Show CAUSE FOR APOLOGY Why Letter Was Written to Admiral Dewey Washington Feb 15 The Associated Asso-ciated Press today received from authentic au-thentic sources a statement regarding the report that Prince Henry had written writ-ten a letter of apology to Admiral Dewey Dew-ey The Information which follows was not received from Admiral Dewey himself him-self but from an Intimate friend or his and can be absolutely vouched for The Admiral has recently received n letter from a member of the United States Embassy at Berlin In which the writer gave a resume of n conversation he had had with PrInce Henry of Prussia Prus-sia at the dinner given to the latter by Embassador White prior to the Princes I departure for America In this conversation conver-sation thq Prince said i I know you Americans feel very sore I about affairs In the East and I do not blame you I myself made a mistake which I see Is now being exploited by the English press to create a prejudice When at Hongkong at a dinner on the Deutschland the princes flagship In the East Commodore Dewey was present pres-ent and when I proposed the health of first the Czar of Russia then others and last of all the President of the United States Dewey was offended I learned next day I Immediately went on board the Olympia and saw Dewey who accepted my apology most graciously gra-ciously The Prince added that his relations with Admiral Dewey had always been of the most agreeable and pleasant character He sent his highest regards to the Admiral and expressed his sincere sin-cere hope of seeing him during his visit to America |