Evening journal., 1917-09-10
Prince OF Wales
WON ADMINISTRATION
OF S 0 | D | { R S
nH ma I-nlted press.


LONDON, Aug. i6.-tBy Mall III
kings had to be elected. there is one
private in the British army who would
put his cross in the circle opposite The
name Of Edward the Eighth, the pres
ent Prince Of Wales. Young Edward
won his vote In the second battle o.
Loos.
The private Is a runner attached 90
Surrey regiment, who was coming
back from an early morning attack with
news OF how the fighting was going
He was still In the zone where shells
were dropping with bothersome fire.
quency and was hustllng 10 get out OF
IL. He saw approaching a young man
picking his way. lelsurely among the
she'll holes and hillocks.
What the blankety-blank-b are
you doing out here?" he demanded Of
the stranger.
None Of your -bIank-blank
| business" was the cheerful response.
as emphatically profano as HIS own
greeting.
Coming nearer the private saw ne
had been "oussing' an officer. second
| Lieutenant Nearer still and he recOg-
nized the grinning cOuntenance Of The
next King Of England.
He sought 10 apologize, hut the Prince
! insisted on regarding the matter as
merely one Of the humorous incidents
Of very interesting war. suggesting
In so many words, that the private
forget is.'
Stories about the Prince are not hard
TO find, among prlvates home on leave
These privates were the last 10 accept
the Prince as a real soldier. He had "a
fstand an even more grllling course q
observation by the Tommies than Other
officers undergo-which any officer
knows is sufficient.
When the Prince first went TO France
jealous generals. fearful OF anythn,
happening TO the thrones heir while q
their zone" did endeavor TO keep hir
away from the danger spots. Intensel,
; sensitive Of his prominence, the Prime
begun taking unnecessary risks whel
chance offered; the only way to stol
him was 10 allow him TO take hi
chances with his comrades in the or
binary risks Of duty.
Tie result was that in the streets o
lpres, is innumerable suicide corners
and machine gun valleys" "dead-men'
holes and other unhealthy spots Tn
Prince has won the complete approva
OF thc men,
saw him bowling acrost 'Elrvsl
o'clock Square" just afore Fritz wa
b due to open up" said one. Eleve
o'clock Square is we'll known plac
in a much shelled town where a ter
, man S.9-stopped the public clock nc IN
d hour Of #. IAN Engineer not KNOWN
d I'm said better 'op it, sonny, the band
just startin'' Crump, comes an eight
incher right into the square, but e onl
laughs and ducks into a Doorway
Or perhaps the story viii be. NV
was being pasted something cruel b
I them big minnies trench mOrtars
when little Teller crawled roun1 IN
, corner Of our trench. He was as dirt
as n sapper but J recognized him.
! was the Prince. He's huntin' for "a
I Major, he says. and when / points on
the Majors dug-out he goes on as coo
! " as an A. S. C. driver at ratio
dump
Life in the field. officers say. Ia
. done wonders for the Prince. lie is a
y hard as nails. and from a shy. hypei
= sensitive youth oppressed by the care
OF rank and knowledge Of what was C,
, pected Of his position, he has develOpe
! INTO CHEEKY. fearless young man, VIII
has proved his right to mingle wit
e the brave on equal terms.