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AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY

PRINCESS MARY NEARLY SHOT AS V A SPY. .^Tflegrtph—Press Association-Copyright : (Rec. August 10, 10.45 p.m.) , . V London, August 10. The "New York Tribune" prints a story that _ a member of the British Royal Family had the .disconcerting experience of being arrested and: charged ■ with , being a, German' spy. Princess V- Mary, says the story, was hold up under \ a guard of officers who were sympathetic but sceptical. v' . When tho matter was investigated it .whs found.that the Princess had gone incognito on a visit to tho front, acconi- , panicd by Md'ile Bussan, to meet tlio Prince of Wales. Six miles from tho vil- . lago her car was halted by a French patrol. The occupants had forgotten their passports and permits, and the patrol failed to; recognise, tho name of lady Chester, under which the Princess ■was travelling. _ • -! Tho car was left under a guard, with an assurance that the occupants would be sliot at six o'clock next morning. Four hours later an > officer , returned to identify the Princess, whose bona fides : had been established'by 1 messages sent ' from headquarters, which were on the ' point of issuing a general alarm for tho missing Princess.

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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2537, 11 August 1915, Page 5

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AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2537, 11 August 1915, Page 5

AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2537, 11 August 1915, Page 5

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