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Cur Welcome to Henry Stirs Europe.
While we are giving Prince Henry
''the time of his life" Europe is look
ing on with much interest and varied
emotions. The Germans are, of course,
delighted over the cordiality Of our re-
ception Of the representative Of the
German emperor and German people,
while some other countries, notably
Great Britain and France, are stirred
by quite different sentiments. London
and Paris, according to the cabled ex.
pressions of their leading newspapers,
are having a rather uncomfortable
fortnight, and little attempt is made to
disguise their chagrin over having, as
they apparently believe, been beaten
out in the race for the favor of the
United States. However, they need
give themselves no special uneasiness.
Undoubtedly the representative Of any
other European country, prince or 9TH
erwise, coming to us under similar con-
ditions and circumstances would re-
ceive no less sincere and cordial well
come.
The circumstances attending the COM
ing of Prince Henry are such as to
give our welcome to him something
more Of sentiment and picturesqueness
than ordinarily accompany the recep-
ton Of the special representative of
foreign nation. In the first place. the
German emperor sent over here to
have built a pleasure yacht with which
he expects to beat all European rivals.
This was compliment, especially to
American bodybuilding skill. Then he
asked the presidents daughter to
christen the yacht, which was a deli
cate compliment to the nation. And to
complete the chain of favorable condi-
tions he commissioned his brother to
represent him at the launching Wheth-
er the kaiser thought this all out in ad-
vance can only be surmised, but he
could hardly have arranged a more
felicitOuS sequence Of events.
The visiting prince impresses those
with whom he comes in contact as be-
ing good fellow, which is much more
to our liking than mere prince, unaf-
fected in manner and keenly apprecia.
tive Of what is done to entertain him.
Then, too, we have large German ele-
ment in our population, which, abating
not jot Of it's loyalty to the adopted
country, welcomes with especial en-.
thusiasm the representative of the fa-
therland. So perhaps the reception
Of Prince Henry is somewhat more
ebullient than has usually been the
case in such functions
AS always upon such occasions, there
are people who 60 to extremes in either
direction. There have been or may be
perhaps some demonstrations of toady-
ism quite out Of keeping with our dem
ocratic traditions and some expressions
Of boorishness not in accord with good
manners in any country, but altogether
the welcome which the American peo-
pie give to this representative Of the
German empire voices their sincere
good will toward the German people
and their desire that our relations shall
continue friendly. 1t is indeed more in
the nature of the return of compli-
ment than the giving of one, since the
German government has sought our
friendship more zealously than we have
sought its, though that we fully appre-
ciate. If any Of the European powers,
with all Of whom we would be friend
~, see in this any occasion for pique,
it must be attributed to jealousy of
Germany, for which we are not re-
sponsible and which is none of our
concern.