The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-01-28

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Adept at stAtecr.tt.
Prince Heinrich. o. Heinrich the
Sevig gatCr.~ as loyal Germans love TO
style him. who viii som visit the Tut.
~ States a. tue personal representa-
tive @ Eup~ror William at the launch
ing % the kai~er'- new yacht. has been
from his youth the most popular Of
princes He is the sec
0ud son of tue late Emperor Freder-
its. the ouIy brother % the present
kaiser. and vas uoru on Aug H. .sd2-
Henry Is the sailor prince q the Inn
pcrlal family aud. Ike most sailor
princes. De has always held a high
place in the affections Of bis people.
There are loyal Germans today who
regard Hcusy as the most talented
member DC tle H0lenzOliern family.
With his father. whom Germany Idol
izeI as "Tu.er Fritz" Henry was al
ways far0rite son. and during the
long painful illness of tue emperor
ITlucr Henry was uutiriug in his llial
devotion. lie personally is unlike his
brother. the emperor. Co many ways.
Iu appearance he is not quite 50 tail.
bot be- has the strong. we'll knit figure
of O. young man ia perfect health, says
the Now York Herald.
Members Of the American reception
committee whose German may not be
50 Gueut as they could wish VIII ind
that the sailor prince can meet them
on even terms With a- polished Eng
Ish as their own. BIS English moth
er is largely responsible ror that But
be- is O. l.1-u.-t OF up moan Ittliu-
uclts. and .1 cruising about the earth
Doe has picked up tIg yoa1uIri7s "
many strange tongues in addition %
those that usually form o part OF tho
educational equipment u well iu-
-ucted European prince.
Prince Henry is born seaman. He
is never more happy than when on the
quarter deck 0f bis flagship. But Dc
is also o keen student Of men and az
fairs and has loved 10 indulge in such
inland journeys in strange and distant
countries as bis sailor duties would
permit. Less than forty years old. be
Is an admiral 20 the German navy, and
sailor folk say that De has fairly won
his naval rank wholly apart from his
priccc!y origin.
In questions Of state his views are
consulted. and they are usually corsid-
cred sJuId even by bis somewhat i'm
pctuous Imperial brother. Prince Hen
~ plays tLc violin fairly well and is
tho composer Of the really ine "Preus-
seumgrscu." which is GeservCdly pop
uiar throughout Germany.
In May. 1SsS. Henry took 70 Berlin
as bis wife the Princess Irene. third
daughter Of the Grand Duke Louis Of
Hcssc and ot his c0usOrt the Princess
Alice Of England. She IS tour years
younger than her husband. Both are
grandchildren OF Victoria.
Prince Bismarck had opposed the
match on the ground that the high con
tracing persons were first cousins.
Prince Henry declared that unless he
could wed Irene he would remain n
bachelor for lie. and the threat had
the erect Of bringing his elders to
terms speedily.
don. here his royal grandmother.
Queen Victoria, always gave him a
warm welcome. and the sailor prince
was always popular among a nation OF
sailors. But neither OF these facts pre-.
vented a dastardly attempt upon his
life. While he stood in one OF the up
per rooms OF the Paddington railroad
station a dynamite bomb was exploded
in a cloakroom % the Victoria station
and wrecked that building. Dynamite
was also found similarly placed IN the
PaddingtOu station directly beneath
the apartment IN which the Prussian
prince stood. The plot failed. but Hen.
rvs escape from death or serious in
jury was considered marvellous.
Prince Henry became an information
al figure when In the winter Of 1897
Emperor William announced that his
brother, now an admiral, would be sent
In command OF a squadron 10 look
more carefully after the interests Of
Germany in Chinese waters. Arriving
at Kiaochou IN the spring OF 1898,
Prince Henry went thence to Pcking
where a brilliant official reception
awaited him, and the Chinese govern
ment made every possible effort 20 ap-
pease the dreaded wrath OF Germany's
war lord" Henry enjoyed the rare
distinction OF being the only foreign
prince ever honored with = personal
audience by the emperor and the en-
press dowager OF China.
Prince Henry has often been con
spicuous figure at the launching OF
German and other vessels. In 1899,
before he left China, he attended as n
guest the launching OF trading yes
sci. A plank fell from the rafters OF
a shed under which the royal German
guest was standing, inhicting upon the
princes scalp an ugly flesh wound.
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