The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-20

. NloS'u eyes. she seemed In
ueed 10 be listening with her eyes rath-
er than her ears.
when the interview came % a., 49,,
she gave me fan painted by her own
hands, IL was said. as a present fo, ,ha
kaiserin. Upon it's opened surface WAS
scene representing the usual Chinese
landscape with fish and beasts swim.
ming In midair. / begged her majesty
10 receive The ladies Of the German EN-
pasAy' and she consented TO see them a :
1 her next reception.
bowed profoundly on leaving 20
Nnich the dowager empress responded
WIN her queer little wink, and a faint
aniile Ior the hrst time momentarily
! hlckefed about the corners of her
mouth She then vanished-slid 40 u
Wefe-out OF sight behind a thick cur
tam as though, like an automaton. she
We're rolled noiselessly away on hidden
wheels. We then withdrew amid a line
or bowing mandarins."
Ihe prince had already made form
al call on the young emperor. the nom.
nal ruler of China. and found his mai
esty quite inanimate and uninteres.-
ing. He acted throughout the inter
view attempted 10 hold with him aid
ed by an interpreter. as IL he had been
coached in his conduct. his inquiries
and his replies to the smallest details.
Inc dowager empress was a far more
interesting person"
This interchange OF royal visits-the
young emperor having returned the
prince call-marked new epoch in
emma 5 history, for not only was Prince
henry the FIRST foreigner of note TO be
allowed a glimpse of the empress dow
hlff
OF the German minister at Peking. who
bad insisted that the emperor should
make the return visit at the embassy.
popular resentment was aroused
against all foreigners in China. The
dowager empress became so infuriated
that there is no doubt the episode
greatly FASTENED the so called Boxer
movement a few months later. when
thousands OF the Chinese rose in re-
bellion.
All this occurred in the spring OF 1895
and IL was then that Henry came into
contact with Admiral Dewey. who. IL
has been universally admitted gave
MIN useful lesson in repartee IL not in
courtesy. While at Hongkong Just be-
fore Dewey sailed for Manila Prince
Henry gave banquet to all the higher
officers OF the various war vessels
then i'm the harbor. At the banquet. Ell
ther from inadvertence or design, the 1
United States OF America" was the
last on the toast list, and so Dewey left
the table and refused 30 accept any ex-
plantations. The prince wrote him a let
ter of apology. but the day before Dew
ey sailed. when he called TO say good
by, he said jestingly, Il will send my
ships TO Manila to see that you be-
have" He looked full at Dewey, who
courteously retorted, II shall be de-
lighted. your highness. but permit me
to caution you to keep your ships from
between my guns and the enemy"
II Admiral Diedrichs, whom Prince
Henry later superseded. had taken the
hint conveyed in Dewey's warning. /
there might have been no friction at 1
all i'm Manila bay. as later resulted 4
from Diedrichs' offlciousness. The so /
called Irene incident" when a German /
vessel of the same name as the princes |
wife gave aid to some Spaniards at SUI
big bay was eventually explained away
by the prince.
When Prince Henry addressed his
.aunting remark to Dewey, gallant
Captain Gridley and Consul Wildman
we're standing near and heard IL. Both
hese Americans have since passed
away, but the greatest member OF the
rio, Dewey. Is still alive. 1t seemed
hardly within the bounds of possibili.
y when these two parted in Chinese
waters that they would meet again on
american soil and nothing then SEEM
a less probable than a rapprochement
Germany and the United
states
Little remains 10 be said respecting
ur distinguished visitor except i'm ex-
ension OF what has so often been given
egarding his many good qualities.
Writing at the time Prince Henry was
{ Hongkong, the correspondent Of a
.ondon paper said: He has produced !
lost happy impression here. His own
ountrymen acclaim him as a typical I
erman prince, while Englishmen rec
gnize i'm him qualities which they are
roud to believe essentially British. :
ertainly so far as ap entire absence of [
starch goes preconceived and doubt !
ss prejudiced notions OF Teutonic
ourt manners have been entirely at '
iult. Nothing could have been sim G
Ter or more genial than the tone OF T
9th prince and suit Above all, he
lakes the impression OF thorough r
His six feet OF well \
4 up manhood. his bright beard and I
ear tanned skin seem the outward "
nd visible signs OF a thoroughly clean, #
,und mind. Sound common sense,
ankness. fearlessness, dignity and g
ndness are written on every feature" u
The prince is not given 20 public :,
,ealxing and VIII probably reply I'm >,
'iefest manner TO the numerous ad- ~
'esses that will be thrust at him In
is country. only once In my life."
ia he on one occasion, did ! make n
eech. and | shall never hear the last
that" y
CLAIMING A. BARLOW. g