LATE PRINCE JOACHIM

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 255, 22 July 1920, Page 5

LATE PRINCE JOACHIM

OBSESSED BY FEARS REGARDING REVOLUTION. Berlin, July ID. Prince Joachim retired at 9 o'clock, and plnccd a revolver on a, table beside hi<s bed. An hour later ho got up and went into an adjoining bedroom, where his little son was Sleeping, roused him, and talked for a few minutes, but said nothing to. make the child think it was a final farewell. Ho then retuhied to his bedroom, where he,was found dying in the morning. No one heard the shot. ■ —Aua.-N.Z. Coble Assn. Berlin, July 20. Prince Joachim suffered a complete nervous breakdown, and collapsed. He was mentally obsessed by fears regarding the outcome of the revolution, and believed the Government intended ro-turn him out of his house. Hi% eccentricities completely broke up his conjugal life, and the present whereabouts of his wife is unknown. The pending divorce proceedings had deepened his depression.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. WEAK AND CHARACTERLESS DEBAUCHEE. London, July 20. The "Daily Mail's" Berlin correspondent states that Joaohim was a weak ond characterless debauchee, nnd the manner of his life had alienated his wife. He dissipated his fortune, and at last his long excesses brought about a breakdown. The Kaiser line bow informed, and is plunged in deep gloom. The news has been withheld from the ICaiserin, whose health i 6 precarious.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.