AN ESPIONAGE CHARGE.
RUSSQ-GERMAN INCIDENT. [B* EI.SOTMO TILBQUAPH—COPYBIGHTj [[Unitid Peeeo Amooiation.] Berlin, May 9. Berliner and his companions have been released on payment of fines, and have been returned to Germany. The charges are absolutely denied. According to a Berlin cable of May 1, a German balloonist, named Berliner, was detained by the liussian authorities on a charge of espionage. With two companions he . landed at Perm on February, 10. The three u ere sentenced to six months' solitary confinement for obtaining plans of torpedo construction and description of forts. There was indignation in Germany, where it was believed the flight over the frontier was accidental. The following message from Berlin was published on April 11:—"The newspapers state that the Kaiser Jnas written to the Czar a personal etter regarding the aeronaut who was recently detained at Perm on a charge of espionage, after a record balloon voyage from Germany. The Kaiser requests the Czar to do his best to speedily close an unpleasant incident."'
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 17, 11 May 1914, Page 8
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165AN ESPIONAGE CHARGE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 17, 11 May 1914, Page 8
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