New York Times 100 years ago today, May 24, 1913:
"My Fervent Desire," He Says in a Speech to British Residents of Berlin.
A GALA OPERA NIGHT
Brilliant Audience Hears "Lohengrin" — Kaiser's Daughter Weds To-day.
BERLIN, May 23.— King George of England, at present the guest of Emperor William for the marriage to-morrow of Princess Victoria Louise to Prince Ernest August of Cumberland, spoke earnestly to-day on the necessity for the maintenance of peace in the world in replying to an address presented to him by the British residents of Berlin, gathered at the British Embassy. His Majesty said:
"The preservation of peace is my fervent desire, as it was the chief aim and object of my dear father's life."
This, the first and only political note sounded during the wedding festivities of Emperor William's only daughter, for which three Emperors and many Princes are gathered, seems, according to the opinion expressed in influential circles, to epitomize the chief significance of the royal and imperial visits as a demonstration of the peaceful and friendly relations existing between the three powerful dynasties.
King George and Queen Mary, after the reception at the embassy, were the guests at luncheon of the British Ambassador, the others present including Imperial Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and members of the diplomatic circle, among whom were John G. A. Leishman, United States Ambassador to Germany, and Mrs. Leishman.
At the same time Emperor Nicholas of Russia was the guest at luncheon of the Russian Ambassador at the Russian Embassy.
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