New-York tribune., 1905-11-05
PRINCE LOUISS VISIT.
He Represents the Enehsh Nary
a the King Here.

NOoiSis oii
to his throne, Nicholas II asked the prince,
who is his kinsman, to become an admiral in
the Russian navy and to make his offer still
more alluring he promised him in addition all
sorts OF honors and emouments. To
of less patience and strength of character this
temptation might have proved irresistible.
At the time when the Car sought to make
Prince Louis his subject the prince was only
a captain in the British navy. His promotion
had been slow. He had been in the British SER
vice for more than twenty years, and for its
sake he had forsaken the land of his BIRTH it's
language and its traditions. A German by
birth and name, he had become by preference
an Englishman He entered the British navy
as cadet in 1868, and was content to work
his way up the same as if he were Of humble
origin
The prince also had been compelled to fight
down his own blood it were, in rejecting
tho Cars offer. By birth he is half a Russian.
His mother. the Countess Hauke, was a Rus
sian, and his earliest memories are entWined
with the Russian nursery tales which she was
wont to tell him. Yet for all this he stuck to
tho British navy. and he was at last reward
ed Tor his faithfulneSs. Five years after the
Gar offered to make him an admiral he was
raised to that rank in the English service;
since that time, to emphasize the high regard in
which the English people hold him. King Ed
ward has honored him in many special ways He
has been charged with several missions of great
importance from a diplomatic point of view
When the Car sent out invitations for the bap-
tlan OF his firstborn Prince Louis attended
as the representative of England; and he now
comes to this country at the express desire of
h1nS Edward to ablish still closer bonds of
friendship and good will between England and
mo United States. For this reason the fact
lnat the prince brought to President Roose-
Veif an autograph letter from the King has
special significance.
NOT IN many day have Americans come in
touch with so much royalty as in greeting
fT1nce Louis of Battenberg. Although he brides
hiAiseH most on being simply British sailor
yet he is related in one way or another to more
thah haf the rulers of Europe. By blood or
marriage he is connected with the King of
england the Kaiser of Germany, the Car of
RUSSIA, the King of Italy and the King of Seryia
AS well as many other noble families of lesser
rank
Inc coming of Prince Louis to New-York will
be In keeping with the country which he rem
resents The fleet of which he is in command
together with the American ships which are to
efoort MIN thlther from Annapolis will form the
largest line of fighting craft ever seen inside of
SANDY HOOK. They expected to reach this
port next Thursday, the birthday of King Ed
ward, and the 1otilla will consist of the Ene1isb
ships Drake, Bedford, Cornwall Berwick. Cum
beriand and Essex and the American vessels
Maine, Missouri, Kentucky, Kearsarge Ala
oama, Iowa and Massachusetts, A week of
varied entertainment has been planned for. the
prince and his while they are here.
The prime purpose of the visit of Prince Louis
to this side of the Atlantic, however was to
brlng Canada closer to her mother country
There has been feeling in England recently
that the colonial people of North America are
drifting away, feeling strengthened by Can
ada's action in declining to contribute further
to the support of the English navy The well
come which was afforded to the prince and his
suite at Montreal Ottawa Toronto and St
Johns was SO enthusiastic that such fears have
been to a great degree dissipated.
Indeed the prince enjoyed such great hos
pitality at the first ports he visited that he was
advised by his physicians that if he did not
return soon to the simple life he would en-
danger his health. For this reason an ATTEMPT
was made to simplify the programme for his en-
tertainment at st. Johns, Newfoundland But
the people of st. Johns, at first misunderstand-
ing the purpose of such curtailment of festiyity
turned square around and decided not to well
come the prince at all When the situation was
cleared up and the princes good will was shown
st Johns greeted the commander of the visiting
meet as enthusiastically any of her sister
cities; in fact, Newfoundland in the end proved
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