El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-31
ambassador Is
BLaCkn1aiIedBy
Germans, Claim
Capt. Spencer Gives Star
Ting Testimony In Suit
Involving Maud Allan.

Involving Maud Allan.
London. Eng. May s1.-Uader cross
examination after his startling tes-
timouy for the defence f. the trial Of
Noel Pemberton- Billing on the charge
Iof dsfaming Moud Allan. dancer. and
j.. T. Grein. manager OF the Incepen-
ldent theater. Capt. Harold Sherwin
Spencer declared today that in Nay.
I1917. be had made this report 20 the
chief OF British general staff IN
writing
I'VE are being undermined in Italy
because the British ambassador IN
Italy is being blackmailed by the Ger
mans and is afraid 20 send inforua-
tion 90 England.
az 600 in Bondage OF Vice"
Capt Spencer added that the ana
bassadors name was also on the list
prepared by German secret agents OF
"a. 900 British men and women L2rlleI
Cant Spencer and Mrs AllierS stew
D art had declared that the persons
named were said 20 be addicted 70
vice and held in bondage 20 Germany
I through fear OF exposure.
I Capt spencer said he was porn IN
| the United States and had served IN
the American army.
Mr.. embertOn- Billing. the dcter-
dant. is publisher OF the newspaper
Z ViSilante and member OF parma
Names High PersonnEes.
1Irs. Stewart. under examination ny
z Mr. Pemberton- Billing, said the DOCK
which she had seen, but was not pro-
Iduced. contained the names o. EXPIRE
I mier Asquith and Mrs Asqultn. VS.
count Haldane. former secretary -D1
war. and justice Darling. who Is try
[ ing the case against the member OF
I parliament.
! the book by prince William Of We'd
. in Albania He said he did not re-
! member seeing Mr.. Asquith's name ID
ill., but declared the names OF MIS-
| Asquith and viscount Haldare were
Both capt Spencer and airs stew
art said they had been threatened
the former after he had cOmmun'-
Gated the fact 20 the authorities, and
Mr. Pemberton-Billing asked the
Judge for protection Tor himself ana
Ihis witnesses. The judge referred
him 10 the chief commander OF po-
says These Had succumbed.
/ Capt Spencer. before giving the
names o. Mrs Asquith and viscount
Haldane. said he would give only the
names Of those who had been ap-
inroached and had succumbed 20 Ger
Imam temptation. He had placed the
information before the foreign office-
the war office and the admiralty.
! Cant. Spencer declared that pres
sure had been brought 10 bear 70 sup
press the matter I'm September last
when political Crisis was on alI
they were trying 20 bring ASquiin
back in pOWer." Capt. spencer was a
member OF the international Gend-
larrerie in Albania before the var
and aid 20 prince william Of WED
He said last September he had heard
lof a canarflia IN financial circles.
whose object was 20 get As0uirh back
I'm power and make German peace
AS O preraution. he informed Arnerl-
can naval Headquarters SO that the
plot might be frustrated.
Admiral Mayo and his secretary
came 20 me and got the whole state
Iuent." he said.
says Messages Are Exchanged.
Asked whether he knew OF opera
tons OF the camarilia between Eng
land and Germany. the witness said
They have had messages sent be-
tween ENGLAND and Germany Win
this intelligence"
The charge against Pemberton-B Bill
I ng arose ont Of the publication O. an
Iatt7ck on Miss Allan
I The meaning OF the passage com
blamed Of was that there was some
NnOAAEI.lNA cen AAAA-A14s1a ~
iaun the performance AZ the lnue-
pendent theater. This was made
clearer by a cryptic reference suE-
costing that = Scotland Yard were
TO seize q list or the members SUD
z~rfhfrE 10 The TuF nppDdnuf thr1fnr
there was "uo doubt they would Sc
d cure the names OF several thousands
II the - 0G0.'
German Agents Spread Debauchery.
The paper went on 20 state that
certain German prince a book com
uifei by the secret service from trf
; reports ~ German agents who had i1-
Tested ENGLAND. spreading wire anf
. I7ehaucherv More than 1000 pages Of
ifhe hook were filled with the names
mentioned hv German agents On their
-eno-ts. including the names OF 4l-ooi
r~IiShr7en and women
Then there was the SUGGESTION that
/ the most sacred secrets OF state were
Threatened. II also declared that Ger
! wan agents by certain liaisons. coulf
obtain Information as 20 the disDosi
'iou o. rhe fleet and that ~the though
that 1900 English men and women
we're held in enemy bondage through
/ fea-. calls all clean spirits 20 morta
I combat"
AIaude Allan figured 81 tire affair
, FOR the reason that she had heen en-
/. On red TO nlav tre mart 81 Sai0me. IN
q nlav caUsd Salor7e- ori~'naily writ
. zen BY RE late Oscar Wilde. The
01ay. which included a dance. was %
ne nut on ~ the TudeDeudeut theater
-,r-1a- C-rafr'z MA NJ cement.