The evening world., 1905-11-04
Its Mission Said to Be Part
of WelI-Laid Plan to
Menace Germany.
PROTEST WILL BE MADE.
MasS-Meeting Arranged for
Cooper Union for Night
of Fleets Arrival.

An event not oontemplated In the
Original plans for the reception OF
Prince Louis OF Battenberg and the
crack English squadron Of cruisers he
commands Is q mass meeting 10 be held
In Cooper Union on the night OF Thurs
day, Nov 0. Prince Louis and his ships
will reach New York on mat date but
there will be no three cheers for the
visitors at tho mass meeting. It win be
meeting Of protest.
The meeting is the result Of an I'm
preston hat has gained ground that
tho visit Of Prince Louis at this time
TO the grOitest city IN the United States
is par, Of a ounnlrgy contrived plan TO
create the impression abroad that thoro
,s secret alliance between England
and the United states. Those active IN
promoting the mass-meeting stand upon
tho principle elucldated by George
Washington that the United States
shall enter into no entangling alliances
WIN ElI IupcdH pONVS'
Ordinary courtesles Approved.
Thousands Of circulars have been sent
out by a committee which has the
meeting In hand. In the circulars pains
aru taken to state that there IL no OBJ
lection to a reception such as Is or
dlnarlly given when foreign warships
visit friendly port, but that there Is
objection to anything that will take
The shape OF intmation or direct asser-
ton that thls country IS In alliance or
Is anxious 70 make an alliance with
Great Britain
TIE protectors of the maSs-meeting
have already succeeded in spoiling sona
of the features Of the reception that
appe2rod u Them to overleap vne
bounds Of necessary courtesy,
IT was announced when uhe plans
vera nrpt exploited that the jaolsies
from the British and American fleets
would march up Broadway from the
Battery to Madison Square Garden arm
in arm, waving American and English
hug, This detail has been abandoned
The great public reception and ball that
was to have been given TO the officers
and sailors of the British feet at tho
Garden has been abandoned, and In
stead a smoker for the sailors Will be
gwen at Stauch's Pavilion, Coney
Island.
No Big Dinner for Mayor.
The announcement that there would
be a great public dinner presided over
by Mayor Mcclellan Is denied by the
Mayor. lie says that he never heard
OF IT, Mayor Mcclellan wall, however
give Prince Louis private dinner
He knew the Prince IN Germany in his
boyhood and they have remained fast
friends The Mayor will not attend the
luncheon Of the Chamber Of Com
merce nor the dinners Of the Pilgrim
Society or the St. George Society in
honor OF Prince Louis, lie will be out
OF the city when these functions are
given, recovering from the struiR OF
the campaign,
Tho mass meet,rg comm3tts. hos
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sent circular b the sailors OF tire
ships that Will take part In the re-
ceptiou b the British squadron ask
ing them 10 refuse TO contribute 10
fnnd IN noy f,r "A morster sntort,ir-
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menl Tor lle VISITORS. eeks ago II was
proclaimed that the sailors Of Admiral
Evans s squadron were SAVING up for
the purpose Of accumulutng purse OF
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P'''''' W 'P,"N "Po" '"o J"tNles OF
the visiting ilcot Since that time the
oalcers of Gam, or t,, shirs ia ,bo
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sl"anF'h nave lsSgg1 orders fnrblddlng