“The life of our royal captives in the internment camp at St. Helena is the subject of a report from the Governor of the Island, which was issued last night as a Purple Paper.  The Governor, after dealing with general matters, writes:—­

[Illustration:  CROWN PRINCE “THROWS BAG OF CLUBS AFTER THE BALL.”

’In the interests of health I have permitted the less exalted members of the camp to lay out a small golf course within the enclosed area, and yesterday the links were declared open, the ceremony taking the form of a four-ball competition, in which the German CROWN PRINCE was partnered with FRANCIS-JOSEPH of Austria against FERDINAND of Bulgaria and MEHMED of Turkey.  Although present at the proceedings I feel that I cannot do better than include in my report an account of the contest which appeared in The St. Helena Sentinel.’”

Extract from St. Helena Sentinel:—­

“Internment Camp, 3 p.m.—­CROWN PRINCE, who plays slashing reckless game, takes honour at first hole (Liege to Loos), hooks at right angles, dents two spectators, and ends up in Aisne Bunker.  FERDINAND (canny, cautious type of player) hits a wind-cheating screamer which finished fully forty yards from the tee.  Critics differ as to FRANCIS-JOSEPH’s shot, and it is still a moot point whether he had a species of fit or was simply trying to follow through.  When restored to perpendicular was found to have ball deeply embedded in his person.  Disqualified for handling.  MEHMED (a left-hander; uses clubs with scimitar-shaped shafts) puts his drive over short slip into the club-house kitchen.  C.P., after converting Aisne Bunker into mine crater, picks up.  M., hopelessly bunkered in the Irish Stew, also picks up.  F. holes out in a stealthy nineteen.  Bulgar-Turk Combine one up.

2nd Hole (Ypres Salient—­120 yards pitch).—­FRANCIS-JOSEPH, strongly urged by Czech backers to use his foot instead of his clubs, heels out in seventeen and squares the match. (Sensation.)

3rd hole (Czernowitch to Brest-Litowski).—­CROWN PRINCE, taking the Przaritczow-Blokhod-Strypovitchi line, puts long-range shot into the Pripet Marches.  MEHMED, after undermining greater part of the Bukowina, reports progress from the tee.  FRANCIS-JOSEPH, reverting to clubs, misses tee-shot twenty-four times and retires exhausted to bath-chair.  FERDIE’s wind-cheater, badly sliced, trickles into the Warsaw whins and is lost.  C.P., arrived at edge of Pripet Marshes, drops another ball, tops it into hazard, throws bag of clubs after it, and sends for another set.  Hole abandoned, M. having taken thirty-nine shots and a life-line to get out of the Blokhod Swamp.

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4th Hole (Kilimanjaro to Tanganyika).—­CROWN PRINCE drives out of bounds twelve times, gives away second set of clubs and sends for a third.  FRANCIS-JOSEPH, attempting the Smuts Smash from edge of Usambara Bunker, over-balances into hazard and is partially suffocated.  FERDINAND is disqualified for pushing on the green.  MEHMED holes his tee shot. (Uproar.) Orientals one up.