"I WASN'T WINNER."

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 25 May 1917, Page 3

"I WASN'T WINNER."

HOW PRINCE KARL DEED. LONDON, May 10. Prince Karl, ' who was recently brought down in the Australian lines, m his death-bed talk to his chaplain, said: "My machine was hit in a vital part and I was compelled to descend m the Australian lines. I decided to burn my machine and run for it. but the Australians were too clever, and I fell shot in the back. I had a sports ing chance, but I wasn't a winner. The Australians treated me with, the greatest kindness. They are sportsmen and great men. I have a wonderful admiration -for them. I played' tennis with Wilding, and I shall never forget the jolly time I had in Eng^ land." •■■■. ■' ,■ .■■:■ v NEW YORK, May 10. The Berlin correspondent of the New York Times cables the last letter of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia. The letter describes how the aeroplane was shot down, and hmv the prince tried to reach the German lines. "A bullet pierced my back," says the prince, "and I fell like a log. When the Australians found me they treated me most tenderly. Two covered me with their great coats., and with the greatest kindliness they carried me to a physician."