The age-herald., 1902-03-19
Emperor Kissed His Brother on
 Both Cheeks
GREATLY PLEASED WITH TRIP
Banquet Served On Board the Battle ship, and the Prince Spoke Feel
 ingly of His Trip to Amer
 ica-lmmenseIy Pleased.

Cuxhaven, March 1s.-The return of Ad- miral Prince Henry of Prussia to German soil was safely accomplished this after noon amid pomp and ceremony.
 The Hamburg steamer Deutschland from Cherbourg. having on board the prince and his suite, was first sighted at 6;So this afternoon. The German battle ship Kaiser William II 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 represent ative of the Ameri- can embassy at Berlin Commander Will liam H. Beehler, the naval attache to the embassy, stood at the Emperors side.
 The quay was gaily decorated and the thousands of spectators cheered wildly as Prince Henry walked down the gang way from the steamer. Emperor William kissed his brother on both cheeks and shook hands with the members of his suite, saying a few cheerful sentences to each. In the meantime the guns of a squadron saluted.
 Side by side his majesty and Prince Henry then passed down in front of the marine guard, which stood at salute. Af- ter this the marine guard passed in re- view, while the band of the imperial yacht Hohenzollern played the national anthem.
 Passengers Cheered.
 The passengers of the Deutschland crowded to the steamers rail and cheer ed Some of the American passengers waved little American flags. otherwise the stars and stripes were not flying.
 After the inspection of the guard of honor and the veterans by Emperor Will liam, his majesty and his party, Prince Henry and his staff, and Commander Beehler boarded a tender and amid fresh l salutes, music and cheering proceeded | to the battleship Kaiser Wilhelm II. Upon arriving there the crew of that vessel manned their ship to receive the royal 1 personages.
 The Kaiser Wilhelm II weighed anchor | at a quarter past seven and started to. | ward Kiel, through the canal. | A banquet was served on board the war. ship.
 As the steamer drew near Cuxhaver | Prince Henry received the correspondent | of the Associated Press in his cabin and said: ''I desire to send a last word through you to America, to say how deep ly grateful I am for the measureless kindness I received while there. 'I met and talked with as many in- dlviduals as I could, but of course I saw most of the people in crowds and I wish to thank all those thousands for the trouble they took"
 Prince Speaks.
 The prince spoke with feeling. ! "I had no opportunity" he continued, "of studying the details of industry as I would like to have done.
 T was often tired and had to be care full of what I did. both publicly and pri- vately, but now I would be ready to re- turn to America at once for just such another trip. This one has been so full of pleasure and instruction"
 Concerning his speech at Philadelphia, Prince Henry added:
 What said in my Philadelphia speech was precisely the truth. During my talks with President Roosevelt and my ride with him alone. no political topic was al- luded to on either side.'-
 Prince Henry referred to his passage through New York en route home, saying he was sorry he did not receive the Pres ident's farewell message as stated in the papers, which through some mishap did not reach him.