Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-02-02
Prince Henry Most Popular Of all Hohenzo|Ierns

merchants, whatever their occupation,
| that the protection of the German En-.
pire, as represented by the imperial
ships, will be efIicaciously extended to
them. Should any one ever attempt
to affront or prejudice us in our good
rights, then strike out with your mail.
ed fist and, God willing, weave around
your young brow the laurel wreath,
which no one in the German Empire
will bcgrudge you" The Emperor
then drank Prince Henry's health.
Arriving at Kao-Chou in the spring
of 1898, Prince Henry went thence to
Picking, where brilliant official re.
ception awaited MIN, and the Chinese
government made every possible effort
to appease the dreaded wrath of Ger.
many's war Lord" Henry enjoyed
the rare distinction of being the only
foreign Prince ever nonored with
personal audience by the Emperor and
Empress DOwager of China. DesCrib
ing the honurs showered upon him,
Prince Henry said afterward:
"The entire trip between Talu and
Picking resembled a triumphal jour.
ney. Our train was festooned with
boughs and flowers; every station we
passed was profusely decorated with
flags the Emperors brother awaited
me at the station and received me as
stepped from the railway carriage.
Just at this time the United States
had gone to war with Spain ana Dewey
had annihilated the Spanish squadron
in Manila Bay, German vessel, which
curiously enough, was named the
Irene, the name also of the Princess
Henry. nearly caused an unpleasant
incident between the Prince and the
hero of Manila. 1t was charged that
the Irene had given aid to some Span
iards at Subig Bay. Prince Henry.
however replied that the Irene had
children who were in distress, and
that their removal was effected from
motives OF humanity and with a strict
observance of the rules OF neutrality.
What was known as the Irene Incl
dent" ended without bloodshed. as did
Dewey's controversy with the German
Admiral Won Dieder.chs, whom Prince
| Henry relieved.
Prince Henry has often been a con.
/ spicuOus figure at the launching OF
German and other vessels. In 1899,
before he left China, he attended, as
a guest, the launching OF a trading yes.
sci. A plank fell from the rafters OF
shed under which the royal German
guest was standing, INJECTING upon
the Prince scalp an ugly flesh wound,
The Kaiser's brother has all a sail.
or's usual fondness for four.footed
pets. A famous brown bear, known
| as Master PETE, was his gift to the
warship Oldenburg, and for a time the
beast was regarded as a sort of i'm.
perial mascot. But Bruin ripped
things up and made such endless trou
Bile that the Oldenburgs officers final.
ly sent him ashore TO the keepers OF
the Werstpark. of Kiel. There Mas,
ter Brown Bear was put in a pit with
a black bear from Japan. The two
were fairly good friends until one day
when the Japanese bear was asleep,
a small ladder fell and hit him a smart
blow on the back. The black bear
awoke with a savage growl, and TAX.
ing 1t for granted that the brown fel.
low had hit him, ne seized Master
PETE by the throat and soon choked
him to death, just as though he had
been some vulgar plebeian and not
former pensioner of the Emperor's
brother.