20 JANUARY 1917, Page 3

The criminal activities of the Gorman agents in America have

been once more exposed. Bopp, the German Consul-General-at San Francisco, his Vice-Consul, and a military assistant have been convicted, with two Americans, of plotting to blow up American munition works executing orders for the Allies, and ships and trains carrying munitions, as well as of planning attacks on Canada from American soil. As a breach of neutrality, to say nothing of international courtesy, Bopp's crimes were flagrant, and such as only a German Consul would dream of attempting.