On Monday at Plymouth Police Court Herr Max Schultz, described
as ober-lieutenant in the 13th Hussar Regiment of the German Army, was charged with inciting Mr. S. H. Duff, a solicitor, and a Mr. Tarran to commit an offence against the Official Secrets Act. The prisoner was said to have offered considerable sums of money to Messrs. Duff and Tarran to supply him with secret information concerning the British Navy and Army. Messrs. Duff and Tarran encouraged him in order to find out as much as possible about his methods of espionage, and kept the police informed. Herr Schultz was gratified at receiving several answers to his questions from Messrs. Duff and Tarran, not knowing that they were supplied by a detective. Ultimately Herr Schultz was arrested. On Tuesday the prisoner was committed for trial at Exeter Assizes, bail being refused. It appears that whenever an Englishman is arrested as a spy in Germany it is possible to count on a German spy being produced in England. It seems to be so easy that one wonders how many spies there are.
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