BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-02-12
Ge'nsay's Sailor Prince
Secret OF The Popularity
OF Henry Of Prussia
Brotherly Love.
As A Worker Before The Mast.
Brotherly Love.


The interest and excitement centering
around tae person Of Prince Henry, in view
Of his approaching journey to the United
States, increases daily, It has been long
time since an event Of this nature has sp-
pealed so directly to the German people.
This royal visit to the greatest of republics
is thing vastly different from the periodic
routine visits Of royalty to royalty in the old
world. The common people like Prince
Henry, and they have good reasons for
doing 80. In the first place he is without
doubt an exceedingly simple, plain, straight,
forward young man. He has appealed to
the masses, not on account of his royal Ii
neage, but on account of his qualities as
worker and seaman. The German Of to-
day is no lAnd-rat; the salt sea breeze has
for him much the same infa uation that it
once had for the mariners OF old England
who, in the days of Elisabeth, swept the
Spanish main. Prince Henry represents,
as it were, Germany's future on the seas,
and hence he occupies an important place
in the Thoughts of the people and, most of
all, in the dreams of "Young Germany.
In many household the prince enjoys
far prouder title than that which he has in
herited from the ruling house Of Brandsn-
burg, for many fond father refers to him
as GOur Sailor Prince" and holds him up to
his own boys as an example. To be sure,
he has never performed the prodigies of q
rDFaEs ora 660f,- nevertheless his position
at the head Of the Kiaol-Tschau expedition
was an important one and 6e f1tiilsd bis
duties with quietness and dignity and on his
return the German people gave him we'll
deserved ovation.
Prince Henry is called young man.
Perhaps there is some excuse for this, sin,e
he is one of that triplet OF young scions of
royalty who SO much resemb.ed each other
that the illustrated papers are said to- aavs
used their pictures interchangeable
Nicholas Of Russia, the Duke of York and
the subject Of our sketch. As matter Of
fact, however, he is man Of forty and o
husband Of twelve years, who can boast of
three as sturdy young sons as can be found
in the fathsrland. His seafaring life has
served to develop in him the best qu slities
of his fne nature and his voyages have
given him an invaluable fund of knowledge
and experience, which, if people do not hear
much about it, exists nevertheless, ami Isl
being turned to splendid account in the
development Of Gernany's sea power. He
has In one capacity or another visited most
parts Of the world, and he might fairly lay
claim TO be called's great traveller were itI
not for the fact that he has never explored |
the United Slater. But he nov proposes to |
perfect his claim, and it 10 cafe to say that
hs will return to Germany with some new
and valuable ideas for his imperial broth |
Or. A high Official, speaking to the writer |
concerning the prince, said that be bad al
splendid appreciation Of America and did |
not regard the rapidly growing republio |
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