TRAITOR TO BE TRIED.
FOREIGN LEGION CORPORAL. DESERTER TO THE RIFFS. A. and N.Z. PARIS, Feb. 8. A court-martial will be held to-morrow at Mequinez, in Morocco, to try a German pamed Ivlems, Abd el Krim's late gunnery expert, on charges of treason and desertion. ■=>
Kleins was a corporal in the Foreign Legion, but he deserted to the Riffs before warlike operations began.
He became Abd el Krim's secretary and chauffeur, and he took an active part in the organisation of the Riff fighting line.
Klems instructed the gunners, who raided French posts and carried off arms and ammunition.
Klems was at last captured in an ambush which had been specially laid for him by a French intelligence officer.
He was known throughout the RiS army as a German pilgrim. Abd el Erirn gave him three wives, four houses, two horses and a mule.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19558, 10 February 1927, Page 9
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