Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-22
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ANT the visit Of Prince Henry
" W OF Prussia TO our country
whether II be play o.
international politics or is
merely prompted by kindly sentiments
Il has served the kalser's purpose 10
make the launching OF his yacht an eX'
cuse for sending his only brother TO our
shores. We are bound By the laws VI
hospitality to entertain him well lot
he is in sense the nations guest The
fact that he has the misfortune TO nave
been born the son Of one emperor ana
bears the further disability OF being
the younger brother Of another shoulu
not cause US TO look upon HIM WIN as
favor. We received the Prince OF WaleS
most graclously more than forty years
ago. we even extended the freedom VI
this republic to the Grand Duke Alexis
thirty years ago: and shall we draw the
line at one who has shown himself NJ
least the equal Of those royal sclons IN
intelligence, modesty and comporlmeht
generally? We ought perhaps 70 feel
pro' 'u that Kaiser Wilhelm ala not
Yield to his first impulse and SEND over
his son, the crown prince, since there ~
greater pleasure as well as honor IN
entertaining man OF experience IMAM
a callow youth, There Is no doubt That
It was Kaiser Wilhelms original inten'
ton to send over his eldest son TO rep
resent him at the launching of his new
yacht, but two objections were raised
10 the crown prince leaving his native
land one objection was that he had
not finished his university studies at
Bonn, and the other that his mother ala
not Ike TO let him so, The empress
was very much IN favor Of the plan at
first, but afterward changed her mind
when she reflected that her eldest sons
constitution was not robust enough TO
endure the strain Of continued round
Of festivities such as he would be sub
jected to IN America
Having been talked out Of the Idea
by his wife Kaiser Wilhelm then look.
ed about for the right sort Of man for
an envoy one who would represent the
majesty and dignity Of the empire most
credltaby. and pitched upon his broth-
cr He surely could not have selected
any one better fitted for the mission
for Prince Henry is not only very pop
ular In Prussia but wherever he has
been, ana he has twice cIrcumnayigated
the globe
Il II generally known that Prince
Henry Is the second son OF HE late En-
peror Frederick and the only brother Of
the present ruler Of The German em-
pire. lie Is three years the junior Of
William, having been born IN 1852 and
It Is no secret that he was his fathers
favorite owing to his many engaging
qualItles which were wholly lacking in
his brother, Possessing frank and
open disposition, he was always de-
voted to his parents even In Unser
Frit2's last illness amusing him with
his fun and frolic. When Henry decid.
ed to marry his cousin Irene. princess
Of Hesse, like himself a grandchild OF
Queen Victoria, II was with his fathers
full approval, the marriage being the
last important function he honored
with his presence. Indeed, II Is said
that when the subject was announced
to him he placed In the princes hand a
slip Of paper on which he had written
for he was then too far gone to speak
you at least have never given me
moments sorrow and will make as
good husband as you have been low.
ing SON"
unser Fritz requlted Prince Henry's
devotion by leaving him the greater
portion OF his private fortune, either
directly conveyed or In trust TO his
mother. and this fact did not serve to
Improve his relations with william,
who for many years after he came 10
the throne strove 10 make Henry's life
as dlsagreeable as II was In his power
10 do, The young prince could not
leave his castle and so to Berlin. only a
short distance away, without the EN-.
peror's permisslon II on visit to Eng.
land or any other country he was Ike.
~ TO be summoned peremptorlly home
without even a preteXt; and In hun
dred ways William made known TO his
brother that he was the ruler and the
latter only a subject. II Ia said that
latterly Henry has bade him defiance
In a sort stating that he had read
somewhere that the emperor could not
harm him should he dsobey, and so he
was going TO DO az he pleased, In the
main though ne has rendered loyal
service to the elder brother and borne
good naturedly with his jealousy and
spite
Prince Henry has managed, notwith-
standing, To get a good deal OF fun out
OF life as he went along his merry dis.
position helping him over the hard
places. lie was always jolly and some
thing Of scapegrace In hls younger
days, but still popular on account OF
the very qualities which made him
what he was lie was Queen Vlctorla's
fayorite grandson and used to De inyit-
cd TO Windsor and Balm0ral quite OF.
ten Cntil a certain occasion he had
the run OF the royal deer forests during
the hunting season, but when he was
about nineteen he offended the queens
senslblitles so she forbade him ever
hunting there again. AT dinner one
day Victoria asked him how many deer
he had killed the day before, and he an.
swered "Oh, grandma, didn't kin any
deer, but hit lot OF them" The sc.
we're expression on the good queens
face told him that II would be long
day before he would be allowed to hunt
at either Balmoral or Windsor again,
and so 1t was.
II must he admitted that tho,,h