The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-10-30
english PRINCE
QUITS THE NAVY
ON ACCOUNT OF CRITICISM OF
HIS AUSTRIAN BIRTH HE RE
SIGNS HIGH OFFICE.
Prince Louis OF Battenbere Was First
Sea Lord Of the Admiralty and a
Good Strategist.

London. Oct, 29.-10 p. m.-Prince
Louis of Battenberg, against whom
there have been no open charges but
much idle gossip because of his Aus
trian origin. has resigned his posi-
tiol as first sea lord of the admiralty
it is thought probably because Of a
newspaper campaign against his hold
ing such a command.
The announcement Of Prince Louis
resignation was made tonight in the
court circular which recorded that
the prince had been received in audi
elce by the king on relinquishing his
appointment.
Prince Louis of Battenberg. al
though born in Austria came to Eng
in 1866. when he was only IA years
old
Outside the fact that he was born
in Austria, the chief arguments his
opponents made against him was that
he is the brother-in law of Prince
Henry of Prussia, who holds some
what similar command in the Ger
man navy There were rumors some
time ago that Prince Louis had been
confined in the tower of London. but
this was too ridiculous to be given
serious consideration, although the
authorities deemed it expedient that
he should appear more in public in
stead of combining himself to the ad.
mralty. where since the outbreak OF
the war he had been working night
and day, directing the strategy Of the
navy. the prince being considered one
Of the most noted strategists of the
admiralty
Following this, some of the less in.
fluential papers took the matter M
and asked that some statement b.
made regarding the fact that an Off.
Ger Of German birth should be re-
tanned as the professional head of the
navy.
The Globe, for example. while ex-
pressing sympathy for the prince.
whom it described as himself ne
soul of honor, but who is the subject
of malignant gossip and unfounded
suspicious asked that, for his own
sake, mo less for that of the nation
over whose destinies he now exer,
cised such paramount influence, -
some authoritative statement shou d
be issued Of "a nature so emphatic
and so unqualified as to remove at
once and forever every cloud of doubt
ana TO silence every breath of rumor. "
The princes defenders quickly re-
Piled that the record OF the service of
himself and his family to England
and. rather strangely, his nephew,
Prince Maurice OF Battenberg. was
the first member OF the royal family
to be killed in the war.
Prince Louis of Battenberg is a
vice admiral and personal aide de
camp to the king, He was born at
Gratz, Austria, in 1854, the eldest son
of Prince Alexander of Hesse. He
married his cousin, Princess Victoria
daughter of Louis Nv, grand duke OF
Hesse and of Princess Alice. Queen
! Nictoria's daughter lie was natural
led British subject and entered the
royal navy in 1868. BY marriage
Prince Louis is related to Emperor
William of Germany, the Emperor
being the eldest son Of Queen Vic.
tcria's eldest daughter The wife of
Prince Louis is a sister of the Rus
sian empress and cousin to the Ger
man emperor
Prince Louis Of Battenberg served
in the Egyptian war, was director OF
naval intelligence; second in com
mand of the Mediterranean fleet. com.
mander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet.
commander OF the third and fourth
divisions Of the home fleet and sec
end sea lord. He was appointed first
sea lord In 1912
In 1905 he visited the United States
in command of British squadron.