Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-27
EDITORS Dine PRINCE
A Thousand American News
paper Men at Banquet Given
Prince Henry.
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Royal Guest Gives Assurance
Germany. Will Make and Meet
Friendly Advances.
Hon. Whitelaw Reid Makes the
Principal Address Of the
Evening.

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Prussia dined last night with 1000 OF
the men who make American newspa-
pers. He was the special guest of Her
man Rfdder, proprietor of the New
York Stats Zeitung, who gathered al
his table majority of the leading fig
ures in American journalism. They
came from the four quarters of the
country and made the most noteworthy
gathering of their profession ever as
sembled in the United States. There
was felictious exchange of greetings
between Prince Henry and the men
who spoke for journalistic craft and the
affair claims rank as one of the notable
incidents of the American tour of the
German prince.
The dinner was given is the 1and-
some ball room of the Waldorf Astoria
hoeel but that immense apartment was
not large enough to accommodate the
newspaper guests and the Astoria gal
lery was also used.
The two rooms were splendidly deco
guests sat an elevated table, above
which were the American and German
flags. The slaves were, crossed and
the banner, draped fan-like, reached
out like the wings of a huge butterfly
Above them was the Prussian eagle
done in candescent lights. From the
boxes hung clinging vines of palms.
Each table carried bouquets of Ameri-
can beauty roses, around which We're
candelbra shaded in red.
AS the diners took their places the
ladies of many Of the party appeared in
the boxes which wall the room. Prince
Henry, attended by the members of his
suite, drove to the hotel under escort
of cavalry and mounted police. The
demonstration In the streets leading to
the hotel was the most cordial of any
that has so far marked his appearance
In public. Great crowds lined the way
and pressed against the police guards
that had been thrown around the
entrance to the hotel. They
chcered when the prince came in
sight and he frequently raised his cap
in acknowledgement of the demonstra-
ton
and was received by Mr.. Ridder. They
shook hands warmly, and while they
paused for a brief talk the members of
the suite and the delegates of President
Roosevelt filed UP to the banquet hall
The band played the American national
anthem as the first of the uniformed
staff entered. There was great cheer
as the prince appeared and another
when he took his place at the side of Mr..
Rider at the special table. Those who
occupied the seats with the host and
chief guest We're:
Edward P. Call Lieutenant Governor
Woodruff, Consul General Buenz, Cap
tain Won Mueller, Mayor Low, Admiral
Won Seckendorff, Assistant Secretary
Hill, Frank B. Noyes General Won Pies
sen. Austrian minister; bishop Potter.
Whitelaw Reid: German Ambassador
Won Holleben, Edward Uhl, Archbishop
Corrigan, Admiral Won Tirpitz. Senator
Lodge, Admiral Won Eisendecher,
Charles Emory Smith, Senator Hawley,
Senator Depew. Admiral Count Baudis
sin, Charles K. Knapp. Captain Won
Grumme. General Corbin. Rev. DR.. Got
theil and William c. Bryant.
trio light was flashed into the Prussian
eagle above him on the southern wall
and the power was also increased in
every one of the $500 incandescent
lights that burned in the room. 1t gave
special brilliancy to an already attrac-
tive scene.
Mr.. Ridder called upon Bishop Pot
ter who offered a brief grace.
A small army of walters quickly
filled the aisles between tables, and
with an order that was remarkable In
such large gathering the banquet be-
gan.
AS the evening proceeded hundreds
Of handsomely gowned women filled the
boxes above the dining hall. An or
chestra high up In the second tier of
boxes played popular national music
and when tune caught the fancy OF
the crowd they sang it. At Die Wacht
Am Rhein" the crowd arose, and after
singing 1t Justify there were loud
cheers. America got the same enthu-
siastic treatment.
Excellently moulded statuettes of
Prince Henry were distributed as SOU
venirs.
AT 1925 o'clock Mr.. Ridder, rapping
FOR attention. proposed the health of
the president of the United States and
Kaiser Wilhelm, and called upon
Whitelaw Reid to respond.
Mr.. Ridder said: Your royal high
ness and gentlemen: / have the pleas
ure and the honor of offering the health
Of the president of the United States
and the German emperor which ask
you to rise and drink, and I couple
with this sentiment the name of the
Hon. Whitelaw Reid, the distinguished
editor of the New York Tribune"
Mr.. Reid said, in part:
ut is not for US to say more, In his
presence, of the country he visits. But
whatever the impression 1t may make
now, as nations count age it is still In
lts youth,--fronn which, please God, ii
Is to develop into prime worthy to
excite only the pride of the splendid
and kindred races from which it
sprang. Speaking some years ago to
the chamber of commerce. had occa-
sion to observe that if God and nature
have ever marked three nations for
perpetual peace and friendship with
each other, those three were Germany.
Great Britain and the United States. |
The favor with which the merchants of
New York then received that sentiment
me to repeat 1t on this sig
nificant. ~ occasion. and in this royal |
presence. Between the two nations |
first named peace has endured turnout
AS to the third-since we are