WAR NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1917, Page 5

WAR NOTES.

■ROBBER GERMAN PRINCE. The special correspondent of the Matin | gives interesting details of Prince Eitel i'riedrich's conduct at the Chateau d'Avriconrt. "This prince is a robber," says the correspondent. "The judges are about to proclaim it. Proceedings are being taken, and the following are the facts which have led to this step. Eitel, of Hohenzollern, commanded one of the Kaiser's armies operating in the Oise. After the retreat from the Maine, he established his headquarters at the Chateau d'Avricourt, where he lived for a long time, brutal and sullen, the terror of the unfortunate people whom tlio invasion had surprised. A deep shelter was dug in the park, for Eitel lived in fear of the bombs which our aviators dropped sometimes at night. He feared them to such an extent that in order to escape our vigilance he was frequently on the move. And it was thus that lie packed up and decamped from the residence of M. Balny d'Avncourt, French Minister at Monaco, to the Chateau du Fresnoy, belonging to ( M. Maurice Dubois. Both of these gentlemen's abodes were abundantly provided 'with ancient furniture, engravings, and objets d'art. Eitel and his right-hand "man, an individual named Wolff, resolved in order to protect these from regrettable injury, to have them packed and sent to Germany. Prince Eitel then caused the place to be blown up. Last March the Chateau du Fresnoy received similar treatment, except that the unexpected entry of the French troops iaty Fresnoy prevented the place being demolished, but of the magnificent sets of furniture, all that remain are three armchairs. a commode, and a "bonheur du joi'.r," of the Louis XV. period. The legs of these have been sawn off, and they have been otherwisce mutilated. The proprietor, by the way, had frequently entertained the Kaiser's son at Monaca,