Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-08
The Saturday "News" Special F0reign Service.


Side the steamer and sent an officer ON
board Ia demand satisfaction Tor the in.
suit offered to him. Tho officer who
vas I'M plom clothes went ON 90 the
Clptalp's bridge and said.
'That Yacht carries hls imperial high-
ness thc German crown prince. Some
one ON your steamer shouted am Insult.
mg remark at his Imperial highnos,
Ms lmpprlal hghu,sg orders that you
shnll noi procced until that man has
been Identified and arrested"
The course taken by the crown prince
was entirely Illegal bat the captain
Nevertheless as I'd matter of courtesy
and respect asked the officer Co idcn-
tify tho offender. The officer tharoupou
proceeded 10 walk through the crowd uf
perhaps 500 passengers in lho hope off
discovering thc man who had shouted
After half am hours search he was still
unsuccessful While the search was
proceeding. the crown prince luy along
Side and once shouted to the officer.
ut was man with % red flower Ion
Dis buttonholo."
Finally the crown PRINCES emissary
hn the steamer. without Identifying The
man. Toward Inc end off his enforced
DELAY. tine messengers began to grow
vstlyc and cllmorod for the captain to
proceed crown prince or mo- crown
prince When the crown prince yocrcd
M without accomplishing his aim be
was followed by ioers from hundreds of
usty throats. The newspapers took mp
the scandal and public opinion serevely
condemned the crown princes ill-iudg-
ed action
Prince Adalbort the kaBers third
SON owns % small racing yacht. the
Samoa mr. and bids faIr TO become a
much better skipper than his elder
brother
Following the example of the emperor
several German yaChtsmon have pur-
chased American racing yachts. George
W. Watipn owns the Nayah0e. the fa-
nous Yacht designed by Herrcshon
which defeated the britannia for the
Cane Nav Gun. The Betty VI, owned
by Lieut.. Won Stun. was also designed
bv tIeueshoU
IN aauilloe 10 Jlo iniu' OIL 1P 1ig , Io
kaiser has expended large sums I'm 9TH
OrEisr encouraging yachting lie has
made truly royal contributions 10 the
erection Of Yachting club houses at sey-
rml ports ON the Baltic coast, and IL
rs estimated that he has spent fully
S.iO0OO for gold and silver cups which
Ne has offered as ptzes In various
yacht races.
with the exception of his principal
racing yacht AN the kalscr's yachts are
lent 10 the imperial navy when they are
not taking part In fegattas They are
used 10 Instruct picked hands Of the
navy I'm sailing When they race, they
are also manned by sailors VI the I'M
perlal navy. who thus learn to be smart
handy men.
The zeal displayed by the kaiser and
his family i'm sparng neither pains nor
expense to foster yacht racing In Ger
many affords striking contrast 10 the
utter neglect Of the sport by the Eng
hsh royal family not a member NJ
which now owns "a racing yacht, the
king himself having transformed the
britannia into cruiser
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A strange story is In circulation in
German Yachting circles regarding a
comlcal encounter between the kaiser
and Commodore Plant, the owner OF In
gomar. During the Klel week the
kaiser invited Commodore Plant,
among 500 other guests. to an afternoon
tea ON board his steam yacht Hohen-
zoIlern. During the tea the kaiser
wishing. like true sportsman, to do
honor 10 his successful rival walked
nm TO Commodore PLANT and addressed