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In cross-examination by Mr. Bodkin, the prisoner said he could not remember the exact date when he began to act with Steinhauer, but it was in the latter part of 1010. Asked how many letters ho addressed to Berlin to Steinhauer, he said received he could not say-probably 200. He
200 letters from
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Graves, and to a man named Gould. He
WEATHER REPORT,
On the 7th at 10.55 a.m.- The anti-croloma has weakened considerably and moved castrad It is now ventral over the Bea of Japan,
The depression In the Pacific has deepened It has probably become a typhoon. At 6 a.m. "this morning the centre was in about latitude
north-eastward. 25 deg. N. and longitude 130 deg, E., travolling.
Freasure has increased alightly over Tong king, but decrossed slightly along the south coast of China, over the Philippines and Annam.
Moderate N. winds may be expected along the east coast of China and over the N. China Se
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10am, to-day, 0.00 inches.
trial began, before Mr. Justice Coleridge, of Karl Gustav Ernst, hairdresser, of
The prisoner admitted that he had Caledoning - road, N., un charges of posted letters to a man named Parrott espionngo.
who was a gunner in the Navy Tiving at man named Mr. Bodkin, opening the case, said Sheerness, and also to a Ernst had boon in almost daily com- munication with Steinhauer, the German had also posted letters to officers on his master spy at Potsdam: Ernst was Majesty's ships. It did not dawn on him regarded as a highly respectable member that he was selling his country-be did of society. As he happened to have been not take it that way born in London, ho was a British-born In summing up,. Mr. Justice Coleridge, subject; but he was of German descens said the jury must not allow quy and had married a German wonian. In prejudice to influence them in the consid 1911 officials of the Post Office received eration of the case. We were at war, but orders to pay particular attention to his he hoped that it would always be said correspondence, and letters were opened of English juries that they preserved Letters addressed to Potsdam in the name their calmness even in times of national of Reimers were dealt with in the same crisis. way, as also were letters received by The jury without leaving the box fouad Ernst at Caledonian-road, and re-posted the prisoner, guilty. to apparently English people. One of Mr. Justics Coleridge, in passing these was A letter addressed to F.sentence, said--" Karl Gustav Ernst, you Ireland, serving on HM.S. Foxhound: are n mean, mercenary, spy, ready to betray your country to the enemy for to money, equally ready, I dare say, betray Germany to us for an increased reward. With such a man I can have no CHINA
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It is difficult to avoid coming to the con clusion that Germany is finding her airships rather more trouble than they are worth, and although it will bo unwise to make a final judgment until the Zeppelina re more seriously tried than they have been, it is not too early to point out the weaknesses exhibited by airships now for the first time face to face with serious campaigning,
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THE DIRECTORY covers the whole of today is as follows:-
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Not only the Directory as full anð completo in each case as it can be made, but each Colony, Port or Settlement is prefaced by a DESCRIPTION, carefully revised each year, most of which will serve as accurate GUIDES FOR THE Tovnar, giving every detail in connection with the places, their History, Topography, Etc., Etc
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Hongkong and Lamocks, 1 No. 12 South court of China between The me
Hongkong and Hairan.. No. 1.
COAST METEOROLOGICAL
Station.
REGISTER.
7th Jangart, 1915, A.E..
Vladivostock Nemuro Hakodate
Tokio............. Counsel said he was used by Steinhauer
Nagasaki Kooli as a forwarding agent, and received pay- ment of £1 a month and all his expenses;
Kagoshima... Oskima later he received 30s. a month and all
Naha his expenses, and also 100 marks, or a £5 note, from time to time. Envelopes
Lahi'jua addressed to him either as Ernst or
Bozin I Walter were sent from Potsdam and other
Weihaiwel ... Chafoo places in Germany by Steinhauer. In
Hankow these envelopes would be letters, some times addressed and
Lohaug sometimes
One of the lessons learned in the prosont Kinking inn addressed. Those not addressed prisoner. would have to address, and each in all war is the unexpected capability of the Changaka ****** probability would be stamped with Eng aeroplano. The situation. now is that Shanghai
Gatolau fish stamps. These envelopes were posted Germany's Zeppelins must keep to their in different parts of London. Among sheds all the while there is the slightest Sharp Peak
Amoy those about whom Steinhauer was writing chance of encountering aeroplanes of the
Swater was a person named Kruger, and thero Allies, and even in their sheds they are Taihoka. was evidence that Ireland was really not secure from attack. Zeppelins have Teloha nephew of Kruger's.
not dared to take part in the great coast Tains Five letters were conrected with battle, notwithstanding that Germany has Ko Ireland, and with one exception he was been straining every nerve to force a con indicated as "K" or " Kr., Mr. Bodkin clusion in that straggle. If German read the following letter which was boasts were justified the Zeppelins ought addressed to prisoner from Potsdam on to have made short work of our monitors. December 6th, 1911:—
"Dear Mr. Ernst,--Please go to the following gentleraan, Mr. W. "Kronaner, Manor-road, West Hampstead, and hand to him quietly the enclosed letter without address. K. is a colleague of yours. I do not know whether you know him.
If not, then don't make yourself known, Perhaps you can have yourself shaved, Then give him the letter, or place it for him in the letter raak, but he must take it himself without witness. The second letter for Kruger please just post. With bost greetings, Steinhauer" Another letter ran Send me, if you please, 50 envelopes of each sample which you have sent me.'
DUMMY GUNS."
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CDINA.
Peking.
Soochow. Cunton. Chinking. Whampoa. Nanking. Kowloon.
Tientsin.
Peitaiho.
Chinwangtao. Wahu.
Takit.
Antung.
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Lappa.
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Kongmoon.
Manchurian Yochow. Nanning
Daicon.
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Wothaiwei.
Ichang.
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Chungking Pakhoi. Hangchow. Hoihow. Ningpo.. Lungchow. Wonchow. Mangtze,
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Cape St. James Aparri
Their absence from the coast battle, although significant, is not surprising The impossibility of using Zeppeline under such circumstances has been clearly foretold in previous articles in the 1. in which it has been explained Maulis that airships can safely operate only at Legaspi night if hostile aeroplanes way bo Iloilo encountered. It is perfectly evident that Bacolod the problem of top armament has not been Ceba completely solved, and until it has been. Labuan no real progress can be made. There is reason to believe that, at any rate, some of the guns on top of the Zeppelins are dummies.
A LETTER IN "GOOD ENGLISH."' The ordinary person writing letters The Zeppelin pack is being held in leash from abroad to people in England would for a night attack on our feet, or on our hayo to use foreign notepaper, So cities and ports. But not only are they prisoner was employed to bay English compelled to wail for darkness, they are envelopes and send them to Steinhauer. also badly circumscribed in the matter of The letter continued: "Then write me the weather.
a letter if you please, in good English, The Germans are left to boast "extra- as a specimen letter in which an English customer asks you to receive his letters vagantly of the terrible work that will for him to be forwarded to the Continent be done presently, when the fifty new Post Restaute Switzerland, Brussels, etc. Zeppelins are ready. It is likely enough. Best wishes yours, St."
that many Germans sincerely believe that a great fleet of airships can be prepared, and is being prepared, in spite of its manifest impossibility. Apparently, some English people also sincerely believe this absurdity.
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2 TEMPERATUEN, IN the shade, is degrees fahrenheit.
3 HUMIDITY, in percentage of saturation, th nudity of als minted with moisture being lue.
DIMOTION OF WIND, to two points.
FOBOR OF WIND, according to Beaufort Seals STATE OF WEATHE, b blue sky, o datacti d add drissling rals, i fog, gloomy, ba' lightning, o overcast, p 51 ming slowers, 9 Fiat, a snow, 4 thunder, wibility, wein W 7 Rase in inabas, t tenths and hurdrədib,
HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER.
Hongkong Obervatory, January 7th..
Previous On Date On Date
Day
Enclosed in that letter were two letters, one addressed." Fred Ireland, Mess H.M.S. Foxhound, care of General Post Office." and the second one to a man bear ing a German name at Castletown; Port- laad Harbour. The letter to Ireland was
OPPORTUNITIES VANISHING. Rubsequently re-nosted and delivered to the ship by the Post Office, but there the
This is by no means admitting that with authorities intercepted it and sent it back luck and enterprise two or three Zeppelins to the Admiralty. Ireland was arrested and after a time discharged from the may not come across the sea and effect come damage; but with every week that Navy No proceedings were taken against him, for it would have become passes it becomes more doubtful whether Wind Directions. known that the letters were being opened the utmost they can do is worth the trouble and then some more ingenious scheme and the cost. Their chance of catching Weather
either the Grand Fleet or any of our ports Rain would have been adopted.
and cities unprepared has now practically vanished. To that extent the Zeppelins.
make good. have failed
The next letter quoted by Mr. Bodkin was postmarked Potsdam, February 23rd, 1012, and addressed to Mr. J. Walters, care of 0. Ernst. It contained the following passages
THE THRÉE CRUISERS,
"Please make inquiries and ascertain There is not on record a single whether a Mr. R. Ronald lives at 9, undoubted instance of an airship of any Maidan-lane, and what he is and does. Should you have opportunity to speak with sort doing more than the most trivial. him (Kr.), then sek him at the same time damage. As to reconnaisance, it is true our own small airships did service during respecting a certain Schmidt whom he once the shipment of the Expeditionary Force; mentioned to me and recommended, but Kr. must be cautioned and especially show and it is said that a German airship no address. That is to say, Mr. Erst located the three British cruisers and gave (and here Mr. Bodkin commented that information, resulting in the successful although the letter was addressed to submarine attac Walters one occasionally dropped into the truth by accident)only go there if you know there is no danger to you,”
STRINHATER IN LONDON.
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But it is probable that aeroplanes could FTL, have done this work equally well, and it is certain that they could have done it in Setar. weather in which airships could not have ventured out. All of which goos to show Sur that present-day airships are at the best
Kon. only to be regarded as the prototypes of some eficient war type of the future.
HONGKONG TIDE TABLE,
From 8th to 14th January, 19 5.
HIGH WATER
Beight
61.
LOW WATHE
H'kong.
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Mr. Bodkin also read a letter, dated November 13th, 1911, containing the request to prisoner to inquire in regard to a certain person who was suspected of having connection with the Intelligence By next Spring, if all goes well with her Department. Af Christmas, 1911 plans, Germany may have as many as Wed Steinhauer paid a visit to prisoner at his eight or ten. Zeppelins, including two oran shop and had a long chat.
three old craft, and as many Paraoval and Thurs, 1m 951 Gros: airships. Even this prospect is not
7 55 in the least alarming At Antwerp most, mere if not all, the casualties were caused, not "Will you please have the goodness to by airship bombs, but by returning shells водор male inquiries with regard to Mr.
who Ares at an address in Hyde fired by the Belgians into the sky.
Without relaxing our vigilance in the Park; what he is, what sort of business
The following was quoted from another letter, which had been sent by Steinhauer to the prisoner:
he carries on, and whether he is any kind slightest degree, for it is possible that the
of English official or connected with the Germans may have something up their sleeves, and it is practically certain that English Government, lett
At the close of the case for the prosecu an airship raid will be attempted if only tion the prisoner went into the withers as a despairing effort and in order to do box and gave evidence. He said he never the best possible with the material at hand, himself attempted to procure, nor asked it is quite ressonable now to ask whether anyone to procure, or give information the airships of to-day are of any real usel about His Majesty's ships.
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