The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-24
THE PRINCE ARRIVES.
Admiral Evans the First Man to
Shake Hands With Him.


New York, Feb. 24-Prince Henry of
Prussia, representative of his brother,
the Emperor of Germany. at the
launching of the 1atter's American built
yacht, reached New York Sunday and
was cordially welcomed as the guest
of the nation The land batteries that
guard the outer harbor sounded the
first greeting in a ponderous salute OF
q guns the rifles of a special naval
squadron assembled in his honor re
echoed the sentiment, there were verbal
greetings from the representatives of
President Roosevelt the army, the navy
and the city of New York, and a great
crowd lined the way into the city to see
and cheer the sailor pripce of Germany
The great storm against which the
Kron Prinz Wilhelm had struggled for
days and which had glazed the Atlantic
coast in an armOr of ice, had lost its
force and resigned it's sway to warn
sunshine and CHEEKY blue skies, so
there were no regrets that the royal
guest was a full day late for the enter
tainment provided for him. Inc genius
of Marconi reached out from the storm
swept coast had definitely located the
belated liner and made certain the hour
that she would reach Sandy Hook
There was curtain of fog off the Hook
in the morning. and it was after y
o'clock before the watchers caught the
shadowy outlines of the cautiously ap-
preaching liner.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, COM
mander of the special squadron and
honorary aide to the prince, left the
flagship Illinois at $40 O'Clock in the
naval tug Nina. With him were Cap
tain Converse, his chief of staff; Flag
Lieut.. Frederick Chaplin, Ensign Frank
T. Evans, aide, and Captain Rebeur-
Paschwitz, naval attache at the Wash
ington embassy of the German govern
ment. They were all in full dress uni
form. The Nina met the Kron Prinz
beyond Fort Wadsworth, and swinging
around on the starboard side of the
Prince
Henry attired in the uniform of an
admiral of the German navy and sur
rounded by his naval and military staff
in brilliant uniform, stood on the bridge
of the liner. AS the naval tug drew
nearer to the side of the steamship
Prince Henry and Admiral Evans
caught sight of each other and ex-
changed informal salutes. The dis
lance from steamer to tug was too
great for conversation, however. As the
two vessels, with a fiotilla. of tugs and
official craft, moved in past Fort Wads-
worth the first of the salutes of p guns
was fired.
AS the first gun sounded the prince
advanced to the end of the bridge of
the Kron Prinz Wilhelm and stood at
attention. AS he passed the big Ameri-
can flag floating over the fertilization
he raised his cap in salute. and the
members of his suite did likewise. The
flag at the jack staff of the Kron Prinz
Wilhelm was dipped and the German
naval band accompanying the prince
played THE Star Spangied Banner"
The guns of Fort WadSworth were not
silent before those across the NarrowS
at Fort Hamilton doomed out their sa-
lutte When that ceremony was over
the Kron Prinz was stopped and the
Nina hauled around to her port side
and Admiral Evans and his staff board
ed her. The passengers were gathered
on the main deck and there was a
hearty cheer as the admiral came upon
the gangway.
Admiral Evans was escorted forward
at once, and in the quarters of Capt.
A. Richter, master of the Kron PrinZ,
he and the prince met. The prince came
forward and taking the hand of the
naval officer, shook it warmly.
L am very glad to see you, SIR said
the admiral. Everybody in the United
States is waiting to welcome you. 1t
is my pleasure, sir, to formally greet
you in their behalf
Il thank you. sir. and through you
the people of your country" responded
the prince.
Il am very glad to be here and on
this splendid day. The emperor directed
me to convey his compliments to you. |
admiral, and I do so with very great
pleasure"
Admiral Evans expressed gratiffca- |
ton at the thoughtfulness of the en-
peror. He presented the members of
his staff and the prince gave each a
hearty handshake and cordial word !
The newspaper correspondents who are
to accompany the prince on his tour
through the country were also intro !
duced by the admiral.
The prince, who was in excellent |
spirits, smiled when he faced the news |
paper writers, and after the formal !
part of the presentation said he was
quite sure that their relations would be |
very happy.
After a brief halt the liner moved |
ahead and at 1850 was abreast of the |
The German standard was run to the |
foretop of the Kron Prinz and it's APP |
pearance gave signal to the American /
fleet to salute. The San Francisco. /
Olympia and Illinois lay in |
perfect alignment in the order named |
and made attractive picture with /
crews manning sides, turrets and tops. |
They raised the German naval stand |
prince stood at attention on the bridge
and back of him We're Admiral Evans
and his staff and the numerous suite
OF the German visitor The prince and
his staff were especially interested in |
the Illinois and Olympia and offered |
warm congratulations to the American
admiral on the splendid appearance of
his squadron The prince said that he |
was very anxious to visit the squadron.
and that he would do this at the earliest
vile, the fleet of small craft around her
increased and they kept their whistles
sounding A crowded ferryboat Joined
the others and in response to the cheers
Of her passengers the prince went to the
end of the bridge and touched his cap
in salute. There was a rush to the side
Of the ferryboat that carried her over
on list that looked dangerous When
the Kron PrinZ came abreast of Gov
errors island there was another salute
and the prince again stood at attention
until the last of the u guns was fired |
New York and surroundings have
rarely shown to greater advantage than |
in the sunlight, with the added bright
ness that came from the glistening coat
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