"YOU ARE PRISONERS!"
HOW A GOVERNOR'S GUESTS WERE ARRETED. With-the capture.of-Tabora by theBelgian.'. troops operating ■iu East Africa there' havo Jieen' set at liberty s-number of prisoners-who-fell into tho hands of the enemy under drama.tio circumstauccs.On August .4,1914, the German Gov-! eriior of Dar-as-Salaanr was giving a dinner, in celebration of _ .tho ojiening of an-international exhibition, and. a uumber of Belgians were present. Towards the end of tho meal a telegram was handed to the Governor, who, af-ter-reading it, rose from his seat. "Gentlemen," he said, "there will: be Bo coffee. I havo grave news for you. Belsium has declared war on Germany. You are- my prisoners." Thus the diners' 'became "the giiests_of ihe Governor in. a manner-never anticipated 'when they' accepted, the invita-
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2964, 30 December 1916, Page 7
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124"YOU ARE PRISONERS!" Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2964, 30 December 1916, Page 7
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