvaal claims j that he came here principally to celebrate cele-brate lie JSmperor8 birthday as In previous yours the correspondent of the Associated Press understands on authority that he also came lo consult con-sult with the German oMlcials about Portugals alleged breach of neutrality J In stopping travel to the Transvaal from Delagon bay The T okul Arflger publIshes a report I re-port of nn Interview with Dr Lryds In which he Is ou ° tod as saying bin presence pres-ence In Beilln has nothing to du xvlth polities but In due merely to the In vliotion to 111 diplomatic dinner xxhlcli hv hail reriIvul from > the Tiiiperlal iCbajcoMn1 I U > proposed to remain 1 OtiT dnj 7 Vt hail no polllicnl designs IIEGt I itjING > I M ISO IAT TON llcffardfnjy mndaiion Dr Leyds snld lb UOCIT hud no occasion 10 appeal to i anyon Everything was going splendidly splen-didly jfl to the conclusion of peace I hf personal opinion was that Great flrllain xould have to return a I large portion of he I territory she bad seIzed from the BOCIH and the federal repub lieu xxxuld of course obtain every guns anUo Hint not a hair of the brads of heir I kinsman would suffer No words lu continued fled be wasted on the abt luto IndCDendeiice of tho two republic I re-public Ijadysnilth Mafeking and j Kljnberloy Dr Leyds added vrer simply I sim-ply prisons with tho sole difference thut I tie British bad to consume Mvlr I own provision |