The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-17
PRINCE HENRY SETS SAIL.
THE EMPEROR MAKES n SPEEOH
ZND SEES HIM OFF.
Gsruaaut and Their Enterprises Are to he Pro-
tected in ANS Part OF the worid-"uf we
Are AHronted STRIKE with Your Mailed
Hand r-eTeurS,a RAnnrrnNln nnanouae.

Hand "-tHenrS's Remarkable Response.
Special Cable DssDatch to THE suS.
KEEL, Dec. 16.-Prince Henry Of Prussia, com.
handing tho warships sent to reinforce tho
German squadron in Kiao Chou Bay, sailed on
board his flagship. the Deutschland. at 8 o'clock
this morning. Ho was accompanied by the EN-.
peror, who will go through the canal on board
the flagship. His Majesty will probably debark
at Rendsburg. The cruiser GcHon also sailed
for Chinese waters in company with the
Deutschland.
The Emperor and Prince Henry received .
number of kilograms from DISTINGUISHED per-
sons bidding godspeed to the expedition. Car
dinal Kopp, Bishop of Broslau, sent this message
to the Emperor:
1.-THE voyage of your illustrious brother to the
far East for tho protection of the cross 10 conse-
Grated by our sincerost blessing"
Archbishop Stablewski of Posen telegraphed
to the Emperor assuring his Majesty that his
prayers were with the princely mariner In his
undertaking.
To these messages the Emperor replied that
he was deeply touched by tho loyal wishes for
the safe voyage of his only brother, who had
COMO in the service OF the fatherland and for tho
protection Of the cross.
The Empcror's speech at the banquet in tho
royal castle at Kiel last evening was studiously
general in it's terms. He dwclt upon the pacific
purpose of the expedition OF his brother. at tho
same time calling attention to the fact that the
magnitude Of Germany's interests imposed du.
tics which the Emperor would do his uttermost
to fulfil.
The speech was made in proposing the health
of Prince Henry. whom he addressed as M
dear Henry" The Emperor told Prince Horny
that his voyage and the task before him were
the logical consequences Of what his lamented
grandfather and his great Chancellor. Bismarck,
had accomplished politically and what his glo-
rious father achieved with his sword on the
field of battle. They were nothing more. he
said, than the first effects OF tho newly united
and newly created German Empire in its duties
across the seas. The astonishing development
of the commercial interests OF the empire had
assumed such dimensions that 1t was their duty
to follow the new German Hansa and afford 1t
the protection which it was entitled to demand
from the Emperor and the empire. Moreover,
it hehooved them to protect the missionaries,
who were often sorely oppressed.
1T is intended" the Emperor said. that
under the sheltering banner of our German
naval ensign our commerce. German mer-
chants, and German ships shall have the same
rights us are conceded to all other nations. As
n matter Of fact, our is not new, Sec
ing that the Hansa Of ancient times was one Of
the most powerful enterprises ever witnessed
in the world, and that at ono time German
cities were in q position to furnish fleets such as
the broad expanse Of tho sea scarcely ever car
ried. The Hansa,. however, fell into decay be-
cause one condition was wanting, namely, I'M
perial protection.
N things are altered. The first prelimi:
second is in a fourishing condition., namely,
S psronsIy s sTsrs s;s Th,sS Il fa It fe eaiy sb ais 3 b 1 tbs
power Of the empire, Let 1t be clear to every
and to the foreigner whose soil he may be- on,
that Germany has firmly planted upon that soil
Inc o rassla to s afford protec tom to oh HIM r% Mso applies Ssfss
for II. May our copntrymen abroad be firmly
's sSansa. or t nRat whs1hs %. 5hSS s e sSeRIT Priests saeu Or %s1.
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The Emperor. in concluding his speech, said:
Should. however. any one over attempt to
WITH your ar m m Get f hand, il and. Il ane God. WI Wiling ing:
weave round your young brow a laurel wreath
WHICH no one in the German empire Will DO
Psines Hourly. In the course Of his reply, Re.
and ndGis lord se"te "~earer Of the imperial Gown WITH
1Ea %pes;or, kings mEs' an asf master @ff ersysr 1 and e :siG:sa
Prince Henri, in concluding his reply said;
and 1 H pre sni%s sbTos oS to Sni al 0 who a wiii hear 60 ps as ~eli
es to those who will not hear, the gospel of your
The tsaepsrtnre Of the aaEship Deutschland.
with the Emperor. his sons. Princes Eitel Fred
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lana was towed by four tugs to avoid the posi-
bility of any new accident in the canal.
With the exception of the Catholic organ
Gcrmdnid, which expresses itself as stupeted
by Prince Henry's speech. saying that he was
going to carry to China the gospel of his Ma
sesty's holy person. the Berlin newspspers are
Emperor and Prince Henry at last nights ban
quet at ,Kiel. The utterances of the Emperor
and his brother they regard as proof that Prince
Henry s departure is an event of capital impor-
lance and that Germany is about to renew her
policy Of conques which has been abandoned
since 1870.
The North German Gazette trears of the mat.
ter as the opening Of a new era and rs q crusade
saying that Prince Henry is going to defend the
cross.
The Tageblatt interprets the Emperor,s In
junction to Prince Henry to strike with an
iron.gloved fist" to mean his Majesty's firm Ia,
tention to retain possession of Kiao Chou Bay"
The Post, in a sonorous article, salutes the
German eagle proudly soaring aloft In the d.
rection of the Orient.