Milford chronicle., 1902-03-21
PRINCE ON GERMAN SOIL
He Was Greeted by the Bmneror
and an Enthusiastic Crowd.
gscoRTEp eY DC RATTLEsHIr

ESCORTED BY BIG 5ATTLEsHIF
Great Crowds Wildly cheered Prince
Henry On His Return From Ameri
can Trip-No Political Topics Were
Alluded To In United States.
Cuxhaven, March 19.-The return OF
Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia to
German soil was safely accomplished
yesterday afternoon amid all the pomp
and circumstance with which the
princes imperial brother has seen fl
to mark the successful ending o,
Prince Henry's American mission. The
Hamburg-American line steamer
Deutschland from Cherbourg, having
on board the prince and his suite, was
first sighted at $50 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The German battleship
Kaiser Wilhelm H. steamed down the
roadstead to meet the Deutschland
and returned, escorting the big liner.
Emperor William stood upon the
quay, surrounded by high naval and
municipal officials. AS representative
of the American embassy at Berlin,
Commander William H. Beehler, tbs
naval attache to the embassy, stood
at the emperor's side The quay was
decorated with the flags Of all the
states of the empire. and the thou
sands of spectators who covered the
roofs of the great warehouses and the
wide slopes overlooking the scene
cheered wildly as Prince Henry
walked down the gangway from the
steamer. Emperor William kissed his
brother upon both checks and shool
hands with the members of his suite
saying a few cheerful sentences t.
each. In the meantime the guns o
the squadron saluted
Side by side his majesty and Prince
Henry then passed down in front o
the marine guard, which stood at 50
lutte. After this the marine guar
passed in review, while the band o
the imperial yacht Hohenzoller
played the national anthem The pas
sengers on the Deutschland crowde
to the steamers rail and cheere
heartily during the ceremony. Som
of the American passengers waved Ii
tie American flags; otherwise tn
Stars and Stripes were not flying.
After the inspection of the guard {
honor and the veterans by Emp src
William. his majesty and his part,
Prince Henry and his staff. and Con
mander Beehler boarder a tender, AM
amid fresh salutes, music and chez
( ing, proceeded to the battleship Kaist
; wilhelm II. The warship weighed a
Choir and started toward Kiel throug
the canal A banquet was served G
! board the warship
t Did Not Speak Politics.
q AS the steamer drew near to Gu
/ haven Prince Henry received a new
+ paper correspondent in his cabin TT
n prince said:
l. Il desire to send a last word throns
you to America, to say how deep
grateful ! am for the measurele
il kindness fTeceived while there.
Il tnsa ED say this before / left, but
If want to say again that I am gratcf
d for the cordial and generous mann
ir in which the people and the preside
q of the United States received me.
N was often tired, and had to be ca
full of what ] said, both publicly a
privately. But since my long slee
~ on board the Deutschland | would
- ready to return to America at once
- just such another trip. It might ha
~ been thought that during my tai
- with President Roosevelt and my ri
- - with him alone might have said
~ word or two Of a political charact
but such was not the case. No pol
cal topic was alluded to on eitl
side