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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXII, Issue 2796, 29 May 1911, Page 2

In Brunswick there is a young man, the heir to considerable wealth, who is imprisoned on a little bit of territory, and can never leave it till the end of his days, unless he first sacrifices his patrimony. His name is Ebenstein ;heis a minor, and he inherits his property from a grandfather, who, as a Hanoverian, fought against the Prussians in 1866. Old Ebenstein never forgave the brutal Prussian, and in his will tied up his property with the condition that his heir should never set foot on Prussian soil. But as Prussia surrounds Bernswick, Ebenstein can never get out of it without losing his money. What is worse, Prussia divides Brunswick into five isolated parts, all of which it surrounds ; and Ebenstein lives in one of the smallest parts, and cannot even visit Brunswick city without crossing Prussian soil, violating the will, and letting his money go to a remote undeserving cousin. The local papers, says the Bystander, suggest that Ebenstein will find salvation and escape perpetual interment in Brunswick by buying an aeroplane and flying across Prussian territory into some non-Prussian State. But this would mean a very long flight. Still, it seems the only way.