Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
The Spy System as 1t Exists in
France Today.
EVERY NAN is CLOSELY WATCHED
Presumed to Be Guilty Until He
is Proved innocent.
HOW "DOSSIERS" ARE KEPT

espionage. Il is system which an ma
tons ioathe. but whose suppression uu ua-
ton is strong enough TO advocate, Secret
service. IL fact. in one shape OK another.
exists, and Will exist, in all civilized cuun-
tries until International relations are large
ly modified. Yet without touch nr prrIu-
dice it may be said that France is better
adapted 10y habit and temperament to this
sly practice which has wrought her ruin
than any other nation, save her great ally.
For IL We forget the taugle OF foreign jraI-
ouSies and look within the borders II
France herself, We shall find an active SIS
tenn Of spies and spying. II she keeps an
attentive eye upon her enemies. sh, is no
less watChful OF her own citizens whom
she would fain believe miracles Of LOYALTY.
In brief no man domiciled in France be
he native OF alien, escapes the notice "
the authorities. To be known To the police
Is IN England something of disgrace. in
France II is to Toe a frce-born citizen or
an accepted foreigner. and IL We 80 not
recognize this striking difference which di-
Nides the countries, we shall never under
stand the miserable intrigue which threats
ems 10 destroy our neighbor's self-reSpcct.
Every One il Watched.
France, then, for all her free ana DEM
ocrauc institutions. is watchfully suSui-
cIous. She turns an eager eye upon an those
who sojourn within her borders In the
first place, every full-grown citizen. every
acknowledged stranger, is diguided 10y the
notice Of the prefecture. Down Their. On
the Cuai dcs Orfevres is kept a vast pile II
ra,,.,,-s 80 ,,.ti,,, ~, s-l,.i -
~ "'''''' '4ie laiil'Iai maine OF DOS
slcrs' Is given, and no resident in Paris TIVE
speak now OF me capital, though the Sys-
s.aI,i IA, - ;" P'"Ily tohsla'ryd as
man. then. has his ..I,ssi,.r - H., ,,-bi,,, -,
added the smallest fragment Of Information
which asSiduity can gather. Without has
own knowledge. the eyes OF the city are up
J,iiss ~. g. AZ" ntIe' az le''S', IsnoFane" Is
sCiofIs vic,in1 a. - 30 lINt a con-
How. it may be asked is mis- ,,,,..',1, ..,-
quiry sustained? The police Of fSrln.- Is
organized less with view ID the detection
OF the guilty than To the observation OF the
innocent curiosity must Toe satisfied at al
costs, ana We are grautied with the strange
Sl'tSldSir ol democracy pledged la a ~ys-
ltm Mhlch would better bcfit "a tyranny If
tle mlGdl" ages.
Inc project or his STAFF Is supposed TO Doe
pmnlSclcni- Into his willing ear are poured
the gossip and scandal of The day For in
stance. there are certain meeting places in
Paris which are not commonly discussed
Yet the persons who manage them are al
ways on terms Of friendship with tn. police
We have NJ. GOron'S word for il thar a per
feet understanding exists i'm this instance
between the law and the lawbraakrr TH,
project, in fact, PROMISES his prar....-tnu in
return for information received Thu in
formation Is useless, ana the system would
be IneNpliCahle did not NJ tiDran himself a
DISTINGUISHED official supply the key 1t
pleased Louis NVI We are told To know
what roysterers were abroad y,.staruigh+
and that the monarch's curiosity naiEhl he
satisfied method of discovery was de-
Vised which has lasted unto this day.
FOLLOWING. <t,.x u.,L.
as ever a dfolIer situation dreamed even
in comic opera? The revolution was brought
about in the midst of bloodshcI and f.rr.r
thar Touis WI mich, la l,,,.,.-4 - -,
r,,.,,. -, a.. -, - ''
nv 20 pc i''" ''' P''-
PIE ny mere lotCr OF tradition, has carried
on his own impertinent and purposelyss
method of collecting news which does r,ot
concern it. And no one protests partly
from habit and partly because there is \
,I t Us ~ iIii,'i Iil.'1.1h mus gam
inquiry. OF cours. il can and doubri.sss ~.
yet the Frenchman docs not complain. II
ms a"sSlrr be scrupulouSly kept. So also
Ia nr,,9 E, 81 Mn i'up2n,, l'1i.ii,l
has accustomed him To an baii'msi -,.s-
picion.
mere every man Is guilty OF all ths
.Ilh.a un.A ne prove ms innocence 1t -
81, - '''hF ~ 80 I,IoilS. ana IL Is IN a''"Il
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an in5iscration from sheer boredom I. =
5iff;rT,Ir 10 account for mis- waste of fore.
and no wiser reason may ba hazar,I.d -llan
that il is a part Of a system To which every
Frenchrnan is cuyertlv accus -omed
,,s of A. p,,,t
Ru+ the old-fasbi,,.d r,,r.rcli,aI
oathod of snyine has been strangely .ur-
pIarnepted during the last five years. When
Carnot Was murdered in 1874 the whole IF
France was seized with manic and a bfll
against In. anarchists was pusnas ,bro,,..b
tb. chamber in the late autumn Tina
5,putjas anvious f,r +bair f,,.,,it. ,,-.,..~-