A Chinese Mara Hari, notorious woman spy who worked for the Germans during the first World War, has been arrested. It is reported that she has been arrested by Japanese gendarmes in Nanking who, it is alleged, found her working for the Chinese army in the guise of a sing song girl mingling with Japanese officers and soldiers.
The belated report does not mention in detail as to how she has been working but it is alleged that she Pas been obtaining information from the Japanese for her husband named Chu Shin-shan, said to be a spy connected with Chinese guerillas operating in districts in north Kiangsu. It is further alleged that her husband has been meeting her in her establishment trying to transmit secret messages to the Chinese.
It is admitted that by virtue of her beauty she has been able to attract the attention of the Japanese thus enabling her even to steal documents carried by Japanese officers. She is also said to have obtained connections with Japanese officers responsible for defence works in the new capital. She has been turned over tọ the military court for tri The alleged Chinese woman spy is Miss Sun Siu-ti, which name she used as a member of the Hsing Hwa Lao Sing Song House at 5 Chu Chiao Road, Nanking. Aged only 21 she is said to be a native of Yangchow, North Kiangsu. She was "mortgaged" to the sing song house for only $400 in May of last year.
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