FRANCE.
?TNFORMERS OP LAON" REMARKABLE COURT-MARTIAL. f Received June 27, 1.30 a.m. Paris, June 17. The most remarkable court-martial on record has begun. Twenty-live prisoners, described as "informers of Loan," of whom twenty are French, including twelve women, four Germans, and o.ie Belgian, are arraigned for treason and spying. The chief is a German named Thomas, an Alsatian, who acted in Laon as a Hun secret agent. His chief business was to unearth stray Allied soldiers and induce the French to spy on one another. Most of the other prisoners were his dupes or paid agents- Scores were shot as the result of the gang's denunciation, and many others imprisoned. Thomas was arrested in Paris. He supplied the authorities .with information of those in Germany's pay during the occupation of Laon. The most notable of the prisoners is Toque, an ex-Colonial Administrator, who betrayed many of his compatriots.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
PETROL A GOVERNMENT MONOPOLY.
Received July 27, 1.30 a.m. Paris, June 17. The' Government submitted a Bill making petrol a Government monopoly, yielding iy 2 millions sterling annually.— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 June 1919, Page 5
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183FRANCE. Taranaki Daily News, 27 June 1919, Page 5
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