CROWN PRINCE AND MODISTE.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 March 1919, Page 7

CROWN PRINCE AND MODISTE.

AN ENRAGED DUTCH CROWD. By mail further details have been received of an incident already reported by cable which nearly led to the exCrown Prince of Germany being stoned by a Dutch crowd. The Amsterdam "Telegraaf" says: "On Wednesday evening the ex-Crown Prince stayed at the house of a certain G with an Amsterdam iady,' who represented herself at Wieringen as u modiste. During that visit u crowd of villagers assembled before G 's house, witnessing through '.he insufficiently darkened windows a scene which modesty preserves from description. When the Prince left the house the rage of the crowd burst forth, and all sorts of abuse were shouted at him, while some men threatened to stone him. The Prince was only able to save himself by precipitate flight. "Some, acquaintances of the Amsterdam 'lady,' who represented themselvi as detectives of the Netherland. Union of Midnight Missions, arrived on the island the same day. They came, according to their own statement, 'to look after the interests of the deserted woman with two children,' and ine ; of them observed that, care must be' taken that the Amsterdam woman .was. well paid. . "The police" then .intervened,, and on Thursday tw.o ..police official's arrived at the Hotel dejltaah, intervie\Ved a, German baron staying there,., anil sutjsc-. quently the. 'modiste.' On.the .'following, day they : wont to the.parsonage (the Crown Prince's . quartern),; where th'ey; remained some .hours. ..The- Result, was: that on Friday .morning the baron- : left. by the mail steamer, while, the "'modiste' left the island in the. afternoon.