ESCAPED WITH A LAUGH
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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.”