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Show I EMPEROR WILLIAM IS ON HIS WAY TO LONDON German Monarch to Attend Unveiling of the Statue gf Queen . Victoria. By Associated Press. WIESBADEN, Germany. May la. The' German emperor departed for London tonight, to-night, where lie will take part in the ceremonies attending the unveiling of t lie .statue of Queen Victoria. He will he joined by the empress and Princess Victoria Vic-toria Loutsc on the way and the royal party will remain in the British capital or a week. LONDON. Saturday, May 6. Tho German Ger-man emperor and empress will make the first state visit, by foreign monarchs to England since the death of Edward VII. They aro coming for the unveiling, May 16, by King George of the statue hi front of Buckingham palace, which completes a great national memoria.1 to Queen Victoria. Vic-toria. .Thn emperor's yacht will drop anchor off tho Noro on the "evening of Mav II and will he received by a British fleet. The next morning the emperor and empress em-press will proceed to Loudon, where they will be the guests of King George and Queen Mnry at Buckingham palace. jThc national memorial which the slntuc crowns and completes stands dlrerlly In front of the palace, the queen facing dpwn the hall. Tho memorial proper Is a stately monument of marble and hrunzu which it has taken nine yours to com-plcto com-plcto at a cost of upward of $1,000,000. Some significance may bo attached to Bl th ate banquet to bo given- In honor of tho German emperor on the evening of May 16, Sir Edward Grey, the German embassador, and other diplomats will be present. |