A WOMAN AGITATOR.

Taihape Daily Times, 1 July 1919, Page 2

A WOMAN AGITATOR.

HOVV SHE HELPED THE GERMANS. Lilian Scott. Troy, an American woman Well known in Great Britain has been deported to her native land. Behind this incident, says “The ‘Weekly Dispatch.” lies one of the great romances of the war. Lilian Troy was a wealthy woman of a rebellious type of mind who for some reason, conceived :1 violent animus agaiiist Britain. Coming to England some ten years ago. She became mixed up with the notorious Baron von }>lorst, the German who was recently deported on the, strongest suspicion of being responsible for 21 great deal of the iniliistrizzl unrest which has 'WC:ellrred in the past few years. Mrs. Troy and Baron Von Horst between them first attracted the notice of Scotland Yard by their conllee‘r‘{oll with the more violent phase of the Suffragist movement in 1910 and 1911 Tliere is no doubt tlmt between them. they were directly responsible for some of the outrages which so greatly disturbed ‘the country during those years The next occasion whell the pair came under the notice of the authorities was during the London dock Strike in 1911. It ‘.VP_S! l\:’[rs. Tl'o_V who visited the homes of the dockers’ wives and families while the men were on strike, supplfing them with money and words of encouragement. For the next couple of years neither Baron VOll Horst. nor MrS_ Troy was particularily noticeable in their activities. They were certainly responsible for many inflannnntory political articles which appeared in the Eng-‘-ifih Dress but it was not until the outbreak of the Ulster trouble in 1914 that the couple began to de—vote their attention to «Ireland. They were well known in Belfast during the episode. and although it cannot. be «Tofinitely proved, there is little doubt th.-rt. much of the troifble was propagated by Baron Von Horst and his female accomplice. It. was long suspected that much of Englands ’illdustrial trouble, ‘bot?! ' fore and during the war, " was formented by the Baron. aided by Mrs T'rO_\’. A good-looking woman, With any amount of ready moifey at her Command. she could move Th‘ circles where a German would create no-

thing but suspicion In an these activities Ml‘-s. Troy was the tool of the cfevor Baron VOll Horst. Ho exploited her gl‘io\‘allcoS against society in general to the full. The Baron had more than a nnddina‘ acquaintallce with the Gef'n'lan spies who infested the coun‘rfy ‘ln 1914 and 1915. although he never took any part in th<\il'\\'m'k. His mission was a. higher one——that of propagating social and indush-ial unrest. In his person was represented the higher intelligence of the department of thn German Secret Service that made a study of the mentality of enemy countries.