Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1888 — THE FOREIGN BUDGET. [ARTICLE]

THE FOREIGN BUDGET.

Deputations from all the regiments swore allegiance to the new Emperor, Frederick 111, on Monday, says a Berlin dispatch. The Crown Prince William took the oath with the Second Regiment of Guards. The Emperor’s appearance has caused a shock to the loyal people of Berlin. Every one who has seen him agrees that he is looking very badly. The Emperor has issued the following proclamation: To My People: The Emperor has onded his glorious life. In the mnch-loved father whom 1 bewail, whom my royal bouse with me laments in deepest sorrow, the faithful Prussian people have lost their fame-crowned king, the German nation the founder of its unity, and the newly risen empire the first German Emperor. His illustrious name will remain inseparably bound up with ail the greatness of the German fatherland, in whose new creation the strenuous labor of the Prussian people and princes has met with its most splendid reward. While King William raised the Prussian army to the heights of its earnest vocation by never-tiring care; a nation’s .father, he laid a sure foundation for the victories which were afterward gained by German arms under his leadership, aud out of which sprang national unity. He thereby secured to the empire a portion of power such as up to that time every German heart had yearned for but had scarcely dared to hope for, and that which he won for his people in honorable death-dealing fight he was destined to strengthen and beneficially increase by the long and peaceful toil of his laborious years of government. Safely resting upon her own strength, Germany stands forth esteemed in the council of nations, and desires only to enjoy in peaceful progress that which she has won. That this is so we have to thank Emperor William. In his never-wavering devotion to duty and his indefatigable activitv consecrated to the welfare of the fatherland, he was supported by his reliance upon the self-sacrificing devotion of which the Prussian people had given unvarying proofs and in which all the German races shared. All the rights and duties which are connected with the crown and my house, and for the time that, according to God’s will, may be allotted to me to rule, I am resolved to faithfully preserve with the name now passed to me. Imbued with the greatness of my mission I shall make it my whole endeavor to oontinue the fabric in the spirit in which it was founded—to make Germany the center of peace and to foster ber welfare. To my faithful people, who have stood by my houae throughout the history of the whole century in eood as in evil days, I offer my unbounded confidence, for I am convinced that on the basis of the unbreakable bond between the sovereign and the people, which, independently of every change in the life of the state, forms the unalterable inheritance of the house of Hohenzollern, my crown rests henceforward as securely as it does upon the devotion of the country to the government of which I am now called and of which I solemnly promise to be a faithful king, both in happiness and in Sorrow. May God grant me His blessing and strengthen me to carry out this work, to which my life shall henoeforth be devoted. Frederick. Berlin, March 12, 1888.

The funeral of the late Emperor William took place in Berlin on Friday, March 16, and was in all respects an affair of extraordinary splendor. Almost every civilized nation on earth was represented either by princes of the blood or by eminent diplomates, charged with tho duty of testifying profound sympathy with the German people and respect and honor for the great ruler who has been ca led away by a Kng greater than himself.

All tbe houses on u'nter den Linden were covered with mourning and exhibited flags with black drapery, says a Berlin dispatch. At the street crossings masaive pillars draped with black and surmounted by Prussian eagles had been erected. The lamp-posts were covered with crape, and at every fitty paces there were largu caudelabras bearing flaming cressets. The route of the funeral procession presented a most imposing aspect, entirely in keeping with the doep sorrow and reverenoe of the people. The center of the road was Btrewn with gravel and tir branches, and on the house fronts large crape festoons entwined with laurel were hung. The funeral services took place in the cathedral in accordance with the programme. Emperor I rederick was not present, the weather teing too severe to permit of his exposing hiinseif. Dr Koegel delivered the sermon, standing beside the codin. The cathedral ceremony closed with tbe singing of Hoy, Holy It the Lord.” .The process on Jo e cort the Kaiser’s remains to the mausoleum was then formed. Prince William stood in tLe middle of the nave behind the imperial standard. Alongside of him was the King of Saxony, the King of Belgium, and the King of Kou.nama. Close Dy s oad the Grand Duke of Baden, Princes AlDr cht and Henry, and other priuces of tbe royal house of Prussia; the Prince Imparial of Austria, the Prince Imperial of Russia, the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas of Russia, the Prince of Waleß, tho Crown Prince of Italy, the Crown Prince cf Denmark, and tho Crown Prince of Greece, all in the uniform ot their respective countries. The procession was in every way worthy of the occasion. The military display was magnificent, though somber. The sight of the chief mourner, the heir to tbo throne, accompanied by three kings ot German blood, followed by the" most illustrious representatives of every European country, whose presence gave evidence of the universal veneration In which the deceased was held, and by a long lino of statesmen, all combined to give the scene an ImpressiveUesß that was reflected In the demeanor of tbe dense throng watching the cortege. The remains were received at the mausoleum by the pastor of Charlottenburg, and Chaplain Koegel then read the prayer, "Blessed Is the Man Who Resisteth

Temptation," and the Lord’s prayer. Members of the imperial family and other mourners then withdrew, the General* taking farewell bf their dead master by placing their hands, a* if in salute, upon his coffin. A salvo of artillery announced that the ceremony was over. Outside of Berlin the funeral of the Emperor was observed in all the leading capitals of the world. Memorial services were held in Washington in the Concordia Lutheran Church, and were attended by the President and members of his cabinet and officials connected with the foreign legations. In London the Queen attended private service in Windsor Castle private chapel, and similar marks of honor were exhibited by the Czar and Czarina at St Petersburg, and by the Austrian Emperor and archdukes at Vienna. A cable dispatch from Paris says that Gen. Boulanger has been deprived of his command for breach of discipline in visiting Paris three times without permission.