THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE KAISER

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4646, 26 April 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE KAISER

Some of the German provincial papers publish a long article (says the Berlin correspondent of a contemporary), which has also found its way into tho Berlin press, according to which the visit of the Prince of Wales ended inharmoniously, and tho Prince is alleged for that reason to have hastened Ids departure, not even waiting to attend a ball at the Berlin Embassy on tho evening of the day he left Berlin. I can positively assert that not a single word of this rigmarole is true. The visit of the Prince, as I stated at the time, was harmonious throughout as far as tho Imperial host, Its family and Court were concerned. Everybody vied in making his stay as agreeable as possible, and tho Prince himself was most satisfied with the reception accorded to him. It was evidently desired by so cordial and at the same time brilliant a reception to efface the effect of tho Bulow-Cba'mberlain controversy. It may be taken as & matter of course that that matter was'also the subject of conversation between tho Prince and the Emperor and Count Bulow, and it is understood that the exchange cf opinion ended to the satisfaction of all concerned in it. As regards the hall at tho Embassy, it was a dance for Miss Florence Lascellos which had been arranged long before, and had nothing to do with the Prince’s visit. I am anything but over-sanguine or credulous as regards the cordiality of Anglo-Ger-man relations, but if the truth he told one must admit that a genuine desire is felt here to allow the whole Chamberlain incident and everything _ connected with it to fall into oblivion. Such articles as that above-mentioned, which on the face of it shows a desire to sow fresh bitterness between the two nations, are doubly regrettable.