STORIES ABOUT the EMPERORS VISIT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8670, 12 September 1891, Page 2 (Supplement)

STORIES ABOUT the EMPERORS VISIT.

Stories are beginning to crop up about the visit of the German Emperor, related by persons who officially came into contact with him during his stay in London. Accounting for an alleged hasty departure

from the Naval Exhibition, the London correspondent of the Liverpool Post explains that it illustrates the Emperor's systematic manner of going about his day's work. Having decided to visit the Naval Exhibition, he sent an aide-de-camp on the day before, with instructions to go carefully over it, and note anything he might find worthy of the Emperor's attention, and likely to interest him. The aide-de-camp went to tho Exhibition, paid his money without disclosing his identity, and spent tho greater part of the day in the place. •' On his return he reported to the Emperor that the most interesting and instructive thing in the show was the picture gallery. " Your Majesty will find there," he said, "a full history of the British Navy, both in respect of ships and armament." The Emperor adopted the advice, and was thoroughly satisfied with its soundness. Ib was observed that in his bearing towards persons with whom he was brought in contact during his visit tho Emperor eared for nothing bub soldiers and sailors. A number of eminent politicians were 1 gathered at Lord ( Salisbury's hospitable board, but tho Emperor betrayed 110 interest in their identity. His special favourite was Admiral Commerell, who was in command of the fleet when, two years ago, lie visited it in the Solent. Admiral Commerell is now unattached, but at the Emperor's special request lie was instructed to be at the beck and call of llis Majesty during his stay in London. Beck and call were very frequent, and so indispensable did the Admiral seem to be that lie was invited down to HatSeld, and there, as elsewhere, he largely engrossed the Emperor's conversation. We have an indication of the pleasure which his English reception gave the Kaiser (says the London correspondent of the Liverpool Courier) in his resolve to have at least the most notable incident of his greeting depicted by perhaps the first artist of Germany. Professor Anton* von Werner is now in London for this purpose as the result of a special commission from his sovereign. The chief scene which the professor will pourtray is the reception by the Queen at Windsor Castle. The professor will have one advantage in his task, lie is not unknown to Her Majesty, who already possesses both a portrait of her grandson and of the Emperor Frederick from his brush. She also sat to the German for a portrait which now hangs in the Schloss at Berlin, whither his present effort is to be transmitted. The central figures of this great picture will bo the Queen and the Emperor with tho Empress, and the Prince and Princess of Wales prominent figures in tho background.