THE ALIENS IN OUR MIDST

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2296, 2 November 1914, Page 6

THE ALIENS IN OUR MIDST

t ROUNDING UP THE SUSPECTS to ... )ll ■. ' ' 1© 'Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) to , London, October 30. id Since tho outbreak of the war there B t have been ten thousand applications 5S for naturalisation, but twenty only )U have been granted. nl . Nearly eight thousand Germans and [ n Austrialis arrested in Greater London' in have been placed in a concentration camp, twenty-nino thousand enemy ill aliens have registered themselves with ■n tho police. • ir ' Every .'members of the Stock Exchange t; using a safe has'been searched for exjj. plosives because many German firms use ie strong-rooms. - / • . ' • Arrangements have been completed permitting German and Austrian women . and men not of 'military age to return to their own countries. >• SWEEPING THE NET. IN FRANCE :r / Paris, October 30. Ie The authorities are dealing vigorousl.v with Germans and Austrians. In a , the city alone twenty -thousand trades--16 men and one hundred thousand belligerent aliens have been detained.■ IS ' -. ;' »' WIRELESS SPIES CAUGHT. Ottawa, October 30. j Three Germans have been arrested at , Halifax for operating a wireless plant, |C the antennae of which trailed from a ® third-story window, and was concealed s in vines. 11 ANTI-GERMAN DEMONSTRATION I ■ IN NEW SOTJTH WALES, j Sydney, October 31. d At a meeting of the Lithgow iron- , workers it was decided to ask the manJ agcment to discharge a number of Gere man employees: The management dell clares that they are good workmen and' a good citizens, but is willing to concede the request. 1 . / I PRO-GERMAN ARABS IN DUTCH 0 ' " INDIES. ' : e : Sydney, October 31. 1 According to the papers received by. d the Eastern mail, large numbers of i Arabs in the Dutch Indies are stated , to be pro-German. ' 1 , ■ RAIDS WITHIN CANADA. (Rec. November 1, 2.10 p.m.) 3 Ottawa, October 30. . > ; There'is some anxiety in Toronto (the 3 capital of Ontario) and along the border. l . lest the Germans and Austrians, of 3 whom'there are; over two hundred .thou-' I sand in Buffalo (at the eastern end of " Lake Erie), may attempt raids. Tho 3 Heme Guard is fortifying Fort Erie, 1 and the Government has been asked to r establish volunteer, corps. ... • j GERMAN SPY ON TRIAL 3 — — ' ENEMY-S SECRET AGENTS IN i ' .-i ENGLAND (Rec. November 1, 2.30 p.m.') ' ■ -. Lont,on i October 30, . A Court-martial has opehed v at the j, Middlesex Guildhall to hear a charge of espionage,' the Court' consisting of Lord Cheylesmore and eight officers, j -The prisoner is Carl Lody, alias Charles Inglis, of Now York, who was arrested ! at Killarney on a. charge of attempti ing to; convey military secrets to Ger--3 many. A . similar trial is unknown iri . England in the' history of modern war. : Guilt. is punishable with death. The . prisoner is guarded by soldiers with . fixed bayonets. ■ Mr. Bodkin, K.C. (Public Prosecutor). is : prosecuting..' : . , The accused had travelled extensively in Great-Britain; under an American 5 passport, claiming to be an American 3 subject. -'After his. arrest he admitted ' [i that ho was a: German subject. ! .liody j sent' several' reports, to Germany,, giving ; ing'much correct information, and also •; investigated; the . steps taken to guard public-buildings. He, mentioned : that'.. . the Houses of Parliament and thoBank of England were guarded with . wire-netting against Zeppelin attacks. ' At_one stage tho Court was', cleared : while the. prisoner's - messages . were . read out. .' 1 (Rec. November .1, 10.25 p.m.) .'' ' London, October 31: A; spectator, was arrested, at the Lody court-martial' who had; been present throughout the trial; and remained On the' War Office bench after the court , . was cleared. , '