The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-04-10

The whole situation appeared 10 the
crown prince very much In the light
Of n Joke.
"Tve just come from the western
'front.'" he told me. my men are up
to their knees In wnter and mud.
We've been having lots Of fun pump
Ing the water out of our trenches into
the French trenches"
swell, ] suppose the French pump
1t right back again, don't theyf"
you're quite right, quite right.
That's exactly what they do. Really.
It's n great lark"
Remarks Of this kind rather sickened
me Of this self-satlsfed young man.
/ realized, Of course, that his part in
the war was played at such II safe
distance from the front lines that he
was probably not familiar with all the
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 of 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 kalser's other children,
Prince William Eitel Frederick and
Prince Oscar were the only ones l
never met.
Prince Adelbert, the kaiser's third
son, was u very handsome and charm
ing man. He always came to me ut
tired In n naval officers uniform. l
saw him but n few times, as he was
seldom In Berlin. and he never talked
on matters Of general Importance. /
never saw him after America entered
the war.
Prince August Wilhelm, the fourth
son, was perhaps the o democratic
Of them all. lie sometimes came to
see HE in IN ordinary taxicab and he
was the only one Of the kaiser's sons
whom I ever saw In civilian dress. He
vas the first member of the royal fam
lily to come to me after the murder
Of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and
he was In mourning when he called.
He looked very sad and detected and
gave me the first intimntion that the
tragedy of Sarajevo would almost in
evltably lead to n general war.
In January, 1918, In speaking OF the
part that America would take in the
war. he mentioned that his officers had
told him that 10000 Americans were
on the western front. 1--WE don't be-
lieve 1t, however" he added. How
could they get there without our know
Ing IT. Our U-boats would certainly
have found 1t out. No. Davis, it's not
true"
Prince Joachim. the kalser's young.
est son., and one Of the last Of the
royal family to Walt me, reminded me
very much Of his eldest brother, the
crown prince. He was tall and slender
and would have been good-looking but
for a retreating chin which was very
pronounced. He had as little respect
for public opinion as the crown prince
and while the C.boat Deutschland was
on Its way to America principally to
bring back n cargo of rubber, the sup
ply Of which was exhausted In Ger
many, this sixth son Of the kaiser was
driving around the country in q biz
car and using up enormous rubber
tires, while rubber was worth it,
weight In gold and many cars for the
army were supplied with plain iron
wheels.
This prince was the only member OF
the royal family to get near enough
to the firing line to get shot. The In
jury, which he received while at the
western front, was only n slight flesh
wound of the thigh, but 1t was enough
to start him limping through history,
1t was such n superficial wound that
1t couldn't have caused him one-half
as much pain ms 1t gave the whole
royal family pleasure.
The fact that one Of the kaiser's
W sons had actually been wounded
and shed his royal blood In active ser
vice was something that the inspired
press will never stop growing over,
but by just what accident the prince
happened to come within range Of the
bullet has never been disclosed. New
erth,lcss he received the Iron Cross of
the first class, or, as some one who
realized the significance of the Incl
dent, remarked, ~ iirSt.class iron cross
for a second-class wound"
As he limped into my office, the
young princc-he Is now only twenty
eight-remnrked "Sce what one Of
your damned American bullets did tn
me-
GLOW do you know II was I'm Amer
lean bulletf" ! asked.
"The Russians have nothing else !"
i told him on one occasion that the
people were complaining OF the food
shortage.
"Thcy have food enough" he an.