CZAR SPIES ON FRIEND KAISER.

Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 8, 25 September 1906, Page 2

CZAR SPIES ON FRIEND KAISER.

—4BEAUTIFUL RUSSIAN WOMAN SENT TO GERMAN PRISON FOR STEALING STATE SECRETS —4In spite of the many proofs of friendship which the Kaiser's Government has given the Czar, Russian spies are as plentiful as ever in the Kaiser’s domains, a fact which has aroused the latter monarch's strong displeasure. Only a few days ago the trial at Leipsic of a Polish student, Ladislaus Pawlowski, from Warsaw, brought to light that even while Germany during the Russo-Japanese War was endeavouring to assist Russia in every possible way she could without actually taking sides, Pawlowski with scores of other secret agents of the Czar were busy photographing German forts and military, documents purloined from the War Department. What has made the Kaiser even more bitter is the confession of Pawlowski, that the Czar personally approves of the system of espoinage. This confession is strengthened by the fact that another and even more dangerous spy, Mile. Zinaida Smilianieroff, who has just been sentenced to three years imprisonment, came to Berlin with letters of introduction from persons high in the Czar's council. On the strength of the letters Mile Smiliaminoff, who passed as a lady of independent means, dabbling in literature for her own pleasure, was received with epon arms by Berlin society. Being of distinguished appearance, and gay, fascinating manners, she scon became a social favourite among officers and high state dignitaries, and even received at court, and the number of military secrets which she boasts of having revealed to the Russian Government has greatly alarmed the War Department.