Th-' former Is alters brother, Henry, recently attracted general attention ou t-lie promenade nt Norderuoy, in CKrmanv, by carrying on an English conversation in “ unusually loud tones. A fellow-visitor. “ apparently an officer in mufti ” accosted him, ami remarked curtiy thnt '“in times like the present it could at least bo crpectcd from a Hohcn/.obcrn that" ho would speak German.” Shortly afterwards tho princo had another rcconlre A newmancr vendor was crying the ‘ Berliner Tagoblatt/ and the prince, as ho passed, suddenly turned round and shouted: “Aren't von ashamed to sell a paper like that?” Tho man, however, only laughed in his face. Unable to reconcile himself with the fact that nine of his brothers, all officers in the French army, had fallen during the war. Major Goeohwing, of the French artillery, committed suicide in dramatic circumstances. Ho hired a boat _on the River Hanboa, steered it to the middle of the stream, stood up in the boat, and shot himself with an army revolver. His body fell into tho river.
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Evening Star, Issue 17793, 15 October 1921, Page 10
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170Page 10 Advertisements Column 7 Evening Star, Issue 17793, 15 October 1921, Page 10
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