The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-04-06
ANOTHER PAPAL spy
CAUGHT IN FRANCE
This Spy Worked Through Err
berger, Vatican FavOrite Of
Kaiser's Catholic Party

Evidence keeps accumulating show
ing that vast spy system working
in the interest Of Germany has its
center in the vatican. We call your
attention to the following article
which was reprinted in the Boston
Evening Transcript on March 4th,
from the London Times:
"Paris, March An. Geay, Dion
dealer in antiques, one Of the five
persons arrested on Friday charged
with supplying intelligence to the
enemy, was brought to Paris yester-
day morning and examined by Capt.
Bouchardon's assistant, Lieut.. Gazier.
1t would be premature to attempt to
indicate the possible developments
from this fresh espionage affair, but
one may recall M. Mornet's words at
the Boio trial. AT the bottom it is
one gigantic espionage affair, of
which the meshes are being dis
covered singly, but the centre of
which remains the same One fact
appears to be beyond doubt. Five per-
sons have been arrested, but their
number may at any moment be in
creased. These were in league with
the notorious financier, Rosenberg,
whose notoriety dates from pre-war
days. He was one Of the cosmopoli-
tan financiers with strong Teutonic
accent who loved to declare they
were "Parisian to the CORE" When
war clouds were thickening in July,
1914, Rosenberg, whose fortune is es-
timated at $2,5O0,000 at least, played
bold game on the Bourse and at
tempted to bear French rentes. He
was prompted undoubtedly by au'
thoritative German sources. His
conduct aroused violent indignation
among members of the Stock Ex'
change and finally he was pelted with
rotten eggs and kicked out Of the
Bourse premises. Before the dec
laration of war he removed his ac'
tivities beyond the French frontier
and shortly afterward we find hin
at Zurich in partnership with a GER
tain Betterheim in what was osten
sibly a banking business, but was il
reality an espionage agency in direc
contact with the leader of the Ger
man Catholic party, Matthias Err
berger. He was said to be the in
innate friend Of the ex-khedive ant
ex-King Constantine. Geay, wh'
made frequent journeys to Switzer
land, is supposed to have acted a
courier for Rosenberg. Tremblez
one of the five persons arrested, ha
been living of late in his recent.
purchased chateau at Quimper on tn
Breton coast"
The European author of the abov
calls attention to the fact tina
at the bottom Of the many incident
of espionage is one gigantic espionag
affair of which the center remain
the same. We have little doubt tina
the writer had reference to the vat
lean, for he has actual information
on gigantic espionage schemes i
: which vatican luminaries were con
cerned, not the least of which wa
Monsignor Gerlach, the one-tim
, chamberlain Of Pope Benedict, who's
, activities in the interest Of the kaise
brought him a sentence Of life in
|, prisonment at the hands of the Ital
ian government. You will notice ho'
this case is linked up with Mathia
Erzberger, leader of the Germa
/ Catholic party, who was in direJ
touch with this espionage agenc!
Erzberger, it will be remembered, ha
been highly praised by the vatica
: and enjoys the favor of vatican II
minaries. 1t remains to be see
whether or not enough of these spit
will be caught in the same trap an
: their activities traced TO their oril
i inal source to convince the allied go'
{ ernments that there is no such thin
as neutrality in the vatican.