The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-06

All the world is studying America
nowadays. You cannot open a news
paper without finding that some dis
tinguished man from Europe or Asia
has just arrived in this country with
the object of investigating its insti-
tutions and problems.
The Mikado of Japan recently COM
manded the senior imperial prince of
his family, Prince Fushimi Sadanaru,
to make trip to the United States;
and the prince is now on his way to
San Francisco. He is the ranking
prince in the Japanese army, and as a.
lieutenant- general he commanded the
First division at the battle of Nam
shan hill and participated in the pre-
liminary operations before Port Ar
! thur.
1t is not usual for the imperial
princes of Japan to travel outside OF
their own country. One went to the
diamond jubilee" of the late Queen
Victoria, another to the coronation Of
King Edward, a third to the corona
ton Of the Gear. That is ell the for
eigh travelling they have done. Amer
leans should therefore, to quote the
words Of a Toxic newspaper corre-
SpOAtANAlNg AEEdlQ Nnc WISH OF Prince
Fushimi Sadanar as a great compli-
ment.
Plenty of TITLED Visitors.
1t is the kind of compliment that is
being paid very frequently nowadays,
and it is possible that Americans may
not rise to the level OF the occasion
and pay the prince all honor that Is
his due. There was a time when the
visit of real live prince would have
excited Americans from Maine to Cal
ifornia, but distinguished foreign Wis
itors are growing as common In the
big cities Of the country as colonies
in Kentucky. In the ribald verse OF
w. s. Gilbert,
"Archbishops, with their shovel hats,
Are plentiful as tabby cats,
And dukes are three a penny"
once upon a time, Americans were
always travelling to Europe to get
ideas; and Europe did not imagine
there was much worth studying in
the great, raw republic across the
ocean. A few distinguished English
men came to plumber America of its
dollars by a lecturing tour under the
auspices Of Mai. Pond; still fewer
scholarly Europeans of the type Of
James Bryce and Leroy Beaulieu,
came to make a real, comprehensive
study of American conditions institu-
lions and problems. The work done
by those men has never been excelled.
and IL does not seem likely to be sur
passed by the present type Of distin-
guished visitor, who Is usually one
tenth student and nine-tenths tourist.
A Rush 20 study America.
The rush to study America began
with the first Mosely commission Of
trade unionists, succeeded later by the
ATnmolv mi Of ~
tionists. In the interval between those
commissions, Prince Henry OF Ger
many, the most fllustrious Of all Amer
ica's visitors In recent years, arrived;
and probably ne did more TO set the
fashion OF studying the United States
than any other man.
There are several royal princes in
America at present whose coming and
going from one city 20 another only
causes a momentary hutter OF excite
ment. Among them are Prince Louis
and Prince Antoine d'Orleans. great
grandsons of Louis Philippe, the last
King Of France. They Travelled incog-
nito By the French line as IL. and A.
de Mercy" but their Identity leaked
out on shfpboard. They are both Of
ficers in the Austrian army. Prince
Louis IL tWenty-six and his brother
twenty-three. This Is their FIRST visit
20 America, and they are ON a six
weeks trip, which will embrace the
sights Of Chicago, ST. Louis and Len
OK, as well as those OF New York
Another princely vieitor IL Aziz Has
san, cousin OF the Khedive OF Egypt,
who has come over 70 see the 81. Louis
Fair, and travels nodestly as MT.
Schmidt Of Berlin"
Many Came 90 ~. louis.
The blk show at 81. Louis has
brought many foreigners OF distinction
here. They are combining serious
study with the ordinary pleasures OF
sightseeing. The Interparliamentary
Congress AZ 81. Louis brought over
many Of the leading politicians and
statesmen from half dozen ooun-
tries. They came from England.
France. Belgium, Holland, Germany.
Austria, Italy, Spain and elsewhere.
Many Of them remained 20 take part
IN the subsequent international Peace
Congress-, whose deliberations on the
subjects Of the Russo-Japanese war
the Congo State administration, and
the calling Of another Hague Confer
ence have excited - much public in-
fereHf.
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