New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-17
Prince Albert
0f MOnacOH Here
TO Be Honored
Ruler of Little European
Principally Famous for
Its Capital, Monte Carlo,
to Get Science Medals
Is Noted Oceanographer
Guest of National Academy:
Recalls Last Visit Is Yrs.
Ago; Speaks of Col. Cody

Albert Honore Charles, Prince of
MANAGE. ruler of the little continental
municipality famous through its capital.
Monte Carlo, arrived here yesterday
from Havre on the French liner France
70 receive rare honors from this coun-
tTy.
Prince Albert. now in his seventy
third year, is not thus honored for his
wealth or his position as ruler, but
for his contributions to science as one
Of the great oceanograpners OF the
world. He was here thirteen years
ago-iust dropped in unofsicially, as he
expressed it-while making studies
and surveys of the ocean off Newfound-
land and the Grand Banks
This time he comes on invitation to
receive in Washington from the Ma
tional Academy of Sciences the Alex
snder Agassiz medal and the gold
medal of. the National Geographic So
Getty
He said he was not unmindfuI of the
fact that America bestows such honors
seldom, and because of this he had
cone personally TO receive them.
Rugged From Life on Seas
The Prince is a rugged man, and the
wind and sun of the seas upon which
he has spent much of his life have put
upon his face a healthful. rudy tan.
Soon after the France came into
Quarantine he looked over the harbor
and tried to compare it with his i'm
pressions Of the port ON two visits he
had made to these shores.
He spoke OF Buffalo Bill. who took
him through Yellowstone Park. and ex,
pressed regret that Colonel Cody was
not here to greet him and talk of those
old days.
"This is the third time have come
to New York" he said Thirteen
years ago | came here en- the Hiron-
dele his yacht when | was engaged
IN. research work off the coast of Nova
Scotia. Ny efforts up there we're not
as agreeable as out in mid-Atlantic, for
twelve days Of each month we're foggy.
"ln these visits | am able to observe
the steady advance of this great coun-
try. | have kept in touch with thu
affairs of the United States and her
people and | see with great pleasure
that Americans have been and are
buibiHS ti1CtA 4i4iIQS III the QlEGCtIOU
Of doing great things for the benefit
Of all.
N'Your rich men make splendid use
Of their wealth and endow universities,
Libraries, hospitals and museums for
public benefit, and in this endeavor
they build enduring monuments
War Halted Research Work.
Prince Albert said that his research
work had been stopped by the war, but
that he soon would renew it. A sur
reg Of the Atlantic between the
azores and the American coast proba-
by will be his pext pndertakingasg.
Frince Albert said he had forwarded
10 the governments OF maritime nations
ms observations and calculations rela-
tive to ocean currents, which included
data on the possible drifs of dangerous
mines upon the Atlantic.
i have plotted lanes of the probable
drift of these mines,' he said, ain the
hope that they might serve masters in
safeguarding navigation. Many mines
Went adrift after the armistice, when
the warning nations were removing the
mine fields. Germany did not construct
mines to be inefficient after a specific
duration in the water, and I think the
Allies followed her example I believe
thdt as many SnlpS were sunk after the
war as there were during the war. A
sailing vessel hit a mine recently about
eighty miles northeast of Cape Maysi
on the east end Of Cuba. 1t is my
opinion that that mine had drifted
from the English Channel, and was or
its return drift to England The round
trip, ! should say, would take about
hfty-four months"
The prince paid high tribute to the
forty thousand American soldiers who
We're entertained on his estate and AT
hotels in Monte Carlo. He said that
throughout the time of their visits
there had not been single instance OF
mutation or damage to property.