HOAXING A GOVERNOR.
ITS SEQUEL. Ej Telegraph—Prtss, As^oolatlon—Copyright ; V\• Berlin, February 14. General von Egloif stein, the Governor of has been, superseded. , A special code is being devised for the uso of Governors of fortified towns. ; A message on February 7 stated :—"A ; telegram was received at Strasburg stating that the Kaiser was arriving at midday to witness a test alarm for the garrison. Tho Commander-in-Chief mustered tho.trootis in.tho drill ground, including Prince Joachim of Prussia. The town was decorated, and great crowds waited for four hours, when a telephonic inquiry revealod that the messago was a hoax. Tho Governor of StrasbuTg. General Baron von Egloffstean, oblivious to the fact that tho Kaiser was 1000 miles way, summoned the garrison as direotcd;' The populace of the oity believed that war was imminent, and tho women wero in' tears. For two hours 18,000 troops stood on the D&rade ground... ; '
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1676, 17 February 1913, Page 7
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148HOAXING A GOVERNOR. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1676, 17 February 1913, Page 7
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