The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-15
Washington
Day by Day

with the utmost respect and Difference for
the young daughter OF President Roose-
veIt-is more talked about and written
| about in generous kindness and perfect
courtesy than any other girl now living.
| She has taken the place In the romance
| of universal concern that was occupied
by the little Queen Of Holland until the
latter's apparently ill-considered mar
riage, and the consequent emphasis placed
upon the general proposition that a girl
should in every possible circumstance be
| slow to marry a man TO whom her
mother objects.
The Dowager Queen Emma, the young
Queens mother, is a WISE amiable and
most admirable woman, the other self of
her gifted and charming sister, the
Duchess of Connaught, sister-in-law of
King Edward. whom the British people
would love very devotedly If she were not
| SO model a wife and mother as to prefer
her own home to frequent public appear
| ance.
These two noble princesses are daugh-
tiers of the late Prince Frederick Charles
the famous Red Prince of Prussia and
| greatest general under Won Moltke In the
Franco-G German war. They are therefore
cousins in the second degree of the pres
ent German Emperor.
| Thus in wedding the beefy and berry
German prinoeling Henry, Queen Wilhel-
NINA ran counter to the love and instinct
| of a good mother who is a woman of
great worldly experience and wisdom
This mother herself was not permitted to
contract a love-marriage. Her union with
tho old, widowed and childless King Will
liam of Holland was made necessary by
| reasons of state, but 1t was her gentler
| fortune that 1t continued only a few
a loveable or even an ordinarily moral
| man. dying before his time and leaving
| Queen Emma to bring up their only child,
the infant wilhelmina.
Some OF these facts, learned at first
hand in quasi diplomacy In the old world
have not hitherto been published in this
country, and their present interest lies
in relation to tho recent scandal about
Prince Henry at the Dutch court, and in
| the incidental fact that Miss Roosevelt Is
| of sturdy Dutch ancestry.
More than a sentimental interest at
taches to our national Alice in Wonder
land and the imperial invitation to the
| President that she christen the Emperor
williams American-built yacht. The
friendly impression created in America
and Germany by the Emperor's invitation
to Miss Roosevelt and its prompt accep-
lance by the President has been greatly
heightened by the publication of his
majesty's message of thanks and the
Presidents response The Emperors mes
sage was in excellent English and the
Presidents response in scholarly German.
| just as international courtesy and diplo-
macy always require in friendly greet
ings between rulers; that is, a message
| from one ruler to another shall be in the
| language of the receiver and the latters
response in the language of the one who
initiated the interchange of greetings. The
exception to this custom Is that French,
the court language of the world, is al
ways permissible.
| In the particular of treaties between
nations, every treaty is written in the
languages of both countries. America and
Great Britain having the same language,
English only is used, and the same is
true OF Germany and Austria, the Ger
man language being employed, for the
Austrian Emperor, who is King Of Hun
gary, makes all treaties for the Austro-
Hungarian Empire.
The pledge of Emperor William to send
his only brother, Prince Henry Of Prus-
sia, to attend the christening Of the i'm
perial yacht on Staten Island next sum-
mer will tend to greatly strengthen the
friendly relations between this country
and Germany; for apart from all this en-
tirely unique manifestations Of interna-
tional good will, all Americans who
meet or even see Prince Henry will be
charmed by~his princely amiability and
his manly democracy of personal bear
ing. In these respects he is worthy of his
| illustrious uncle, his mothers brother.
King Edward, who never In his life dis
played over-pride Of station and never
did an ungenerous act, but who was by
conduct as by material fact democratic
prince, and is democratic king.
Prince Henry of Prussia, who is to
make his first visit to this country, Is
what the English call ''jolly good fell
low" phrase of endearment they have
always applied to him who Is now their
king
Some years ago German feet put into
an Irish port where there was an Ala
bamian representative of the American
government. Prince Henry was the cap
| tain of one of the vessels. On the first
night after the arrival of the Germans
| the flag officers Of the fleet were officially
entertained at dinner by the British ad-
miral commanding in Ireland, in the ad-
| miralty palace. Meantime the officers
| had been welcomed to and made honor
airy members OF the principal local club
| After the official dinner that night the
German officers went to the club. The
hour being somewhat late there were
only two members of the club in the
building, an 1rishman and the Alabama
man. These two Immediately entered the
smoling-room where the Germans had
assembled, and In proper form greeted
the clubs guests In behalf Of all its men,
bers They first paid their respects to
Prince Henry, because the visitors were
present in their social not their OFFICIAL
capacity, and in that regard the captain