ESPIONAGE IN FRANCE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 143, 6 March 1918, Page 5

ESPIONAGE IN FRANCE

REMUNERATIVE "SWISS AFFAIRS." Paris, March 4. In connection with the arrests for espionage, one of those involved is Tremblez, formerly Rosenberg's coiifidsntial agent in Paris. Hβ was the owner of a luxurious chateau in Brit- J taiiy. His mistress is Suzy Dephy, tho actress, who is tho wife of tbo ! man Guillain. The latter is also one of tho gang. The "Petit Parisien". states that Tremblez told a friend that his Swiss affairs earned him £160,000. ,The authorities searched his premises, and it was disclosed that he was communicating with tho Germans. Tho authorities suspected that German, submarines were obtaining or attempting to obtain supplies from the coasji of Bcittany. -They set a trap, which" resulted in tho arrests.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable x\.ssn. jit was reported on Monday that five personß ha 3 been arrested on suspicion of espionage, one being Suzy Dephy, an actress lately appearing with xvJadame Surah Bernhardt. The ' evidence revealed a veritable hornet's nest of financial sohemers in Switzerland, working in Germany's interests. The chief operator was ' the Austrian hanker Rosenberg, who lived in Paris till the war, find then took refuge in Zurich. There he engaged a large staff of spies, for whose payment Erzberger, a German deputy, deposited a large sum. Erzberger and 8010, who was lately tried r.nd sentenced to death for treason, stayed at the same hotel in Zurich iu 1915. _ Evidence was obtained of the visits of ngouts, who frequently went to Zurich, and on returning paid Swiss cheques into the Paris banks.]