ESPIONAGE IN FRANCE
DEATH PENALTY THREAT INCREASE CAUSES PEARS (Reed. May 5, 9 a.m.) LONDON, May 4. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that espionage is increasing to such an extent in France that the Daladier Government is preparing a decree, including the death penalty, for certain forms of spying. All spy cases in France are tried by military tribunals where the maximum penalty is 20 years' imprisonment.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19623, 5 May 1938, Page 5
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