Von Luckner Seeking

Help From Fiji

NOW aged 80, Count Felix von Luckner has forgotten many of the details of his stay in Fiji after the wrecking of the Seeadler, at Wakaya, in World War I.

He has asked for help, because he wants to include a section on Fiji in his memoirs, which he hopes to have published this year.

Mr. Oscar Wright, a well-known Fiji man, has reported meeting the count at Majorca, adding that von Luckner’s skill in tearing large books (such as city telephone directories) in halves has not diminished.

At Majorca, the count occasioned some consternation to his hostess by calmly dismembering a thick, hand somely-bound copy of the Arabian Nights. He recorded the feat in one-half of the book, added his signature, and explained that the inscription would make the book more valuable.