New-York tribune., 1903-07-29
DENIED BY THE KAISER.
Repudiation of Alleged Remarks to
american Guests.

american Guests.
Official denals have been published at Berlin Of
the story cabed to this country according to which
the Kaiser had intimated his intention Of dispatch
ing to the United States next year a German
squadron, under the command of Prince Henry, the
| latter accompanied by the Emperors sailor son.
Prince Adelbert. in connection with the St Louis
Exhibition No such project is contemplated at
Berlin, and Prince Adelbert will be throughout next
year in the Far Orient having been assigned to
duty board the cruiser Hertha, which forms part
of the German naval forces in the China seas.
Prince Adebert sails via the Suez Canal to join his
ship in October and It is announced that he VIII
remain duty with his ship for least two years.
that there is only little prospect of his coming TO
the United States for some time to come
An official denial has also been published at
Berlin of the reported utterances OF the Kaiser on
the subject OF social democracy in Germany during
the course OF conversation with Cornelius Van
derbilt board the latters yacht the North star
at Kiel. 1t cannot escape attention, however that
Emperor William intensely bitter against the
Socialists especially since their colossal gains at
the recent general elections for the Rechstag. ana
the astounding discovery that no less than eight
Socialist votes were cast by electors belonging TO
the imperial household. inmates of the imperial
palace, but whose identity has far remained ur-
known 1t is therefore quite possible that the
Emperor may have denounced the Socialists in
talking with Cornelius Vanderbilt, though not
necessarily for publication.
On the other hand it would be most unfair to
mpute any indiscretions to the owner Of the North
Star, for every person who enjoys the acqualnt-
ance and personal intercourse with reigning mon
archs-especially when public attention Is attracted
thereto-is exposed to the disadvantage OF having
stories fathered upon him which, originating IN the
brain of some imaginative scribe or in the IRE
sponsible gossip of some hanger on at court, are
calculated to cause annoyance to the crowned head
at whose expense they are circulated.
During the Khedive's recent private visit to Eng
land where was the guest OF Sir Ernest Cassell'
the nancier who furnished the capital for the con-
structon of the two great Nile dams at Asslout ao
at Assouan, he is saiu have completed arrange
ments with Sir Ernest for the establishment OF a
system of hydraulic trolley along the Nile, the
power being furnished by the falls at the cataracts
This project when put into execution will wholly
modify the travel on the Nile and the slow dreamy.
restful progress up the river on board the dana
beahs will become a thing Of the past
Sir Edward Lawson, the proprietor OF THE Lon
don Telegraph" who has just been created peer
by King Edward, has assumed the title OF Loro
Burnham which is the name of the town nearest to
his country seat in Buckingh home once
inhabited by Edmund Burke, who was likewise IN a
WY journalist, Hall barn being indeed, full OF
relics of this brilliant If unscrupulous writer and
politician, whom the great Dr. Johnson sent the
meaning message; ''I wish you all the success
which can be wished by an honest man"
Lord Denbigh who is about to visit the United
States in command of the Honorable Artillery
Company Of London, in response 70 an invitation
from its kindred organization IN this country. the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Of Massa-
chusetts, and who on the occasion Of the review Of
his troops the other day in London by the King
intrusted by the latter during the course of a
public speech with the conveyance of very
friendly messages to the United States, is the chief
of the family to which the famous novelist Henry
Fielding belonged. He likewise claims relationship
with the imperial Austrian house Of Hapsburg.
though this is denied and even ridculed by many Of
the most eminent of English genealogists.
The earl Is a lord-in-waiting to the King. and is
OF the forty Roman Catholic members Of the
upper chamber of the national legislature, It is a
mistake, however, to describe him as the head OF
of the Oldest Catholic families in the kingdom.
For until the conversion Of the late Earl of Denbgh
the holders of title were stanch Protestants
The late earTs conversion was brought about in
most remarkable manner. One Sunday morning
he attended service in the parish church Of Whit
ford Hoyweu downing Hail. where he then
resided, being in that parIsh). and he remained to
communion After the service he was Mortified TO
the parish clerk drink the remainder OF the
sacramental wine and carelessly brush the bread
crumbs to the floor. viscount Fielding. as he was
in those days felt so strongly the treatment to
which the consecrated bread and wine had been
subjected by the parish clerk of this village church
that he shortly afterward transferred his religious
allegiance to the Church OF Rome. which, as every
the sacrament.
Lord Denbigh has on several occasions been IN
trusted with special missions to the late Pope, is
a solderly man. who spent ten years in the Royal
Artillery and went through the Egyptian campaign
with distinction, and is engaged in building up
the somewhat impaired fortunes Of his house by
very active partnership in wholesale and retail
wine firm in London
Inasmuch as the story as to the existence Of
large fortune awaiting in England the American
heirs Of Sir Francis Drake, the great English
naval hero and explorer Of the reign OF Queen
Elizabeth. has once more become current here, and
several legal firms in this country reported TO
be engaged in promoting the claims OF the said
American heirs to this estate, it may be mentioned
that such estate is in existence and that there
can be no American heirs Of the great admiral.
The claims of the said heirs are based on the sup
position that Sir Francis left two sons, John and
Francis. The latter, 1t is asserted, inherited his
fathers property and passed it to his heirs His
branch of the family, however, became extinct in
1749, whereupon the property we'll the title
should have reverted to the descendants of John,
the younger of the admiral. The Drake claim
ants in the United States assert themselves to be
the heirs Of this John Drake. and IL is this pre-