A MUCH-KILLED PRINCE
GEBMAN CROWN PRINCE'S MANY LIVES. However slightingly somo Americans were tempted to regard Germany's Crown Prince before the war, it must now be confessed that he has won his spurs. Many Germans in these last sixteen months have gained a place upon the indelible scroll of history through their great generalship, but none other has equalled his record. Were they willing to die for their country P —ah, yes, but it was with the wish that they "had more than one life to give"—a confession of incompetence. It remains for tho Crown Prince .to shamo them by carelessly throwing away life after life with patriotic abandon. So at least it'has seemed to us who have had no better information than the news reports to rely upon. A Danish news-writer has summed up, as a valuable contribution to history, the chronology of Princo Friedrich Wilhelm Victora August Ernst's part in tho war: —
August 5, 1914.—Victim of. an attempt against his life in Berlin. August 18. —Severely wounded on the French frontier.
; August 20.—Second attempt against his life, in which he loses one leg. August 24.—Third attempt against his life. September 4. —Committed suicide. September 13. —Died in a Brussels hospital. September 15.—Commanded an attack near Verdun. September 16. —Wounded by a shrapnel in Poland. September 18.—Once more wounded on the French front. September 20.—1s hastened to his death-bed. October 24.—Buried in Berlin. October 24.—His body found on the battlefield. November 3. —Once more buried. November 4. —Once more killed by the French. , November 8. —Insane; taken to a lonely castle. November 13.—Appointed chief commander on the Bast front. November 17. —Once more killed. January 16, 1915.—Once more wounded. February 3. —Sent home.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2697, 17 February 1916, Page 6
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284A MUCH-KILLED PRINCE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2697, 17 February 1916, Page 6
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