EMPEROR WILLIAM'S HATRED OF GAMBLING.
• Emperor William holds gambling in great abhorrence. When he was colonel in the First Guard Regiment he closed the gambling club, and banished the officers who disregarded his edict against gambling. "The matter was taken to the old Emperor (says the Rev. W- C. Chisholm), who was inclined to think that Prince William had been too strict, and should not Have interfered in -the matter, and expressed himself in that sense to his grandson. 'Do you hold me responsible for the good conduct of my regiment?' the young Prince askecj. 'Certainly,' was the Emperor's reply. 'Then,' said the Prince, 'if the colonel cannot interfere with a gambling club in his. regiment he must tender his resignation.' 'I was willing to oblige you,' the Emperor said afterwards to one of the officers of the regiment, 'but the colonel wasn't: and I must support my colonel. 1 " — 9t. James's Gazette.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVI, Issue 16, 18 July 1903, Page 15
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153EMPEROR WILLIAM'S HATRED OF GAMBLING. Evening Post, Volume LXVI, Issue 16, 18 July 1903, Page 15
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