The Washington times., 1902-03-11
Expresses Thanks to Ma
ton for Cordial Re-
ception.
WELCOMED BY PHILADELPHIA
Says HIS Visit Was One in Quest of
Knowledge-Toid by Emperor to Keep
Ears and Eyes 0pen-Sogry to Leave
Country.

said that IL probably would be his last
public utterance, and he made it memora-
BILE by number of sentences which were
beyond the lines of his ordinary conven-
tional addresses.
1t was at the farewell luncheon ten
dered him at the Union League Club in
Philadelphia at 2 o'clock this afternoon
that he made the speech-a speech that
was frequently punctuated with applause.
and which at its conclusion was greeted
with much enthusiasm. The prince spoke
as follows:
Never to Return.
81 wish to thank you for the kind re-
ception I have met with in your city.
Gentlemen, this is probably the last op
portunity l shall have during my visit
TO the United States to speak in public.
and / desire to say that / am sorry it
should be so.
What l am going to communicate to
you here 1 am saying before the world.
There has been absolutely no second
object connected with my visit. Should
any of you read or hear anything to the
contrary, l authorize you herewith to
fatty contradict it.
81 was told before leaving my home
to open my eyes wide and my ears as
wide as possible: to speak as little as
1 could. In this latter respect 1 am
afraid my mission was a failure. l saw
many more things than many OF you may
be aware of. 1 equally heard a good
many things.
Amongst Others, many kind words of
individuals, as well as the shouts OF well
come of thousands of your countrymen.
What l express in your presence l ex-
press in the presence CT your nation-my
heartfelt thanks for the cordial reception
and good feeling | met with during my
stay in your country.
Plea for Friendship.
'It viii be my duty TO inform his mai
ssty the Emperor OF this fact. l am
homeward bound tomorrow. It would be
wrong OF me to say / am sorry to go
home, but at the same time l feel sorry
TO leave country in which l have met
with so much kindness and hospitality.
Let me close, gentlemen, in saying, let
US try and be friends"
The Union League Club reception was
the closing number of Philadelphia re-
ccption to the prince, the last formal re-
ception the prince will engage in in this
country.
Tomorrow afternoon he sails for Ger
many on the steamer Deutschland to re-
port to his brother, the Emperor, the re-
.z,ilt of his mission here. There is final
luncheon on board the Hohenzollern to-
morrow. and after that comes the final
fareweIls, the departure of the steamer.
and an uproarious send-off as she steams
down the bay and finally fades away in
the distance beyond Sandy Hook.
Sunday night was the last one the
prince spent on shore When he left the
Waidorf-Astoria at about 1:30 O'Clock this
morning it was 20 return to New York no
more, except for visit in the evening
to the Irving Place Theatre
Plan Carried Through.
The plan was that on the return from
Philadelphia to Jersey City at $50 p. N.
this evening the prince and his naval
party be taken by the navy yard tug John
Rogers direct TO the Deutschland, then
lying at her dock in Hohoken.
Like every other detail of the princes |
movements, from the time railroads and |
ferryboats took him in hand, it was car !
ried out to the letter, and he was de- |
livered at Hoboken on time.
a special ferryboat brought him from |
West Twenty-third Street to Jersey City |
and special train carried him from Jer- !
sey City to Philadelrh hia, but IT was not !
the same Official train that carried him ,
on his swift sweep of over $500 miles /
through the country.
The rear car. the princes private car |
Columbia, which made the grand tour, /
was there, as was the combination bag
gage and clubrooft smoking car Utopia.
The superb stateroom cars Ohio, Indiana,
and Iowa were missing, and in their
places we're two Of the finest and largest
of the Pullman parlor cars.
These were. for the suite, the Presiden-
tial delegates, and the others on the
train. The dining car Willard, a very
popular resort On the long trip, was not
needed and was also cut out. The run to
Philadelphia was Just the usual smooth,
swift Pennsylvania rush across New Jer-
sey and along down the Delaware.
Net by Dense Crowd.
AT the Broad Street station there was
the old dense crowd with which those who
have Travelled on the train have become SO
familiar. and with the crowd came the old
Prince Henry cheer. which. doubtless. will
long linger in the memory of the distin-
guished guest as more or less agree
able souvenir
With the fine weather. the dry side
walks, and the magnificent distances COW
cred by the visitor in his whirlwind rush
through the city, 1t probably may be put
down to Philadelphia's score that larger
crowds saw the prince face to face than
anywhere else he has been, not excepting
New York and Chicago.
Broad Street and all the interminable
length Of Girerd Avenue. the entire dis
tsnce to the Cramp shipyards, and back
again to the Union League Club, the side
walks were packed to their limit with peo-
pie, so that they were virtually blocked
for half hour or more before the princes
coming.
The formalities of the reception in
Philadelphia were entirely OF a sort with
those everywhere else. There was the
usual committee of citizens at the railway
station, the usual drive through cheering
crowds, and, with mounted escort to the
city hall, the usual speaking of a piece
by the mayor and the eternal and ever
lasting granting of the freedom of the
city,
Thanks the Mayor
The prince himself spoke short p.aece
when Mayor Ashbridge finished, saying:
This is but another of the many acts of
Kindness that have been extended to me
In this country. ] assure you ] deeply
appreciate it. 1 thank you for the free
dom OF the city which you have given
ne. and for this handsome souvenir which
shall preserve. Again l thank you"
The most Interesting feature OF Prince