PRINCESS MARY AT THE FRONT.
TAKEN FOR A GERMAN SPY
■- ; NEW. YORK, August 10. The- "Tribune" prints a story, that Princess Mary had the disconcerting experience of being arrested and charged with being a German spy. Princess Mary was held up under a guard of officers, who were sympathetic, but sceptical. When the, matter was investigated, it was found that she had gone incognito on a visit to the front, accompanied by Mile. Bussau, to meet j the Prince of Wales. Six. miles from tlio village where he was her car was halted./by a French patrol. The occupants'had forgotten their passports and permits, and the patrol failed to recognise the name of Lady Chester, under which the Princess was travelling. Ihe car was left under a guard, with the, assurance that the occupants would be shot at 6 the next morning. ' Four hours later an officer returned to identify the Princess, .whose bona fides were established. Messages were then sent to headquarters, which were on the point of issuing a general alarm for the, missing Princess.- ; . ■
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8214, 11 August 1915, Page 5
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