THE ESPIONAGE TRIAL AT LEIPZIG.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 1911.
Traneh had denied that a portion of his material had been given to the Intelligence Barean of the Admiralty, but this must In a letter the two have been dona. SPEECHES FOR THÊ DEFENCE AND prisoners hul asked for material for a second tour, and the information already oblained must THE PROSECUTION,
here be sent simultaneously to England. Headquarters would certainly not have sout material for a second tour if reports had not beon received with regard to the first. Letrza, Dec. 22.
THE MERTENCES.
Both the acensed in the best of temper.
developed was the risk of persons engaged in espionage. It was ruin for each persons, the defense held, if they sent home interim reports, which must be trated to the mails or to third persons. The presumption was, therefore, that the scensed officers had not communicated what they had discovered.
A curious point in the Prosecutor's argument was his insistence that Captain Trench had been Been spying oror Danish fortifications with a Proceeding, counsel declarou chat there was a purpose hostile to the interests of the Gorman great difference between merely seeing things Empire. There was a monetary incident and measuring them, with instruments as the when the defender, Dr. von Gordon, alinded to prisoners had done. The fortifications and other the Hela case, insinuating that a paralist of the military works on the North Sea istaus wore leniency shown to Lieutenant Helm should be the things with regard to which the prisoners extended to the prisoners. The Prosidint in had gathered information, and concerning which torrupted sharply: Wo know nothing of the ercreay-should have been preserved in the Helm cast."! interests of national defence. The prisoners hal secured a mosaic.liko series of photographs,
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The trial of Captain Trough nag Liontenant Brandon on a charge of espionage was ennciuled at a quarter to five this afternes, when the prisoners ware fomel guilty, nut sontenced each to four years' imprisonment in a fortress. The sitting began, shortly after nine o'clock, but hofors that tinio du court was crowded. officers beirau the day Captain Trench was especially cheerful laughing heartily as he talked with his courel before the ontry of the Judges, witnesses, and experts. Ail who have been connected withtharase leve form- the most favourable opinion of bath prisoners. The tone of the proceedings was almost friendly It is probably only on rare occnsims that the Public Prosugulor compliments the prisoner at the bar as he to-day complimented. Captain Trench on bis unselfish degre a tuko all the blame on himself, the punctilions with which, baving promised to tell the whole trath, be admitted yesterday that he went into the bat tery at Borkum before Lieutenant Brandon, a fact of which the prosecution had no knowledge, and the skill which both had shown in the dis charge of a lifeult and dangerous task.
At the opening of the proceedings Dr. Swoj. gert, the Timperial Prosecutor, rost to offue au explanation with regard to a remark mute by bim at yesterday's sitting of the Court. Leipzig newsuper, he said, had yesterday even ing represented him as saying that England was openly planning an attack on Garmany This lus had over said. Hemerely abserved the theable motives. The fact that day had never information coline Led by the English prisoners could be of service only in an unferer en attack by a foreign Power on Germany.
Having unde this explanation, the Lotporial Proscouter moved that the Pross and the public should be excluded from the court while it con- sidered the request of those perans who had applied for permission to attend the part of the proceedings which was ty be held in secret.
Among those who proferred this request ware Mr. Francis Oliver, the British Vice-Consplat Bamburg, who is representing the Foreign Office, and Judicial Councillor Schneider. counsel for the British Banbassy in Berlin. After comidoring the question the Court decided
inst., and loft again at 9 a.m. yesterday for arrived at Shanghai at 11.37 p.m. on the 16th Nagasaki, where she is due to arrive at pm.
Dr. Zweigert, the Public Prosecutor, who-day. followed, agreed with the views of his learned colleague. The extensive nature of the informa tins obtained; he said was an aggravation of the HONGKONG-BOSTON & NEW YORK. offence, as was also the dangerous manner in
which the prisoners had acted. Mu-b injury had been done to German interests by the fact that the prisoner had been able to send some of their were foreiguors, and had acted in the interests of reports out of the country. The prisoners their own country, and that they wore nuder the direct orders of the Intelligence Service might be regarded as an extenuating circumstance. The prisoners bad denied the impated connection, Int counsel thought they had done so from bouour
had mule a partial confession, also lessened the ought to initses Gormats to assist then, and gravity of the crime, and he therefore askot Chat Captain Tenetrand. Hentet Brandon should ach be sont cel not foʻpenal servitude, bat to imprisonment in a fortress for six youra, two and a half months of the time during which thor have been in eustody to be included.
The speech for the defeue was made by Dr. von Gordon, who practically dividwl hicromarks tween two arguments. In the first he maia- tained thatapart frau Borkam matters of secrecy did not come into the case. Lite send portion
his pleading comel maintained that the had, he admitted, endeavoured to do so, but unsuccessfally. On the first pit, in declared.
-Embassy-about-not-bu-admitted to the-sueret... portion of the proceedings. This lasted for two hours, and was occupied with the export eridoceat to call objects which were visible at all
of Major Velosion of the Trus-isu Mauistry for War, and Captain Helfritz, of the General Staff.
secret was in complete opposition to the sensa of words. It could not possibly be skel that mon withmilitary training stonid blir fold them- selves when they saw such things. Even Captain Tigert, the naval expert called for the prosecu
Tu tion, had agreed that some of the things sem by the prisoners were at of a secret nature. my opinion," he desired, the same can be said in part of what was seen at Kremea aud ease-Cuxhaven. The photo.raphs, too, Jereal no
CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION, Tho public was again admitted to the Court at noon and, no farther, evideres being offered, The Junior Imperial Prosecutor hogan his aporch. He declared that the esaduet of the accused showed that this was a of genuine and sations espions go by which secrets. They only reproduce what the ayo the safety of the North Sea const the Empire was gravely imperillad.
accusel felt sure that though the were ferdiguers they recognised that they had hen shown every possible consialeration. The highest peally which could be inflicted upon them was a term of 15 yens' pal servitude, or a similar sentence of confinement in a fortress, The prisoners had falsely represented themselves to be students travelling for pleasure. When they were arrested they denied all connection with the Navy. Lieutenant Brandon denied that he had been either at Wangerong or Heligoland, Beth, said couns 1, desired to create the impres. sion that they were travellers, but in my opidon they were anlitary agents of the Baglish Intelli gence Service in disguise. It is highly probable that Lieutenant Brandon on this voyage of ostion," an, suh Dr. von Gordon, this quite ploration was the technical specialist in survey, and that Captain Trench was the practical sea wan and naist. It would appear that bets of thom hul the duty of using investigations in German waters for the benefit of the rising gereration of naval officers. The cadet training stip Cornwall, on which both the prisoners served, was so often in Gerton harbours that it bocune noticeable to German offres,
of can see The prisoners admit that they violate
Secrecy at Borkum by climbing over a wire fence al making their way iate a battery which The value of was invisible to the paldia. the discoveries they made there cannot harn been great. I consider it quite impossible for the prisoners to have bear acting under the orders of the Intelligouse Buren. As German I cin glad to express the conviction that nothing of any importance can have bean sent to England,
Turning to examine the ovidence of the docu- ments. Dr. you Gordon took up this point upon which much time was spent yesterday as to the significance of the word "report"in a mole made by Lieutenant Brandon. This note was building corresponding to reported descrip-
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oridently refers to a passage in a previous edition
Spying of the Naval Bandeker, and not to a report counsel continued, is no crime. It is self-de- already out off by the prisoner." fence. Both the prisoners have throughout acted as honourable gentlemen. In my opinion the punishment which the presoention asks you to inflict in quite out of proportion to the offence."
Dr. Tau Gordon concluded his speol by again declaring that excopt at Borkum no secrecy was involved.
After a few words from the Imperial Prase- had nothing further to say, and the Judges retired to consider their decision. They were absent for an hour and a half.
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The Trosocutor argued that the two officers were only appointed to the Cornwall, euri made voyages in hor with a view to serving the in- terests of the British Intelligence Service in recutor Dr. von Gordon stated that the prisoners turn for pay, na was shown by a letter in which mention is made of "costs" for the secondl journey. Why else, he asked, should first of all misleading information have been given regard- ing the objects of this journey and now all infor- mation be rufused Tig object of the journey counsel continued, was also shown by the list of questions regarding Brunsbuntiel, Cuxhaven. and in part regarding the Island of Sylt. The marine Baedeker, contrary to, the assertions of volved in the acts of the prisoners, and the great the prisoners, did contain scoret matters, and, injury to the Empire that might have resulted from this it followed that the journey was under-from the ust had to be taken into considera- SHANGHAL MAGASAKI, KOBE PRINZETTEL FRIEDRICH," {
On their retors to the Court the President Bucunced they found the prisoners guiity of an attempt to commit an offence against the list JESSELTON, KUDAT&SANADAKAN paragraph of the Espionage Law. Extenuating NAPLES, GENOA,
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There are no irksome regulations, and it will nature of which rendered it necessary that they not be dificult for thous to obtain leave to make should be kept secret in the interests of tional excursions in the town provided that they defence. Are things roally secret?" asked return the same night,
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