KIND-HEARTED AUSTRALIANS.
PHXWCE KARL'S TRIBUTE. LONDON, May 16. Prince Karl, the German aviator, who was brought down in the Australian linos, and who was mortally wounded when trying to escape, said, in the course of a death-bed talk with a chaplain: "My machine was hit in a vital part, and I was compelled to descend in the Australian lines. 1 decided to burn my machine and run for it, bnt the Australians were too clever. I fell shot in the back. I had a sporting chance, and 1 wasn't a winner. The Australians treated mc with the greatest kindness. They are sportsmen and great men. I have a wonderful admiration for them. T played tennis with Wilding, and had a jolly time in England."
The Berlin correspondent of the "New York Times" says that in bis last letter Prince Karl of Prussia wrote: "When the Australians found mc they treated mc most tenderly. Two covered mc with their greatcoats with the greatest kindliness, and carried mc to a physician."
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 121, 22 May 1917, Page 5
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