New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

man rights and dignity, and demanded
the most ample reparation. But the
evidence was too conclusive: German
diplomatic agents had been caught In
the act. There was nothing for the
Kaiser's government to do but TO re-
call the German Minister in Christiani2
and tender an apology. The German
note, which is Enthusiastically shitty,
says in substance:
1.-THE imperial German government,
after being apprised OF the Case. under
took at once a thorough investigation,
which thus far has resulted as fol-
lows:
Those collies containing the eXplo-
sives found in ChristianIa were some
time ago sent by subordinate mill
tary service Office TO the code Office OF
the Foreign Department, with request
that they be forwarded rs courier bag
gage 70 Christiania. The request was
granted as a matter OF course. as the
code Office, according TO custom. COM
plies with such requests without IN
yestigating the contents of the collies.
This custom rests upon the assumption
that collies from military service Of
fees contain only such objects as under
international usage may be sent by
courier. The military Office has main
tanned that it has not hesitated to
have explosives carried through Nor
wegian territory. 1t had not formed
any opinion as 10 whether the courier
service ought to be employed for such
business.
"The imperial German government
censures expressly this unauthorized
conduct on the part of the military Of
flee, which conduct cannot in any way
be justified, and has begun disciplinary
proceedings against those guilty OF
this abuse of courier privileges. More
over the German Minister in Chris
tiania has been instructed TO express
to the Norwegian government the keen
regret of the imperial German govern
ment.
"As for the courier, the imperial
German government is convinced that
he mad knowledge of the contents of
the collies. 1t was his duty to inform
the Foreign Office. As he failed to do
so, he has been suspended.
"The question whether the courier.
by his use of the explosives in Nor
wav. has been guilty of crime. and
ought TO be indicted, is of course. to
be determined not by the imperial
German government, but by the Ger
man courts. Hence. all documents in
the case have been transmitted to the
judicial authorities for investigation
and action"
However, apologies and suspension
of couriers and changes of ministers
do not seem 10 interfere with the ac-
tivities of the spies. The work goes
on in Norway as in our own and other
countries. In Norway the impression
still prevails that the espionage is
merely one of the phases of German
diplomacy. In a recent issue of
well known daily paper in Christiania
we read:
THE true character of German diplo-
macy is being gradually revealed.
Several arrests of active spies have
been made recently. An important
agent of the spy organization, Ger
man by the name of Gossow, was placed
under arrest the other day, and since
then two other Germans have been
caught. These posed as Danes, bot
being confronted with conclusive proof
unearthed by the police, they finally
confessed that they were Germans.
zone of them, giving the name of
Claus Orth. had been in the German
army for several years. He then Sc
cured position in a shIpysrd in Ham
burg, and there he was engaged by one
Of the engineers iJr spy work in Nor
way. He was directed IT, report at 80
Sture Street, Stockholm, there he
would receive his instructions. The
other gave the name OF Rudolph
Stachels. lie also had seen service in
the German army and had been sent to
Norway TO work with Orth Until they
received further instructions they were
TO seek employment in. seacoast cities
and report everything they learned CON
corning sailings of vessels, their car
goes and destinations, etc, all reports
to be sent TO the address in Stock
holm"
The German legations in Sweden and
Norway evidently continued TO be the
real headquarters of the spy work in
those countries. This is most seri-
Gus phase of this grave matter" says
"Morgenbladet," one of the leading pa
pers of Norway.
From numerous places along the
coasts OF Norway come reports OF spies
that have been apprehended. But many
have undoubtedly escaped detection.
Spies have been found lurking near the