The German Emperor's visit ended as it began, in a
patch- work of railway-journeys, presentations of addresses, and state luncheons and dinners, which would have driven any one but a Royalty mad with boredom. On Sunday night the Emperor was Lord Salisbury's guest at Hatfield. The chief event of the visit was Monday's lunch, at which the Emperor and the French Ambassador sat one on each side of Lady Salisbury, a fact which should be noted by those persons who are persuaded that Lord Salisbury is always rude to France because she has a Republican form of government. Monday must have been a thoroughly happy day for the Emperor. He began it by galloping about Hatfield Park under the escort of Lord Cranborne,—he was to have started at 6, but did not get off till 8. At 10, he break- fasted with the rest of the party. After breakfast, he did business with the chief of the German Foreign Office. At noon, be walked on the terrace. Shortly afterwards, say the reports, he presented Lord Salisbury with a Dresden china clock, and received the suitably expressed thanks of the Prime Minister. Next came the state luncheon, and immediately afterwards the departure of the Imperial party for Windsor. The journey to Windsor over, there was the formal leave-taking of the Queen, then an address by the Mayor and Corporation at Windsor Station, the return journey to Paddington, and a drive to Liverpool Street Station, where the Emperor saw the Empress into the train for Felixstowe. This conjugal duty performed, the Emperor, who had passed the day "in the fall-dress uniform of a British Admiral," hurried off to Buckingham Palace, changed his clothes, and went to dine with Lady Dudley, ending his well-spent day at King's Cross, where he took train for Edinburgh.
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