NEWS OF THE WEEK
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THE German Emperor and Empress went in state to lunch at the Guildhall yesterday week, returning by the Embank- ment. The procession was stately, but rather loosely knitted together, the intervals between different sections of it being too considerable ; so that it produced the effect of the discon- tinuous discharge of meteoric grandeurs. The Lord Mayor performed the great function remarkably well, with an air of civic pomp not too grandiose. In proposing the Emperor's health, he said that the citizens of London had watched with admiration " your wonderful physical and mental activity, and your untiring industry and zeal in all that can possibly further the welfare of your people." The addresses delivered by the Emperor on education and other subjects had indicated the deep thought be had given to these subjects, and the efforts the Emperor had made to maintain the peace of Europe had earned the hearty gratitude of the people of England. The friendship between the German and the British Empires was of long standing, and history recorded, with one or two trifling exceptions, no hostile encounters between the two nations. " You have shown and proved to the world," concluded the Lord Mayor, " that you are not merely an Emperor by birth, but that you possess those virtues which so pre-eminently qualify you for your august position."
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