300 SAUSAGES.
*&. In spite of violent protestations oil her part, tho Swiss Customs officials insisted on examining the luggage, of the Countess von Kheven Huller von Furstenbnrg, daughter ot Prince Egbn von Furstenbnrg, one of the Kaiser's! most intimate friends, who had reached' tho Swiss frontier on her way back to. the Fatherland after a visit to a I mountain health resort. The result of the Customs investigation was the- discovery and seizure of 300 sausages, three dozen eggs, and a large quantity of butter, chocolate, and fat. The Countess, who claimed that the foodstuffs came under tho category of provisions for tho journey, declared sho would lodge a protest with the German Government, I
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10104, 11 October 1917, Page 8
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