Weekly journal-miner., 1917-12-12
EXECUTED AS SPIES OF
 THE ENTENTE

AMSTERDAM, Dec. S.-(Corre- spondence of The Associated Prcss) Three Germans. including one non commissioned officer, one private, and a civil official, have just been exc cuted in Germany as Entente spies. The leader of the group, according to the German newspaper accounts, was Doctor Roos. His associates were Joseph Schnitzlor, a nor com missioned officer ir an Artillery bat talion at the front, and Albert Stru- del, soldier in telephone section in Coblentz
 The Cologne Gazette gives the fol- lowing account of the case:
 The enemy espionage service not only succeeds in now and then send ing enemy subjects and suborned neutrals with false or stolen pass ports to spy in Germany, but occa- sionally a German succumbs to the temptation of money.
 "A German court-martial had to deal with one of these cases short time ago. The three men were ac. cused of treason. Dr. Roos, who had been failure in his profession and in life, while on business journey to Switzerland in 1915, made the ac- quaintancc of certain Joseph Kraft, in Geneva, whose business was to get agents for the French Intelligence Service Here Dr. Roos was also in- troduced to an alleged Captain Bar, rat
 Tt was agreed that Roos should settle in Frankfort, and from there send military and economic informa- ton to Switzerland to covering ad- dress, Grevilliot, Geneva. The infor- nation was written by Roos m in- visible ink between the lines of news papers which were then sent in a wrapper looking quite innocuous in the post. As reward for bctraying his country, Roos at once received an advance of 2,000 francs and a month ly payment of 1000 francs was guar anteed him.
 ''In October 1915. Roos began his activities in Frankfort. At first he had his own observations only to rely upon, but later he gained accompliccS in Strudcl and Schnitzlcr. He sent several reports monthly until finally the secret writing was discovered and it was asccrtained that he was the sender. Socn afterwards his accom- plices were discovered All three made full confession.
 "The activities of these three spies has done great injury to the Father land and the army, as the two Sil- diers, especially Schnitzlcr, who was at the front, were able to give valu- able information. The court-martial condemned all three to death. The punishment was carried out soon af- ter.
 'In addition, it was possible to have a number of other members of the espionage organization brought to trial. The recruiting agent, Josef Kraft, and Grcvilliot, who received letters f-~n Roos at Geneva, were tried 's the court there. Kraft was fined 300 francs and sentenced to three months imprisonment Grcvil- liot got a 600 franc fine and four months imprisonment for obtaining information on behalf of a foreign power"
 Another account of espionage ac- tiviticS in Germany is printed in a number of German papers this wceK. It pays q grudging tribute to the ac- tivitics of an alleged Russian agent named Lander, of whom it says: This versatile and cunning spy. who is generally described as man of education, and of an amiable nature, has been rendered harmless But the espionage service of the Entente will find other ways. Only the greatest watchfulncsS against all suspicious persons and the greatest restraint and caution in conversation can relieve Germany from these pests or make their activity futile"
 It is stated that Lander himself is a Swcdc His two principal accom- plices were Hammer. formerly a Ger man subject. and lIopf. German. According to the German ncwspa- pcrs, the three have been condemned to long periods of imprisonment