ESPIONAGE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 35, 6 February 1912, Page 6

ESPIONAGE.

STEWARTS RECENT DOINGS RECORDED. TOO MUCH EXCITEMENT. •By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Berlin, February 5. It is stated that Stewart becoming excited at the possibilty of war over Morocco, sought information in regard .to .Germany’s preparedness in the North Sea, He engaged an agent r paid him £ls, and despatchd him to Brcmorhaven, impressing on tlie agent the danger .he incurred. Stewart alsovisited other -places (as previously cabled). He destroyed the agent’s report after perusal, and failed to communicate to Britain what lie had learned, if but the attempt to betray military -secrets was proved by the other reports. It is -believed the agent informed the German authorities of Stewart’s intentions. His acquaintanceship with tho agent counted heavily against Stewart. SENTENCE HELD NOT TO BE JUSTIFIED. “ANOTHER JUDICIAL OUTRAGE” ; (Received' 6, 8.25 a.m.) : - ii■ ■ i i. ; - - - T .London, February*s. , “The Timps” states that no Englishman can accept the Stewart sentence as justified. The “Standard” declares the verdict to be another judicial outrage. No doubt .the Belgian witness was an ag-ent-provocateur. BRITAIN SHOULD DEMAND A NEW TRIAL. NEWSPAPERS ASTONISHED. (Received G, 11.0 a.m.) London, February 5. Mr Arkwright, barrister, writes to the papers that Stewart, convicted at Leipzig of espionage, is a man of the highest integrity, beloved by his contemporaries at Eton and honoured by professional colleagues. He says the British Government must demand a now trial, Tho “Globe” describes the sentence vs outrageous and vindictive. The newspapers are generally astonished- at the weight the Judges gave to the unsupported testimony of an escaped convict.