The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-29
ESPIONAGE IN FRANCE
HOW ONE IS I.oE AWARE O. TAE
REIGN or TIE SPY sYSTEN.


epfes Pound I'm Every Walk ef T4fs IN
Every Portion Of the Big City Of rsr4a
How They Watch and Report the Me-
tons and words OF I Stranger.
The third republic Is 10 f-e-- rhan
were any previous French regimes from
this deep taInt of what the French cab
uoucharriis-. Never before ct any pe-
nod Of Frances history las the reign q
spvdorn been 80 widespread and absolute
in Paris rs now. The7e has been lat ter
" much discussion ii the worlds press
of the extraordinary degree 10 which
official espionage obtains II Russia, and
very interesting details have been forth
coming on the subject. | am now IN >
position 20 affirm that IN Parls-I do not
say throughout the whole Of France-the
meshes Of the detective net arc woven
even more closely round the entire popu-
Eation than has ever been the case In ST.
Petersburg Evidence Of this fact might
easily be found in the secret history Of
the Boulangiss conspiracy. From first
70 last every detail Of this movement
'sas known TO the police, moro than
| three-fourtns OF the BoulangisA them
selves being informers.
The instant you arrive at Paris sta
ton you are in the midst Of spies- You
are driven TO q hotel in cab. In half
an hour the cabman viii furnish tbs
police with any particulars be may have
been able to gather concerning your po-
ltion, destination, business, etc.
CHARACTER OF THU SPIES.
Arrived at your hotel you become ths
object of scrutiny. as close as 1t Is secret,
| on the part OF divers persona. who,
| though attached to the place in the
capacity Of manager or cashier, or even
porter or boots" are in reality enrolled
soldiers OF the great detective army.
| And here / may mention a special char
acteristic Of the French detective sys-
TENTS faculty of recruiting adherent
In all classes of society. French spies
| for the most part are not simple spies
and nothing more. They have trade
or occupation of their own, to which
they seem wholly and solely devoted
while yet assiduously pursuing sub rosa
their spying.
| The unsuspecting stranger IN Paris las
dinner at his hotel served by a waiter
who, as matter Of course, is in the pay
of the police and will subsequently re-
| port to them what conversation be over
bears during the meal he then sallie:
forth for an evenings amusement Of the
true Partisan sort.
First he repairs to one Of the brilli2n
boulevard playhousos. A few stalls
away from him sits q genuemanly look
ing man with steady, observaat eyes
| who glances now and again at orr frient
in such a way as to make the latte
think, Il wonder where | have seen tina
man beforeT' He never has seen hin
before, but it doesn't enter his head for
moment to suspect the man of bein;
what he really is-a police spy.
SPIES EVERYWHERE.
The play over, there is just time TO
half an hours stroll under the koTs
chestnuts in the Jardin de Paris. Her
nine-tenths of the attendants are eithe
spies or scamps, or may, indeed, be bot
1T once, for French police authorities ar
not very squea1nish in choosing their IN
struments, and seem to have q sort c
preference for scoundrels over Others
Their theory runs that the greater villai
man is the better spy he will make
moreover, the most efficacious means c
keeping man under spy surveillance
TO have him become q spy himself. fe
spies spy upon each other quite as muc
as on the rest of mankind.
/ But our foreigner finishes W the eves
ing by turning into the Cafe American
for supper, where he haS for next doi
neighbor young woman, with Who1
he enters into conversation. She has
sweet smile, which displays two rows !
glttering teeth, and puts many question
to him concerning France and II
!, French Naturally enough. our visitt
U imagines this is all done OFT OF tn
! bright, easy Gallo politeness he admir-
30 much, for how is be to know tn
every word he has said in reply W,
come to the ear OF the police not lat
!, than the following afternoon?
If our friend DO fond Of sport he w
soon be finding his way TO the "a
:. courses near the capital, and into t
II baccarat clubs, with which Pal
! abounds, and here he win be hourly
/! contact with police spies in greater nu1
IS Der than there are racers on the couI
- or cards in the pack. And SO the gaI
It goes On in every sphere Of Paris hfe a
society.-Pi,iladeiph Times.