The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCL—-NO. 8 SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, This Paper 1 to be taken fr PRICE FIVE CENTS. IMPERIAL GUEST OF NATION RECEIVES = HENRY of Prussia has been welcomed by the nation through its Chief Executive. From. the time of his arrival at the capital of the nation yesterday morning until his departure late at night the royal visitor was kept in a iant functions. From the depot Iic was escorted to the White House and presented toPresident Roosevelt. This call.was _returned at the German Embassy, where the representatives of many nations were also received. Later in the n Prince Henry made a xound of calls, leaving his card at the various embassics. ‘The event of the cvemng was the dinner given by President Roosevelt at the White House. To-day the Privice will attend the launching of the Em- | peror’s yacht Meteor, which is to be christened by Miss Alice Roosevelt. He will receive the freedom of New York City, and entertain the Presiden and other distinguished men aboard the royal yacht Hohenzollern. THE LIBRARY 1 M\w —ONGRE ssxc}iAL/ | | } Vi Ii Prince Henry of Prussia Is Welcomed by Secretary Hay Upon Arrival. ASHINGTON, Feb. 24— P Henry of Prussia and suite, accompanied by the welcoming delegations from Baltimore and the assy ince promptly on schedule time. Baltimore to Washington incident. In the outlying timore crowds gathered to were made until this city was 1 train was closely guardsd vice men with a care ercised throughout its journey during the Prince’s stay on Amer. ican soll . 3 The Prince occupied the time during the run from Baltimore to Washington in a democratic fashion, talking freeiy with arrived here at 10:20? t and cheer the Prince. as he passes. | | i those about him. as -they. discussed the country and the details of his visit. He told the President's delegates that he wished to see as clearly as possible the places ‘through which he was to travel and that as there would be some interest of the public in seeing him as well he thought it would be best to use open car- riages in the driving portion of the ftin. erary everywhere. The delegates told him they would arrange it. HAY EXTENDS GREETING. Sccretary Hay, Secretary Long, Assist- ant Secretary of State Pearce, who had immediate charge of arrangements, wers at the depot and Count Quadt and two other attaches of the German embassy awaited the arrival of the traln at the depot. They. remained in the improvised reception-room, the walls of which were heavily draped with intertwining Ameri- can and German flags. The atmosphere | was redolent with the fragrance of flow- ers. . The train halted just outside the depot, the engine was detached and the cars backed to a position opposite the receiving-room midway down the train shed. The welcoming party passed quickly into the Prince’s car and informally ex- tended him'a welcome to the city. The official greetings to the Prince, while formal, were characterized by sim- plicity. Secretary Hay, as the head of the Cabinet, was the first to extend greet- ing. He said to the Prince: “The President requests me, sir, to give you, in his name, a cordisl welcome to ‘Washington.” N CRETARY CORDIAL GREETINGS AT THE CAPITAL g whirl \ e — IMPRESSIVE SCENE WHEN NATION'S GUEST WAS PRESENTED TO 1 PRESIDENT. TWO CABINET MEMBERS AND ARMY AND NAVY OF- FICERS WHO ARE ACTIVE IN BNTERTAINMENT OF THE PRINCE. Escorted to W/Lilf;— _H ousé and Presented to President. CEC Wl UL The Prince bowed a response. Secretary Long also addressed the visl- tor in pearly the same terms as Secretary Hay, expressing his pleasure at the meet- ing. The Prince’'s response was a’brief “Thank you.”, . ESCORTED TO WHITE HOUSE. A few minutes later the party emerged and passed to the reception room, where they remained ten minutes and then took carriages for the White House. Secretary Hay and Admiral Evans rode with- the Prince. Intermingled with the crowd at the depot was a small army of secret service men, detectives and policemen. Special precautions had been taken to in- sure the safety of the Prince. At the ‘White House a large detail of police as- sisted the regular men in keeping thé grounds free from intrusion by unauthor- ized persons. The carriages bearing the Prince and cortege from the depot were surrounded by mounted police, and were followed by military escorts of United States regulars. The route from depot to the White House was lined with police and District of ' Columbia militia. the | All trafic was entirely suspended and not a person was allowed in the roadway | so that the Prince would suffer no annoy- ance ‘or embarrassment. PRINCE MEETS PRESIDENT. Tt was 10:40 o'clock when the procession reached the White House. The Marine | Band played the German national alr} while the party was leaving the carriages. The Prinve and party were conducted to the - green room by Assistant Secretary | Pearce and the German Embassador, where the President was waiting to re- ceive the Prince. In conformity with dip- lomatic- etiquette the President received the royal visitor in private and without introduction. After greetings were ex- tended the President led the Prince into the red parlor and introduced him to Mrs. | Roosevelt and daughter, Miss Alice, After a few words with them the royal | visitor was conducted into the green room, introduced to members of the Cabinet and their ladies and other invited guests. Continued on Page Two. | company. has rarely, if ever, before gathered in the Itlnns between the German and American Many Distinguished Men M et the Prince During Dinner at White House. ASHINGTON, Feb. 24— i The diriner given t0] Prince Henry by Presi- | * dent , Roosevelt at the | ‘White House to-night closed the honors _be- stowed on the r’r“l| visitor by official Washington to-day. The | affair was on an elaborate scale, and brought together a most distlngulshedl It was an assemblage such as | White House. { To accommodate tHe large number of guests the dinner table was set in the east room, the decorations of which were on the most magnificent scale ever at- tempted. ‘An effective and new feature of the decorations was the electric light illuminations. Several thousand little electric lights of all colors and arranged in fanciful design supplemented the illum- ination from the great chandeliers. Presentations Made. The dinner was st for § o'clock and | when that hour arrived the guests passed through the blue room, where the pre- sentations were mage, and thence to the east room. President Roosevelt sat at the head of the table witn Prince Henry on the right. 3 During the dinner the President pro- posed the health of the German Emperor and the German people, saying: “We ad- mire their great past and great present, and we wish them all passible success in the future. May the bonds of friendship between the two peoples ever grow stronger.” Prince Proposes Toast. Following the toast of the President to the German Emperor, Prince Henry arose and addressing himself to the President proposed a toast to himself ‘and the peo ple of the United States, accompanying it with an expression of good will and hope for the continuance of the friendly rela- nations. Then followed Mr. Roosevelt's teast to Prince Henry in these words: “In the name of the people T greet you and extend you our warmest welcome and the assurance of our heartiest good will." ‘After the dinner the guests repaired to the parlors, where for an hour or more they remained in social conversation. Among those present at the dinner were the following: President Roosevelt, Prince Henry of Prussia, Admiral of the German navy; Vice Admiral von Tirpitz, Adjutant Gene- ral vor. Plessen, Vice Admiral von Eisen- cecher, Vice Admiral von Seckendor?®, Count Chamberlain, Admiral Count Bau- dissin, Captain von Mueller, Lieutenant Commander Schmidt von Schwinde, Lieu- tenant Commander von Egydy, Lieuten- ant Commander von Trotha, Lieutenant Commander ven Frumme, Dr. Reicn, siaff surgeon; Lord Pauncefote, British Embassador; Dr. von Holleben, Ger- man Embassador; M. Jules Cambon, Embassador of France; Count Cassini Embassador from Russia; Senor Don Manuel de Azpiroz, Mexican Minister; Signor Edmondo Mayor des Planches, Italian Embassador: Count A. von Quadt, first secretary German embassy: Commander von Rebeur, naval attache; Chief Justice Fuller; Secretary of State Hay; Secretary -of the Treasury Shaw: Secretary of War Root; Attorney General Knox; Postmaster General Payne; Secre- tary of the Na¥y Long; Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock; Secretary of Agricul- ture Wilson; Senator Frye, President pro tem. of the Senate; Representative Hen- derson, Speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives. David J. Hill, Assistant Secretary of State; Major General Henry C. Corbin, Adjutant General; Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans; Colonel Theodore A. Bing- ham, military aid to the President; Com- mander Willlam 8. Cowles, naval aid to the President. Senator Joseph B. Foraker and Charles Grosvenor, chairmen of Executive com- mittees of the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives to receive Prince Henry; Senator Cullom: Senator Morgan of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: Senator Aldrich of the Senate Committes cn Finance; Senator Cockrell of the Sen- ate Committee on Appropriations; Sena- tor Hale of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs. Representative Hitt and Representa- tive Dinsmore of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Representatives Payne and Richardson of the House Committee on Ways and Means; Representatives Cannon and Livingstone of the Commit- tee on Appropriations; Representatives Foss and Cummings of the House Com- mittee on Naval Affairs; Lieutenant Gen- Continued on Page Two. n