Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-05-07 | Page 19 | Warm Welcome for Kaiser at British Court

WARM WELCOME FOR KAISER AT BRITISH COURT QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL. j German Emperor Will Attend Unveiling of Memorial Memo-rial Group in Honor of Queen Victoria Special Cable to Tho Tribune. LONDON, May G. Memorial ceremonies cere-monies aro now Uio ordor of tho day in England. A religious service in commemoration of the first nnnivcraary of King Edward's death wna held today at Windsor castle in the presence of King Gcurgc, Queen Mary and other members of the royal family. Next Tuesday week a beautiful memorial me-morial to CJueen Victoria, in the form of a group, is to bo unveiled on n commanding com-manding spot on the Mall, facing Buckingham Buck-ingham palace. On this occasion the. British monarch and his ecmsort will hardly be in the spotlight, as the kniser has promised to attend tho ceremony, cere-mony, and his Tare visits to London will make liim the most conspicuous person present. . All the formnHticH for this, the first great ceremony of tho coronation yeur, have been arranged Jjy King George himself. nDd from tho nearby palace he had 'kept a watchful eye on the rehearsals re-hearsals that have tnkon place. General satisfaction is felt throughout through-out tho country at tiio approaching visit of the kaisor. who will ho accompanied accom-panied by the kaisorin. Not only is this visit taken as a mark of. respect to tho memory of his august relative, but ub an expression of kindly feeling for tho British people, who, on their part, are just as desirous to show him tho warmest appreciation of his good will. It is recalled that when ho rushed to England to see the dying queen, his ready sympathy excited such good fooling that 'England was brought sensibly - nearer cordial relations with Germany, There will be a family dinner at Buckingham palace on the night of their arrival, attended by the king and queen of Norway, the king of Greece and other notablos. In order to give direct access to the palace, doubtless with a view to thin unveiling ceremony, cere-mony, King Gcorgo has had the central cen-tral gates restored, so that tho distinguished distin-guished company will be able to walk on a carpeted path direct to tho monument; monu-ment; Stands for privileged spectators will bo erected on cither side of the royal group, and tho magnificent brigade of guards will parade with their massed bands, which will play a conspicuous part in the musical portion of tho ro-licious ro-licious service that is to .be held. When King George pulls the cord to unveil the Victoria monument, all heads will be bared and the British national anthem an-them sung by the assembled crowd. On tho same evening thero is to bo a state banquet at Buckingham palace, Iho official inauguration of tho coronation coro-nation season, and next dav a thoater command performance of "Money' by foremost actors, some of whom will not scorn to tnko the part of supers. All the roaourccs of tho best hospitality hospi-tality that London can provide aro to be strained tomake tho visit of the kaiser and kaiserin both memorable and enjoyable. A state ball is arranged in their honor for tho Friday following, when tho royal ball room will glitter and gleam with manj' coronets and diadems dia-dems prepared for the coronation ceremony cere-mony itself.