INTERNATIONAL SPYING
riU'NCH si'snrioNs LONDON', March 25. It is reported that detectives are enquiring into the suggestion that the burnm" of the French liners L'Atlantique and Georges Philippar and the disappearance of Mr Hefiin- : aid Lee. acting British Consul-Gen- ; ral at Marseilles in 1930, were con- j neeted with the international espion- i a« e plot. . . World-wide enquiries are being j made. I A body of a man found on the beach I at Marseilles was identified as that of I Mr Lee. and it was at tirst thought j that he had committed suicide. Laler I evidence, however, tended to show ! that the bodv was not that of Mr Lee , at all. and his relatives persisted in , their elTorts to unravel the mystery of his disappearance. The Georges Phil- J ippar and L'Atlantique both sailc.l from Marseilles, and both were burned j at sea. Heavy loss of life attended the disaster aboard the Georges Philiupar. The cause of the lire was said to have been a short-circuit in the I electrical system, but incendiarism was [ suspected. In the case of L'Atlan- I tiqwc incendiarism was proved |
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21124, 27 March 1934, Page 9
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187INTERNATIONAL SPYING Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21124, 27 March 1934, Page 9
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