TREASON AND TRAGEDY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 291, 7 December 1929, Page 18 (Supplement)

TREASON AND TRAGEDY

Treason and its tragedies are inevitable in time of war, for there are always and everywhere men and women to b e found who are prepared for sake of gain to betray their countries’ secrets, and to act as traitorous spies. There arc others who, with no thought of treason in their minds, allow their political ambitions to blind them so that they become unconscious instruments of the enemy Germany was first among the belligerent powers to realise that ‘propaganda in enemy countries’ might bc even more effective than shells. “Treason and Tragedy,” by George Adam (Cape), reveals how skilfully Germany sought to appeal to the traitor’s need for money and to the disgruntled politician’s thirst for power. Thc book is based largely upon personal experiences, since the Author, as Paris Correspondent of Thc Times, attended the CourtsMartial and th c High Court of the Senate before which were arraigned 8010 Pasha, the Bonnet Rouge gang, Lenoir and M. Caillaux, cx-Premier of France, and M. Malvy, ex-Minister of the Interior. That treason is not purely a war-time offence is shown in the chapter dealing with post-war proGermau activities in Alsace.