The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-01-23
Ba1rENBERG DEAD.
snubbed in England. lac Went Out to Win
His SnutS.

berg. who was taken i'll while accom-
panying the British expedition against
the Ashantees, died of coast fever on his
return voyage from Cape Coast Castle
to Sierra Leone.
The report of Prince Henry of Batten-
berg's death is confirmed at Osborne
house.
Further dispatches concerning Prince
Henry of Battenberg say, that he died
on the night of January 20 on board the
British cruiser Blonde. 1t had been his
intention to recruit his health at Ma
deria.
After Prince Henry died the cruiser
Blonde put into Sierra Leone. and the
news of his death was immediately
cabled to the queen and Princess Be-
atrice at Osborne and also to- the admir-
atty and war Office. The queen was in
tensely agitated upon the receipt Of the
| news and Princess Beatrice is almost
| crazed with grief.
| The queens review of the flying
! squadron off the Isle of Wight, which
was postponed yesterday on account of
the fog, has now been abandoned in
consequence Of Prince Henry's death.
Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg
was son OF Prince Alexander of Bat
tenberg (Hesse) and the Countess Won
Lauck. daughter OF "a former Polish min
| lister Of war, who was raised to the rank
| OF princess on her nnorganatic marriage
with the ruler OF Hesse.
| He was born on October 5, 1858, and
| married ON July %. 1885, Princess Bea-
trice Mary Victoria Fedora, the ninth
and youngest child of Queen Victoria,
On the day. OF his marriage he re-
| ceived the rank of royal highness by let
tiers patent from the queen.
He was later appointed Governor OF
the Isle OF Wight and of the Carlsbrooke
Castle, and, although not really an
officer of the regular army of Great
Britain, he was indicated as a colonel
in the army list.
| In November last Prince Henry Joined
| tha British Ashantee expedition in a
| special capacity and sailed on Decem-
| Der Z Colonel Sir Francis Scott, COM
manding the expedition, appointed him
his military secretary
In the early part Of the present month
he was attacked with swamp fever at
Nyisa and returned to Cape Coast
Castle in charge of a surgeon, though IL
was announced that his illness was not
serious.
When the Ashanti picnic, as it was
called, was organized, there was con-
| siderable criticism of certain special ar
engagements which had been made fol
the comfort Of the husband Of the
queens favoiitet daughter However, II
was not believed that these plans had
been made by the prince himself His
position in England was never a com.
| Portable one.
His poverty previous to his marriage
was well known. 1t must have CALLED a
young man of some spirit to have his
dependence cast up in his face at every
opportunity He was not loved by his
royal relatives any more than by the
average British taxpayer who provided
him with salary that was not the re.
ward for any work done.
The general view Is that Prince Hen.
ry was anxious to go on the expedition
for the chance that it offered Of win.
hing his spurs. He was not withou1
courage. At least 1t is impossible tt
imagine brother of Alexander of Bull
garia absolutely without that quality
There can he no doubht that If there
had been any fighting, ana if Prince
Henry had returned to England after 1
baptism of fire, his circumstances would
have been very much improved. and Nc
might even have obtained the respect d
the public.
Prince Henry had no royal military
rank He was a colonel but 1t was
only an honorary rank. and derived
| from a militia source at that
At the time when 1t was announced
that the queens son-in-law was to ioir
the expedition. ii was limited that he
would be recalled TO the coast If there
was any prospect of a fight. People re-
menrbered how Queen Victoria had or
dered her son. the Duke of Connausht
to keep out Of harms wav during thf
Egyptian ca,nnaien But then Prince
Henry was a German prince. and fight:
ing is a regular part of the trade Of the
members of the princely houses on III,
continent. There can be no doubt tina,
the young man had some such idea as
that which led the Prince Imperial Il
take part In the Zulu war The fate q
the latter was a better one than that O.
this other prince without a career. One
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