WIDESPREAD ESPIONAGE.
POSITION IN BELGIUM. ■
DAILY EXECUTIONS
SPY-CATCHER AT WORK.
(Rewired August 16, 5.5 p.m.)
Brussels, August 15.
Belgium is over-run with spies. All who arc captured arc tried late each night. A certain number are shot at dawn.
Fifty Germans were captured at Antwerp on one day. Many were taken who were wearing the Belgian uniform.
A citizen of Brussels, being too ill to go to the front, volunteered to act as a spy-catcher. He speaks German perfectly and has a German appearance.
The spy-catcher goes to cafes and if he sees a suspicion person, asks him, "Are you German?" If lie receives a reply in the affirmative, he asks, "Where do we meet tomorrow
In the event of his being satisfied that the ease requ?res investigation, the spy-catcher signals to the police and the spy is arrested.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15689, 17 August 1914, Page 6
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