The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-05-27
THE INFAN'TA.
No Satisfactory Understanding A. Il
the Programme Of Courtesies
To he Exchanged Between the President
and the Royal Lady in the Course of Her
Stay In Washington-"Kiss or No
Kiss" Now the state Question

WASHINGTON, May 1o.-Society cor
tinues to agitate itself to the point O
hysteria over the coming of the Princes
Eulalia, the royal representative o
Spain, who sailed from Havana Tues
day. The 1nfanta is expected in New
York harbor some time Friday.
| Representatives of Spain and tn
United States have thus far failed T.
reach satisfactory understanding re
garding the programme of courtesie
to be exchanged between the presiden
and the infanta in the course of he
stay in Washington. According to Gus
tom, the princess at a convenient periot
after her arrival would call upon tn,
president and Mrs. Cleveland ut tn,
white house. Whether or not the presi
dent should return the call upon tn,
princess Mt her quarters in the hotel il
the question upon the settlement o
which depends the future course of tn,
infanta.
The Spanish representatives, Il is un
derstood, insist that the return visit t<
the princess is one that is due by court
esy and should be paid. They argue
that the princess is the personal repre-
sentative of the queen regent of Spain
and is in the United States upon the
express invitation of our congress- I'm
der these conditions, and these only
they feel that the return visit should be
paid.
The Spanish minister refuses to tall,
about the matter, and Secretary
Gresham is very cautious.
Commander Davis instructions are tc
meet the Infanta and her suit as they
come up the bay to New York, and to
escort her on board the Dolphin. Then
the 1nfanta, as she approaches New
York on the presidents yacht, will he
given the first evidence of the high es.
teen in which she is held here. The
Dolphin will be accorded salute of 81
guns. This is the salute on the Ameri.
can navy reserved exclusively for the
president of the United States. The
Dolphin will then take the Infanta and
her suit to Jersey City, where n special
train will be in waiting, and the royal
party will be brought at cnce to Wash.
ington.
Mr.. NIurat Halstead, who appears
to speak by the card, puts the case
thus:
"The questions of etiquette may be
easily dismissed. The secretary of
state, representing the president and
the people of the United States, should
meet the Infanta in the harbor. He
should go to meet her on ship of war
and welcome her. He should, when
she presents her hand. raise it to his
lips. The lady will expect it, and
would be surprised if SO simple an act
of respect We're omitted. 1t is nothing
but ceremony, of course; but, trivial as
it seems, it is important, and as an OBJ
ject lesson of politeness it will not be
without it's wholesome influence upon
the people.
'Then, since the matter has been dis
cussed, the president should go, with
his wife, and two carriages, to the rail-
road depot and greet the Infanta and
her husband there-kissing hands, as is,
the custom in Republican France, as
we'll as in Germany, Italy and Spain.
The royal lady will call on the pres.
ident at the white house, and
when she does so the president
and his wife should greet her
at the door, stepping just without to do
SO. and there, again, the handkissing
ceremony must be gone through with.
Ana, above all, the president must re-
turn her call. Why not? He is not
Chinese emperor, he is not an Asiatic
despot, but an American gentleman
and the head of the nation. 1t is eti-
quettc that he should return the call,
and no doubt he will do SO, simply and
promptly, as a matter of course"
The Infanta Eulalia was born Feb
ruary IL, 1864. and was married to
Prince Antoine February 2s, 1856. She
is one of the sisters of the late King
Alfonso NIL, father of the little boy
king, Alfonso MIL, who, on Wendes-
day. passed o&cially into the period of
youth. syears of age. Eulalia is the
little kings aunt, and possibility for
the crown. Her mother, Ex-Queen
Isabella, lived in exile in Paris,
hoping some day to make fight for
the throne.
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