“For several hours the Kaiser stood alone in an isolated spot in the full glare of the sun, his eyes glued to a field glass through which he was following the operations of his army. Finally he walked back to a waiting automobile and was driven away unattended.”
TRAPS 28 GERMANS
From Paris comes the story of the arrival of twenty-eight Prussian prisoners, the first to be seen in the French capital in the present war. It seems they had become separated from their regiment and lost their way. They asked a peasant near Meaux if the Germans had taken Paris and how to get there. The peasant replied that he thought Paris had fallen and would conduct them to the right road. When it was too late the Prussians found he was leading them into the British lines.
ESCAPED WITH A LAUGH
Telegraphing from Sydney, N. S. W., the Reuter correspondent says:
“An attempt was made at Nauru Island, a German possession in the Pacific just south of the equator and near the Gilbert Islands, to seize the British steamship Messina. A German magistrate with a party in a small boat approached the Messina and demanded to go on board her.
“ ‘By whose orders?’ the mate of the Messina asked.
“ ‘By orders of his Majesty, the Emperor of Germany,’ the magistrate replied.
“The mate laughed at the magistrate and ordered full speed ahead, and the Messina soon reached the open sea.”