GENERAL ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1915, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS.

PRINCESS MARY ARRESTED. CHARGED WITH JiKLVG A UEHMAN spy. TYPICAL AMERICAN YARN. Received August 10, 10.40 p.m. New York, August 10. The Tribune prints a story that a member of the British Royal Family has had a disconcerting experience, being arrested and charged with being a German spy. It is stated that Princess Mary was held up, under a guard of officers, who were sympathetic but sceptical. When the matter was investigated it was found that the Princess had gone incognito on a visit to the front, uccoAipanied by Mile. Buflsau, to meet the Prince of Wales. Six miles from a village her car was halted by a French patrol. The occupants had forgotten their passports and permits, and the patrol failed to recognise the name of "Lady Chester," under which the Princess was travelling . The car was left under guard, with the assurance that the occupants would be (-'hot at six o'clock next morning. Four hours later an oflicer returned to identify the Princess, whose bona fides were established, and messages were sent to headquarters, from which point had issued a general alarm for the missing 1 Princess. WOOD PULP FOR EXPLOSIVES. Received August 10, 9.40 pan. London, August 10. A neutral who toured Germany states that German chemists have overcome' the difficulties of using wood pulp to replace cotton in the manufacture • f high explosives, the chief difficulty I to eliminate impurities. Three 1... factories, employing four thousand hands, are now engaged in making pulp.