The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-27
PRINCE HENRY'S MISSION.
ROYAL VISITOR EXPLAINS IT AT
 NEW YORK DINNER.


 The Ono Desire to Pro mote FriendIier
 Relations Between the Two COuntric, s A PrOffered Hand on the Other Sid. of the Atlantic.
 New York, Feb. 26.--Prince Henry o1
 Prussia dined tonight with 1000 of the
 men who make the American newspa-
 pers. He was the special guest oi
 Thomas Ridder, proprietor of the New
 York Staats zeitung, who gathered al
 his table a majority of the leading fig
 ures in American journalism. They
 came from the four quarters of the
 country and made the most noteworthy
 gathering of their profession ever as-
 sembled in the United States. There
 was a felicitous exchange of greetings
 between Prince Henry and the men
 who spoke for the journalistic craft and the affair claims rank as one of the
 most notable incidents of the American tour of the German prince.
 The dinner was given in the hand some hall room of the Waldorf Astoria hotel, but that immense apartment was not large enough to accommodate the numerous guests, and the Astor gallery was also used
 The two rooms were splendidly deco rated. MT. Ridder and the special guests sat at an elevated table above which were the American and German flags. The banner, draped fan-like, reached out like the wings of huge butterfly Above them was the Prus- sian eagle done in incandescent lights
 From the boxes hung clinging vines and set in on the lodges were hundreds of palms. Each table carried bouquets of American beauty roses, around which were candelabra shaded in red.
 As the diners took their places the la dies of many of the party appeared in the boxes which wall the room.
 Prince Henry, attended by the mem bers of his suite, drove to the hotel un- der escort of cavalry and mounted po- lice and the demonstration in the streets leading to the hotel was the most cordial of any that has so far marked his appearance in public. Great crowds lined the way and pressed against the police guards that had been thrown around the Thirtythird street entrance to the hotel. They cheered when the prince came in sight and he Frequently raised his hand to his cap in acknowledgement of the demonstra- ton.
 The nrirace reached the hotol at s.30 o'clock and was received by MT. Ridder. They shook hands warmly, and while they paused for brief talk the mem bers of the suite and the delegates of President Roosevelt filed up the ban quet hall The band played the Amer 1 ican national anthem as the first of the uniformed staff entered and the crowd of guests arose. There was a great cheer as the prince appeared and an- other when he took his place at the side of MT. Ridder at the special table. | Those who occupied seats with the host | and chief guests were Edward P. Call, | Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, Consul | General Buenez, Melville E. Stone, Ad- miral Evans, Captain von Mueller, Ad- miral von Seckendorff, Mayor Low, As sistant Secretary Hill, Frank H. Moves, General von Plessen, the Austrian min ister; Bishop Potter Whitelaw Reid, German Amba ssador Holleben, Edward UHl, AIcHDISIDp 1Oi EdliJ fhuliiiic cl Noik Tirpitz, Senator Lodge, Admiral von Eisendecker Charles Emory Smith, Senator Hawley, Senator Depew, Ad- miral Count Baudissin, Charles w. Knapp, Captain von Grumme, General Corbn, Rev. Dr. Gottheil and William c. Bryant.
 As the prince took his seat the elec- tric light was flashed into the Prussian eagle above him on the southern wall, and the power was also increased in every one of the 2,500 incandescent lights that burned in the room. It gave special brilliancy to an already attrac- tive scene
 MT. Bidder called upon Bishop Potter, who offered a brief grace.
 A small army of walters quickly filled the aisles between tables with an order that was remarkable in such large ga thering, and the banquet began. As the evening proceeded hundreds of gowned women filled the boxes above the dining hall, An or chestra high up in the second tier of boxes played popular national music, and when a tune caught the fancy of the crowd, and after singing it Justify, there were loud cheers. America got the same enthusiastic treatment. EXcellently moulded statuettes of z Prince Henry were distributed as sou venirs.
 At 1925 o'clock MT. Ridder, Tapping Tor attention with his gavel proposed he health of the president of the ; United States and that of Kaiser VII . lelm, and called upon Whitelaw Reid , 0 respond After MT. Reid Prince T Henry was introduced. As he stood up :, he crowd burst into a song, "Hoch c solI Fr Leben Nal Hoch." After that hey sang For He's a Jolly Good Eel / ow." Before beginning his set speech T he prince said This is the largest ., interview I ever had" He then said: MT. Postmaster and Gentlemen: ''l am fully aware ot the fact that l | m the guest and in the presence of he representatives of the press of the Jnited States and in particular the r uest of the New York Staats Zeitung, oth of which I wish to thank for the ind invitation and reception I have r net with tonight Before entering into details I should | Ike all of you to understand that l con- 0 ider this meeting. though it may be u ooked upon as official, as a private p ne. and that it is my wish that none f you will take advantage of what is '