SCENE IN BRITISH COURT.
A JUDGE ASSAILED. A MYSTERIOUS GERMAN BOWw Received Slav 3d, 1 pjn. London, May 30 At tho trial of Pemberton Billing. M.P., on a charge of alleged libel against Maiul Allen, replying to Billing's ques tion, Maud Allen admitted that her bro ther,William Durrant, had been execute in San Francisco for murdering tw( young girls.
The first witness (Mrs. Villiers Stew art) gave evidence regarding a mysteri' ous book compiled by the German secret service and in the possession of the Gevman authorities. She said it contained the names of forty-seven thousand men and women in Great Britain occupying social, political, and financial positions, and a record of their alleged moral, sexual, or other weaknesses, rendering them easy victims to assist Germany, She said she had handled the book in company with the laite Neil Primrose, M.C., and Major Rothschild. The names of Justice Darling, Lord Hitldane, and Mr- and Mrs. Asquith appeared in the book.
Justice Darling, before whom the case is being heard, refused to allow Billing to 1 ask Mrs. Stewart further questions, and ordered her to leave the box, saying that the Court must protect absolutely defenceless people. Mrs. Stewart shouted: '<We will never win the war while you are sitting there helping the enemy." Tlie court was crowded, many women being present. There -was much excitement while Billing and Mrs. Stewart were touting at the Judge. Billing said he was going to call evidence to show the existence of a sexual cult and its political significance. Lord Alfred Douglas would be among the witnesses.
Spencer, the writer of the article relating to the forty-seven thousand names, gave evidence that he was aide* de-camp to Prince William of Wied when the latter was King of Albania. Prince ,Wied ahowed him the book. He could not get the Foreign Office to ventilate the fact 'that England was in the Germans' hands, so he went to Billin" Spencer admitted that the doctors at Salonika had locked him in a hut on the ground that he was suffering from hallu. einations, but he escaped.—(Press Assoa
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1918, Page 4
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350SCENE IN BRITISH COURT. Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1918, Page 4
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