Show GERMAN WHO REFUSED BULGARIA'S GROWN CROWN IS ISNOW NOW JUST SEA LORD LOBS OF THE KINGS KING'S NAVY Royal rank has rl no part In the career of ot Prince I. I Louis of ot Battenberg Britain's first sea lord Ion of tho the admiralty He I Is a a. man who ho Ila las lias won his position BOle by hard work ork cleverness and ability Fort six Forty years ago KO O at the tho age of or 14 11 14 having become a naturalized British Brit Brit- ish lab he be began an his lIB career b by sail al sailing alIn I In ing around the world orld as 15 a cadet on the theold theold theold old Arthusa and at 40 I. I having ln by that time been sol selected fur for captains captain's rank tank ho he h had d Won tho the distinction of or being referred to b by Lord Fisher Ct then en Sir John Fished Fisher Fish- Fish er ed as aa m my my b st captain His Its organizing ors ability i 10 unusual mechanical mechanical me me- Inventiveness he lie hn has devised a along along along long sl signaling apparatus also an In Ingenious In in- genious instrument for tOl Indicating a vessels vessel's ves vu- I rood allI all allaround allaround sols sel's course and arid veed speed and I around qualities have made Prince Louis LouisI I of ot Battenberg rG ono one of the most popular ot- ot of officers In the kings king's nav navy In spite of ot tho the fact that he IS' IS Ira a German b by birth and the husband of Princess Victoria d daughter u of the Grand Duke Louis Louie IV of ot Hesse It Il Is 11 s not the least distinction of ot Prince Louis Louts of Battenberg tt that he once reful refused tho the crown of or nul Bulgaria His brother Prince Alexander once ruled that tur tur- nt i Kir m- m mn n 1 w naK M r H HO O r o S f to abdicate on the spot by a mob the leader of or which held a a. revolver re at his head hoad Prince Louis Interposed with Ith such effect that a few months month later the tho throne was of offered red to him him- but apparently the prince preferred the perils of ot the tho sea to the he perils palls of ot Bulgaria and decided to sail the British main When two years ago apo Prince Louis Louts was wu chosen as first t tI sea ea 3 lord on the retirement retirement retire retire- ment of or Sir Francis Fronds Bridgeman everyone agreed that the tho right ht man had been chosen choen Ho Ito fully tuly deserved the post for tor It was as recognized that ho hI was as a scientific sailor Bailor to whom naval na warfare U Is a fine tine art How carefully tho the prince has hall studied England's international and military situation situ situ- alien atlon Is Illustrated b by an Important and prophetic speech h he made last y year ar I I trust h he said that ono one great truth will always al as be remembered remember that remembered thit d-thit that no one t service Ice can dispense with the theother other There are people who RO go o about saying If It war com comes s the British fleet alone is quite enough h to keen keep anybody from coming comins anywhere near the shores of ot tho the lr island laland and kingdom kingdon dom There can be bo no more foolish or mIschievous mischievous mischievous mis mIs- chievous statement The fleet alone atone could not do It U and the th- presence f t f a a. i. i sufficient trained professional army arm In If till l Nand lal lan l lat at all aU times is quite tui w. n AS 5 the theother theothor oth other othor r arm of the service The lads lad on tho ho quarter d deck ck l i c til th the greatest faith In the prince prime The turf tory goes that to two petty pelt rf met some ome sometime sometime time n ago uco o Got a ROod good v hp bp p thin UI time ono one Oh AH 11 the other replied t 11 II lh owner o was 35 the thelI lI second cond question hy I Ju Just JUAt t toW toll you you you- All AU Serene Seren w vas the thc answer r for It t Is la b by this of ot All AU Serene Sern n that tb the prince IA lit known n throughout the tho navy nay |