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Show OFFICER HELD IN TOWEROF LONDON LONDON. Feb. I tr A country wide sensation haa been caused b the disclosure that an officer of th Seaforth Highlanders, one of Eng 1 land's most famous and most prou regiments. Is a prisoner In the towa of London charged with having com m it ted an alleged offense under th official eecreta art Tha war office, announcing thti 'offered no further explanation. Th official secret act la applied in eass where it ta suspected there has bee leakage of secret information. Most officers of the Seaforth High landers hold high social positions. ia rarely these days that tha grli tower, with Its centuries-old back ground of bloody tragedies, contain a prieoner- i The officer la question b unde open arrest and mini lea freely wit civilian visitors, but ha is in custod of another officer who always is a Vetid. |