The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-26


Of his programme as ruler. In this one
me and necessarily in all that indirectly
VII loitoW tTermany'S evolution as 4 great
laval power Prince Henry eNertS enor-
mus M uenee in German pubic me- ana
titf naval legislation there IN late years
pears IN MANY respects the impress OF MS
thoughts and convictions. On that ped
eSsst, roo, rests Prince Henry's weight as
= actor IN the empire. Al one OF the rev
BahQueIS he attended since his return
from China. in Kiel. not many months
aso ne came as near making speech
- ne probably ever will. because some
OF the remarks ne heard had stirred nm.
lie said in substance on this occasion
mat recent events had shown that the
1id herman sea spirit. the spirit which
nae made the Hansa for a number OF
N,ehturles world power, had come 10
! me again after being buried for many
seafs' and that If God was good TO Ger
many tne days Of great sea power were
again close at hand "
Trlhce Henry was married on June =.
Isoe. 10 Princess Irene Of Hesse, sister OF
me present grand duke, and. Ike MINI
sell, grandchild of the late Queen Vic
IOtla. her younger sister. formerly the
frihSess AK Of Hesse. Is now the wife
u lue ear. and the good relations De-
l"eeh that dutOCTat and the KAISER dc
spite occasional misunderstanding GER
fanny 90 not suffer by reason or TINS re
ldtohsnp with the Kaiser brother and
Sl5ter-in-law. They have three sons-Nal-
handsome and high-spirited BOYS. The
4htlInate family language IS English.
g - q
number of the most charming traits
winch distinguish Prince Henry as a man
nave came TO him through the home edu-
cation of his English mother and
through the equally sympathetic lnilu-
eheeS OF his German soldier father he
resembles his father IN the simplicity,
lnohness and manly frankness Of his
One of his chief characteristics is his
entre absence of all affectatiOn and
snowlness. 1t is this more tnan any
olher single trait which has endeared him
70 the German people, and has made him
the IDOL of the German navy He IS
IOnd or every kind OF sport. and he likes
10 meet fellow spOTtsmen, whenever cir
cumstances permit. on even terms. He Is
ieet or foot. and likes a good race He
IS a falr shot. an excellent swimmer, ana
a nrst-ciass oarsman and yachtsman. He
expressed regret at his ina Dility TO be
present at Sir Thomas LiptOn's attempts
10 hit the Americas cup last Septem-
per- Aquatic sports. above all. delight
hlm' ana ne hopes to see Al KEEL next
summer d hOtiy contested regatta, in
which the best yachting blood of Eng
land. Germany and America VIII be rep
resented. When ashore he is q devoted
bicycle rider. being enrolled a member
of the German National association, and
when at kiel. AT Wolfshagen, the country
seat of his brother-in-law. the Grand
Duke OF Hesse. or AT FriedrichshOf he
undertakes daily excursions on his wheel
often as far as Wiesbaden or Frankfort
op-the-Main. and many stories are cur
rent IN that vicinity of his riding in good
fellowship with other wheelmen met on
the road. and of having tinkered his own
wheel by the wayside or helped out some
one in distress. In short. he is regarded
as about as unspOiled and WhOle-SOuled a
specimen of royalty as exists in the whole
of Europe.