New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-13
Sons of British Krupp
Agent Said To Be Lon
don COnStables.
PROMISE OF SUPPORT
FROM LABOR LEADER
Status of Dukes of Albany and
Cumberland, Now in German
Army, To Be Debated.

London, Nov. 12.-William Joynson-
Hicks, Unionist, in the House Of Com
mons to-day reflected the widespread
anxiety concerning the presence of
German spies in this country. He said
there was German in London who
had been in touch with a German
statesman and the firm of Krupp and
mat two sons of the London agent of
mat firm had been sworn in AS special
constables IN London. These men, Mr..
Joynson-Hicks added, might be es-
unable, but they would be better UNI
der lock and key.
mere are seventy thousand alien
enemies in the country, the speaker
continued. Ii was certain that signals
had been given the German submarines
70 enable them TO torpedo British ships.
he said, and that by some means a
chart of the mined area had reached
inc Germans. Otherwise, Mr.. Joynson-
Hicks declared, the German squadron
could not have got so near Yarmouth.
Reginald McKenna, the Home Secre-
tary, IN reply to Mr.. Joynson-Hicks.
SAID the government had TO be careful
that injustice was not done any per-
son. He said that, at any rate, his de-
partment in this matter was acting I'M
der the instructions of the military au-
thorities.
Arthur Henderson Speaks.
Arthur Henderson, the Labor leader,
on the continuation in the House Of
commons to-day of the debate on the
address in reply 20 the speech from
me throne, said that organized labor
feit that the only course now open
was TO go straight through with the
war until complete and final success
crowned the allied efforts.
when the end came, he said, labor
would use its powerful influence
toward a settlement on the lines of
true nationalism and democracy. The
governments White Paper on the ques-
ton OF allowances for those depen-
dent on soldiers obviated the necessity
for him to go further on that subject,
but he still felt that recruits were
being improperly treated. He cited
cases where wives, he said, had been
insulted by officers Of relief associ-
atoms.
Mr. Henderson also inquired if the
government was in a position TO tell
:lore about the escape Of the former
German cruisers Goeben and Breslau
from the British Mediterranean fleet
and whether there existed a prior ar
rangement for the sale of those
cruisers between Germany and Tur-
key.
Nationalist TO Put Question.
The status Of the two semi-British
dukes who are now fighting in the
German army against England-the
Duke of Cumberland and the Duke of
Albany-will be debated in the House
of Commons tomorrow on a question
20 be put By Swift MacNeil, Nation
alist, who is anxious to know how
Premier Asquith purposes TO deal with
these two relatives of King George of
England. Mr.. MacNeil will urge that
they be deprived Of their British
peerages and titles and their seats in
the House of Lords.
The Duke Of Albany, who has also
the title of Duke of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, is a first cousin of King George.
He was born in 1884 and educated in
England and in Germany. He has a
commission in one British and in sew
eral German regiments. His wife is a
daughter of the Duke of Schleswig
Holstein. The Duke of Cumberland
IS second cousin OF lHc ming. nc
was born in 1845 and is n general in
the British and a colonel in the Aus
trian army. He married a daughter
of King Christian TX Of Denmark.
The matter of the more favored
treatment accorded influential Ger
mans in England will be raised by
Harry X. Newton, Unionist who pur
poses to question Home Secretary Nc
Kenna as to why British naturaliza-
ton was granted to Baron Bruno
Schroeder, a banker, since the out
break of the war.
Weymouth, England Nov. 12.-Rear
Admiral +. o. Troubridge, second in
command of the British Mediterranean
fleet, was to-day acquitted by a court
martial of neglect in connection with
the escape of the former German
cruisers Goeben and Breslau. Rear
Admiral Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne,
formerly in command of the Medit-
orranean feet, was previously excul
pated from similar charges.
While they still belonged TO the
German navy the Goeben and Breslau
eluded British warships sent to at
tack them, and, escaping from the
Messina Straits, made their way to
u l.. .