San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-12
PRINCES In A HUFF.
Sensation at a Banquet TO Prince
Henry of Prussia at Moscow.
Prince Ludwig of Bavaria objects to Be-
ing Called a vassal of German Empire.
and Publicly Reprimands the Chair
man-Prince Henry withdraw.


The incidentwhicho occurred at the ban
quet of the Deutsche Verein in Moscow
upon the occasion of the festivities in
connection with the coronation of the
car, causing Prince Henry of Prussia
Brother of the emperor, and his males
TVS representative at the coronation, to
leave the banquet hall, has raised a
great, particularist storm throughout
all the southern states of the German
empire. The origin of the trouble was
in the fact, which has alreadybeen ca
bled, that at the banquet given to Prince
Henry and the other visiting German
princes, the chairman, in toasting the
guests, alluded to the minor German
princes as members of Prince Henry's
suite, whereupon prince Ludwig of Ba-
yaria arose in a rage before the chair
mans speech was finished and, pound
ing the table with his fist, declared:
1--WE are not part of Prince Henry's
suite; nor are we vassals of the German
empire. We are the emperor's allies;
otherwise l am an independent repre-
sentative of Bavaria"
All southern Germany is exercised
over the affair and the Prussian news
papers are filled with articles on the
subject, lamenting the indiscretion of
the chairman or condemning the hasty
actions of Princes Henry and Ludwig.
The incident created SO much public
excitement that it naturally led to a
demand upon the part of the kaiser that
the two princes should explain the mat
ter in detail and this, it is understood,
has been done. According to the North
German Gazette Prince Ludwig antici-
pated the emperor's request for an ex-
PLANTATION, taking the Initiative in a
communication laying before his maj
esty the exact words of the president
of the banquet in proposing the toast
to Prince Henry in which speech he
mentioned the German princes as hav-
ing come to Moscow as members OF
Prince Henry's suite. Against this
Prince Ludwig protested to the kaiser,
explaining as he had declared to the
chairman Of the banquet that he and
the other princes alluded to were not
vassals, but allies of the kaiser. All
Germans, Prince Ludwig added, be-
sidesrfulflling their duty to the father
land, ought not to forget the duties
they owed to their own particular coun-
tries.
Prince Ludwig is a man of so years of
age, and apart from the fact that he is
the future king of Bavaria, he is of a
much weightier presence than Prince
Henry. Upon the occasion Of his dec
laration at the banquet he is said to
have spoken with great impressiveness
and in a manner wherein his meaning
could not be misconstrued. In corr
Guiding its article upon the subject the
North German Gazette CURLY states
hat "The incident is closed" Other
'emi-otticial newspapers, however, hint
hat the emperor found nothing In
Prince Ludwig's remarks worth quar-
'eling over and intimated that Prince |
aenry's resentment of them was child
sh. These papers also state that the |
emperor saw Prince Henry in regard to |
he matter and probabIy rebuked him |
or his hasty demonstrations at the |
Moscow banquet, as Prince Henry i'm
left Berlin for Kiel for re-
urn from Moscow without staying In |
he capital over night.