The continual arrests of alleged German spies in Franco shows that the had feeling *' between the two countries is far from being allayed. Q ite recently two pobrly.dressed ■ Germans of Prussian nationality, and to all appearance vagabonds, were arrested as such ■« ’ at La Fere Champenoise and turn out to be “ military spies.” One of them, named Estinger let out tbot ho was in France on a topographical mission and-.with his fellowin misfortune (Wenzel) was engaged in - ahing plans of forte and the routes to them which ho sent to the German Government* For every letter he wrote ho received 25f. ffe later admitted that- his indicadous re'ated not only to reals' an'd paths’but to taints that would be valuable for ofiLvrs charged to billet soldiers to know.. Pori, .ps Kstiiwcr was only .trying to hoax who. ■ ’ n -r. q ■»,- 1* 1> » *) ~ . » •■a« ,• ' • -■ ■ ■ el, .), llto.va • cot! d!V
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1295, 24 December 1886, Page 3
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