ALLEGED ESPIONAGE.
THE BORKUM PRISONERS, By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright London, November 11. The "Globo" states that Brandon and Trench, arrested at Borkum on charges of espionage, have been identified as British officers. The former is a lieutenant in the Hydrographio Department, and the latter a captain in the Royal Marines. ' The acoused men claim tho right to appear in uniform at their trial. RUSSIAN BARON SENTENCED. St. Petersburg, November 11. Baron Ungern Sternberg, the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Austro-Hun-garian News Agency, who was arrested in Juno last, has been sentenced to four years' imprisonment with . hard labour, for the alleged betrayal of military secrets to a foreign Power
Tho "Navy List" for September gives the name of Lieutenant Vivian B. Brandon as a nttval assistant in tho Hydrograpliio Department. Captain Bernard P. Trench, of tho Royal Marines, figures in tho list undor tho heading, "Officers studying foreign languages abroad on full pay. He was appointed on June 10 to study Danish.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 973, 14 November 1910, Page 5
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161ALLEGED ESPIONAGE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 973, 14 November 1910, Page 5
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