GERMAN PRINCE AIRMAN'S DEATH

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3153, 3 August 1917, Page 6

GERMAN PRINCE AIRMAN'S DEATH

HIS PRAISE FOE THE AUSTRALIANS The Bev. M. Caldwell, United Board Chaplain, Ims sent home the verv interesting report, says the Wl'itisn Weekly":—"As the official chaplain to the Protestant Oenuan prisoners of war in genoralbospitai, I visitcU Prince ricn Karl of i'russia, nephew ot the itaiser, each day from his arrival oil to ins death. Ho took to 'me at once, awl spoko freely about his capture and the treatment lis had received at tho hands of his captors. He said: "I was doing important work for my commander I was attacked by British aeronauts. 1 kept 011 my course at first, but soon iound r bad to defend myself against their determined onslaught, lhe contest was fc,een and exciting. 1 was nil on my foot, aud the pain was intense, but that was not my undoing. Sly maehirio was hit in n vital part,| and although X did my utmost to -get back lo my lines. 1 was compelled to descend in full view of the Australians. I sa\v tuc predicament I would be in when I landed, so decided to burn my machine ami run for it. Tho Australians wcie too clever for liie, and gave me a v> arm Uuio when I took to'my heels. J had a aportmg chance. atul took it, but 1 was not iv winner. 'I felt a twitching sensai"Sta in my back, and fell forward, dono tor. The Australians, whoso prisoner I became, treated 1110 . with the greatest kindness. They are sportsmen' and great meii. t lijjlvg a wonderful admiration tor them. If 1 am anything I' am a sport. 1 have played tennis with HiMtug and other first-class players. 1 shall' never forget the jolly time I had ill Kugiaud wiieu 1 played thorn all. Iho kindness which lias surrounded mo since 1 became a prisoner has brought back tiie memory of those days. The Australians were good to me; tlie officers and soldiers w-ho' attended me coming down the lino <were very considerate, and the whole • atmosphere pf tins hospital is kindness.", „ ■ , , , Mr. Caldwell added: He shook hands with me each time, I came and went. •Vn hour or so before ho died I prayea with him. He was then very weak and ill., WJin I finished he opened his eyes, and with a- smile, said: 'Ihank. you, thank you very much.' He soon, fell into unconsciousness, from which ho ne\er recovered-."