Show I WAR IS FORGOTTEN IN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION TION Germany Observes Birthday Birthday Birthday Birth Birth- day of Bismarck With Gaiety BERLIN May ay For 15 15 For the tho space of at a l da day the Berlin Bellin that thatis is known to toso toso toso so many thou thousands ands of Americans Americans- the Berlin that 10 Is both gay aO and amI gala returned on tho the first of or April 1111 tho the occa occasion lon of th the one-hundredth one birthday of oC Bismarck tho the Iron Chancellor Chan Chan- For the first time in many months hundreds of ot officers gathered who wore not In the tho now familiar fieldy field gray l-a l y but hut who wore Instead all theay the gay ay trappings s of at parade uniforms and nd who under a brilliant sunlit sky made an imposing spectacle as th they gathered fathered d about the great eat of Bismarck before tho the build build- in ing R. R No o event ent in months has brought together so man many of or the Inhabitants of Greater Berlin in thousands thc they crowded about the or open cn space between be between be- be tween the and the gilded statue of oC victory Ictor that stands standa perched hundreds of at feet In the tho air at tho the head nJ Pf or the c SIt Sieges es A Alice Allee Berlin norlin like all the tho other cities of or 1 fn T. has s a b by comparison with its former self elf been somewhat subdued durin during l F the Jie past few months This air all vanished he-d he Banished completely however as thou thou- thousands sands of ot voices took up the refrain ot of Lp patrIotic lc songs sun sung SUK in th the old h chancellors chancellor's 01 11 Ors honor standing bareheaded bareheaded bare bare- headed towards n In the sunlight gazing upward his heroic figure Deutschland Deutschland weber alles PS and Hell Heil dir Im lm Sieger- Sieger rang TAns out with a little more than the customary vigor Igor as the singers sing sing- ers era orl thought of ot the present times and the circumstance that Bismarck's centennial should fall fail In the midst of ot I a c. war more strenuous than he ever conceived Within ten minutes after the ceremony cere cere- I cere-I mony at tho the statue Unter enter den Linden 1 was transformed Into the Unter den I Linden of oC parade parado days with every ry guard house contingent out In front prepared to salute tho the almost numberless generals who walked or rode lode past In n their gorgeous uniforms All Germany Celebrates Though Bismarck's birthday was as ascel cel celebrated almost everywhere c In Germany tho the most Important reco recognition of at the centennial was In Berhn Ber Ber- lin hn where the tho was led by the imperial chancellor Dr Dron von on Beth- Beth mann followed b by all the generals and admirals not on duty at the front the president officers and members of ot the and of at the Prussian diet diot city officials from Greater Berlin the grandson and namesake of oC the chancellor Prince Ot Otto Olto to von on Bismarck and to give gi ie a n. unique touch to the affair the grandson grandson grand grand- randon rand rand- son on of or the kaiser the year old son ton of ot the tho crown Clown prince Within a few minutes after aCter tho the arrival ar nr- ar- ar rival of or tho the functionaries f the great i Bismarck statue was surrounded by great wreaths the gifts of ot individuals ranging from tram the emperor to minor officials and from organizations organizations' from Cram the time to the thc committee for the erection of or a a. national statue to the chancellor Students Participate From every Cla flagpole pole on the reichstag reich reich- stag building the black white andred and andred andred red flags tinS's fluttered In the tho breeze and the square re In front was a n. blaze of color contributed b by banners of at every sort and h by tho the gay Jay costumes not I only of or the military but of at students In fencing suits who clan clanged ed their foils falls against e each ch other In keeping time to tho the patriotic songs The only suggestion sug of at war allowed to enter the tho scene were a few re remarks remarks re- re marks of tho the speakers the words of or some of ot tho the songs sonS's and the field gray uniforms of at an on honor company that faced the Bismarck statue with presented pres pre pre- s arms during during- the proceedings In all other respects It was waI the gay bay and festive Berlin of ot old oM Ever since Germany has been winning winning win win- ning victories In the thc present war her I people havo have been in the habit of or hangIng hang hang- Ing log out flags of at all sorts and tion Not even cven the victories of ot tho the lakes however brou brought ht out one half of or the banners that tho the Bismarck Bismarck Bis Bis- marck celebration did The business part of ot the elt city was fairly ablaze with colors from them A hitherto unsuspected number of or pictures pictures photographs photographs oil all paintings and etchings etchings of s-of s of Bismarck suddenly made their appearance In tho the store windows often orten flanked by likenesses of ot the kaiser and tho the crown prince |