ABOUT THE ENEMY

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17095, 18 February 1916, Page 8

ABOUT THE ENEMY

EXECUTED AS A SPY. FAMOUS HUNGARIAN ACTRESS. FORWARDED SECRETS TO BRITAIN. By Tel«e»pb—Pre*» Association—Copyright. NEW YORK, February 16.

Information has been received by local Hungarians that the famous Hungarian actress, Sari Petriss, has been executed in Budapest as a British spy. It is alleged that she obtained military secrets from Austro-Hungarian officers and forwarded them to England. Some letters were intercepted, and one of her dupes confessed.

BULGARIA’S AIMS.

COMPENSATION FOR ENORMOUS SACRIFICES. • - Times” and Sydney ' Sun” Service*. (Received February 17, 7.40 p.m.) LONDON, February 16. A German wireless states that King Ferdinand and (the Emperor Franz Josef, breakfasting at Schoenbnin Castle, prayed for God’s blessing. Franz Josef referred touchingly to the trusting sympathy between the Austrians and”. Bulgarians. Ferdinand replied that Bulgaria was standing against a hydra of enemies. “Wo are praying for a lasting and honourable peace, compensating us for our enormous sacrifices.

WOMEN SENTENCED.

CIRCULATED FALSE REPORT OF INVASION. (Receiver! February 17, 7.40 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, February 16. Tbe German General Staff prosecuted three women at Flensberg, m Schlesmg, on a. cuarge ot spreading a report of a British invasion. They were sentenced to small terms of imprisonment. The scar© caused a flight of the population inland.