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Show COUNT VON MOLTKE. J.I The IjiIc (leneral Honored bj the Cm. j j pcror and tho Herman jl People. ' t Jl 'Hm cynic cxprcisions or French . tml NCWSPAPtnS. ; A Tin French U,'lltiiru 11 III Meet to H 1)Iciim llio ('iieatloii of I lie .VewTarllT. t ., - ' ,'M IIj Taltsraea lo lha Nawa. , Tin: i.iti: ii'.v. -niii.TMR. 11 ruiptror H'llllAiir l:presatuu el Hl airier. ill IlKiiLix, April 2'). Tho body of the M late Count von Moltko waa viewed by b the puiillo toilay from noon uutll S In A thu afternoon. The nieror ha or j1 derM the army liiiiioiiriilng for eight : days. Inlilsordcrlriatrurtliigtheariny : logo liitolnournliigbeaays: "A frlvnd ' and counaelor has lieen removrd from my side. I most deeply mourn this 1, Irreparable lose to myself, to the army i' and lo the fatherland. T11 his last hour 'A tho deceateil enjoyed uiiprrcodeulnl M renown by rea-on of hla mllluiry uchlevemeiita and acrvlces fur the U welfiM nf the fatherland, whoso gratl. ' a tudii will never die." i Von Moltke waa lu the beat of spirit ; . Friday evening, nud reminded hi , -, niece that tlielr supply or wlue mutt . lid renewed. He lmrr.itl Iho story of a man who hal terd him 11 calculation, H showing that the general' birthday M had never fallen on Hutiday, and H smilingly added: "If I waa suiwrstl- jl tloutl might Ulleve I had teen my m last birthday." Tho cimieror ili-alrm jl Uie whole Ilerllu garrlsou lo take "-5 1 part In the funeral. Aa the route to nl the station Is too short, the cotllti will ll be conveyed to the Hlleslan Htatlnn. , M Thus the dead hero will pas Iho 1 column of victory and through the Jft llraudvulrtirg gate, where ho mide hi ffl entries with hi tovvrelgu In DKVI . Tat and It)71. The route, which la tire iflt mile long, will lie lined with troop U aud veternua throughouUItls probable I that the Kaiser will wrsonally coal- fj inand the troop. ' 301 lliemirck sent a tclegraplilo meraag or condoleuce to the ramify or tho doad 1 uldlcr. Count Von Hchlelllen. (Jen j oral Von Moltke' successor a enter of the general stafT, haa published, In tho naruo of the general elair, the follow. Ing tribute: "For forty-rive yoara the deceased belonged to the geuerat stalT of the (Jerman army, for tlilrty-ono of ' which ho headed It. In that capacity , ha he not taken a place among the foremost commander of all tlrnce?" j Tho count' will waa deposited In the ,1 Uerlln court In 1IS7. The heir to the entailed. cUto I Major Wlllielrn Von Moltke, son of the count's brother Adolph. Major Wllhslm Von MoltUo 1 married but ehild)ea. |
