ESPIONAGE CASE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1357, 7 February 1912, Page 5

ESPIONAGE CASE.

, JUDICIAL OUTRAGET.HE STEWART SENTENCE. OUTRAGEOUS AKp VINDICTIVE. Br Telejaaph-Press AKjoeiatlon-Oop jriehl . London, February 5. The "Times" states that no Englishman cm accept tho Stewart sentence us being justified/ The "Standard" declaims that Hie verdict is aiiothar jmliclnl outrage. No doubt, Hie paper states, the Belgian witness was nn nijent provocateur. A BARRISTER'S OPINION. London, February 5. Mr. Arkwright, ft barrister, has written to tho papers regarding the case of Bertrand Stewart, an English subject, just sentenced in Germany to three and a half year*' imprisonment in a fortress for alleged espionage at Bremen and elsewhere. Mr. Arktfright states that Stewart, who is a lawyer, is a man of the highest integrity, who was beloved by his contemporaries at Eton and honoured by his professional colleagues. Tho British Government, he urges, must demand a now trial. Tho "Globe" describes the sentence as outrageous and vindictive. The newspapers generally are astonished at the weight tho judges gave to the unsupported testimony of an escaped convict—a Belgian, who, according to the defence put forward at the trial, while, acting as interpreter and guide, thrust upon Stewart information unasked, and then denounced him.