TREACHERY IN FRANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 202, 26 August 1919, Page 5

TREACHERY IN FRANCE.

! ANOTHER IN THE NET. i "" "" -I I EX-EDITOR OF PARIS PAPEH. ( Received 10.: i."> ivm.) LONDON, August ir,. i Leniir, who is awaiting execution for i [communicating with the enemy during' the war, mad'- statements implicating! . Krnest -Hidet. who was editor of the Paris newspaper "i> lair ' during , the war. He alleged that .ludct pave j intelligence to the i-nem.v. .ludet was a ! .conspicuous liirurc j,, thr Dreyfus affair. He sold the "Kclair" in I!U7. Afterwards '■ he resided in Switzerland. .ludet iinn his mother, during the ' ; trial of Lenoir. admitted that negotin- I I tioiis occurred tor the purchase of the ! "Eclair." I.enoir's execution has been ' delayed owing to .ludetV prosecution. .ludet wr.s conspicuous for hi.-, autiBritMi activities through the. war. j The "LYlair" was suspended fur a fort- | . night in ltU.". for dealing with documents iin which the Cormuns nllejred that Belgium "muted a free passage to French I ttoop.-. A. and N.Z. (.able.) NURSE CAVELL'S BETRAYER.; A FRENCH TRAITOR. j HELP TO ESCAPE OFFERED. I I (Received !M"> a.ni.i PARIS, August 25." The depositions against Qliieii, the i I'renihniaii arrested for betraying Nurse I la. veil, state that be is an' intelligent ■ scapegrace. He wus frequently in prison, and was released in September, l!)l-l.! i penniless. The Hermans plied him with ' money, and f.iund him a willing tool, lie ' met a girl named Ralligun, working for ; Miss Ciivi'llV Miss Ballik'an. believing him loyal, offered "him the 1 services of the organ wit ion in order to ' ! regain Trance. Thus Qtiien learned of | ! the whole system. j I Mademoiselle Thuliez states that she j j introduced him to Xiirse Cavell, hut sus- . I pectod his exaggerated professions of i patriotism. Quien reached Holland poa- j I ii:g as n Kreneh oificer, but returned to j Brussels. Several members of the j organisation were arrested a few days j 1 later. (Juieil acttiaJlv foretold Nurse : (avelTs arrest shortly before it occurred. (A. and N.Z. Cable.) ' •WHITE WOLVES." I CHINESE SECRET SOCIETY. 1 TERRORISING LABOUR CORPS. I LONDON. Aujrust 12. , The correspondent of the "Timca" in I Paris reports that (he nuir.'l'nr of a ! I Ohine.se coolie at Marseille* led to fhoj ] discovery of a society c&llrd the "White \ j Wolves." i This society has boon systematically I i terrorising the Chinese labour battn--1 lions, compelling a contribution of half , ; Choir wagen to the funds of the society. ' Tlio chief of the society ™ arrested,. ; and confo-.-rsod to many munlprs. FOOD ON A TROOPSHIP. TROUBLE AT DURBAN. ( Received 1 1.45 a.m.) mUBAK, August, ir,. The Bahia (a-.tello saiied on Friday for l"remantle with SOO passengers, chiefly tronps and munition workers. She returned yesterday, it. is reported, owing j !to serious trouble over the fund ■Iμ; '.':<■-. I A magisterial investigation i ! . ': .-i.l. II A. and N.Z. Cable.) I I ASQUITH TO COME BACK. SEEKING RE-ELZCTIOW. LONDON, August A lending Scottish Radic.i' newspaper learns- on the best authority thav Mr. IT. 11. Asquirh will seek to n-enter the House of Commons at tin- possible moment. The. reappe urano of th. , i'.v-I'rnniier, following |)o.ss;l>iy by otlnr e\-Minisiers, v> ill see the evolution of what is now stronfrly desired, namely, a poswble alternative Government. — (Reuter.)