Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-22
the officials of the country he honors with
his presence.
The German Emperor I'm France.

The German Emperor In France.
For example, it is no longer a mystery
that the Emperor William has already paid
two short visits to Paris and the EXPOSE
ton since the fair opened Owing to the
hostility of the French people, this was
strictly kept from them But the French
government was duly notified each time by
the German ambassador. and assigned the
cream of its secret service forces to assure
the safety of the emperor from the mo-
ment he entered French territory until he
left it.
know much about their wards which the
high personages themselves would rather
keep private. But 1t seldom happens that
damaging stories become public property
through any indiscreet talk the part
of these officials. Men and women en-
ployed in this delicate and confidential
branch of service are persons of eXcep-
tional skill, and generally of incorruptibie
fidelity. Many of them, especially on the
continent of Europe, can speak five or six
languages with fiuency. They have to be
able to play to perfection any role that
their varied assignments may require They
must be able to wear a dress suit as If to
the manner born, and make a reputable
figure in a ball room, and be capable of
looking and demeaning themselves like
typical toughs of the slums If occasion de-
mands. They are exceedingly Well paid,
drawing the salaries of successful profess
sional men, and when they are retired after
IL
their salaries. OF course, the very slight
est indiscretion brings down the severest
rebuke. If they are found to have deliber-
ately 'blabbed" anything they have learned
through the exercise of their office they
are irretrievably disgraced, and In some
countries summarly punished for violation
of their professional oath. Their work is
rendered exceptionally arduous by the con-
slant strain upon the nerves that 1t i'm
poses. They have to be always on the
watch. The moment in which they relax
their attention may be the very moment
of a fatal attack. And, Of course, the
mere fact of criminal even getting near
enough to a royal person to make an at
tempt upon his life means the professional
extinction of the secret service man Moth
ing is held to explain away his fault; he
is there to see that no attack be made;
If one is made while he is on duty he is
at once retired-even If not put out of the
way, as the Russian officials disposed of
those who failed to foresee and prevent the
blowing up of the summer palace, where
in though Alexander the First escaped to
die of another bomb little later, a large
number Of people were killed or manned.
How They Manage 1t.
This stern justice has powerful influence
upon the police. On the occasion of a state
ceremony with the passage of some royal
parsonage there are often sudden outbreaks
of trouble in the crowd. You will see two
men suddenly disputing, come to blows;
binary uniformed policeman. That often
means that secret service man in disguise
suspects some individual whom he has OBJ
served packed in with the bulk of the peo-
pie. He has passed the word to another
secret service man nearby, and one of them
has deliberately picked quarrel with the
suspected man, perhaps by knocking off
his hat or jostling him rudely. In this way,
without betraying their mission. they pro-
cure the elimination of an individual whom.
without positive proof, they suspect of
criminal intentions 1t is this kind of work
which makes it necessary that the police
appointed to secure the personal safety of
sovereigns and princes be possessed, among
their other qualifications, of iron nerves
and superb physique.
The Duke OF Norfolk, who, by hereditary
nobility. was once the victim of a mistake
in case of this kind. The queen was
passing in state down Piccadilly. The huge
crowds which lined the route happened to
De especially thick in front of Norfolk
House, where party of the greatest ladies
of the land had been invited to see the
pageant. The duke is a peppery little man,
who seems to have little sense of his ner,
sonal dignity and who is known for his nj
ter Indifference to clothes. Except when in
ms state uniform or his shabby evening
dress, he looks more like a gambler in hard
luck than like the premier peer of England.
As Suspicious Character
On the occasion referred to, as the royal
Soit eSe ureW near, the duke perceived that
MS guests would see little or nothing of
the show He bounded out of the gates of
his house and struck briskly into the crowd,
intending to ask police officer to thin
the people away little. In a moment he
was roughly grasped by strong hand:
WI no are you a-shovin OFF, asked his cap
TOR who looked like a coStermonger The
duke explained snarlingly that he wanted
to speak to officer
well, you'll speak to the hofficer when
the old ladys gone by replied the other.
without relaxing his hold.
And so it was the dukes guests saw even
more of the 'old lady than he did. He
was Kept In durance vile for ten minutes or
so-by the disguised police agent. When he
was released and entered his own gate
ruh1ed and hot, the man who had Crap
PIED with him saw his mistake and made
explanation. The affair ended by his drink
ing cup Of champagne to the dukes
health But in the clubs and drawing
rooms people laughed for h month at the
discontinue of the hereditary grand mar
shall of England.
The agent was entirely In the right"
was NJ Lepine's comment upon the story
No precaution can be excessive"
ana despite all these precautions the
world, within very brief period, has had
TO deplore the assassination Of the Empress
OF Austria, closely surrounded by protect
ors though she was; the murder of King
Humbert and the attempts to kill the
Prince of Wales, King Ferdinand of Bull
garia and the Shah of Persia