The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-29

resort on the continent. All the Euro
pean yacht owners. from the Prince of
Wales and the Emperor William Of
Germany down, will be on hand, to say
nothing of hundreds of dukes, earls,
barons. counts, lords. marquises, prin-
ces and statesmen, with their wives
and in some cases their children
The ostensible reason of this wonder
full concentration of royalty is the yacht
races. but in reality they are only an in
cident. They are looked at and talked
about, but it is not for these pleasures
that the gathering is made. The real
reason is that ii gives royalty an Oppor-
tunity to mingle with one another with
the unhindered freedom of ordinary
people and to enjoy an extensive So
ciety of its own kind, without the both
ersome formalities which always at
tend the visit of one king or prince to
another. Affairs of state can be talked
over too, in plain, businesslike way,
and more can be accomplished toward
the smoothing out of difficulties than by
six months or diplomatic CORES
pondence through the usual channels.
English and German politicians,
statesmen. military and naval men, TO
say nothing of the nobility and ordinary
folk, are unusually interested in the
March yacht races on the Mediterran-
can, for the reason that the Prince OF
Wales and the Emperor William VIII
meet for the first time since the latter
sent his famous cOngratulatory mes
sage to President Kruger. of the Boer
republic, during the recent Transvaal
troubles.
WAVING THE OLIVE BRANCH.
Great things. in the way of peace.
are expected to result from this meet
ing. Whatever Wales may or may not
be, he is an accomplished diplomast and
has proven it many times in affairs of
this kind. But the task now before him
is not a pleasant one. During the height
of the feeling in England against Ger
many. because of the latter's interfer-
ence, one of the staid London papers
referred to William as "Germany's pup
by emperor" and as the Kaiser's vanity
is something gigantic it will tax Wales
crafty pOliteness to the limit to explain
this and many other rude criticisms.
1t has already been arranged that the
prince is to be the guest of the emperor
at the Riviera regatta. Germany's ruler
has chartered the big bark-rigged aux
Hilary steam yacht White Heather for
the races. 1t was his original intention
to use his palatial yacht Hohenzollern,
which is almost as big as a modern bat
tie ship, but he changed his mind, for
the democratic purpose or using a hired
craft. The stay of Wales in the White
Heather will not be particularly pleas
ant, because il is well known that ne
never has anything to do with the en-
peror when he can help it. In fact,
none of the princes of royal English
blood have a liking for the eccentric
kaiser, although they endeavor to con-
ceal their feelings from the knowledge
of the public.
DUNRAVEN AGAIN.
Lord Dunraven will pe one of the in
teresting men who annually visit the
Riviera for the sole purpose of yacht
racing. 1t is said that his attention will
be confined to the twenty-raters, class
of yachts which correspond to the so
foot class in American waters. The
Valkyrie III, which he raced against
the Defender last summer with such
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