The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-12
EXCHANGE COMPLIMENTS
Williams Telegram and the
 Reply of Mir. Roosevelt.
Daughter of the President to Chris ten the New Yacht of the Ger man Ruler Latter Part
 of February.

Berlin, Jan. f1.-In connection with the proposed trip of the Hohenzollern to New York, Emperor William tefegraphed as follows, in English, to President Roose- welt:
 s.I am most gratihed by your kind per- mission for Miss Roosevelt's performing the christening ceremony of my yacht. It gives me great pleasure to announce to you that I have ordered my yacht. Hohenezollern, to cross over and be pres ent at the ceremony. My Nbrother. Ad- miral Prince Henry of Prussia, will ap- pear as my representative. and will be able to express to you once more my sin- cere feelings and friendship for the United States and their illustrious head.
 "william. I. R"
 President Roosevelt replied as follows in German:
 Your Majesty's intention to send over your yacht, Hohenzollern, to attend the christening by my daughter of your new yacht, is the source of great pleasure and satisfaction to me. l can assure you a hearty welcome for your brother, Ad- ufiral Prince Henry, to whom shall per- sonally express my sincere feelings of esteem for your majesty. as well as my best wishes for the welfare of the Ger man people, Theodore Roosevelt.
 The Hohenzollern was placed in dry dock at Kiel today to have her bottom scraped and painted. She is under orders to be fitted out for 8 ten weeks cruise, and will sail for New York January z2. according to present plans. arriving there about February s. Prince Henry will sail early in February on one of the North German Lloyd steamers. He will De at- tended by several officers of high rank, whose names have not yet been an nounced.
 The date of the launching of the Elm perer.s yacht 1t is understood, has beer fixed for February 26. The length ol Prince Henry's stay in the United States is Undetermined, and will depend ir mart upon the wishes of President Roose. welt and the program for his entertain. ment.
 Prince Henry's visit to America Is re- garded by the court as another evidence of the Emperor's desire to win the good will of the American people and govern ment for Germany. During the past few weeks the Emperor has shown Ambassa- dor and Mrs. White various marks of his consideration, and has sent President Roosevelt a personal letter expressing his esteem. l4dLCT nt ECQuCctCo thas ttAe Presidents daughter might christen his new yacht.
 He talked with Ambassador White al the Ambassadorial reception on New Years day longer than to any of the oth- CT guests. and now sends his brother to attend the launching.
 The Associated Press is informed thai the Emperor, who has always liked everything American, deeply regretted the Admiral won Diederich's incident al Manila and the intermittent bad feeling between portions Of both peoples. and is determined, if 1t lies in hiss<power. to make Americans feel the friendliness of Germany. His majesty thought of send- ing Grown Prince Frederick William to represent him at the launching as 8 greater honor, but changed his plan, thinking that Prince Henry, with his better knowledge of and more ample ex- perience of the world, would be likely to make q better impression. Prince Henry learned the English language from his mother, and 1t comes to him so naturally that some times he uncon- sciously drops into it in moments Of abstraction. He is regarded as knowing his profession extremely well for man of his high rank.
 The LokaI Anzeiger. will say tomorrow:
 "The Emperor responded to the friend liness of President Roosevelt in permit ting his daughter to Christen his Majesty's yacht with courtesy which gives the affair uncommon political sig nificance. 1t is known that the Kaiser lays the greatest stress upon the main- tenance of good. friendly relations with the United States. and let's no occasion bass without showing this publicly"
 Referring to the recent rumors that Germany intended an infringement of the Monroe doctrine, the paper continues:
 Perhaps the Kaiser's purpose, so demonstratively shown, to maintain the best relations with the United States, will lay those rumors forever. Prince Henry's mission perhaps is not limited to the immediate object of the visit, and we hope 1t will have the desired effect in every direction and will contribute to the riveting of the band binding the German and the American people,"