The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCL—-NO. 8 SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1902, PRICE FIVE CENTS. PRINCE HENRY RECEIVES A HEARTY AMERICAN WELCOME AT NEW YORK WHITE HOUSE, FEBRUARY 23.—TO PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA, ABOARD THE HOHENZOLLERN, NEW YORK CITY: the name of the American people | will see you and look forward to meeting you personglly to-morrow. 3 Accept my heartiest greetings on your safe arrival. + ! thank you for your message. In | THEODORE ROOSEVELT. | Royal Guest a Democratic Passenger During Voy- age Across Atlantic. rr": YORK, Feb. 23.—The North Atlantic served to the big Kronprinz J / Wilhelm five days of weather that tested Prince Heng's sea legs. / ¥ howed his saflorly qualities, and never missed a F meal. Bach afternoon and evening found him in the smoking room, of wind, waves and spray, he spent hours on the bridge. s without special incident. Prince Henry was a most the big company of his fellow - voyagers ming and unassuming gentleman. H: table in a far corner, or sort of wing of the 2 tition ran half way across, hiding a part of the royal portion of the main dining-room; but the Prince requested that the taken down and the wide opening thus made was ne decorated. The change made the Prince’s corner - i main dining s the passengers facing his rne me him and hi Cay R r had offered the Prince the cantain’s large table in the center traveler d t care to cause the regular pa- seats any inconvenience, and 1 assigned to ast the Prince took his constitutional around the the passengers: in fact, he was throughout the An artizt for an illustrated weekly had been sent ing where -the Prince sat in when Prince Henry hailed hiia, took his hand bie with the royal party, where he chatted for VISITT THE STEERAGE PASSENGERS. ander of the Kronprinz, had hoped to make a record t him. He did not leave the bridge, except at ntire voyage. Prince Henry spent much of his time When the captain expressed his disappointment because he could not reach New York early on Saturday the Prince took occasion to com- ather was 2zain during tk each day the bridge Continued on Page Three | i b & - EMPEROR WILLIAM'S BROTHER, NOW THE GUEST OF THE AMERICAN NATION, AND TWO OF THE NOT- ABLE PERSONS WHO WELCOMED HIM ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE LINER KRONPRINZ WILHELM IN NEW YORK HARBOR AFTER A STORMY VOYAGE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. £k = 3 EW YORK, Feh, 23.—Prior to his departure from Germany it was officially announced that Prince Henry would not be interviewed, and to-day he adhered strictly to this determination. Whatever the Prince has to say for publication will .be given out by a member of his staff. Captain von Mueller, ald de'gamp to the German Emperor, who is authorized to speak not only for Prince Henry, but, in a measure, to voice the Emperor's own Views, said to-day in explanation of the Prince’s visit: “When the President. on the inquiry of the German Emperor whether Miss Roosevelt would perform the of christening his American-built yacht, had given his consent in & most graceful manner, his Majesty resolved to show his regard for the President by having himself represented by a prince of his house on the occa- sion of the launching. In contemplating this courtesy the Emperor remembered the pleasant relations between Prince Henry and Admiral Dewey and Rear Admiral Evans, and also recalled that his brother, on his return from China, had expressed a strong wish to visit the United States. This desire, however, could not be gratified at that time, Moreover, the Emperor was influenced by the fact that Prince Henry, whenever he was abroad, had always won the admiration and esteem of those with whom he was brought into contact and had always succeeded in bringing a tone of kindness, basea on mutual esteem, into the international relations. This, I'think, will indicate the teelihg that actuated the Emperor in the choice of his brother as his representative on this pleasant occasion. ““The Prince is very grateful that the Emperor selected him for this mission. He is delighted to make the acquain- tance of the great American nation 4t last, and enjoy the honor of meeting the excellent man at the head of it. It had been only the stern command of duty which prevented him visiting the New World after his return from East China.” ‘When Captain von Mueller’s attention was called to the various reports regarding the friction which it was dllexed had TR ceremony Continued on Page Three. Booming of .IfVars/u']b fisz " /] U /, ) ’/// Uik ! / / / / f f V// i s : S and Shrieking. W histles Welcome Stranger. EW YORK, Feb. 23.—Prince Henry of Prussia, representative of his brother, the Emperor of Germany, at the launching of ithe latter's American-bullt yacht, reached New York to-day and was cordially wel- comed as a guest of the nation. The land batteries that guard the outer hatbor sounded the first greeting in a ponderous salute of twenty- . one guns; the rifles of a special naval squadron assembled in his honor re-echoed the sentiment; there were verbal greetings from the represent- atives of President Roosevelt, the army,. the navy and the city of New York, and a great crowd lined the way into the city to see and cheer the sailor Prince of Germany. The great storm against which the Kronprinz Wilhelm had struggled for days and, which had glazed the Atlantic coast in an armor of ice-had lost its force and resigned its sway to warm sunshine and cheery blue skles, so thers ‘were no regrets that the royal guest was a full day late for the entertalnment provided ‘for him. The genius of Marconi, reaching out from the storm-swept coast, had definitely located the belated liner and made certain the hour when she would reach Sandy Hook. There was a curtain of fog off the Hook early this morning, and it was after 9 o'clack before the watchers caught the shad- owy lines of the cautiously approaching Iiner. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, commander of the special squadron and hons, orary ald to the Prince, left the flagship Illinois at 9:40 o'clock on the naval tug Nina. With him were Captain Converse, his chief of staff; Flag Lieutentant Frederick Chapin; Ensign Frank T. Evans, aide, and Captain von Rebeur-Pasch- witz, the naval attache at the Washington Embassy of the German Government. They were all in full dress uniform. The Nina met the Kronprinz beyond Fort Wadsworth, and, salling around on the starboard side of the Mner, steamed up the bay. PRINCE HENRY SALUTES THE AMERICAN FLAG. Prince Henry, attired in the uniform of an admiral of the German navy and surrounded by his naval and military siaff in brilllant uniform, stood on the bridge of the liner, As the naval tug drew nearer to the side of the steamship Prince Henry and Admiral Evans caught sight of each other and exchanged —ee & Continued on Page Two.