THOUGHT HE WAS A SPY.
LORD BRASSEY ARRESTED. GERMAN OFFICIAL'S MISTAKE. By Cable. —Press Association. —Copyright. LONDON, June 26. Tlie "Daily Mail's'' Berlin .correspondent r states that- Lord 'Brassey aboard the Sunbeam visited Kiel and was arrested yesterday ,by the harbourpolice on suspicion of espionage!, Lord Brassey was being rowed in a dinghy near the Imperial dockyards. A floating dock nearby has a huge sign warning trespassers that they will be punished under the espionage law. It took Lord Brassey seventy-five minutes to' establish his identy and secure his release. A QUIET STROLL. , THE KAISER ENQUIRES. (Received June 27, 9.45 a.m.) BERLIN, June 26. Lord Brassey: landed and strolled in the vicinity of the shipyards, being unaware of the prohibitive regulations, and lie was arrested, although he is well known in. Kiel.
The Kaiser personally enquired into the affair, and Lord Brassey assured him that he had been courteously treated.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 121, 27 June 1914, Page 9
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