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Show MET WITH Jm Tlie Prince of Wales Mobbed in London Streets. The Queen Asked to Take Part in tha Procession Pro-cession in Order to Avoid the Heir Apparent Ap-parent Being Mobbed, But She Befuses, New Youk, July 10 -A di?patch from London says: The German Kaiser to-day went through the greatest ordeal of his visit to the shores of Great Uhtain his public entry into the city of London.- Fortunately everything passed oil with peace ami good order. Serious fears had been entertained in high quart urs that the English radicals as well as the German socialists in London would avail themselves of the opportunity to manifest their opposition opposi-tion to monarchies in general and to the Kaiser in pirtieular. Nothing of the kind, however, was attempted; in fact the German party, as well as the l'rineessof Wales, were enthusiastically received by the populace, while, on the other hand, the people's recognition of ihe Prince of Wales was decidedly cool and umleuionstrativu. Great pressure had been brought upon the ueen to appear in the procession, in order that her presence might counteract counter-act any hostile demonstration against th" heir apparent, but with her usual good sense, the venerable sovereign re-med re-med to become a party of any such scheme. The route of the procession was. from ituckingham palace to the Strand, thence to Fleet street, Ludgate ilill and Cheapside to tlie Mansion house. On the way to the Thames embankment, embank-ment, at Ludgate circus, was where the rougher element of the city was packed in all the numerous thoroughfares branching into that much-frequented center. There w ere some exciting incidents. in-cidents. Th s rowdy element had been getting up steam on beer and tin for hours, and had worked itself into a frame of mind well adapted to giving the Prince, of Wales, or anybody else, a v arm reception. While waiting for the heir apparent, there were a number of lively sciimmages between the hoodlums hood-lums and the police, in wh.ch the lat-ur lat-ur generally managed to come out aheyd, and which ended in one ornioie rutlians being relegated to the, rear, and thence escorted to the nearest police station. All this had been turning turn-ing up the mob, as it was. so that when the Piince of Wales' carriage appeared it was in a condition to do unpleasant things. The authorities, authori-ties, it is understood, received an intimation in-timation that the roughs were preparing prepar-ing to give a distinctly hostile reception, recep-tion, inany case, when the carriage containing the.. Piinau and Princess ot Wales passed through Ludgate.- circus. It was driven at a decidedly rapid pace, so much so that the carriage had passed the dangerous spot before the main body f ttie crowd was aware that thi Prince was in thrir midst. As it was, however, in spite of the presence of the Princess of Wales beside him, the Priiic-ss was greeted with repeated outbursis of jeering and "booing" which were only slightly set oif by few faint cheers. In the face of this Ik stile demonstration, the Prince was ij paicntly unmoved. He looked sti aight to his front and passed the excited ex-cited crowd and made no attempt to reply by salute to the weak cheering, which broke out in opposition to the "booings," etc. Tlie reception accorded ac-corded to the Prince of Wales was in straneg contrast to the hearty ringing cheers with which the Duke of Con-naught, Con-naught, his brother, was greeted by the Ludgate circus crowd as the Duke passed over the same ground a second later. The entire route was magnificently decorated with English ami German nation d colors, and there were triumphal tri-umphal inches at all the intersections. Ti ey had been erected with the people's peo-ple's money voted therefor by the common com-mon council. The entire route was lined with troops and back of these was another solid line of police. Not only were the various London districts left without police protection tor the day, in order that they might do service for tlie occasion. but draf'-s were made upon the constabulary of Liverpool, Manchester, Man-chester, Eirmingham, Bristol, .Sheffield and other huge towns. The detachment detach-ment was headed by a detachment of the Grenadier Guards, mounted and presented a magnificent appearance, then came a regiment of infantry and then a carriage drawn by six white horses ridden by postillions in crimson uniforms, containing the Kaiser and Kaiserin and the Prince and Princess Christian. Next in the procession was the c uriage occupied by the Prince and l'rineessof Wales, also drawn by six w hite horses. After these came other carriages containing the visiting nobility no-bility from abroad and the suites of lhe Pi ince of Wales and the Kaiser. Detachments of the First Life Guards, mounted, acted as a special escort to to the royal carriages. The footpaths were crowded throughout the entile distance, and win-lows and roofs, and in fact every point of vantage was utilized in order to obtain a view of the pageant. On arriving at the Guild hall the royal party was met on the threrdiold by the lord mayor, wearing h;s robes and chain of office, and the members of the common council. coun-cil. The latter formed in double rank and between them the visitors visi-tors passed into the grand reception room. The ceremonies were simple, consisting of the reading of the address of welcome by the Recorder of Iindon on behalf of the corporation, and its presentation to the Kaiser in a casket of gold, studded with jewels and which represented an expenditure of six thousand dollars of the public funds. The Emperor made ; brief reply expressing ex-pressing his appreciation of the honor w hich had been paid him by confirming upon him the freedom of the city. He spoke in English and with elegant diction, dic-tion, and was enthusiastically applauded. applaud-ed. After this formal ceremony the royal visitors were entertained at lunch- eon in the gold room of the Man don : house. The emperor led the way into the banquet hall, having upon his arm the Lady Mayoress (Lady Savery), who were followed by the ijord Mayor and the Empress, the Piince and Princess of Wales, and other members of the royal family. After refreshments, formal speeches of welcome were made, and at '2:30 the Imperial party returned to the Buckingham palace by the way of the Thames embankment. The morning scenes were repeated on the way to the Thames embankment, at Ludgate. at which the rougher element of the city w as packed. There were some exciting incidents. The rowdies had been drinking freely, and whes the Prince of Wales was driven rapidly by, he was greeted w Itli repeated jeers, an 1 "Ixxiings." The Americans at the winr (lows of the hotels along the embankment embank-ment had a splendid view of the procession. pro-cession. There were, of course, many jiia,.imiiMi'miiHi1i.i'Hiliiii,ii m WHUmwmmt ,i nests to-day, but the German soca-ies soca-ies and the French anarchistic eh nent were apparently absent or sub lued into passive submission by t! warnings of the police that an outbreak would be se erely dealt with. |