ALLEGED GERMAN SPIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 259, 12 April 1915, Page 5

ALLEGED GERMAN SPIES.

ARRESTED IN LONDON. MR. MACKENZIE DEFENDED. London, April 3. Three German spies have been arrested in London on a charge of communicating naval and military information to the C(jntinent in invisible ink. T!;ey will hi; tried before a civil court in camera. New Zealand -newspapers stated in January that Mr. T. Mackenzie, alter the North Sea action, wrote to Mr. Churchill regarding the gift battleship New Zealand. Newspaper criticism was based on an error. Mr. Mackenzie, ; n an interview regarding the battle, quoted a speech in which Mr. Churchill said the gift of the New Zealand was an act of far-seeing statesmanship. Mr. Mackenzie never wrote to Mr*. Churchill.

A DANGEROUS SPY. SYSTEM CENTRED IX AMERICA. Received April 11, 5.5 p.m. London, April 10. The military authorities have already taken evidence regarding alleged epics, Kuepferle, Mullcr, and Hahn," and decided to refer the matter to the civil courts. Probably Mr. Justice Reading will try the eases. A secret trial is inspected in order to protect British antispy methods. Kuepferle's case is of grave importance. He arrived from America, and was shadowed till he arrived at a London hotel. It is alleged that all worked in conjunction, using similar methods. The recent Defence of the Realm Amendment Act established civil trials in rantera,'with powers hitherto reserved for courts-martial. New York, April 10. The Sun's London correspondent states that Kuepferle's arrest reveals that Naw York is the centre of a German spy system against Britain. Kuepferle's movements were carefully mapped out before he left New York. He accomplished liis mission in Britain in five days, though he had never been in Britain before.