SHOT FOR ESPIONAGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10109, 17 October 1917, Page 7

SHOT FOR ESPIONAGE.

A DUTCH DANCER’S TREACHERY. (United Serviced PARIS, Oct, 15. Mtlllc. Matahari, the beautiful Dutch dancer, wag shot this morning for espionage, She betrayed the existence of the tank's to Germane some time before the. Somme halite, \\ tiiNs fulfilling a. dancing engagement in Paris she fascinated an English oflicer wearing the dragon badge l of the Tanks Oorps, and they were frequently seen together in cafes. In May, 1910, she applied for a permit k> visit, a certain port, ,tating that her fiancee was a British oflicer who was wounded and wished to marry her |, .lore lie died Slu l arrived sinuftaneously wit,!i (he first consignment of tanks from ,Knglaml and slaved a week', having the free .mi 0 f (he port, A mouth later she return. ■ | to Paris, and obtained a passport f,ir Sui Sebastian, in Spain, and was seen ih re in company with a. suspected German ni. During the Homme offensive the (Mil!,-,, e ■ re opo-j.sed by a new German gun, . v ■ -.dr made fir service ‘against the Tank- mid Ournau nrisoners admitted that I p, tank - <" r ■ lv (rae->d. '('he trial of I M lU,. yfa in Inn rev ah ' tint .-lie was duly] rn"'is* p i'.'d it 1 1 ■ a "U'oh r in th" German spv lists, and s(i e admitted receiving large sum,- of money since last voar for information sti]>[)li(M| to leading German spies.