THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST-2200
Captain Kendricks' Case Allegations In Germany
for
say
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Berlin, To-day. official Involved in the espionage The British Consulate official be removed from Reich territory from Vienna, Captain Thomas as soon as possible." Kendrick, “is alleged to have ad- Attacking the British press mitted having engaged in espion-its comments upon the incident and age against Germany," by the criticism of the Reich Government, "Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung," the paper adds "We should like to in a comment upon the arrest of 'mow what England would
and do if the situation were the British officer.
Attempting to associate recent versed and a German diplomatic reports in the British press with representative were caught engag- the alleged espionage in Reich, ing in such activities on British the paper recalls that on May soil? The British press has fea- 20th, London and Prague receiv-tured the present case to an unusual that extent and has endeavoured to ed a report to the effect Germany was mobilizing for the place Reich in the guilty light. We invasion of Czecho-Slovakia, should not wish to hear the outcry from the British Intelligence which would be raised in the Bri- Service in Germany, and intim-tish press if the ates that this was merely the reversed.
case were re-
sult of spies resorting to imagin- The present incident is not the result of perverted imagination, ation and invention.
substantiated fact, "In any case," conclude the pa- but clearly
that which becomes all the more seriousi per, "it can not be tolerated officers which enjoy extraterritorial when one considers that the Agent rights should utilize their privileges of the British Espionage system is for such purposes."
MORE ALLEGATIONS
That
SERGT. TELFER
APPLIES FOR
none other than an active British diplomat. The British press would do well to consider these plain, facts before commenting further
this The "Berliner Tageblatt" asserts
unpleasant affair."- upon that London papers have been dili-Trans-Ocean. gently at work for months building up true espionage psychosis among the general public, and in this con- nection, have resorted more to in- vention than to proved case. Germany has not followed the Bri- tish example of dwelling constantly upon the subject of foreign espion- age, should not be taken as an indi- cation that the Reich is not famil- iar with the well-known methods of the British (Intelligence Service, warns the paper, which goes on to declare that the leniency which was being shown by Reich in dealing with Captain Kendrick's case, should not lead to an impression-in England that British spies can con- tinue their work in Germany with- out risk.
Speaking even more openly the Berliner Boersenzeitung" declares of "The extent and thoroughness the British espionage system, which even includes diplomatic represen- tative of the British Government as intermediaries and receiving, cen- tres for information, should reveal clearly the intensity and scrupu- lousness with which England fos- ters this organization as an instru- ment of Government policy. We are familiar with more cases than that of Captain Kendricks, but the ser- ious
surrounding circumstances this affair rendered interference necessary.
SERIOUS MATTER.
This British activity on German soil, which has come to light in present case, is an extremely ser- lous matter and the Reich is exer- cising extraordinary restrain and
ADJOURNMENT
An unusual application was made from the dock in Crimin- al Sessions this morning, by Police Sergeant Telfer, on be-. half of himself and the other accused, as the result of which the hearing of the case was ad- journed for three weeks.
Sergt. Telfer asked for an adjournment until after Sep- tember 7 or until the Septem- ber Sessions, stating that the counsel for his defence, Mr. Leo D'Almada, Jun. was out of the Colony and would not be back until September 7.
there
He pointed out that had been considerable delay in the lower court proceedings, the for prosecution having asked and secured several adjourn- ments.
said, On July 7, he when the defence indicated that they were ready to proceed, the prosecution again sought and... secured an adjournment,
The Acting Chief Justice granted an adjournment for three weeks.
special consideration · in limiting REFUGEES
its action to the request that the
EVACUATE KULING
Nanchang, To-day.
With the place enveloped by heavy fighting, more than 10,000 Chinese refugees, who had gather- ed there following the fall of Kiu- kiang; have evacuated Kuling, un- der the direction of the Kiukiang |Provincial Government
There still remain several thou- sand refugees at Kuling, where both food and medical supplies are rapidly dwindling, Central News.
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