Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-11-15

e The whole situation appeared to Il
crown prince very much In the ug
Of joke.
I've just come from the westel
'front.'" he told me. my men are I
to their knees In water and mu
We've been having lots OF fun pum]
Ing the water out Of our trenches Int
the French trenches"
"Well, suppose the French pun
It right back again, don't theyT
You're quite right, quite righ
That's exactly what they do. Really
it's a great lark"
Remarks of this kind rather sickene,
me OF this self-satisfied young man
/ realized, Of course, that his part II
the war was played at such SAT-
distance from the front lines that b,
was probably not familiar with all thu
horrors of trench warfare, and yet Il
could not be possible that he was un
aware OF the terrific loss Of life and
the untold agony and suffering which
millions of his people had to endure
while the "nonsensical" war contin-
ued-
After diplomatic relations were
broken Off between America and Ger
many, the crown prince and his fam
lily ceased coming to me. They were
afraid, no doubt, Of public criticism,
although the kaiser was not.
Of the kaiser's other children,
Prince William Ettel Frederick and
Prince Oscar were the only ones
never met.
Prince Adelbert, the kaiser's third
son, was very handsome and charm
Ing man. He always came to me at
tired In n naval officers uniform. L
saw him but few times, as he was
seldom In Berlin, and he never talked
IN matters Of general Importance. /
lever saw him after America entered
he war.
Prince August Wilhelm, the fourth |
on, was perhaps the most democratic |
Il them all. He sometimes came to |
ee noe In an ordinary taxicab and he
gas' the only one of the kaiser's sons
'horfi ever saw In civilian dress. He
'as the hist member Of the royal fam
y to come to me after the murder
the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and
g was In mourning when he called.
le looked very sad and detected and
ave me the first intimation that the
agedy Of Sarajevo would almost in
'itably lead to general war.
=
In January, 1913, in speaking of the
irt that America would take In the
ar, he mentioned that his officers had
Id him that 10000 Americans were
| the western front. 1--WE don't be-
we 1t. however" he added. "How
uld they get there without our know
it2 Our U-boats would certainly
We found 1t out. No, Davis, it's not :
ie."
Prince Joachim, the kaiser's young
son, and one of the last Of the ,.
yal family to visit me, reminded me
~ much Of his eldest brother, the =
'wn prince. He was tall and slender
would have been good-looking but
retreating chin which was very v
He had as little respect =
public opinion as the crown prince, :,
while the U-boat Deutschland was =
Its way to America principally to !"
ng back a cargo of rubber, the sup
OF which was exhausted In Ger =
ny. this sixth son of the kaiser was %
wing around the country in a big y
and using up enormous rubber o
s., while rubber was worth its u
ght In gold and many cars for the ~
~ were supplied with plain iron se
,els. ne
his prince was the only member of -
royal family to get near enough III
he firing line to get shot. The in ca
:, which he received while at the III
tern front, was only slight flesh
nd of the thigh, but it was enough he
tart him limplng through history. III
'as such superficial wound that (t'
ouldn't have caused him one-half TIT
much pain as 1t gave the whole we
i family pleasure. thu
he fact that one OF the kaiser's ka
sons had actually been wounded dal
shed his royal blood in active SER wa
was something that the inspired OF
$ Will never stop growing over, ste
by Just what accident the prince
'ened to come within range of the one
I has never been disclosed. New ans
sless he received the Iron Cross of kin
first class, or, as some one who Tor
led the significance of the Incl den
remarked "A first-class iron cross try
second-cinss wound" the
he limped into my office, the A
g prince--he is now only twenty mol
--~reparked: "See what one of 1t
damned American bullets did to wot
ss,- allo
ow do you know It was an Amer afts
bullet?" l asked :
ae Russians have nothing elsei"
Did him on ono occasion that the
9 were. complaining of the food ~
age. NOR
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