Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16

the ~peasantry ready to rise in theii
! wrath. And I fancy you will have the
! greatest difficulty in obtaining this In
formation in Russia. because they are
40 strict with foreigners. especially
Americans. But I Think you can do it,
Mr.. President" said Cheney quietly
but earnestly. IN find out What you
want or die trying" and he mean
every word OF II.
Look u for their Third Section.
I've heard It's pretty alert. colonel"
IAN right. sir. I'll keep my eyes and
ears open"
A snort time later Colonel Cheney
again stood In the presence of the au-
gust secretary of state. The secretary
OF war and navy We're also there by
appointment. 1t was after dark, and
the clerks had left the old building
when the conference broke up Cheney
mad all his passports, financial papers
and instructions. hi Instructions were
verbal: his passport was made out in
the name of James r. Bradley. journal
list. AT certain places in Europe and
Asia. United States ambassadors and
consuls would nave funds for him. He
was to spare neither time nor expense
the government wanted information
especially from Russia. Cheney had a
week i'm which tn settle his affairs in
this country. A day later he was in
Chicago and confided only to Guthrie
and L.onergan where he was going.
They We're to run the business ahso-
lutely while he was gone: and three
days later he disappeared as IL the
earth had swallowed him.
A swift steamer sailing from New
York carried Cheney on his first trip
abroad. Duty and pleasure We're to be
combined. but duty would come first.
Six days later he landed in Southamp-
ton and was soon i'm London.
AT this time the relations between
England and the United States were
very cordial and there was no need of
concealment or disguise. and Cheney's
sever days i'm the English metropolis
were very pleasant. He vas enter
tanned 1T the ST. Georges and Service
clubs. and made thoroughly at home in
Scotland Yard. His fame as a detective
had preceded him. and Mackenzie and
others made his stay enjoyable. But
when Cheney sailed from Dover to
Calais his name became bradley and
until he again set foot in the United
States he retained that nome de guerre
because 1t was war. France held not
much startling military information:
st. Cyr. the French military academy.
was bchind West Point. Germany was
fun of advanced military ideas, and
very carefully did Cheney inspect the
German machine. He saw a review of
10000 troops, and the kaiser was pres
ent. Clleney's report from Germany
was full of meat. He stood on too of
the Mont st. Jean on the field of Wa
terloo. and ga2ed down over the plain
tn a point where the emperor Ney
a Il consultation on the afternoon of
the memorable June day when tie
snake of II PEASANTS head cause the
coWnfall OF the empire. To the left he
CO. N ~, ,A,l -,-a ,.l l. ~
The sunken road of chain was outlined;
%HouGomort and Nivelles were there.
tco. and Waterloo. the greatest field in
history. Cheney was much impressed
acre and also at Brussels. where he
walked through the hal. in which
there was a sound Of revelry by
night"
Spain WAS visited. and Cheney noted
ne crtirc lack of military pre- paration.
He Went aboard warships with impun-
III. The Almirante Oquendo. the Girls
tobal Colon and Maria Theresa were
Nls.tSd and inspected. Later these
ships We're reduced to scrap iron by
~ss'inpson's i!eet al Santiago. Portugal
WIS suffering from military dry rot.
itHiE Was full OF activity from end to
end. The evcr-prcsent be-
tween the va,ican and state was ap-
raroitly forgotten. Military every
Wnsro-an. Tor what The answer is
stu wanting. though the activity con-
,iaucs.
Austria offcrcl Il fair field for inves-
iiGA.fon. The Austrian army was great
On show and parade. but as Il practical
military ,nachine it wasn't much. The
:avy OF Austria WAS nil. although Che
ny was; much impressed with the son-
Cola aset On tho Grand canal in Ven
ice. Great for PLEASURE said Cheney.
smiling to hiinst Ii as he leaned on the
railing of tho Grand hotel IL watched
The pteasure-laden boats glide by. Az
ter Austria came R-ussiu-Russia. the
most despotic %au;ocratic government in
all tho World: Russia. the home of am
archy. tie breeding ground Of nihil-
ism: Russia, where human life wasn't
worth Il cracker; Russia. the home of
the knou and all h horrors of dun
geons in dank II dark places: Rus
sia. with it's Siberia to the eastward.
human beings were annually starved
and beaten to death because they
dared. if only in thought. to oppose
h shriveled bit of intellectually
called the car. 1t was irony to ad-
dress him as he Little Father" Che
ney knew his work would not De of
easy accomplishment in Russia: he
knew all about the celebrated third
section" or secret police. They had
their agents every place in the world
even the United States held many of
them. Every foreigner entering Rus
STA is under surveillance from the time
ne enters until he leaves (and numbers
of them do not leave). Cheney knew
this. He knew all his cunning would
be required to outwit this dreaded
third section. but he felt equal 10 1t.
He knew II he was detected seeking
military information his life would pay
the forfeit. Mails. ~telegraphs. railroads,
all means OF transportation, were un-
der government control. Before leav-
ing Venice. Cheney destroyed every
scrap of writing ne had save his pass
port and a small letter of credit. He
would observe and find out all he
could In Russia. but the making OF
notes and transcribing his report