The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-05

than their predecessors of the Ost-
friesland class, which carry twelve 12-
inch guns, there is a suspicion that
Germany has something up its sleeve
and that the ships carry the new 30
centimetre 13.75-inch) gun made by
the krupps.
The Krupp works have now COM
pleted and tested, it is stated, 14-inch
and even 15-inch guns for battleships.
If. as is stated, the Krupps have been
able to increase the bore of the gun
and the weight of the projectile to this
extent without diminishing the muzzle
velocity of the shot, the newest Krupp
model promises to stand unequalled
for a long time to come.
Another Victim.
The conviction of Bertram Stew
art, the gentleman-sp a leading
member of the English bar, for at
TEMPTED espionage i'm Germany. adds
another to the list of victims of The
Riddle of the Sands a widely read
English novel which appeared about
two Years ago. The tale was intended
20 bring home to Englishmen the
danger of a German invasion, describ-
ell with a considerable basis of fact
the adventures of a patriotic Briton
wDo carried out some dangerous but
highly important Investigations during
coasts. 1t brought the possibilities of
volunteer espionage clearly before the
British mind and was followed shortly
by the expedition of Captain Trench
and Lieutenant Brandon, two British
officers who employed their summer
vacation looking into the defences OF
the German naval ports and the posi-
bilities of various islands off the Ger
man coast for establishing a British
detected after they had practically
finished their work and sentenced t.
four years each Of fortress imphison-
ment.
Two parties Of British gentlemen
were arrested for suspicious actions in
the German harbor during the sum
mer. but were released with a warn
ing. Mr.. Stewart was less fortunate
His hobby was volunteer soldering
and he had for years held a commits
sion in the English territorials. At the
height of the Moroccan crisis last sum-
mer he seems to have been seized
with a desire to serve his country by
gathering information of military value
-op the spot. Through some acquaint-
ahce in the military intelligence depart
nent he secured the address of one oil
its agents on the Continent, and after
getting in communication With him
came to Germany. The agent was
playing a double game and Immediate
" betrayed him to the German au-
thorities. Stewart was arrested two
days after his arrival, the unfaithful
agent first arranging to plant on him
an discriminating memorandum of Sc
cret naval information. Stewart man.
aged to destroy this before his arrest
but the testimony of the agent, Stew
| arts correspondence and his own ad-
missions were sufficient to convict him
and he was sentenced to three and
one-half years in a fortress.
The cases of Brandon, Trench and
Stewart are quite different from those
of Gross and other paid professional
spies, who have received long SEN
fences in the penitentiary, and the
German court has recognized that
their motives were patriotic and not
Riercenary by imposing sentences Of
fortress arrest, such as German Off
GERS receive for duelling and other Of
fences which are not regarded as dis
Eonoring.