The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-03

The Third Republic /. ~ ,r..-.
were any previous French rcgim..
writer in the PHILADELPHIA -r.
f-.II this deep taint of what The. 10.
C II mouchardisc. Never brfar. 4,
period of Frances history ha- tn
of .pyduIn been 80 Widespread. ..5
soluta in Paris as now. Their. L..I
latterly much discussion iu th.....
press of the cNtraordinarv G.,r.
which official espionage obtain, fp
sia, and very interesting dctrr,
been forthcoming on the subir.,
now in 81 position 10 affirm tha- +, D. {.
i do not SAY throughout rhr ..I..
Francc-thc meShes of the detect.
are woven even more closely r.rrr d.
entire population than ha, over
the ease in ~. Pctcrsburg. Ern..
Of this factInight easily bc found tg.
sccrc1 history of the Boulaug..r
spiracy. From first TO last every H..
OF this movement was known d. =,
police. more than three-fourtl>o. ID. =.
Boulaugists themselves being inform.
The instant You arrive al % Paris.
tion you are in the midst of >pic, n
are driven 10 hotel in a cab In bap.
hour the cabman will furnish rb.r...
with any particulars hc may harrI.
able 10 gather concerning Your p1>ir-
destination. business, etc. Arrived
yOur hotel. YOU become the uli...
scrutiny. a. close as il is secret. ,rt
part of divers persons, who. thug.- 81
tachcd 10 the place in the ctua...
of manager or cashier. or even p0,.
or boots" are in reality enrol.
soldiers Of the great detcc'iv, a-r
And here I may mention a special cha.
acteriStic OF the French defective .-.
TENTS faculty OF recruiting adhere
in all classes o1 society. French ,p...
for the most part. are not simple sU..
and nothing more. They have a trad
or occupation 81 their own 90 Uhsa
they seem wholly and -o'rlr devote.
while yet assiduously pursuing sub rs.
their spying.
Tho unsuspccting stranger .u Par.
has dinner n llis hotel served lr .
waiter who. ~ a matter 81 course. /, h
the pay Il the police, and viii subs.
qucntly report 10 them what cnuyer~.
ton he ovcrhears during the meal o.
then sallies forth. primcd with a gav
or two Of fine champagne. for an even.
ing's amusement of the true Far. -
sort First, he repairs 10 one of %
brilliant boulevard play-houScs. Atrr
stalls away from him sits "a gentleman
looking man, with steady, Ob>rrvlz.
eyes, who glances now and again a; or
friend in such a way a. 10 make the a
ter think; Il wonder where I've seg-
that man before2' He never has ses.
him before, but il doesn't enter his hta
for a moment to suspect the man Of tv
ing what he really is-a police spy.
The play over, there is just time "a
half an hours stroll under the h0Hs
chestnuts in the Jardin de Pans. llef
nine-tenths OF the attendants are eiths
spies or scamps: or may, indeed b
both at once, for French poic
authorities are not very squcamlsh
choosing their instruments, and See,
TO have a sort of preference for scOE
drclS over others. Their theory ru-
that the greater villain a man is d
better spy he viii make; moreover q
most efficaciou> means 81 keeping
man under spy surveillance il 20 nav
him become a SPY himself, for pies sE
upon each other quite as much as On ID
rest Of mankind.
But our foreigner finishes up the ever
ing by turning into the Cafe Amer.
caiue for supper, where he has Tor mex.
door neighbor n seductive young WOE
an, with whom he enters into congE
Satiou. She has a sweet smile, whG
displays two rows of glittcriug :es.l
and puts many questions 10 HIN CD
corning France and the French Nlt
urallv enough. our visitor imagines this
Is all done out Of that bright ca,T
Gallo politencss he admires So much,
for how is he to know that every Ton
he has said in reply viii come 10 the eG
Of the police not later than the follow
ing afternoon?
II our friend be fond Of sport be vi
soon be finding his way to the ~
course near the capital and into y
baccarat clubs with winch Pan
abounds, and here he will be hourly
contact with police spies in greater H--
bcrs than there arc racers on The ''ls
or cards in the pack. And so The s--
goes on in every sphere Of Paris "
and society.