WITH THE ENEMY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16155, 8 March 1918, Page 8

WITH THE ENEMY.

GERMAN SPY SYSTEM. ! • t DEALINGS IN ITAI/f" ANI> EGYPT. (Australian and N.Z. Cabl© Association.^ (Received March 7th, 8.5 p.m.) -v. PARIS, March 6. Further revelations in connexion with the Rosenberg case show that he and his accomplice Bettelheim supplied Italy with" a list of the Austrian regiments engaged in the Italian offensive, and I simultaneously supplied Germany with information regarding the French operations. Bettelheim, who was a society man, was introduced to the ex-Khedive as a German agent who guaranteed the exKhedive several million francs annually during the war for acting, as the Central Powers' chief agent in the Mussulman countries. Germany also pro-mised-the ex-Khedive a large sum if Britain failed to restore his revenues after the war. 1 According to a recent cable message, the espionage arrests in France revealed a veritable hornets' nest of nnanciJu schemers in Switzerland working m Germany's interests. The chief operator was* an Austrian banker named Rosenberg, who lived in Paris until the outbreak -of the "war, and then took refuge in Zurich. He engaged a large staff of spies, for whose payment Horr Erzeberger, a German deputy, deposited a'largo sum. GRAND-DUKE'S DEATH. (Australian and N. 2. CaLlo Association.) (Received March 7th, 8.5 p.m.) V AMSTERDAM, March 6. f The official explanation of the GrandDuke of Mecklenburg's death is that he committed suicide owing to the failure of negotiations to rid him of a senti- _ mental tie, for the purpose of enabling -" him to marry a German princess. } The newspapers comment on the in•'sincerity of the explanation, and the theory of murder is generally believed.

The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-

Strelitz, Adolph YI., was found in a pond on bis estate. There was a «unshot wound in his breast. The Graiul Duke was a Prussian colonel, and was unmarried. The elder of his two sisters made a morganatic marriage, obtained a divorce, and then married I'rmce Ernst of Lippe. The younger sister is the wife of Crown Prmcc Danilo of Montenegro. There is only one male member left of this junior brunch of the Mecklenburg family. Duko Carl Michael, bom in 1863, naturalised in Russia on July 25th, 1914. is a Russian lieutenant-general, and lived in that country. By a treaty between the Sehwerin and Strelitz branches of this family each branch is heir to the other. as Duke Carl is a naturalised Russian, the next heir to the deceased Grand Duke is Grand Duko Friedrich Franz, of MecklenburgSchu'erin, whose second sister is tho wife of the German Crown Prince. The Grand Duchesse was the Princess Alexandra of Cumberland, a niece of Queen Alexandra, and sister of the Duke of Brunswick. The Grand Duke's father was the son of Princcss Augusta of Cambridge, sister of the last Duke of Cambridge and of Princess Mary, Duchess of Teck, the mother of Queen Mary. ANOTHER PEACE KITE. CONCESSIONS TO FRANCE. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) ("The Time«.") AMSTERDAM, March 6. The "Vossische Zeitung," discussing the prospects of a Western peace, hints that Germany intends to offer great political and financial concessions to j i France, more important than the re- I i storation of Alsace and Lorraine. { The "Vossische Zeitung'' adds: — "There only remains England. If she surrenders the -war thefts of the colonies «tnd Turkish territories we shall evacuate Belgium." NEW GERMAN WAR LOAN. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) AMSTERDAM, March 6. The eighth German war loan opens on March ISth, and closes a month later. It consists of 5 per cent, bonds and per cent. Treasury Bills, both issuing at 98. Earlier war loans are convertible into the new. The following table contains particulars of the amounts subscribed to the previous German war loans, according to German -official statements:— First—September, 1914 ... £223,000,000 Second—March, 1915 ... 458,050,000 Third—September, 1915 605,050,000 Fourth—March, 1916 ... 535,600,000 Fifth—September, 1916 ... 532,600,000 Sixth—March. 1917 ... 638,000,000 Seventh—September, 1917 500,000,000 Total ... £3,487,300,000 j I