Evening star., 1923-11-25
GERMAN CROWN PRINCES
RUSE in INDIA REVEALED
Disappearance on Eve of Big Fete Laid
to Secret Trip to See Fair Lady.
Eastern Tour Then Cancelled.

! WHY not" growled the chief.
well. you'll not hit any more birds
| If you do I rejoined.
| Sends Glass Away.
And a minute afterward. evidently
very annoyed, he said gruffiy. Damn.
lajao" Uake away to the servant
and Frank Maxwell murmured, "Well
| done" An hour or so later the beat
! ers were again at work and we were
/ all lining the side of difficult and
precipitous khud. 1 was a little be-
! low Lord Kitchener, when there was
4 a cry of alta (coming) from the
beaters and fine old cock kalege
/ (pheasanD came swinging at a tre
mendous speed down the steep hill
| side.
! Bang, And the bird crashed down
some thirty yards below me, clean
killed by shot from Lord Kitchener
| A minute or two later a small karkeT
/ (barking deer) tore down througE
| the scrub in front of the chief a
! picked up his rife and toppled II
| over with a really splendid shot.
| have seen many hundreds of success
| full shots in the Himalayas, but never
| two finer ones than those Lord kitch~
ener happened to make on that oc
| casion. Then came his voice ring
| ing down the nullah, Buck, are YOU
there:'
| Yes. SIR" shouted in return.
Protests About Drink.
Did you see those two shots
cried an exultant voice.
/ I shouted again. "Rather-spIcn-
did shots, both of them
| Why the something. something.
didn't you let me drink my port?
was all l got in reply. and by the
camp fire in the evening l was asked
the same question more than once,
and was assured that the port
wouldn't have made the slightest
difference to the shooting,
A royal message of thanks. which
gave me little personal satisfaction
! in placing on the telegraph wires
| chiefly because 1t was only obtained
after good deal OF pressure, was
that sent from Calcutta by the Ger
man crown price, through the chie2
of his staff. in which he acknowl-
edged his obligations to the Indian
government for the excellent ar
rangements made for his tour il
India.
The true story of the crow
princes adventure on February s
1911, when he cluded his staff and
bo!ted from Government House a.
of Sir John Hewett. lieutenant gov
ernor, and Travelled to AllahaLad,
has, 1 believe. never been told.
Goes to See Lady.
The prince was to have attended
a great fete that evening which was
arranged in his honor by the Taluk-
! dars. or mobiles of Oudh. But the
crown prince. in spite OF being told
that time would not permit Of the
journey being accomplished. made uD
his mind in the morning he would
motor to Allahabad and revisit .,
lady of royal. though eastern. blood
in that station, whom he had met on
his way up-country. and by whom h
had been much attracted.
/ He ordered his motor car to wait
outside the gates. and by pretending
to be hungry obtained some sand
wiches. Next, by the ruse OF send
ing his aide-de-Camp to search in his
room for some private papers which
did not exist. he got rid OF his officer
on duty, slipped through the exit.
told the chauffeur he was his only
pal, and Went off at full speed for
Allahabad. But the distance. which
he believed 10 be ninety miles. was
really $50. Petrol ran out and the
prince, after some walking for milo
or two across the country, got into
country boat and fioated for q short
time down the Ganges.
Rides In Train Bunk.
The chauffeur who accompanied
him told him more than once that
he was quite sure he (the chauffeur
would he hung for his part in the
adventure, Luckily. by pure
chance, after leaving the river, the
prince struck the railway line,
reached Allahabad, and carried out
the object of his journey. The re-
turn journey was made at night in
an ordinary railway carriage in which
he travelled unreco@niZed in an upper
bunk, using n rug lent 10 him by
| one of the three other passengers.
Meanwhile, the disappearance Of
the crown prince caused the utmost
CONSERVATION and alarm in Lucknov-.
scores of kilograms began to flE
about. and motor cars with police
! secured the district around for miles.
The prince next morning on his re
| Talukdars for missing their fete ana
| alluded to his exploit as an inter
| esting adventure, during which h
had seen "the real India.
| But 1t was an open secret that the
senior members of his staff were very
| seriously exercised at his conduct
and demonstrated with him in no
| uncertain terms. At the time, too.
no efforts were spared to hide tho
| real facts from the press and public
in India. But there is good reason
| for believing that the news of this
| somewhat romantic episode was com
municated to Berlin and, combined
! with other incidents. had something
! collation. of the crown princes pro
posed tour to the far east.
(To be continued tomorrow
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