DYING GERMAN PRINCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 155, 30 June 1917, Page 15

DYING GERMAN PRINCE.

"IF I AM ANYTHING, I AM A 'STOUT." Glimpses of the last days of Prince Karl Fried'rloh, nephew of the Kaiser, who was : wounded when dying and taken prisoner by tne Australians, are given iv the account sent home by the Iter. 11. Caldwell, a Uatp- - tist minister,' who is officii! chaplain to the German prisoners in the General Hospital in France. It appears in the "iiritish "Weekly." "The Australians, whose prisoner I became." the I'rinc- told Mr. Caldwell, "treated mc with the greatest kindness. They are sportsmen, and great men. 1 have n wonderful admiration for them. It I am anything. I am a sport. I have played tennis with Wilding and other llrstoliss players. 1 shall never forget tinjolly time 1 had in Kuglaud when I played them all. The kindness which has surrounded mc since 1 became a prisoner has brought Irack the memory of those days. The Australians were good to mc; the officers nnd so! tiers who att.ll.led mc coming down the line were very considerate, and the whole atmosphere of this hospital ls kindness. 1 -un grateful to you and al! who wish mc well. 1 lie l'ere :l helpless prisoner, but 1 lime no r -grots I did my l>est for my country, and 1 am not sorry 1 am finished with the war. 1 want U live. I am young, and when the war Is- over I shall g., ba-l. ami be!-.i to build up my nation again. "lie shook hat,d= with 11 ah time I came and went." says Mr. Caldwell. "An ' hour or so before he died 1 prayed with him. He was very weak ami lii. When I finished he opened h.s eyes, and with a s-niilo sad: 'Thank you, thank you very much.' He soon fell Into unconsciousness, from which he ne\er recovered."