“GERMAN PILGRIM”
TO BE TRIED FOR TREASON.
AED-EL KRIM’S SECRETARY
ALLEGED TO BE DESERTER
BY CABLE—TRESS ASSOCIATION-COB YB-lOIU
Received 9.40 -a.m. to-day. PARIS, Feb. 8. A court martial will be held at Mequinez, Morocco, to-morrow and will try a German named Kleins, who was Abd el Krim’-s gunnery expert, for treason and desertion. Kleins, who was a corporal- iu the Foreign Legion, deserted to the Rift’s before operations commenced, and became! Abd el Krim s secretary and chauffeur. He actively participated in the organisation of the Riff fighting line, instructed the gunners, raided French posts, and carried off arms and ammunition. He was finally captured in an ambush specially laid by a French intelligence officer. Kleins was known throughout the Riff as the l “German Pilgrim. ’’ Aibd el .Ktim gave him three wives, four houses two horses- and.a mule.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 9 February 1927, Page 5
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139“GERMAN PILGRIM” Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 9 February 1927, Page 5
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