New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-05
PRINCE HENRY COMING.
In Command of Powerful German
Squadron to Visit Our Ports.

Prince Henry Of Prussia in command OF a pow
erfui German squadron and accompanied by his
nephew. Prince Eitel Frederick the second and
soldier son of the Emperor, WILL according to pres
ent arrangements start in the fall q cruise
round the world. and. in view Of the fact that the
chief British colonies. including Australia India.
South Africa and Canada, are TO be visited, COM
munications are now In progress about the matter
between the courts of St. James's and Berlin and
between the English and German governments. -
OF course, both the Eastern and Western ports
of the United States will be included in the
itinerary. the object of the cruise being keep the
German flag and Germanys Importance naval
power we'll before foreign nations. and likewise to
afford Prince Eitel third in the line Of sue
cession to the crown, opportunity of seeing the
world under the most favorable auspices.
1t will also serve to keep alive among Germans
across the sea the love for the Vaterland. which.
without impairing in any way their loyalty to the
iand OF their adoption. and of which they have
become citizens. can nevertheless be usefully en-
poEed as factor in the political affairs of their
new country in promoting friendship between the
latter and Germany. There is not only i'm
mense German population in the United States. but
also in Australia, in South Africa, in South Amer
lea, especially in Brazil, and NewZealand. while
even in a relatively small English colony like
Hong Kong that portion of the community which
is of German origin is the most prosperous and
influential and possesses the finest club. The visit
Of Prince Henry and his nephew, the Kaiser's IA
vorite son, win serve to revive the sentimental
SAASSN4OIi loT the Ola country winch mas Deen le1t
behind and to convert each of these
patriated Teutons into a sort of missionary for
the promotion of closer relations between Germany
and the nation under whose flag he dwes.
NAPoLEON'S FOSTER SISTER, NINE. CORNU.
The publication in of the leading Partisan
newspapers OF the interesting and pathetic letter ad
dressed few hours before the death of Napoleon
III by Empress Eugene to Nine. Cornu serves
to is r-aI1ie
whose name is probably unknown to the majority
OF my readers. and yet who played a very i'm
portant role in politics in the nineteenth century
Hortense Cornu was the goddaughter and. accord
ing to some, the real but illegitnate daughter of
queen Hortense; according Others the child OF
the Queens lady-in-waiting Mime. Lacroix. She
was brought UP at Arenenberg, in Switzerland, by
this ex-Queen OF Holland, with the latter's son.
of childhood days lasted throughout the lives Of
Napoleon and Of Hortense Lacroix. who married
in 1884 Sebastian Cornu, the well known painter.
and, both while in Exile in England during the
reign of King Louis Philippe and also after becom-
with her most friendly. intimate and even af-
fectionate correspondence.
Indeed. it speaks volumes for the relations of
very day when Napoleon III was lowering on the
tons Empress Eugene should have taken the time
to sit down and write long and most affectionate
letter to Nine Cornu, opening her heart to her
the subject of her anxiety and Of the terri
BILE sunerings undergone by the Emperor.