The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-04
AUSTRIA CATCHES
 WARL|KE SPIRIT
Remarkable Revelations Made in Trial of Inter-
 national Spy

Vienna, December 3.-(Special) )-The Austrian parliament seems to have ab- sorbed it's full share of the warlike spirit which is abroad in Europe these days. It is no unusual thing to have incipient riots in the chamber, but the scene which oc- cured during the sitting of parliament last week was disgraceful even for Vienna.
 Deputies Malik and Hummer both mem bers of the German national party, but partisans of different factions, besides being enemies in private life, had a dis pute during the sitting and commenced a conflict just in front of the presidents seat Suddenly Deputy Mallx drew out q dog whip and struck his opponent with a brief bag; Malik struck him twice with tue whip. slashing long wounds in his face.
 Meanwhile other members were fighting Both deputies had their coat collars torn off, and Hummer had a fainting fit. After wards each of the deputies told his friends that he intended to shoot the other in the street at the first opportunity.
 Many remarkable revelations were made at the trial at Vienna of Hermann Cords, young Austrian, who has been sen- tenced to two and a half years hard labor for espionage. The prisoner said that dur ing his many travels abroad he had to be at the Madison Square roof garden thea tre, New York, on the fatal night Stan ford White was shot by Harry Thaw. The case was conducted in camera. Cords ad- mitted thefts and swindles in various countries quite apart from his traffic as a spy. The son of Prussian singer at the Berlin opera, he deserted from the German navy seven years ago to em- bark upon the adventurous career which finally brought him before his judges. Starting off in a Paris private inquiry off, flee, where his business was to obtain plans and documents relating to the gov ernments of various countries he was sent to Stockholm in 1905 with details of Austrian military preparations for Rus sia
 From Sweden he went lon business to England, and falling short of ready money forged cheque and was sent to prison at Exeter. Next. in Monte Carlo, he was engaged at fine salary on behalf of Spain, but proceeded to inform the country he was to have spied upon, re- ceiving a higher fee for doing this. Love then entered into Herr Cords affairs. At Metz posing as Harry Fraser"-other aliases were Counts Bluecher and Since and Edward Lester--the prisoner speaks perfect Englsh-he made the acquaint- ance of an actress named Onschewsai who, giving evidence, said that Cords passed as an American impressario, took her as far as Antwerp en route for his home in New York and deserted her al the ouaysde At Lyons he obtained d post as maitre dhotel to the German con- sul, stole G20O, and besides had to leave the town hastily, 'as another mans wife persisted in chasing me-" as the prisoner expressed himself in court. In Austria Cords next place of call, the prisoner proceeded on an attempt to corrupt mili- tary officers, receiving fee of G250 foi each discovery" -
 In this way he succeeded in getting val uabIe photographs of Taieste and Pola and later left for Malta. Here he wa: shot in the leg by sentry, lost his jof in the international spy firm which em ployed him, and went into Italy's service He was sent to England on a difficult CT rand, and later to Austria. It was fur ther shown that this extraordinary mar Cords on one occasion actually displayed portrait of his own father-the neares rhotograph at hand--as that of treach erous spy The prisoner had several pret
 ty girls in his employ with whom he triet
 10 get round officers. and these apparently
 proved a most valuable asset. Perhap. Cords most unfortunate act was tt ,harge certain Austrian officers witt In clearing themselves, but one was ac .iiaIly at the point of blowing out hi brains.