The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-07
Keen Guardians
= = = = Of the Great
BcW Rulers and Princes are Watcbed and UIara.s
HeainSt EnarebiStie Httaek.

is feared as the worst possible es+,..
Dy ing ofnclals OF the country he So1g2as
Fer example il is no longer q NJ,
that the Emperor William h. ny stery
paid two sherC visits to Pari- -I!eady
exposition since the fair opened ny a. ma
70 the hoSLlhty OF the French L7e0rIe ing
was strictly kept from chem 0T3,.s this
French government was duly nOtf5.s-- ms
1rae ey the S5eI-r11sn arnbasSador. and "a
SIT ed. the cream OF It's secret servfCsl ~ y IS
TO assure the safety of the eurerC- tsoESa
the moment he entered French IRON
until he left il. emory
Inevitably the protecting ararr.
know much about their wards vv5gSSSe - 10
high personages themselves Would N ra.SLns
keep private But il seldom hsprev. Ger
damaging stories become pubIits IS mat
through any lnddscreet talk on the
Of these officials, Men and woros1 p ls-s
ptoyed in this delicate and COnf5s,4-il,,
branch OF service are persons OF a yr-ceisl
tional skill, and generally OF inoerr-S-NS9ssp-
fidelity. Many OF them, especially On -
languages with 6uency. They have - - * *
able to play TO perfection any role 49,
their varied assignments may reo1irs'
They must be able to wear 8 dress SIS
as If TO the manner born. and r1st--s
reputable figure in a ball room. -
capable OF looking and demeaning fSa-o.s
selves like typical toughS of thS $50
If occasion demands. They are eXSaeif--,--s
" well paid. drawing the salaries Of S11S
are retired after faithful service In i nv, 10y
tomary to continue their saIzTi=s -
course, the very slightest i1dlscrs-soIS
brings down the SevereSt rebuke II they
are found to have deliberately ''bIsbt-SS
any thing they have learned through -.
exercise or their office they are r.
retrievably d1SEraced. and in Some ,S7,--
tries sumnnsrily punished for violation %
their professional oath. Their work =
rendered exceptionally arduous bv -
constant strain upon the nerves THAI -
imposes They have to be atyays on tbs
watch. The moment in which thew raisT
of a fatal attack And. of cSurgs -
more fact OF a criminal even getr1nR rrear
enough co a royal person 70 make an a.
extinction OF tbs secret service ma
Nothing is held to explain aVav his fsrj4.
he il there 10 SEE that no artacl< be made.
II one Is made while he is on duty he Il
at once retirea-even If not put out Of ~
way, as the Russian oRciais dfsUosa7 -
those who failed TO tOresee and prevent
the blowing up OF the summer palacs
wherein, though Alexander I ESCAPED n
die 81 another bomb a little later. a IarFs
nun Der sf people We're killed or MANNED
This stern Justice has a powerful inTr.
ence upon the police On the occasion Of
a state ceremony with the passage AZ
some royal Parsonage there are often sud
den outbreaks OF trouble n the crowd
\ gu VIII see two men suddenly disDutinE
/ come to blows; both will probably be ar
rested py an ordinary uniformed RoIice-
man That often means that secret ser.
/ vice man in disguise suspects some fndi-
V1oual whom he has observed Eacl1ed-in
/ with the bulk OF people. He has passed
/ the word to another secret service -rr+7
near by and one OF them has deIiberstely
/ picked a quarrel with the suspected man
/ perhaps knocking of his hat or iostIiDs
/ him rudely- In this way, without betravs
! ing their mission. they procure the elm.
! inAten OF an individual whom. without
| positive proof, they suspect OF criminal
I intentions. It is this kind OF work which
makes it necessary that the police ap-
pointed to secure the personal safety az
| SovereignS and princes be Possessed
among other qualifications, of iron nervs
| and superb physique.
Duke as Suspicious Character.
The Duke of Norfolk who, by hereditary
/ right, ranks first among all the English
mobility, was once the victim of a mis-.
( was passing in state down the PiccadnIy
I The huge crowds which lined the route
happened to be especially thick in front
/ OF norfolk house where a, party OF the
greatest ladies' OF the land hat
been invited to see the pageant
man. who seems to haTs PTTi little s 5sJ.s5
4 Of his personal dignity. and who L
kre--n fer his utter Indifference 10 his
! clothes. Except when in his state unif0ru
{ or MS shabby evening dress, he looks
/ more ike a gambler in hard luck than
/ ike the premier peer Of England.
/ On the occasion referred to, as the roy
4 that his guests would see little OF nothing
{ OF the show. He bounded out Of the gate
/ Of his house and struck brisBly into ths
I crowd, intending TO ask police officer 70
i thin the people away a little. In a mo-
ment he was roughly grasped by a strong
/ hand Who are you a-shOYin' OFF, ask
J Cd his c22tor, who locke i.1-c q cosJer-
/ Honger- The duke explained snarlinglY
/ that he wanted to speak TO IN officer.
We'll, you'll speak TO the hof1ceT when
I the old lady's gone by replied the other
/ without relaxing his hold
/ And so II was; the dukes guests saw
! even more of the odd lady than he did
T He was kept in durSnce vile for ten min
/ utes or sO-by the disguised police agent
! When he was released and entered his
own gate. ruff1ed and hot. the man VINO
3 had grappled with him saw MS mistake
and made explanation The affair ended
E by his drinking a cup Of champagne to
: the dukes health. But in the clubs and
drawing rooms people laughed for a
month at the discontinue OF the heredl-
tary grand marshal Of England.
The agent was entirely in the right.
was NJ Lspine's comment upon the SCOTy.
/ No preCauuOn can be excessive.
! And despite all these precautions the
I world, within a very brief period. has had
to deplore the assassination o. the En-
I press OF Austria, closely surrounded By
/ protectors though she was; the murder q
/ King Humbert and the attempts to XII
the Prince of Wales, King Ferdinand o.
| BULGARIA and the Shah OF Persia
/