The sun., 1910-07-10
RUSSIAN SECRETS BETRAYED
vILTT4RY PLANS SAID TO HAVE
BEEN SOLD TO AUSTRIA.
a,rc- ,on Ungern sternburg. VINO Has
Had an Adventurous Career. Under
Arrest for High Treason-rrOuble
over AustriaG Diplomatic Designs.

Arrest for High Treason-TrOubie
over Austriap Diplomatic Designs.
= rErERsBrR0. June s-Ths Aehren-
tA.-IsNolsky personal vendetta, which
,,s never been really abated since the
austrian stole a march on the Cars Min
ser over the Bosnian annexation. has
ssveloped into an entAngled affair Of
s.vianAge which some are already con-
nArns to the Dreyfus case. The central
ssrr. one Baron Ernest Won Ungern-
S,e-r. asrg. now arrested on the full charge
=, h.sh treason. has had a sufficiently
yared part apart from the circumstances
o the conspiracy charge now brought
against him.
Ano4t twenty years ago he suddenly
's.asei to be a junior otficer OF dragons
4. N'na. in Russian Poland. His friends
ssv that his departure was merely has
tend by debts and that his family sent
hrrn to travel He visited Mexico, where
10 loIned AN expedition of professional
hunters and prospectors. Then he went
O. France. took service in the Foreign
Legion. and was sent to Algiers.
He deserted and made his way TO Spain.
where apparently he had his hardest hck
and was among other things a train con-
durtor In a manner not yet disclosed
h. rrade his way to Austria where his
lrospeCts improved considerably.
Niout that time. five years ago. two
,r-,n-tant changes took place in the for
81 ~ diplomacy of eastern Europe Count
larr~dorff the colorless and FRUSTRATED
peace Minister left the Russian state De
partment and Was succeeded by Mr..
Isvolsky and Baron Aehrenthal, who has
i.--n a count since he got the better Of the
Russian in the Balkan ENHANCEMENT,
lame chief Of the Austrian state De-
yirtment a. successor to Count Goiuc-
s,wski after having been ten years
lrstrain Ambassador at Sr Petersburg
No knew Isvolsky and evidently hated
bun
Nrer Aehren,hal took charge a, Vienna
10 ,~gan tn adopt unofficial means of
iAArrrnc RuSsia's condition should II come
- ~ actual fight on the duel that he
r~.art 20 undertake with Isvolsky. lie
.,'ahrsnsi an Information bureau. which
aas nstensihly concerned only with
.,oI'rrA dAspatches for the Austrian
,--ss and II is out OF this institution that
tie Russian police declare has grown
a forrnid able conspiracy. involving he
.tas SternberS several Russian mill
.s-y hureaucrais and some women. for
20 ling Russias mobilization plans on her
.,uthw~stern. that 10 Austrian. from
sr 20 the Vienna War Department.
Ils Austrian Military Attache. Capt.
punt Turnocki. has already left his post
- Petersburg
RA~on Sternberg has been committed
'.r trigl befoTe the civil courts on the
.garge of high treason. The dossier
implied by the secret police is said TO
,r''a'n evidence Of an amazing character. |
,ra most important document - under I
srppd 10 bs a copy Of the plan Of mobiliza- !
ION e the Russian troops on the south /
.,..t frontier bstween Russia and Ger
Any The plan was only completed on
i.rI . and received the Czar's signature
o.. Il DAY. Itis obvious tina, it's possession
- G-rmany's ally would lie danger Of
'.s gravest kind for Russia.
:. il also Understood that the dossier
..,, forth that the Baron was employed by
r.. military attache Of a foreign Power
q. act as agent between himself and per-
,,us willing 20 betray Russian military
s.rrsts. The plot was organized on a
.rtnd scale.
The Baron had agents in all the impor-
n7t military districts. Kied, Warsaw
and Odessa, besides informers in St !
Large sums were placsd
g. his disposal. Since the beginning OF
~. YEAR 10000 roubles $50 .OOO) has /
Asssd through his hands.
EN'rsordinary precautions were taken |
o. avert suspicion. In order TO provide |
rendezvous for the oonfedsrates the
So. Of an Insignificant evening paper |
~az utilized. Il IL said that this paper |
--c..yed a monthly subvention from |
Austria Of / 900 roubles $500. Those |
couc--usd met In tho editorial ofiios on
10 pretsIt Of doing journalistic work !
hut N reality to carry out their spying.
The police have been for more than |
ear on the Baron's track. Pending his 1
IA. which Ia not likely TO take place /
'eiore October. he will be detained In
prison. where discipline In extremely So
y-re