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Taranaki Daily News, 9 May 1916, Page 5

A recent copy of tire Echo Be|ge, received in New York, relates an amusing incident of how some Germans unwillingly rescued a Belgian from drowning. An honest citizen of Brussels, returning home late at night under artificial stimulation and singing at the top of his voice, was apprehended 'by a German patrol. The citizen resisted, and, after a struggle, broke away from his captors and fell into the cnnal. Unable to swim, he began to call for help, without eliciting any response from the German policemen, who seemed to think that this was as good a way as any out of the situation. Just as he was going down for the third time, the fugitive had a happy thought. With all his remaining strength he yelled: "Vive la France! Vive la France!" A couple of Germans dived for him at once. He waß hauled out, taken to the lock-up, and the next day sentenced to three months for uttering seditious oriea, ■