The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-03
OFFICIAL SPIES.
IN Europe THEIR BUSINESS IS CON.
slOERsO A SCIENCE.

Turacy', Military Attaches at the Princi-
pai Cnur,s--Englaud' Intelligence De-
partmont-Germany', ,Iarvelously sys-
tematic Organization.
or late years in Europe spying has been
elevated into q science Il goes on all the
tine. Tie utmost and sincere friendship OF
one nation for another does not prevent it
from Getting in note book, learning ana
COMING by rote all about its friends mill
ter, strength and weasness and tavorite pro-
icct5 AID general inci.nations. thus acting en-
tie principle treat friend as II be may
some day become IN enemy In the various
CAPITALS OK Europe there are regular bureaus
devoted 10 the classification OF Information
oytllneI by spies and - the direction u the
increment and aims OK such agents. Even
Tur1ev has such q department. IL Is STU
atal I'm Tie Sera,kierate. and IS closely ada
cent o. the lofty apartments allotted 70 tue
council of war. that unhappy body when
tn years aco was l0rgely respona!oie Tor
fet-.rin- lhe freedom Of general officers III
the Gc!i a.l for tie result Of the campaigns
beth in Curore and il Asin. Turkey has
iu-.ltar- attaches at the principal courts
TL-v arc rather f0ineant gentlemen, Is
ruio. but some OF them are really smart ana
Jealous officers They are supposed 10 mix
freely in general, aud especially military
socet,: % keep their eyes aud ears open,
and % cct BOLD. by iair means or foul, OF al
Iol,c.al secrets relating 10 military affairs.
In England the intelligence department Is
OF quito modern growth Whom 10 was in-
vented 10 was put under the quartermaster
rs1.taL Last year it was transferred % the
division az tic adjutaEt general, which seems
,lts pro,,.- place The office used % be
fle.D4 tse var Office IN ral Mall, but 1t Is
now % the o-A-r Side OF IT, James parh' ="
|c.eottbs guaia. old wliuscoIed mansions
los Oc-eu All-a Gate Here aIc slted ana
.o~faI and REGISTERED and d0ckcted and cd
s.rqc.-l tlo piles O. information winch ar
rive throu ID tlc forei5 o!I'e lrom EliAtaIl
attaches 10 Paris Berlin Vienna, 81. toteT5-
trry Con- cuuaoD.e and Rome, as well as
from tie lost o. civilian representatives ana
Ier.oi.,5 whom Great Britain las lying
abroad. CD use tie double barrclct phrase Of
Is.r V-.ii.,u Temple Livery one Il these Is
r-s2ons. llo tor eeliilg homo Whatever mih-
Tar. or naval information he can PICK up
about ocr,lm c0.n,rici add tali inlolrlation
i. oui- forwarded % .ac intelligence depart
n.rr. wa..o4 is either rejected CT pl-cod In
w.-u other m0rseE F-.y mrch as Iuz-le
rl~y is r.eccd to...Lcr, uu-il IL makes
whole I1a sT.ren Of cross ildc-ns ~ the
acc1rtuc-t ia apparently perfect, and any
ro.4t required t-s reference CAL Be found
literally i.-tauty
Hrtthe t.s. Organized intelligence depart
rro.l ia che world is. j.. not o. Tie b2nE3 o.
tao e-rco. ct least on the banaa CT on. cf t.e
canals ..r,c..I with .Lc- potty river The
e? .-r.-e. * tie German army oocupy q
inc li5-., of lu..3n-s Tween tie Lrardc--
i..r- -1teltt.se.l o. -.o C4tor len Linden
and Ill. lL.n5y.r Railway station, and IN thu
Block l-.- md pliI l9r out o. tie Trench
i...ira.tr. the intelligence department has
g~.e- ute Of Offices which are q marvel u
syte1alc arrau. emcut Here ore q be
fouad BOT only oil th1 information that
money and zeal cgn obtain about the military
forces of -he word. and about the LeTTalns On
which conflicts are likely 20 cccur, but plans
perecc-ed down TO the last detail Tor utilizing
che -.~ac..c iorc.s Of tie empire in whatever
pe-5 Of tie world they can ever come to %
handled
Plans ere there not only for dealing with
France or Russia, or Austria OF scandinavia,
but for Invading 3el ,ium and Holland and
even i--u.ar England What they are pre-
ci.ol. very, very few people know They
have boon drafted I'D tho first instance as OK
'cr.scs Ia military s,an work they have then
beer r-r.-ci by high authority. touched up
b, tic h-he-. authority, and, being from
Tim, Cd r.l..c amended az Information Is re
|coit-l. remain ready TO the hands Of those
y~..o, MI, O.. am t.nle be called upon 70 exc
Ont, t.s task which their trainers had IN
viev ftBail but certain that these plans
Include -.emls for the invasion or tho
|T'.i-ei eu,es. 1u- this fact need give no one
any rns...ress. o. there are doubtless 70 be
found u l.e same corridors plans equally
exact l.. every particular Tor the invasion Of
China. Brazil IA.y. Portugal, HIndos1an,
|AuetIcl.- .. Persia.
The rleacA ar. believed to have developed
I'm intel .-Hca department which fairy II
'v.l5 -.arlt Berlin In 1870 they hal the SPY
mani. v..-. le.tely It was r9t easy for any
ma. x blonde as.c1r to travel IN France,
however remotely from the theatre OF war,
without being arrested as Al "L5piCA
pr.s3.~ N0u the French are spending
more money and more labor than any other
colr.ry IT, acquiring just the sort q !niormA'
ton thlt Lla spies supply. Inc tfr4 uial4' "iV
worln. auch more cheaply, and, besides,
they have lone ago cot all the Information
they want, c-- cpt about the Gew Lebel rifle
and its car.r.lgcs Even Of the latter they
know nearly all they need, for 10 Is oscer'
talnel tina. Tie explosive in these cartridges
will ROT stand prolonged storage and trans
port, o danger some time AGO pointed out as
likely % attend any "smoae.css' powder
But .ay student Of military matters must
dJuu, vi ether the French wil! 10 able 70
n.a..e 10 much Use Ok the information they
uceu.e Us tho Germans DO, or the English
France 4sed 20 have the, in professional
sons. b.eJ educated officers IN the world
b.. t4a. B. no longer tho case Indeed It IS
In1t ,...4s ego much 10 express the belief that
|tfc I.c... = ere virtually unedIcated N
t.4J science C.. war Iac bnut-r made in
the rc..nt plrllal mobilization were c. just
tie .-.,c or 90 .-ys. made in ls7J-Ngw
GCr.. 4l.ucs.
T-pio. iau of 1scliuite.
.. . / r. 90