GERMAN PRINCE'S PLATE

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 48, 20 November 1920, Page 9

GERMAN PRINCE'S PLATE

DISTRAINED ON FOR DEBT. According to the "Deutsche fleitiing.?' the silver Plate ot tlio .Kaiser's cousin, . Prince Fnedricli ■ Leopold, at Glienicko Palace, near Potsdani, has been placed under official distraint, "bceauso be has had so little regard for the. AveH-oamerl clanns ot his employees that it, ha? been necessary to assert their rights in this miuincr/ The Berlin corr&nondent .of the Loudon "Daily Telegraph" says that the objects <iw.niestrnted are reported to liavo a. value of several 'million marks. It is added that "as in ■ consequence of lus views the ground hero h<ul become too hot for him," the Prince is now "amusing himself at Lugano .with tnan qupstl'onable international fociety. , Prince Friedrich Leopold is a son of Prince Frirdt'icU Karl, who was tho brother of Ihe Emperor William I. ami, as one of the army commanders in tne war of 1870-71. won . the sobriquet of , tho "Red Prince." This title wa? derived from the uniform of tlio Guard Hussars "diich hu usually wore. Tho present owner of Ql:'enicke Palace has acquired it. for a very different reason. When the revolution broke out lie promptly hoisted the red flag above his sell loss, and when it was hauled down by some indignant monarchist, appealed to .the Workmen's Council of Nowawes, an industrial suburb which lies between his palace and Potsdam, for protection aeainst such interferences with his noli' lical freedom. The Prince's son, Friedrich Karl, was the only Ilolionzollern lo sacrifico his life in" the war. • Ho'was shot down. in. an aeroplane, and <Usd. *t Eouou'.iu April, 1917,