France’s Pursuit of Nazi Spies

Northern Advocate, 17 July 1939, Page 5

France’s Pursuit of Nazi Spies

J, ; , LONDON, July IG. 'The French Prime Minister, M. Daladiet, has personally taken charge of the investigations into Nazi propaganda methods, under the espionage laws.

In an official statement, the Prime Minister assures the country that the purge will be pursued without consideration for anyone. He is also resolved to prevent the Government’s action becoming a matter of polemics. Publication of information in relation to the investigation henceforth will be punishable unless sanctioned by the authorities. The statement adds: “The arrested men admit that they received large sums from agents of foreign Powers.” Two journalists. Robert Brasillach (editor) and Pierre G. Axotte (assistant editor), of the weekly paper “Je Suis Fartout,” are suing the Paris wireless authorities and several newspapers for £2220 damages for announcing their arrests in connection with the Nazi spying activities, says the Paris correspondent of the British .United Press. Both deny receiving any payments. Nazi Agents in Britain. A further increase in the number of detectives attached to the special branch of Scotland Yard will be made, following the discovery of intensified activity on the part of Nazi agents in Britain. The French anti-spy bureau in Paris has secured information revealing the plans of the German espionage department to flood Britain and France with agents on the lines of the pre-war German intelligence service.